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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
Financials
Financial year 2025
M.H.B. from Dessel, company number BE0460925093, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -48,132 after tax. For that financial year M.H.B. recorded a gross margin of € 44,698 and equity of € 406,035. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -88,075 to € -48,132. 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 April 24, 2026.
€ 406,035
▼ 14% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -48,132
▲ 45 % less loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 51,927
▼ 48% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 344,035.
People and assets in 2025
0.2
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 11,247
▲ 4% 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.
€ 157,944
▼ 27% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 57,985
▼ 34% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 12,046
▲ 126% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 366,559 | € 126,732 | € 22,371 | € 44,698 | ▲ 100% |
| Profit after taxes | € 235,891 | € 32,826 | € -88,075 | € -48,132 | ▲ € 39,943 |
| Equity | € 752,204 | € 564,302 | € 472,142 | € 406,035 | ▼ 14% |
| Total debts | € 185,074 | € 215,875 | € 139,642 | € 119,032 | ▼ 15% |
| Cash | € 518,036 | € 391,756 | € 99,753 | € 51,927 | ▼ 48% |
| Land & buildings | € 97,267 | € 80,559 | € 65,075 | € 50,105 | ▼ 23% |
| Retained profit | € 476,004 | € 502,302 | € 410,142 | € 344,035 | ▼ 16% |
| Dividend | € 7,511 | € 6,528 | € 4,085 | € 17,975 | ▲ € 13,890 |
| Balance sheet total | € 937,277 | € 780,176 | € 611,784 | € 525,067 | ▼ 14% |
| Employees (FTE) | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Key figures of M.H.B., fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 April 2027.
What happened to M.H.B.?
What happened at M.H.B. in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Pieter Mermans stepped down as director. NBB
- Claudie Mermans stepped down as director. NBB
- Margo Cools stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 48,132. Source: NBB ↗
- Margo Cools became a director. NBB
- Pieter Mermans became a director. NBB
- Claudie Mermans became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Mol. KBO
In short
From € 235,891 profit in 2022 to € 48,132 loss in 2025.
Paid € 133,006 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 235,891 profit.
Paid out € 36,099 in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Margo Cools
Director
since 2023 · until 2029
Pieter Mermans
Afgevaardigd Bestuurder
since 2023 · until 2029
Claudie Mermans
Director
since 2023 · until 2029
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Kantstraat 14
2480 Dessel
Turnhoutsebaan 62
2470 Retie
Active since 5 November 1998
Moerhoek 8
2400 Mol
Active since 7 November 2001
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0460.925.093
- VAT number
- BE 0460.925.093
- Registered office
- Kantstraat 14, 2480 Dessel
- Names & denominations
- M.H.B.
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 24 June 1997
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 22 Oct 2025
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