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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 18 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
T.T.B. HOUT from Merchtem, company number BE0466461518, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 2,321 after tax. For that financial year T.T.B. HOUT recorded a gross margin of € 41,990 and equity of € 275,961. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 107,722 to € 2,321. The company is profitable. 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 December 29, 2025.
€ 275,961
▼ 9% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 2,321
▼ 98% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 3,107
▲ € 2,928 vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 29,407 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
Debts at end 2025
€ 258,213
▼ 5% vs 2024
€ 15,459 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 17 years.
€ 39,609
▲ 44% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 11,494
▼ 63% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 44,977 | € 80,460 | € 185,009 | € 41,990 | ▼ 77% |
| Profit after taxes | € 18,909 | € -3,281 | € 107,722 | € 2,321 | ▼ 98% |
| Equity | € 198,605 | € 195,324 | € 303,046 | € 275,961 | ▼ 9% |
| Total debts | € 79,641 | € 528,939 | € 338,457 | € 351,926 | ▲ 4% |
| Cash | € 18,508 | € 983 | € 179 | € 3,107 | ▲ € 2,928 |
| Land & buildings | € 281,480 | € 727,677 | € 606,216 | € 596,573 | ▼ 2% |
| Retained profit | € 173,605 | € 170,324 | € 278,046 | € 250,961 | ▼ 10% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 29,407 | |
| Bank debt | € 61,376 | € 520,484 | € 273,029 | € 258,213 | ▼ 5% |
| Balance sheet total | € 309,871 | € 754,451 | € 677,153 | € 661,744 | ▼ 2% |
Key figures of T.T.B. HOUT, 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 January 2027.
What happened to T.T.B. HOUT?
What happened at T.T.B. HOUT in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 2,321 (▼ 98% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Merchtem. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- Torsten JOOSTENS became a director. NBB
- DIRK JOOSTENS became a director. NBB
- Birger JOOSTENS became a director. NBB
In short
From € 18,909 profit in 2022 to € 2,321 profit in 2025.
Paid € 42,971 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 107,722 profit.
Paid out € 29,407 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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Management
Behind T.T.B. HOUT are Torsten JOOSTENS, DIRK JOOSTENS and Birger JOOSTENS.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Torsten JOOSTENS
Manager
since 1999
DIRK JOOSTENS
Manager
since 1999
Birger JOOSTENS
Manager
since 1999
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Ten Houte 48
1785 Merchtem
Processiebaan 36
1785 Merchtem
Active since 22 October 1999
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0466.461.518
- VAT number
- BE 0466.461.518
- Registered office
- Ten Houte 48, 1785 Merchtem
- Names & denominations
- T.T.B. HOUT
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 7 July 1999
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 25 Feb 2026
- Activities · NACE
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