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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 25.4 to 21.5.
Financials
Financial year 2025
HESSE BENELUX from Nazareth-De Pinte, company number BE0454865959, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -278,263 after tax. For that financial year HESSE BENELUX recorded a gross margin of € 2.6 million and equity of € 1.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 121,579 to € -278,263. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on May 26, 2026.
€ 1.2 million
▼ 19% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -278,263
▼ still € 121,579 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 275,503
▲ 174% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 797,874.
People and assets in 2025
21.5
▼ 2.5 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 2.6 million
▲ 4% vs 2024
€ 122,300 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.
€ 16,346
▼ 19% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 277,648
€ 35,313 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 8 years.
€ 748,295
▲ 31% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 262,640
▼ 11% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 7,531,836 | - | - | - | |
| Gross margin | € 2,535,635 | € 3,052,171 | € 2,851,351 | € 2,603,457 | ▼ 9% |
| Profit after taxes | € 195,410 | € 337,617 | € 121,579 | € -278,263 | ▼ € 399,841 |
| Equity | € 1,403,346 | € 1,540,964 | € 1,462,542 | € 1,184,279 | ▼ 19% |
| Total debts | € 907,519 | € 913,096 | € 1,073,694 | € 1,302,083 | ▲ 21% |
| Cash | € 437,702 | € 391,584 | € 100,503 | € 275,503 | ▲ 174% |
| Land & buildings | € 272,269 | € 372,690 | € 563,193 | € 547,542 | ▼ 3% |
| Retained profit | € 1,016,941 | € 1,154,558 | € 1,076,137 | € 797,874 | ▼ 26% |
| Dividend | € 200,000 | € 200,000 | € 200,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 277,648 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,310,866 | € 2,454,060 | € 2,536,237 | € 2,554,283 | ▲ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 20.9 | 25.4 | 24 | 21.5 | ▼ 2.5 |
Key figures of HESSE BENELUX, 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 HESSE BENELUX?
What happened at HESSE BENELUX in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Hanna Hesse stepped down as director. NBB
- Jens Hesse stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 278,263 (▼ € 399,841 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Hanna Hesse became a director. NBB
- Hans Jürgen Hesse stepped down as director. NBB
- Jens Hesse became a director. NBB
- Hans Jürgen Hesse became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Nazareth-De Pinte. KBO
In short
From € 195,410 profit in 2022 to € 278,263 loss in 2025.
Paid € 283,864 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 337,617 profit.
On average € 121,100 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Jens Hesse
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
Hanna Hesse
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
Hans Jürgen Hesse
Director
since 2020 · until 2025
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Venecoweg 6
9810 Nazareth-De Pinte
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0454.865.959
- VAT number
- BE 0454.865.959
- Registered office
- Venecoweg 6, 9810 Nazareth-De Pinte
- Names & denominations
- HESSE BENELUX
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 3 April 1995
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 18 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
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