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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2023 and 2024.
Financials
Financial year 2024
BABY PLUS VANDERSTRAETEN from Merchtem, company number BE0465098073, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -48,583 after tax. For that financial year BABY PLUS VANDERSTRAETEN recorded a gross margin of € 128,396 and equity of € 451,883. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -54,034 to € -48,583. 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 June 24, 2025.
€ 451,883
▼ 19% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -48,583
▲ 10 % less loss than in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 172,601
▲ 3% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 433,291.
People and assets in 2024
3.8
▼ 1.6 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 162,877
▼ 18% vs 2023
€ 42,900 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.
€ 4,163
▼ 26% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 15,474
▲ 32% vs 2023
€ 11,182 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 1 years.
€ 104,775
▲ 13% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 51,697
▼ 31% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 197,571 | € 144,610 | € 128,396 | ▼ 11% |
| Profit after taxes | € -33,911 | € -54,034 | € -48,583 | ▲ € 5,451 |
| Equity | € 714,500 | € 560,466 | € 451,883 | ▼ 19% |
| Total debts | € 236,692 | € 279,996 | € 233,798 | ▼ 16% |
| Cash | € 158,826 | € 166,841 | € 172,601 | ▲ 3% |
| Land & buildings | € 7,123 | € 4,411 | € 2,925 | ▼ 34% |
| Retained profit | € 695,908 | € 541,874 | € 433,291 | ▼ 20% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 100,000 | € 60,000 | ▼ 40% |
| Bank debt | € 11,749 | € 11,749 | € 15,474 | ▲ 32% |
| Balance sheet total | € 951,192 | € 840,462 | € 685,681 | ▼ 18% |
| Employees (FTE) | 5.4 | 5.4 | 3.8 | ▼ 1.6 |
Key figures of BABY PLUS VANDERSTRAETEN, fiscal years 2022 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 30 June 2026.
What happened to BABY PLUS VANDERSTRAETEN?
What happened at BABY PLUS VANDERSTRAETEN in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 48,583. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Merchtem. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- Marina Joanna Vanderstraeten became a director. NBB
- Lutgarde Lea F Vanderstraeten became a director. NBB
In short
From € 33,911 loss in 2022 to € 48,583 loss in 2024.
Paid € 7,433 in corporate taxes since 2022.
On average € 33,800 of value added per employee in 2024.
Paid out € 160,000 in dividends to the owners in total.
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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 BABY PLUS VANDERSTRAETEN are Marina Joanna Vanderstraeten and Lutgarde Lea F Vanderstraeten.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Marina Joanna Vanderstraeten
Director
since 1998
Lutgarde Lea F Vanderstraeten
Director
since 1998
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Brusselsesteenweg 161
1785 Merchtem
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0465.098.073
- VAT number
- BE 0465.098.073
- Registered office
- Brusselsesteenweg 161, 1785 Merchtem
- Names & denominations
- BABY PLUS VANDERSTRAETEN
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 30 December 1998
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 30 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
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