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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 63 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2026
HOBBYCENTER VAN HOECK from Lille, company number BE0453284661, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 161,832 after tax. For that financial year HOBBYCENTER VAN HOECK recorded a gross margin of € 1.3 million and equity of € 1.8 million. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 162,158 to € 161,832. The company is profitable. 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 14, 2026.
€ 1.8 million
▲ 10% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 161,832
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 570,495
▼ 14% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2026. Retained profit grew to € 1.6 million.
People and assets in 2026
15.6
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 921,371
▲ 3% vs 2025
€ 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.
€ 136,357
▲ 30% vs 2025
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
€ 165,736
▲ 4% vs 2025
€ 52,423 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 636,551
▼ 1% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 141,427
▼ 4% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,415,375 | € 1,345,453 | € 1,294,241 | € 1,317,098 | ▲ 2% |
| Profit after taxes | € 372,346 | € 219,646 | € 162,158 | € 161,832 | |
| Equity | € 1,224,225 | € 1,443,871 | € 1,606,029 | € 1,767,861 | ▲ 10% |
| Total debts | € 2,213,158 | € 2,207,410 | € 1,935,709 | € 1,736,783 | ▼ 10% |
| Cash | € 587,751 | € 741,709 | € 662,380 | € 570,495 | ▼ 14% |
| Land & buildings | € 700,262 | € 759,862 | € 669,826 | € 598,891 | ▼ 11% |
| Retained profit | € 1,100,278 | € 1,319,925 | € 1,482,082 | € 1,643,914 | ▲ 11% |
| Dividend | € 1,300,000 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 360,950 | € 226,058 | € 159,391 | € 165,736 | ▲ 4% |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,437,383 | € 3,651,281 | € 3,541,738 | € 3,504,644 | ▼ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 14.5 | - | - | 15.6 |
Key figures of HOBBYCENTER VAN HOECK, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 October 2027.
What happened to HOBBYCENTER VAN HOECK?
What happened at HOBBYCENTER VAN HOECK in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 161,832. Source: NBB ↗
- Felix Vermeiren stepped down as director. NBB
- WVM-Service BV stepped down as director. NBB
- VDC Advies BV stepped down as director. NBB
- VDC Advies BV became a director. NBB
- Felix Vermeiren became a director. NBB
- WVM-Service BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Lille. KBO
In short
From € 372,346 profit in 2023 to € 161,832 profit in 2026.
Paid € 315,492 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 372,346 profit.
On average € 84,400 of value added per employee in 2026.
Management
The stake of HOBBY-DOE HET ZELF CENTER VERMEIREN comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
HOBBYCENTER VAN HOECKThe shares are held by HOBBY-DOE HET ZELF CENTER VERMEIREN (100%).
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Felix Vermeiren
Director
Also active at: Houthandel Voorheen Ch. Verwaest, MULTI - INVEST, DOE HET ZELF - VERWAEST, HOBBY-DOE HET ZELF CENTER VERMEIREN
since 2020 · until 2026
Director · represented by Werner Vermeiren
Also active at: Houthandel Voorheen Ch. Verwaest, MULTI - INVEST, DOE HET ZELF - VERWAEST, HOBBY-DOE HET ZELF CENTER VERMEIREN
since 2020 · until 2026
Director · represented by Jimmy Vermeiren
Also active at: Houthandel Voorheen Ch. Verwaest, MULTI - INVEST, DOE HET ZELF - VERWAEST, HOBBY-DOE HET ZELF CENTER VERMEIREN
since 2020 · until 2026
Shareholders
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Wechelsebaan 71
2275 Lille
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0453.284.661
- VAT number
- BE 0453.284.661
- Registered office
- Wechelsebaan 71, 2275 Lille
- Names & denominations
- HOBBYCENTER VAN HOECK
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 22 August 1994
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Activities · NACE
Detailhandel in ijzerwaren, bouwmaterialen, verf en glas (algemeen assortiment)
Detailhandel in ijzerwaren, verf, bouwmaterialen en glas (inclusief doe-het-zelfzaken) met een verkoopsoppervlakte vanaf 400 m2.
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