Financials
Financial year 2025
PAPERCLIP from Herentals, company number BE0475315242, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 23,661 after tax. For that financial year PAPERCLIP recorded a gross margin of € 48,020 and equity of € 20,646. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 3,094 to € 23,661. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on March 30, 2026.
€ 20,646
▲ € 23,661 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 23,661
▲ € 20,567 vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 34,551
▼ 12% 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 € 14,446.
People and assets in 2025
€ 6,078
▼ 1% vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 2,447
▼ 38% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 50,513
▲ 231% vs 2024
€ 11,166 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.
€ 14,134
▼ 40% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1,406
▼ 48% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 18,287 | € -12,182 | € 26,913 | € 48,020 | ▲ 78% |
| Profit after taxes | € -10,887 | € -37,793 | € 3,094 | € 23,661 | ▲ € 20,567 |
| Equity | € 31,684 | € -6,109 | € -3,015 | € 20,646 | ▲ € 23,661 |
| Total debts | € 34,718 | € 56,817 | € 82,127 | € 70,176 | ▼ 15% |
| Cash | € 1,502 | € 8,331 | € 39,483 | € 34,551 | ▼ 12% |
| Retained profit | € 25,484 | € -12,309 | € -9,215 | € 14,446 | ▲ € 23,661 |
| Bank debt | € 29,753 | € 28,912 | € 15,276 | € 50,513 | ▲ 231% |
| Balance sheet total | € 66,402 | € 50,709 | € 79,112 | € 90,822 | ▲ 15% |
Key figures of PAPERCLIP, 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 PAPERCLIP?
What happened at PAPERCLIP in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 23,661 (▲ € 20,567 vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Dirk Albert Van Steen became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Herentals. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- Marie Jeanne Laermans became a director. NBB
In short
From € 10,887 loss in 2022 to € 23,661 profit in 2025.
Paid € 1,015 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 23,661 profit.
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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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
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Management
Behind PAPERCLIP are Dirk Albert Van Steen and Marie Jeanne Laermans.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Dirk Albert Van Steen
Director
since 2005
Marie Jeanne Laermans
Director
since 2001
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Ring(NDW) 79
2200 Herentals
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0475.315.242
- VAT number
- BE 0475.315.242
- Registered office
- Ring(NDW) 79, 2200 Herentals
- Names & denominations
- PAPERCLIP
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 16 July 2001
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- Active · Active since 24 Aug 2025
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