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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 2024 and 2026.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 58 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2026
KARTONNAGEBEDRIJF MELS from Temse, company number BE0459786235, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € -20,127 after tax. For that financial year KARTONNAGEBEDRIJF MELS recorded a gross margin of € 1.5 million and equity of € 214,311. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -53,118 to € -20,127. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 25, 2026.
€ 214,311
▼ 9% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -20,127
▲ 62 % less loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 22,407
▼ 63% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 149,111.
People and assets in 2026
14
▼ 1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.3 million
▲ 91% vs 2024
€ 92,300 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.
€ 11,154
▼ 56% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
€ 402,150
▼ 25% vs 2024
€ 51,905 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 1 years.
€ 196,475
▲ 37% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 132,807
▲ 8% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2026 | Change 2024 → 2026 | |
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| Gross margin | € 1,002,605 | € 828,837 | € 762,856 | € 1,491,297 | ▲ 95% |
| Profit after taxes | € 173,659 | € 44,791 | € -53,118 | € -20,127 | ▲ € 32,991 |
| Equity | € 242,765 | € 287,556 | € 234,438 | € 214,311 | ▼ 9% |
| Total debts | € 1,041,287 | € 914,321 | € 810,275 | € 793,230 | ▼ 2% |
| Cash | € 113,794 | € 142,319 | € 60,447 | € 22,407 | ▼ 63% |
| Land & buildings | € 335,068 | € 338,299 | € 291,840 | € 255,573 | ▼ 12% |
| Retained profit | € 177,565 | € 222,356 | € 169,238 | € 149,111 | ▼ 12% |
| Dividend | € 50,000 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 553,849 | € 582,273 | € 535,195 | € 402,150 | ▼ 25% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,284,052 | € 1,201,877 | € 1,044,713 | € 1,007,541 | ▼ 4% |
| Employees (FTE) | 16.3 | 15.4 | 15 | 14 | ▼ 1 |
Key figures of KARTONNAGEBEDRIJF MELS, fiscal years 2022 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 30 November 2027.
What happened to KARTONNAGEBEDRIJF MELS?
What happened at KARTONNAGEBEDRIJF MELS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: loss of € 20,127. Source: NBB ↗
- ILKE MELS BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Temse. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 173,659 profit in 2022 to € 20,127 loss in 2026.
Paid € 45,804 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 173,659 profit.
On average € 106,500 of value added per employee in 2026.
Management
The stake of IIke Mels comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
KARTONNAGEBEDRIJF MELSBehind KARTONNAGEBEDRIJF MELS is ILKE MELS BV. The shares are held by IIke Mels (100%).
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Director · represented by ILKE MELS
since 2012
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Kapelanielaan 25
9140 Temse
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
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Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0459.786.235
- VAT number
- BE 0459.786.235
- Registered office
- Kapelanielaan 25, 9140 Temse
- Names & denominations
- KARTONNAGEBEDRIJF MELS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 10 January 1997
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 19 Aug 2025
- Contact
- mels.be
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