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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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 3.5 to 2.3.
Financials
Financial year 2025
HUUGHE METALEN from Gent, company number BE0461430681, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 46,592 after tax. For that financial year HUUGHE METALEN recorded a gross margin of € 294,536 and equity of € 1.1 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 69,340 to € 46,592. The company is profitable. 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 April 1, 2026.
€ 1.1 million
▲ 5% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 46,592
▼ 33% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 990,788.
People and assets in 2025
2.3
▼ 0.7 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 157,032
▼ 26% vs 2024
€ 68,300 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.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 485,472
▼ 16% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 56,255
▼ 27% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 3,937,068 | € 3,913,721 | - | - | |
| Gross margin | € 283,593 | € 284,743 | € 383,167 | € 294,536 | ▼ 23% |
| Profit after taxes | € 28,801 | € 19,549 | € 69,340 | € 46,592 | ▼ 33% |
| Equity | € 917,280 | € 936,829 | € 1,006,169 | € 1,052,762 | ▲ 5% |
| Total debts | € 425,777 | € 507,601 | € 657,926 | € 541,726 | ▼ 18% |
| Cash | € 82,423 | € 38,608 | - | - | |
| Land & buildings | € 200,390 | € 188,215 | € 187,525 | € 223,521 | ▲ 19% |
| Retained profit | € 855,307 | € 874,856 | € 944,196 | € 990,788 | ▲ 5% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,343,058 | € 1,444,430 | € 1,664,096 | € 1,594,488 | ▼ 4% |
| Employees (FTE) | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3 | 2.3 | ▼ 0.7 |
Key figures of HUUGHE METALEN, 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 HUUGHE METALEN?
What happened at HUUGHE METALEN in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 46,592 (▼ 33% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 28,801 profit in 2022 to € 46,592 profit in 2025.
Paid € 81,032 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 69,340 profit.
On average € 128,100 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind HUUGHE METALEN is Bernd Casier. The shares are held by Algemeen Beheer Casier NV (99.6%) and Bernd Casier (0.4%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Bernd Casier
Director
Owns 0.4% directly
Also active at: CASIER RECYCLING, METAALAFBRAAK, Waasland Recycling, EMT
Shareholders
Bernd Casier · director
0.4%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Wiedauwkaai 70/H
9000 Gent
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0461.430.681
- VAT number
- BE 0461.430.681
- Registered office
- Wiedauwkaai 70/H, 9000 Gent
- Names & denominations
- HUUGHE METALEN
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 12 September 1997
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 15 Oct 2025
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