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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 59 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Financials
Financial year 2025
Vanhemelryck - Laleman - Merckx Diest from Diest, company number BE0455368181, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 87,033 after tax. For that financial year Vanhemelryck - Laleman - Merckx Diest recorded a gross margin of € 167,224 and equity of € 565,551. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 39,254 to € 87,033. 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 July 24, 2026.
€ 565,551
▲ 18% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 87,033
▲ 122% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 20,020
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 503,578.
People and assets in 2025
€ 1,010
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 22,800
▼ 87% vs 2024
€ 2,453 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 9 years.
€ 81
▼ 89% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 27,649
▲ 1% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 47,376 | € 48,718 | € 43,404 | € 167,224 | ▲ 285% |
| Profit after taxes | € 3,521 | € 17,855 | € 39,254 | € 87,033 | ▲ 122% |
| Equity | € 421,409 | € 439,264 | € 478,519 | € 565,551 | ▲ 18% |
| Total debts | € 282,373 | € 225,174 | € 204,216 | € 55,820 | ▼ 73% |
| Cash | - | - | - | € 20,020 | |
| Land & buildings | € 418,289 | € 403,746 | € 389,204 | € 169,494 | ▼ 56% |
| Retained profit | € 359,435 | € 377,291 | € 416,545 | € 503,578 | ▲ 21% |
| Dividend | € 43,107 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 198,866 | € 187,962 | € 169,812 | € 22,800 | ▼ 87% |
| Balance sheet total | € 804,331 | € 758,628 | € 748,786 | € 621,372 | ▼ 17% |
Key figures of Vanhemelryck - Laleman - Merckx Diest, 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 Vanhemelryck - Laleman - Merckx Diest?
What happened at Vanhemelryck - Laleman - Merckx Diest in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Wannes Laleman stepped down as director. NBB
- Lieselotte Laleman stepped down as director. NBB
- Dries Laleman stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 87,033 (▲ 122% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Dries Laleman became a director. NBB
- Lieselotte Laleman became a director. NBB
- Wannes Laleman became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Diest. KBO
In short
From € 3,521 profit in 2022 to € 87,033 profit in 2025.
Paid € 179,101 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 87,033 profit.
Paid out € 43,107 in dividends to the owners in total.
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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 Vanhemelryck - Laleman - Merckx Diest is Hans Laleman.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Hans Laleman
Managing director
since 1995
since 2008 · until 2028
Lieselotte Laleman
Director
since 2012 · until 2028
Dries Laleman
Director
since 2014 · until 2028
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Jagersveld 2
3294 Diest
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0455.368.181
- VAT number
- BE 0455.368.181
- Registered office
- Jagersveld 2, 3294 Diest
- Names & denominations
- Vanhemelryck - Laleman - Merckx Diest · VLM - DIEST
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 29 June 1995
- Peppol
- Not registered