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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 30 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
ARES from Machelen (Brab.), company number BE0540953261, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 136,169 after tax. For that financial year ARES recorded a gross margin of € 300,904 and equity of € 967,499. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 166,686 to € 136,169. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 27, 2026.
€ 967,499
▲ 16% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 136,169
▼ 18% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 99,935
▼ 18% 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 € 966,999.
Debts at end 2025
€ 151,525
▼ 38% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 20,372
▲ 3% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 51,534
▲ € 45,350 vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 372,405 | € 116,900 | € 113,913 | € 300,904 | ▲ 164% |
| Profit after taxes | € 259,872 | € 29,504 | € 166,686 | € 136,169 | ▼ 18% |
| Equity | € 635,140 | € 664,644 | € 831,330 | € 967,499 | ▲ 16% |
| Total debts | € 674,073 | € 1,296,894 | € 1,428,016 | € 1,382,079 | ▼ 3% |
| Cash | € 309,622 | € 21,037 | € 121,841 | € 99,935 | ▼ 18% |
| Land & buildings | € 647,222 | € 1,283,408 | € 1,548,500 | € 1,450,760 | ▼ 6% |
| Retained profit | € 634,640 | € 664,144 | € 830,830 | € 966,999 | ▲ 16% |
| Bank debt | € 450,868 | € 351,519 | € 243,477 | € 151,525 | ▼ 38% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,379,020 | € 2,027,671 | € 2,321,805 | € 2,408,363 | ▲ 4% |
Key figures of ARES, 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 ARES?
What happened at ARES in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 136,169 (▼ 18% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- New establishment in Machelen (Brab.). KBO
In short
From € 259,872 profit in 2022 to € 136,169 profit in 2025.
Paid € 138,719 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 259,872 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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Management
Behind ARES are Steven Palstermans and Jan Bensch. The same people are also behind BRIDGE AVIATION, CREDES and BP PRECISION AIRLINE SERVICES. Steven Palstermans is also behind GILYJAN Aviation.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Steven Palstermans
Director
Also active at: BRIDGE AVIATION, CREDES, GILYJAN Aviation, BP PRECISION AIRLINE SERVICES
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Zaventemsesteenweg 89A
1831 Machelen (Brab.)
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
- 0540.953.261
- VAT number
- BE 0540.953.261
- Registered office
- Zaventemsesteenweg 89A, 1831 Machelen (Brab.)
- Names & denominations
- ARES
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 18 October 2013
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