Warning lights
Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
-
Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 8.8 to 6.2.
-
Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2025.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Willems Perlite from Gent, company number BE0473017134, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 3,277 after tax. For that financial year Willems Perlite recorded a gross margin of € 399,783 and equity of € 293,232. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 145,189 to € 3,277. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on October 7, 2026.
€ 293,232
▲ 1% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 3,277
▼ 98% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 435,121
▲ 21% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 159,132.
People and assets in 2025
6.2
▼ 2 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 231,841
▼ 17% vs 2024
€ 37,400 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.
€ 87,286
▲ 105% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 83,482.
Debts at end 2025
€ 566,388
▼ 20% vs 2024
€ 247,395 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 420,912
▲ 3% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 90,368
▼ 17% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 579,770 | € 759,591 | € 599,760 | € 399,783 | ▼ 33% |
| Profit after taxes | € 53,153 | € 288,400 | € 145,189 | € 3,277 | ▼ 98% |
| Equity | € -83,634 | € 180,766 | € 289,955 | € 293,232 | ▲ 1% |
| Total debts | € 1,346,120 | € 1,380,287 | € 1,292,647 | € 1,120,949 | ▼ 13% |
| Cash | € 71,093 | € 63,896 | € 360,557 | € 435,121 | ▲ 21% |
| Land & buildings | € 11,052 | € 7,555 | € 6,002 | € 2,846 | ▼ 53% |
| Retained profit | € -217,734 | € 46,666 | € 155,855 | € 159,132 | ▲ 2% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 24,000 | € 36,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 684,955 | € 801,783 | € 706,444 | € 566,388 | ▼ 20% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,262,486 | € 1,561,053 | € 1,582,602 | € 1,414,181 | ▼ 11% |
| Employees (FTE) | 10.3 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 6.2 | ▼ 2 |
Key figures of Willems Perlite, 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 Willems Perlite?
What happened at Willems Perlite in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Corrected annual accounts filed for financial year 2025. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 53,153 profit in 2022 to € 3,277 profit in 2025.
Paid € 41,277 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 288,400 profit.
On average € 64,500 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind Willems Perlite is Sven Willems.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Sven Willems
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Hulsdonk 37
9042 Gent
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Microsoft 365
Hosting
COMBELL-AS, BE
Domain
Domain
willems-perlite.com
Registered
2008-07-12
Registrar
Ascio Technologies, Inc. Danmark - Filial af Ascio technologies, Inc. USA
Expires
2026-07-12
Website info
Features
Security
Network
Details
- Company number
- 0473.017.134
- VAT number
- BE 0473.017.134
- Registered office
- Hulsdonk 37, 9042 Gent
- Names & denominations
- Willems Perlite
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 11 October 2000
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 21 Oct 2026
- Contact
- willems-perlite.com
- Activities · NACE
Landschapsverzorging
Diensten in verband met de landbouw; aanleg en onderhoud van tuinen en parken
Vervaardiging van overige keramische producten, exclusief die voor de bouw
Vervaardiging van andere keramische producten
Vervaardiging van andere niet-metaalhoudende minerale producten, neg