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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 19 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
VANDENBALCK from Leuven, company number BE0474103237, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -338,144 after tax. For that financial year VANDENBALCK recorded a gross margin of € 513,005 and equity of € 142,093. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 12,739 to € -338,144. The company made a loss. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 70 % below last year. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 1, 2026.
€ 142,093
▼ 70% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -338,144
▼ still € 12,739 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 74,300
▼ 4% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 123,493.
People and assets in 2025
6.4
▲ 0.7 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 446,340
▼ 5% vs 2024
€ 69,700 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.
€ 2,202
▲ 10% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 156,008
▲ 26% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 421,366
▲ 17% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 128,715
▲ 16% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 538,675 | € 469,558 | € 689,661 | € 513,005 | ▼ 26% |
| Profit after taxes | € 87,213 | € 11,236 | € 12,739 | € -338,144 | ▼ € 350,883 |
| Equity | € 456,261 | € 467,497 | € 480,237 | € 142,093 | ▼ 70% |
| Total debts | € 959,852 | € 1,034,060 | € 2,517,665 | € 2,030,922 | ▼ 19% |
| Cash | € 8,579 | € 23,595 | € 77,535 | € 74,300 | ▼ 4% |
| Land & buildings | € 123,934 | € 35,645 | € 4,493 | - | |
| Retained profit | € 437,661 | € 448,897 | € 461,637 | € 123,493 | ▼ 73% |
| Bank debt | € 441,733 | € 0 | € 123,347 | € 156,008 | ▲ 26% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,416,113 | € 1,501,557 | € 2,997,902 | € 2,173,015 | ▼ 28% |
| Employees (FTE) | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 6.4 | ▲ 0.7 |
Key figures of VANDENBALCK, 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 VANDENBALCK?
What happened at VANDENBALCK in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 338,144 (▼ € 350,883 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Leuven. KBO
- Vandenbalck Holding BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Leuven. KBO
- New establishment in Leuven. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 87,213 profit in 2022 to € 338,144 loss in 2025.
Paid € 82,295 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 87,213 profit.
On average € 80,200 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
The stake of Docatel, Vandenbalck Holding comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
VANDENBALCKBehind VANDENBALCK is Vandenbalck Holding BV. The shares are held by Docatel (100%) and Vandenbalck Holding (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2024
Shareholders
100%
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Bondgenotenlaan 50 box A
3000 Leuven
Bondgenotenlaan 57
3000 Leuven
Active since 26 March 2001
Mechelsestraat 9
3000 Leuven
Active since 15 September 2015
Bondgenotenlaan 50A
3000 Leuven
Active since 6 March 2024
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0474.103.237
- VAT number
- BE 0474.103.237
- Registered office
- Bondgenotenlaan 50 bus A, 3000 Leuven
- Names & denominations
- VANDENBALCK
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 16 February 2001
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
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