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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 60 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 24.2 to 21.5.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Melaer from Alken, company number BE0465286333, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -645,741 after tax. For that financial year Melaer recorded a gross margin of € 911,191 and equity of € 797,721. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 150,380 to € -645,741. The company made a loss. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 53 % below last year. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 25, 2026.
€ 797,721
▼ 53% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -645,741
▼ still € 150,380 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 439,228
▲ 100% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 747,721.
People and assets in 2025
21.5
▼ 1.5 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 859,554
▲ 20% vs 2024
€ 40,000 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.
€ 1,305
▼ 79% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 2.5 million
€ 196,499 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 13 years.
€ 161,728
▼ 35% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 183,501
▲ 20% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 796,658 | € 1,035,673 | € 1,021,551 | € 911,191 | ▼ 11% |
| Profit after taxes | € -17,252 | € 120,971 | € 150,380 | € -645,741 | ▼ € 796,120 |
| Equity | € 1,493,102 | € 1,542,270 | € 1,692,649 | € 797,721 | ▼ 53% |
| Total debts | € 508,933 | € 752,585 | € 526,473 | € 3,775,038 | ▲ € 3.2 million |
| Cash | € 413,877 | € 422,242 | € 219,864 | € 439,228 | ▲ 100% |
| Land & buildings | € 548,359 | € 526,703 | € 506,763 | € 2,351,065 | ▲ € 1.8 million |
| Retained profit | € 1,443,102 | € 1,492,270 | € 1,642,649 | € 747,721 | ▼ 54% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 71,803 | € 0 | € 249,188 | |
| Bank debt | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 2,492,596 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,002,035 | € 2,294,855 | € 2,219,122 | € 4,572,759 | ▲ 106% |
| Employees (FTE) | 25 | 24.2 | 23 | 21.5 | ▼ 1.5 |
Key figures of Melaer, 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 Melaer?
What happened at Melaer in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 645,741 (▼ € 796,120 vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Ingrid Melaer became a director. NBB
- Ward Melaer became a director. NBB
- Romain Melaer became a director. NBB
- Tom Punie became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Alken. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 17,252 loss in 2022 to € 645,741 loss in 2025.
Paid € 127,111 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 150,380 profit.
On average € 42,400 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind Melaer are Tom Punie, Ingrid Melaer, Ward Melaer and Romain Melaer. The shares are held by Tom Punie, Ingrid Melaer and Ward Melaer.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Tom Punie
Director
Is a shareholder
since 2022
Ingrid Melaer
Director
Is a shareholder
since 2022
Ward Melaer
Director
Is a shareholder
since 2022
Romain Melaer
Director
since 2022
Shareholders
Tom Punie · director
Ingrid Melaer · director
Ward Melaer · director
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
O. L. Vrouwstraat 133
3570 Alken
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0465.286.333
- VAT number
- BE 0465.286.333
- Registered office
- O. L. Vrouwstraat 133, 3570 Alken
- Names & denominations
- Melaer
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 18 January 1999
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 24 Nov 2023
- Activities · NACE
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Superettes (verkoopsoppervlakte tussen 100 m2 en minder dan 400 m2)
Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk
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Groothandel in tabaksproducten
Groothandel in dranken, algemeen assortiment
Groothandel in dranken
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