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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 14.5 to 11.6.
Financials
Financial year 2025
HERTEN FRUIT from Wellen, company number BE0466972450, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -19,652 after tax. For that financial year HERTEN FRUIT recorded a gross margin of € 472,424 and equity of € 420,029. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 25,188 to € -19,652. 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 July 31, 2026.
€ 420,029
▼ 4% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -19,652
▼ still € 25,188 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 232,945
▲ 9% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 103,958.
People and assets in 2025
11.6
▼ 1.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 413,849
▲ 1% vs 2024
€ 35,700 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.
€ 106,871
▼ 31% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 68,160.
Debts at end 2025
€ 163,896
▼ 21% vs 2024
€ 43,248 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 55,045
▲ 91% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 99,585
▲ 126% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 593,709 | € 591,433 | € 546,826 | € 472,424 | ▼ 14% |
| Profit after taxes | € 47,547 | € 38,468 | € 25,188 | € -19,652 | ▼ € 44,839 |
| Equity | € 376,025 | € 414,493 | € 439,681 | € 420,029 | ▼ 4% |
| Total debts | € 453,578 | € 400,799 | € 294,430 | € 318,525 | ▲ 8% |
| Cash | € 162,451 | € 221,793 | € 213,701 | € 232,945 | ▲ 9% |
| Land & buildings | € 253,195 | € 239,130 | € 241,351 | € 226,457 | ▼ 6% |
| Retained profit | € 59,954 | € 98,422 | € 123,610 | € 103,958 | ▼ 16% |
| Bank debt | € 301,595 | € 256,940 | € 208,739 | € 163,896 | ▼ 21% |
| Balance sheet total | € 829,604 | € 815,292 | € 734,111 | € 738,554 | ▲ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 16.7 | 14.5 | 12.7 | 11.6 | ▼ 1.1 |
Key figures of HERTEN FRUIT, 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 HERTEN FRUIT?
What happened at HERTEN FRUIT in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 19,652 (▼ € 44,839 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Wellen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 47,547 profit in 2022 to € 19,652 loss in 2025.
Paid € 32,189 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 47,547 profit.
On average € 40,700 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind HERTEN FRUIT is Christophe BILLEN.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Christophe BILLEN
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Hertenstraat 11B
3830 Wellen
Drienootstraat 2A
3830 Wellen
Active since 27 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
- 0466.972.450
- VAT number
- BE 0466.972.450
- Registered office
- Hertenstraat 11B, 3830 Wellen
- Names & denominations
- HERTEN FRUIT
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 October 1999
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