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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 11 to 9.
Financials
Financial year 2025
CARROSSERIE DE MEESTER from Merelbeke-Melle, company number BE0477654229, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 196,041 after tax. For that financial year CARROSSERIE DE MEESTER recorded a gross margin of € 1.1 million and equity of € 467,419. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 22,600 to € 196,041. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 April 26, 2026.
€ 467,419
▼ 5% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 196,041
▲ € 173,441 vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 113,386
▲ 87% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 222,920 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
9
▼ 1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 603,956
▲ 17% vs 2024
€ 67,100 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.
€ 71,950
▼ 19% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 17,677.
Debts at end 2025
€ 240,665
▲ 10% vs 2024
€ 77,608 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 167,169
▼ 6% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 120,470
▲ 15% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 750,028 | € 767,149 | € 725,285 | € 1,060,999 | ▲ 46% |
| Profit after taxes | € 70,378 | € 66,940 | € 22,600 | € 196,041 | ▲ € 173,441 |
| Equity | € 454,090 | € 473,364 | € 494,298 | € 467,419 | ▼ 5% |
| Total debts | € 713,088 | € 619,412 | € 524,419 | € 650,132 | ▲ 24% |
| Cash | € 82,421 | € 123,965 | € 60,522 | € 113,386 | ▲ 87% |
| Land & buildings | € 452,820 | € 409,007 | € 375,552 | € 332,863 | ▼ 11% |
| Retained profit | € 374,090 | € 439,364 | € 460,298 | € 433,419 | ▼ 6% |
| Dividend | € 1,600 | € 1,666 | € 1,666 | € 222,920 | ▲ € 221,254 |
| Bank debt | € 464,678 | € 329,815 | € 218,163 | € 240,665 | ▲ 10% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,183,678 | € 1,109,276 | € 1,018,717 | € 1,117,551 | ▲ 10% |
| Employees (FTE) | 9.7 | 11 | 10 | 9 | ▼ 1 |
Key figures of CARROSSERIE DE MEESTER, 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 April 2027.
What happened to CARROSSERIE DE MEESTER?
What happened at CARROSSERIE DE MEESTER in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 196,041 (▲ € 173,441 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Martine Cortier became a director. NBB
- Marnix De Meester became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Merelbeke-Melle. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 70,378 profit in 2022 to € 196,041 profit in 2025.
Paid € 164,023 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 196,041 profit.
On average € 117,900 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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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Management
Behind CARROSSERIE DE MEESTER are Martine Cortier and Marnix De Meester.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Martine Cortier
Director
since 2021
Marnix De Meester
Director
since 2021
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Hundelgemsesteenweg 326
9820 Merelbeke-Melle
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
DSTNY-BACKBONE International Backbone, BE
Domain
Domain
carrosseriedemeester.be
Registered
2000-11-28
Website info
Features
Security
Network
Details
- Company number
- 0477.654.229
- VAT number
- BE 0477.654.229
- Registered office
- Hundelgemsesteenweg 326, 9820 Merelbeke-Melle
- Names & denominations
- CARROSSERIE DE MEESTER
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 3 June 2002
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 4 Sept 2025
- Contact
- carrosseriedemeester.be
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