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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 23 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
GARAGE DE RO from Charleroi, company number BE0452385729, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -51,884 after tax. For that financial year GARAGE DE RO recorded a gross margin of € 583,757 and equity of € 98,908. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 21,317 to € -51,884. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on December 10, 2025.
€ 98,908
▼ 34% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -51,884
▼ still € 21,317 profit in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 48,244
▲ € 36,908 vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 36,908.
People and assets in 2024
7.3
▲ 0.5 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 431,779
▲ 3% vs 2023
€ 59,100 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.
€ 102,882
▲ 12% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 1.2 million
▼ 5% vs 2023
€ 166,545 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 7 years.
€ 190,927
▲ € 184,937 vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 24,466
▲ 17% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 542,979 | € 534,861 | € 608,515 | € 583,757 | ▼ 4% |
| Profit after taxes | € -43,511 | € 43,520 | € 21,317 | € -51,884 | ▼ € 73,202 |
| Equity | € 85,955 | € 129,475 | € 150,792 | € 98,908 | ▼ 34% |
| Total debts | € 1,793,215 | € 1,676,644 | € 1,703,826 | € 1,882,952 | ▲ 11% |
| Cash | € 96,777 | - | € 11,336 | € 48,244 | ▲ € 36,908 |
| Land & buildings | € 822,207 | € 785,852 | € 764,679 | € 736,349 | ▼ 4% |
| Retained profit | € 23,955 | € 67,475 | € 88,792 | € 36,908 | ▼ 58% |
| Bank debt | € 1,487,686 | € 1,380,640 | € 1,271,275 | € 1,212,906 | ▼ 5% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,879,170 | € 1,806,119 | € 1,854,618 | € 1,981,860 | ▲ 7% |
| Employees (FTE) | 8.7 | 7 | 6.8 | 7.3 | ▲ 0.5 |
Key figures of GARAGE DE RO, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to GARAGE DE RO?
What happened at GARAGE DE RO in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 51,884 (▼ € 73,202 vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Hélène PIRLOT stepped down as director. NBB
- HX HOLDING stepped down as director. NBB
- Hélène PIRLOT became a director. NBB
- HX HOLDING became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Charleroi. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 43,511 loss in 2021 to € 51,884 loss in 2024.
Paid € 38,107 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 43,520 profit.
On average € 80,000 of value added per employee in 2024.
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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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
The stake of HX HOLDING comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
GARAGE DE ROThe shares are held by HX HOLDING (99%).
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
since 2016 · until 2022
Chairman of the board · represented by Xavier DE RO
since 2016 · until 2022
Shareholders
99%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Avenue Eugène Mascaux 836
6001 Charleroi
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0452.385.729
- VAT number
- BE 0452.385.729
- Registered office
- Avenue Eugène Mascaux 836, 6001 Charleroi
- Names & denominations
- GARAGE DE RO
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 24 March 1994
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 16 Jul 2025
- Activities · NACE
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