Financials
Financial year 2025
LEGAL AND BUSINESSMATTERS from Brugge, company number BE0457896913, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 78,131 after tax. For that financial year LEGAL AND BUSINESSMATTERS recorded a gross margin of € 147,117 and equity of € 427,232. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 83,428 to € 78,131. The company is profitable. 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 May 3, 2026.
€ 427,232
▲ 14% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 78,131
▼ 6% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 269,315
▲ 22% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 25,000 paid out
32 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
€ 1,575
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 50,880
▲ 59% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 44,073
▲ 34% vs 2024
€ 12,132 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 4,017
▼ 11% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 44,303
▲ 34% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 93,294 | € 100,036 | € 147,184 | € 147,117 | |
| Profit after taxes | € 63,263 | € 60,584 | € 83,428 | € 78,131 | ▼ 6% |
| Equity | € 300,445 | € 354,713 | € 374,102 | € 427,232 | ▲ 14% |
| Total debts | € 49,211 | € 75,924 | € 72,261 | € 98,460 | ▲ 36% |
| Cash | € 147,964 | € 194,091 | € 220,221 | € 269,315 | ▲ 22% |
| Land & buildings | € 176,278 | € 169,300 | € 162,394 | € 155,488 | ▼ 4% |
| Retained profit | € 281,895 | € 336,163 | € 355,552 | € 408,682 | ▲ 15% |
| Dividend | € 6,316 | € 6,316 | € 64,039 | € 25,000 | ▼ 61% |
| Bank debt | € 12,579 | € 40,930 | € 32,780 | € 44,073 | ▲ 34% |
| Balance sheet total | € 349,655 | € 430,637 | € 446,363 | € 525,692 | ▲ 18% |
Key figures of LEGAL AND BUSINESSMATTERS, 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 LEGAL AND BUSINESSMATTERS?
What happened at LEGAL AND BUSINESSMATTERS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 78,131 (▼ 6% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Brugge. KBO
- Bernadette Melsens became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 63,263 profit in 2022 to € 78,131 profit in 2025.
Paid € 128,368 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 83,428 profit.
Paid out € 101,671 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 LEGAL AND BUSINESSMATTERS is Bernadette Melsens.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Bernadette Melsens
Director
since 2006
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Moerkerkse Steenweg 199
8310 Brugge
Moerkerkse Steenweg 199 box 0002
8310 Brugge
Active since 1 August 2012
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Microsoft 365
Hosting
TELENET-AS, BE
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0457.896.913
- VAT number
- BE 0457.896.913
- Registered office
- Moerkerkse Steenweg 199, 8310 Brugge
- Names & denominations
- LEGAL AND BUSINESSMATTERS · LBM
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 29 April 1996
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 24 Nov 2023
- Contact
- lbm-boekhouding.be
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