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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 1 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
MERTENS from Overijse, company number BE0453799454, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -15,767 after tax. For that financial year MERTENS recorded a gross margin of € 23,220 and equity of € 151,415. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 5,642 to € -15,767. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on October 6, 2025.
€ 151,415
▼ 9% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -15,767
▼ still € 5,642 profit in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 130,964.
People and assets in 2024
€ 191
▼ 92% vs 2023
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
Debts at end 2024
€ 85,080
▼ 2% vs 2023
€ 2,012 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 25,644
▼ 32% vs 2023
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 26,841 | € 76,316 | € 49,918 | € 23,220 | ▼ 53% |
| Profit after taxes | € 14,347 | € 28,524 | € 5,642 | € -15,767 | ▼ € 21,409 |
| Equity | € 133,016 | € 161,540 | € 167,182 | € 151,415 | ▼ 9% |
| Total debts | € 368,418 | € 431,607 | € 418,351 | € 379,818 | ▼ 9% |
| Cash | € 43,502 | € 14,284 | € 31,020 | - | |
| Land & buildings | € 305,382 | € 282,236 | € 251,493 | € 219,466 | ▼ 13% |
| Retained profit | € 112,565 | € 141,089 | € 146,731 | € 130,964 | ▼ 11% |
| Bank debt | € 18,561 | € 96,628 | € 87,067 | € 85,080 | ▼ 2% |
| Balance sheet total | € 501,434 | € 593,147 | € 585,533 | € 531,234 | ▼ 9% |
Key figures of MERTENS, 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 MERTENS?
What happened at MERTENS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 15,767 (▼ € 21,409 vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Overijse. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 14,347 profit in 2021 to € 15,767 loss in 2024.
Paid € 25,666 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 28,524 profit.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Dreef 10
3090 Overijse
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0453.799.454
- VAT number
- BE 0453.799.454
- Registered office
- Dreef 10, 3090 Overijse
- Names & denominations
- MERTENS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 17 November 1994
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