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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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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 1 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 26 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
V.D.S. MERLOT from De Panne, company number BE0463528554, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -5,914 after tax. For that financial year V.D.S. MERLOT recorded a gross margin of € 32,683 and equity of € -4,135. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -4,153 to € -5,914. The company made a loss. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 31, 2026.
€ -4,135
▼ € 5,914 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -5,914
▼ 42 % more loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 18,629
▲ 123% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -22,735.
People and assets in 2025
€ 29,125
▼ 44% 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.
€ 6,551
▲ € 5,681 vs 2024
Of which on lease € 6,080.
Debts at end 2025
€ 15,083
€ 2,891 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.
€ 56,085
▲ 205% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 14,269
▲ 64% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 65,336 | € 78,563 | € 52,983 | € 32,683 | ▼ 38% |
| Profit after taxes | € -29,782 | € 3,388 | € -4,153 | € -5,914 | ▼ € 1,761 |
| Equity | € 2,544 | € 5,932 | € 1,779 | € -4,135 | ▼ € 5,914 |
| Total debts | € 51,224 | € 48,336 | € 34,540 | € 133,069 | ▲ 285% |
| Cash | € 18,660 | € 12,528 | € 8,355 | € 18,629 | ▲ 123% |
| Retained profit | € -16,056 | € -12,668 | € -16,821 | € -22,735 | ▼ € 5,914 |
| Bank debt | € 2,640 | € 983 | € 0 | € 15,083 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 53,767 | € 54,268 | € 36,320 | € 128,935 | ▲ 255% |
Key figures of V.D.S. MERLOT, 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 V.D.S. MERLOT?
What happened at V.D.S. MERLOT in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 5,914. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in De Panne. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- Jean-Claude Van Den Ouden became a director. NBB
- Dominique De Souter became a director. NBB
In short
From € 29,782 loss in 2022 to € 5,914 loss in 2025.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 3,388 profit.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
Behind V.D.S. MERLOT are Jean-Claude Van Den Ouden and Dominique De Souter.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Jean-Claude Van Den Ouden
Director
since 1998
Dominique De Souter
Director
since 1998
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Noordhoekstraat 36
8660 De Panne
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0463.528.554
- VAT number
- BE 0463.528.554
- Registered office
- Noordhoekstraat 36, 8660 De Panne
- Names & denominations
- V.D.S. MERLOT
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 9 June 1998
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
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