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Legal situation KBO
Opening faillissement according to the CBE.
Financials
Financial year 2025
CASTEL from Herentals, company number BE0451849655, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 56,818 after tax. For that financial year CASTEL recorded a gross margin of € 444,294 and equity of € 370,996. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -21,736 to € 56,818. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on October 29, 2025.
€ 370,996
▲ 18% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 56,818
▲ still € 21,736 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 20,076
▲ € 16,173 vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 170,996.
People and assets in 2025
3.6
▼ 0.7 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 269,759
▼ 15% vs 2024
€ 74,900 per full-time equivalent. Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 1,988
▼ 87% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 7,674
▼ 96% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 121,433
▲ 44% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 34,161
▼ 48% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 312,618 | € 301,988 | € 324,966 | € 444,294 | ▲ 37% |
| Profit after taxes | € -6,961 | € -14,786 | € -21,736 | € 56,818 | ▲ € 78,554 |
| Equity | € 350,700 | € 335,914 | € 314,178 | € 370,996 | ▲ 18% |
| Total debts | € 305,707 | € 230,495 | € 366,068 | € 164,269 | ▼ 55% |
| Cash | € 38,557 | € 42,097 | € 3,903 | € 20,076 | ▲ € 16,173 |
| Land & buildings | € 67,486 | € 62,713 | € 58,777 | - | |
| Retained profit | € 150,700 | € 135,914 | € 114,178 | € 170,996 | ▲ 50% |
| Bank debt | € 100,917 | € 92,802 | € 190,093 | € 7,674 | ▼ 96% |
| Balance sheet total | € 656,407 | € 566,409 | € 680,245 | € 535,264 | ▼ 21% |
| Employees (FTE) | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.6 | ▼ 0.7 |
Key figures of CASTEL, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 31 October 2026.
What happened to CASTEL?
What happened at CASTEL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
CASTEL is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Opening faillissement.
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 56,818. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Herentals. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 6,961 loss in 2022 to € 56,818 profit in 2025.
Paid € 22,188 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 56,818 profit.
On average € 123,400 of value added per employee in 2025.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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Management
The stake of UMLAWULI comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
CASTELBehind CASTEL is Marc Verhelst. The shares are held by UMLAWULI (95%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Marc Verhelst
bestuurder
Shareholders
95%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Diamantstraat (HRT) 8 box 299
2200 Herentals
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
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Email provider
Microsoft 365
Hosting
COMBELL-AS, BE
Website info
Features
Security
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Details
- Company number
- 0451.849.655
- VAT number
- BE 0451.849.655
- Registered office
- Diamantstraat (HRT) 8 bus 299, 2200 Herentals
- Names & denominations
- CASTEL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Opening faillissement
- Start date
- 11 February 1994
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 12 Aug 2025
- Contact
- castel.be
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