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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 9.3 to 5.1.
Financials
Financial year 2025
TRANS - BOURS from Baelen, company number BE0469082201, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 135,857 after tax. For that financial year TRANS - BOURS recorded a gross margin of € 669,982 and equity of € 761,981. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 178,144 to € 135,857. 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 May 6, 2026.
€ 761,981
▼ 25% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 135,857
▼ 24% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 880,839
▲ 94% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 387,000 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
5.1
▼ 1.2 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 295,375
▼ 8% vs 2024
€ 57,900 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.
€ 206,137
▲ 16% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 123,487.
Debts at end 2025
€ 131,403
▲ € 103,133 vs 2024
€ 47,666 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 156,903
▲ 117% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 71,467
▼ 26% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 906,933 | € 865,903 | € 761,974 | € 669,982 | ▼ 12% |
| Profit after taxes | € 190,050 | € 88,180 | € 178,144 | € 135,857 | ▼ 24% |
| Equity | € 845,300 | € 933,480 | € 1,013,124 | € 761,981 | ▼ 25% |
| Total debts | € 467,234 | € 245,657 | € 302,756 | € 754,706 | ▲ 149% |
| Cash | € 276,590 | € 315,040 | € 455,116 | € 880,839 | ▲ 94% |
| Land & buildings | € 255,849 | € 236,964 | € 220,003 | € 203,041 | ▼ 8% |
| Retained profit | € 783,327 | € 871,507 | € 951,151 | € 700,008 | ▼ 26% |
| Dividend | € 22,000 | € 0 | € 98,500 | € 387,000 | ▲ 293% |
| Bank debt | € 241,148 | € 106,185 | € 28,270 | € 131,403 | ▲ € 103,133 |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,312,534 | € 1,179,137 | € 1,315,881 | € 1,516,687 | ▲ 15% |
| Employees (FTE) | 9.8 | 9.3 | 6.3 | 5.1 | ▼ 1.2 |
Key figures of TRANS - BOURS, 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 TRANS - BOURS?
What happened at TRANS - BOURS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Luc Léon Bours stepped down as director. NBB
- Carine Renée Bours stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 135,857 (▼ 24% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Luc Léon Bours became a director. NBB
- Carine Renée Bours became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Welkenraedt. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 190,050 profit in 2022 to € 135,857 profit in 2025.
Paid € 219,411 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 190,050 profit.
On average € 131,400 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Luc Léon Bours
Managing director
since 2023 · until 2028
Carine Renée Bours
Managing director
since 2023 · until 2028
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Allée des Saules(BLN) 28
4837 Baelen
Rue de l'Industrie 32
4840 Welkenraedt
Active since 17 January 2000
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0469.082.201
- VAT number
- BE 0469.082.201
- Registered office
- Allée des Saules(BLN) 28, 4837 Baelen
- Names & denominations
- TRANS - BOURS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 30 December 1999
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 11 Feb 2025
- Activities · NACE
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