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Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 3.4 to 2.2.
Financials
Financial year 2025
GENERAL BULK from Brasschaat, company number BE0453549729, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 59,125 after tax. For that financial year GENERAL BULK recorded a gross margin of € 273,898 and equity of € 496,328. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -11,100 to € 59,125. 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 April 20, 2026.
€ 496,328
▲ 12% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 59,125
▲ still € 11,100 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 406,248
▲ 5% 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 € 459,540.
People and assets in 2025
2.2
▼ 0.4 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 184,733
▼ 4% vs 2024
€ 84,000 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.
€ 41,670
▼ 32% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 12,833
▼ 35% vs 2024
€ 7,000 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 7,258
▼ 65% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 41,454
▼ 39% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 325,870 | € 192,460 | € 204,644 | € 273,898 | ▲ 34% |
| Profit after taxes | € 60,258 | € -78,863 | € -11,100 | € 59,125 | ▲ € 70,225 |
| Equity | € 529,026 | € 452,791 | € 441,691 | € 496,328 | ▲ 12% |
| Total debts | € 102,890 | € 82,773 | € 108,450 | € 61,545 | ▼ 43% |
| Cash | € 515,095 | € 388,702 | € 385,630 | € 406,248 | ▲ 5% |
| Retained profit | € 490,378 | € 411,515 | € 400,415 | € 459,540 | ▲ 15% |
| Bank debt | € 33,833 | € 26,833 | € 19,833 | € 12,833 | ▼ 35% |
| Balance sheet total | € 631,916 | € 535,564 | € 550,141 | € 557,874 | ▲ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.2 | ▼ 0.4 |
Key figures of GENERAL BULK, 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 July 2027.
What happened to GENERAL BULK?
What happened at GENERAL BULK in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 59,125. Source: NBB ↗
- Patrick Lahaye stepped down as director. NBB
- New establishment in Brasschaat. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 60,258 profit in 2022 to € 59,125 profit in 2025.
Paid € 32,147 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 60,258 profit.
On average € 124,500 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
Behind GENERAL BULK are Gillian Mertens, Koenraad Daes, Eric De Raeve and Guy Bollé.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Gillian Mertens
Director
Koenraad Daes
Managing director
Eric De Raeve
Director
Guy Bollé
Director
Patrick Lahaye
Director
· until 2026
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Vrijwilligerslei 1
2930 Brasschaat
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0453.549.729
- VAT number
- BE 0453.549.729
- Registered office
- Vrijwilligerslei 1, 2930 Brasschaat
- Names & denominations
- GENERAL BULK
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Cooperative company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 12 October 1994
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 24 Nov 2023
- Contact
- [email protected] 032020895
- Activities · NACE
Logistieke diensten
Vervoersbemiddeling
Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens
Overige vervoerondersteunende activiteiten
Bevrachting
Zee- en kustvaart
Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren