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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 35 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
BALLOON - DÉFI from Charleroi, company number BE0458966188, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 22,966 after tax. For that financial year BALLOON - DÉFI recorded a gross margin of € 163,426 and equity of € 74,409. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -35,000 to € 22,966. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 29, 2026.
€ 74,409
▲ 40% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 22,966
▲ still € 35,000 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 32,961
▼ 11% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1,666 paid out
7 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
€ 95,139
▲ 2% vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 59,976
▲ 17% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 61,906
▼ 21% vs 2024
€ 41,313 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 1 years.
€ 75,869
▲ 11% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 51,837
▲ 7% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 159,848 | € 148,766 | € 106,351 | € 163,426 | ▲ 54% |
| Profit after taxes | € 8,747 | € 4,710 | € -35,000 | € 22,966 | ▲ € 57,967 |
| Equity | € 85,065 | € 88,109 | € 53,108 | € 74,409 | ▲ 40% |
| Total debts | € 379,740 | € 383,183 | € 349,224 | € 317,661 | ▼ 9% |
| Cash | € 22,786 | € 75,953 | € 36,943 | € 32,961 | ▼ 11% |
| Land & buildings | € 155,648 | € 136,192 | € 116,736 | € 97,280 | ▼ 17% |
| Retained profit | € 77,628 | € 80,672 | € 45,672 | € 66,972 | ▲ 47% |
| Dividend | € 1,600 | € 1,666 | € 0 | € 1,666 | |
| Bank debt | € 60,603 | € 97,732 | € 78,779 | € 61,906 | ▼ 21% |
| Balance sheet total | € 464,805 | € 471,292 | € 402,333 | € 392,070 | ▼ 3% |
Key figures of BALLOON - DÉFI, 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 BALLOON - DÉFI?
What happened at BALLOON - DÉFI in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 22,966. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Charleroi. KBO
- Xavier Payen became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 8,747 profit in 2022 to € 22,966 profit in 2025.
Paid € 11,787 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 22,966 profit.
Paid out € 4,932 in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
Behind BALLOON - DÉFI is Xavier Payen. Xavier Payen is also behind FOX & Cie, des jouets pour la vie !, SAVAN, HFP, MY FLOTHY NOEL and BYR GAMES.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Xavier Payen
Director
Also active at: FOX & Cie, des jouets pour la vie !, SAVAN, HFP, MY FLOTHY NOEL, BYR GAMES, FOX HASSELT
since 1996
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Avenue Paul Pastur 70/74
6032 Charleroi
Avenue Paul Pastur 70
6032 Charleroi
Active since 12 December 1996
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0458.966.188
- VAT number
- BE 0458.966.188
- Registered office
- Avenue Paul Pastur 70/74, 6032 Charleroi
- Names & denominations
- BALLOON - DÉFI
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 9 October 1996
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- Active · Active since 17 Mar 2025
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