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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 48 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
BRUYNEEL - DEMETS from Waasmunster, company number BE0461086134, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 6.8 million after tax. For that financial year BRUYNEEL - DEMETS recorded a gross margin of € 134,457 and equity of € 13.9 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 796,967 to € 6.8 million. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 February 17, 2026.
€ 13.9 million
▲ 95% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 6.8 million
▲ € 6 million vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 83,674
▼ 66% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 13.1 million.
People and assets in 2025
€ 1,876
▼ 83% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 502,438
▼ 17% vs 2024
€ 99,844 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.
€ 1,021
▼ 78% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 26,769
▼ 44% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 724,489 | € 848,608 | € 950,789 | € 134,457 | ▼ 86% |
| Profit after taxes | € 560,875 | € 815,615 | € 796,967 | € 6,774,314 | ▲ € 6 million |
| Equity | € 5,538,299 | € 6,353,914 | € 7,150,880 | € 13,945,195 | ▲ 95% |
| Total debts | € 2,319,215 | € 2,070,076 | € 1,881,964 | € 1,867,106 | ▼ 1% |
| Cash | € 818,257 | € 733,439 | € 244,397 | € 83,674 | ▼ 66% |
| Land & buildings | € 893,557 | € 853,039 | € 817,612 | € 802,559 | ▼ 2% |
| Retained profit | € 4,753,299 | € 5,568,914 | € 6,365,880 | € 13,140,195 | ▲ 106% |
| Dividend | € 254,000 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 820,523 | € 706,311 | € 601,966 | € 502,438 | ▼ 17% |
| Balance sheet total | € 7,857,513 | € 8,423,990 | € 9,032,845 | € 15,812,301 | ▲ 75% |
Key figures of BRUYNEEL - DEMETS, 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 BRUYNEEL - DEMETS?
What happened at BRUYNEEL - DEMETS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 6.8 million (▲ € 6 million vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Tom Vandecasteele became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Waasmunster. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 560,875 profit in 2022 to € 6.8 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 847,344 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 6.8 million profit.
Paid out € 254,000 in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
Behind BRUYNEEL - DEMETS is Tom Vandecasteele. It owns 99.6% of Rik Vandecasteele and 10% of Gentis Sweets itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Tom Vandecasteele
Director
Also active at: Finex, CAMARGUE, RIK VANDECASTEELE, MOL D'ART, WILVIA INTERIEUR, J.V.E. HOLDING
since 2022
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Kastanjelaan 27
9250 Waasmunster
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0461.086.134
- VAT number
- BE 0461.086.134
- Registered office
- Kastanjelaan 27, 9250 Waasmunster
- Names & denominations
- BRUYNEEL - DEMETS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 17 July 1997
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 2 Oct 2025
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