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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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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 61 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
BM DISTRIBUTION from Waterloo, company number BE0534951139, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 1,801 after tax. For that financial year BM DISTRIBUTION recorded a gross margin of € 67,746 and equity of € -51,547. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 10,825 to € 1,801. The company is profitable. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on October 6, 2025.
€ -51,547
▲ € 1,801 vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 1,801
▼ 83% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 28,780
▲ 74% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € -70,147.
People and assets in 2024
≈ 1
No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.
€ 38,517
▲ 4% vs 2023
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 5,539
▼ 22% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 132,932
▲ 40% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 27,346
▲ 71% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 40,107 | € 160,595 | € 77,947 | € 67,746 | ▼ 13% |
| Profit after taxes | € 24,605 | € 102,859 | € 10,825 | € 1,801 | ▼ 83% |
| Equity | € -167,032 | € -64,173 | € -53,348 | € -51,547 | ▲ € 1,801 |
| Total debts | € 260,282 | € 232,291 | € 177,693 | € 277,667 | ▲ 56% |
| Cash | € 795 | € 1,568 | € 16,556 | € 28,780 | ▲ 74% |
| Retained profit | € -185,632 | € -82,773 | € -71,948 | € -70,147 | ▲ € 1,801 |
| Balance sheet total | € 93,249 | € 168,118 | € 124,344 | € 226,120 | ▲ 82% |
Key figures of BM DISTRIBUTION, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to BM DISTRIBUTION?
What happened at BM DISTRIBUTION in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 1,801 (▼ 83% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Sombreffe. KBO
- New establishment in Waterloo. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 24,605 profit in 2021 to € 1,801 profit in 2024.
Paid € 540 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 102,859 profit.
Management
Behind BM DISTRIBUTION is Bruno MAERTENS. Bruno MAERTENS is also behind M BRU INVEST.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue de Caraute 64
1410 Waterloo
Chaussée de Charleroi, Tong. 96
5140 Sombreffe
Active since 1 January 2018
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0534.951.139
- VAT number
- BE 0534.951.139
- Registered office
- Rue de Caraute 64, 1410 Waterloo
- Names & denominations
- BM DISTRIBUTION
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 31 May 2013
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