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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 6 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
MOTO CENTER MERTENS from Tielt-Winge, company number BE0453996226, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 9,026 after tax. For that financial year MOTO CENTER MERTENS recorded a gross margin of € 132,330 and equity of € 210,631. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 22,498 to € 9,026. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 30, 2025.
€ 210,631
▲ 4% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 9,026
▼ 60% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 63,280
▼ 7% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 160,631.
People and assets in 2024
1
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 48,448
▲ 2% vs 2023
€ 48,400 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.
€ 27,305
▼ 19% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 125,000
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 491,252
▲ 39% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 39,850
▼ 22% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 64,050 | € 122,146 | € 142,422 | € 132,330 | ▼ 7% |
| Profit after taxes | € 22,856 | € 29,433 | € 22,498 | € 9,026 | ▼ 60% |
| Equity | € 149,674 | € 179,107 | € 201,605 | € 210,631 | ▲ 4% |
| Total debts | € 552,784 | € 648,811 | € 863,068 | € 1,052,740 | ▲ 22% |
| Cash | € 25,795 | € 11,287 | € 68,007 | € 63,280 | ▼ 7% |
| Land & buildings | € 55,490 | € 58,937 | € 60,654 | € 57,250 | ▼ 6% |
| Retained profit | € 99,674 | € 129,107 | € 151,605 | € 160,631 | ▲ 6% |
| Bank debt | € 125,000 | € 125,000 | € 125,000 | € 125,000 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 702,457 | € 827,918 | € 1,064,673 | € 1,263,370 | ▲ 19% |
| Employees (FTE) | - | 0.8 | 1 | 1 |
Key figures of MOTO CENTER 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 MOTO CENTER MERTENS?
What happened at MOTO CENTER MERTENS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 9,026 (▼ 60% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Tielt-Winge. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 22,856 profit in 2021 to € 9,026 profit in 2024.
Paid € 29,533 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 29,433 profit.
On average € 132,300 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
Behind MOTO CENTER MERTENS are Willem Mertens and Joseph Mertens.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Willem Mertens
Director
Joseph Mertens
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Diestsesteenweg 35
3390 Tielt-Winge
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0453.996.226
- VAT number
- BE 0453.996.226
- Registered office
- Diestsesteenweg 35, 3390 Tielt-Winge
- Names & denominations
- MOTO CENTER MERTENS · M.C.M.
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 14 December 1994
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 27 Mar 2026
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