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Board fully replaced NBB
No director from three years ago is still active according to annual account 2025.
Financials
Financial year 2025
All About Books from Kalmthout, company number BE0478693713, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 52,506 after tax. For that financial year All About Books recorded a gross margin of € 465,461 and equity of € 266,877. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 13,850 to € 52,506. 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 August 18, 2026.
€ 266,877
▲ 6% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 52,506
▲ 279% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 143,546
▲ € 126,349 vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 36,749 paid out
70 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
6.5
▼ 0.7 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 361,348
▼ 1% vs 2024
€ 55,600 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.
€ 35,317
▼ 22% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 25,000
▼ 88% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 392,874
▲ 63% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 79,807
▲ 46% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 245,420 | € 484,046 | € 427,176 | € 465,461 | ▲ 9% |
| Profit after taxes | € 13,752 | € 115,847 | € 13,850 | € 52,506 | ▲ 279% |
| Equity | € 121,423 | € 237,270 | € 251,120 | € 266,877 | ▲ 6% |
| Total debts | € 220,897 | € 566,181 | € 496,534 | € 497,681 | |
| Cash | € 77,802 | € 241,540 | € 17,197 | € 143,546 | ▲ € 126,349 |
| Retained profit | € 102,823 | € 218,670 | € 232,520 | € 248,277 | ▲ 7% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 36,749 | |
| Bank debt | € 41,000 | € 71,000 | € 201,000 | € 25,000 | ▼ 88% |
| Balance sheet total | € 342,319 | € 803,451 | € 747,654 | € 764,558 | ▲ 2% |
| Employees (FTE) | 4.8 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 6.5 | ▼ 0.7 |
Key figures of All About Books, 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 All About Books?
What happened at All About Books in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New establishment in Kortrijk. KBO
- New establishment in Mechelen. KBO
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 52,506 (▲ 279% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Amusing Ourselves BV became a director. NBB
- Dorsca BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Carla Dorssemont stepped down as director. NBB
- Dorsca BV became a director. NBB
- Carla Dorssemont became a director. NBB
In short
From € 13,752 profit in 2022 to € 52,506 profit in 2025.
Paid € 98,542 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 115,847 profit.
On average € 71,600 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind All About Books is Amusing Ourselves BV. Amusing Ourselves BV is also behind THEORIA, PELCKMANS UITGEVERS, MEDIO, YoYo Books Belgium and Casinoplein 10.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Thom Pelckmans
Also active at: THEORIA, PELCKMANS UITGEVERS, MEDIO, YoYo Books Belgium, Casinoplein 10, FIBRE MOOD, SIOUX, NOTTEBOHMHOEVE +6 more
since 2026
since 2012 · until 2026
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Brasschaatsteenweg (Ab) 308
2920 Kalmthout
Neerveld 7
2550 Kontich
Active since 10 December 2002
Casinoplein(Kor) 10
8500 Kortrijk
Active since 1 October 2026
Ontvoeringsplein 12
2800 Mechelen
Active since 1 October 2026
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0478.693.713
- VAT number
- BE 0478.693.713
- Registered office
- Brasschaatsteenweg (Ab) 308, 2920 Kalmthout
- Names & denominations
- All About Books
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 4 November 2002
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Activities · NACE
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