Warning lights
Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2023 and 2024.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 40 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
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Busy address KBO
18 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2024
BFH PROTECTION from Gent, company number BE0458107937, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -54,259 after tax. For that financial year BFH PROTECTION recorded a gross margin of € 48,595 and equity of € 778,160. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -60,528 to € -54,259. 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 August 27, 2025.
€ 778,160
▼ 7% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -54,259
▲ 10 % less loss than in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 12,628
▼ 38% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -19,025.
People and assets in 2024
0
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1,178
▼ 58% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 605,088
▼ 7% vs 2023
€ 21,720 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 6 years.
€ 165,882
▼ 21% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 52,372
▲ 21% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
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| Gross margin | € 121,336 | € -19,527 | € 45,186 | € 48,595 | ▲ 8% |
| Profit after taxes | € 15,083 | € -114,388 | € -60,528 | € -54,259 | ▲ € 6,270 |
| Equity | € 1,007,335 | € 892,947 | € 832,419 | € 778,160 | ▼ 7% |
| Total debts | € 932,344 | € 1,020,778 | € 944,530 | € 887,276 | ▼ 6% |
| Cash | € 81,625 | € 22,267 | € 20,378 | € 12,628 | ▼ 38% |
| Land & buildings | € 1,125,267 | € 1,097,066 | € 1,060,335 | € 1,023,604 | ▼ 3% |
| Retained profit | € 210,151 | € 95,762 | € 35,234 | € -19,025 | ▼ € 54,259 |
| Dividend | € 1,600 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 788,788 | € 723,283 | € 653,853 | € 605,088 | ▼ 7% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,939,679 | € 1,913,725 | € 1,776,949 | € 1,665,436 | ▼ 6% |
Key figures of BFH PROTECTION, 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 BFH PROTECTION?
What happened at BFH PROTECTION in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 54,259. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- Bernard Raphael HOSTE became a director. NBB
- Frederic Pieter HOSTE became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 15,083 profit in 2021 to € 54,259 loss in 2024.
Paid € 19,581 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 15,083 profit.
Paid out € 1,600 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 BFH PROTECTION are Bernard Raphael HOSTE and Frederic Pieter HOSTE.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Bernard Raphael HOSTE
Director
since 1996
Frederic Pieter HOSTE
Director
since 1996
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Industrieweg 122 box E3
9032 Gent
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What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0458.107.937
- VAT number
- BE 0458.107.937
- Registered office
- Industrieweg 122 bus E3, 9032 Gent
- Names & denominations
- BFH PROTECTION
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 31 May 1996
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 10 Oct 2025
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