What does Gills & Scales do?

Gills & Scales is a rental company in Houthalen-Helchteren. Private Limited, started on 31 October 2013, 1 establishment.

What is the address of Gills & Scales?

The registered office of Gills & Scales is located at Bronweg 57, 3530 Houthalen-Helchteren.

Is Gills & Scales still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (31 October 2026) Gills & Scales is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 31 October 2013.

Is Gills & Scales registered on Peppol?

Yes, Gills & Scales is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0541580296.

What is the enterprise number of Gills & Scales?

The enterprise number of Gills & Scales is BE0541580296.

When was Gills & Scales founded?

Gills & Scales was founded on 31 October 2013.

Who are the directors of Gills & Scales?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of Gills & Scales are: Bob Cuyvers.

Is Gills & Scales a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 31 October 2013; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 1 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did Gills & Scales make in 2025?

Gills & Scales recorded a loss after taxes of € 8,212 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of Gills & Scales?

As a small company, Gills & Scales is not required to publish revenue in its annual accounts. In financial year 2025, its added value was € 126,526.

How much does an employee at Gills & Scales earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at Gills & Scales was € 22,300 in 2022: staff costs of € 44,531 for 2 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does Gills & Scales have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, Gills & Scales has 0 full-time equivalents (FTE).

Gills & Scales (Private Limited) - Houthalen-Helchteren

Dossier Gills & Scales, printed on 31 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0541580296/gills-scales. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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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.

Negative equity NBB

More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
Tight liquidity NBB

Cash and receivables cover 11 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.

Financials

Financial year 2025

Gills & Scales from Houthalen-Helchteren, company number BE0541580296, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -8,212 after tax. For that financial year Gills & Scales recorded a gross margin of € 126,526 and equity of € -305,633. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 13,825 to € -8,212. The company made a loss. 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 July 28, 2026.

What it is worth Caution

€ -305,633

▼ € 8,212 vs 2024

Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.

Loss Caution

€ -8,212

▼ still € 13,825 profit in 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 6,271

▲ 19% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Caution

Loss, nothing to pay out

Reserves fell to € -438,633.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents estimate The annual accounts report no full-time equivalents. A micro company with one active director is usually run by that person; this is an assumption, not a figure from the source.

≈ 1

No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.

Wage cost

€ 77,852

▲ 31% 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 5,760

▼ 81% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt ≈ 94 years to go The accounts give the long-term loan and the part due within the year. The remainder divided by that part is the number of years at an equal pace; a new loan or early repayment changes it.

€ 160,884

▼ 12% vs 2024

€ 1,714 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 94 years.

Owed to suppliers

€ 5,458

▼ 42% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.

Taxes and wages

€ 10,533

▲ 3% vs 2024

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Gross margin	€ 80,251 Gross margin 2022: € 80,251 First fiscal year in the series	€ 96,463 Gross margin 2023: € 96,463 ▲ 20% vs 2022 (€ 80,251) Favourable step	€ 141,093 Gross margin 2024: € 141,093 ▲ 46% vs 2023 (€ 96,463) Favourable step	€ 126,526 Gross margin 2025: € 126,526 ▼ 10% vs 2024 (€ 141,093) Unfavourable step	▼ 10%
Profit after taxes	€ -67,650 Profit after taxes 2022: € -67,650 First fiscal year in the series	€ -42,065 Profit after taxes 2023: € -42,065 ▲ € 25,585 vs 2022 (€ -67,650) Favourable step	€ 13,825 Profit after taxes 2024: € 13,825 ▲ € 55,890 vs 2023 (€ -42,065) Favourable step	€ -8,212 Profit after taxes 2025: € -8,212 ▼ € 22,037 vs 2024 (€ 13,825) Unfavourable step	▼ € 22,037
Equity	€ -269,181 Equity 2022: € -269,181 First fiscal year in the series	€ -311,246 Equity 2023: € -311,246 ▼ € 42,065 vs 2022 (€ -269,181) Unfavourable step	€ -297,421 Equity 2024: € -297,421 ▲ € 13,825 vs 2023 (€ -311,246) Favourable step	€ -305,633 Equity 2025: € -305,633 ▼ € 8,212 vs 2024 (€ -297,421) Unfavourable step	▼ € 8,212
Total debts	€ 521,795 Total debts 2022: € 521,795 First fiscal year in the series	€ 492,524 Total debts 2023: € 492,524 ▼ 6% vs 2022 (€ 521,795) Favourable step	€ 468,738 Total debts 2024: € 468,738 ▼ 5% vs 2023 (€ 492,524) Favourable step	€ 446,021 Total debts 2025: € 446,021 ▼ 5% vs 2024 (€ 468,738) Favourable step	▼ 5%
Cash	€ 2,919 Cash 2022: € 2,919 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,892 Cash 2023: € 4,892 ▲ 68% vs 2022 (€ 2,919) Favourable step	€ 5,292 Cash 2024: € 5,292 ▲ 8% vs 2023 (€ 4,892) Favourable step	€ 6,271 Cash 2025: € 6,271 ▲ 19% vs 2024 (€ 5,292) Favourable step	▲ 19%
Land & buildings	€ 74,531 Land & buildings 2022: € 74,531 First fiscal year in the series	€ 60,540 Land & buildings 2023: € 60,540 ▼ 19% vs 2022 (€ 74,531) Unchanged	€ 50,048 Land & buildings 2024: € 50,048 ▼ 17% vs 2023 (€ 60,540) Unchanged	€ 50,531 Land & buildings 2025: € 50,531 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 50,048) Unchanged	▲ 1%
Retained profit	€ -402,181 Retained profit 2022: € -402,181 First fiscal year in the series	€ -444,246 Retained profit 2023: € -444,246 ▼ € 42,065 vs 2022 (€ -402,181) Unfavourable step	€ -430,421 Retained profit 2024: € -430,421 ▲ € 13,825 vs 2023 (€ -444,246) Favourable step	€ -438,633 Retained profit 2025: € -438,633 ▼ € 8,212 vs 2024 (€ -430,421) Unfavourable step	▼ € 8,212
Bank debt	€ 235,705 Bank debt 2022: € 235,705 First fiscal year in the series	€ 203,753 Bank debt 2023: € 203,753 ▼ 14% vs 2022 (€ 235,705) Favourable step	€ 182,259 Bank debt 2024: € 182,259 ▼ 11% vs 2023 (€ 203,753) Favourable step	€ 160,884 Bank debt 2025: € 160,884 ▼ 12% vs 2024 (€ 182,259) Favourable step	▼ 12%
Balance sheet total	€ 252,614 Balance sheet total 2022: € 252,614 First fiscal year in the series	€ 181,278 Balance sheet total 2023: € 181,278 ▼ 28% vs 2022 (€ 252,614) Unchanged	€ 171,317 Balance sheet total 2024: € 171,317 ▼ 5% vs 2023 (€ 181,278) Unchanged	€ 140,388 Balance sheet total 2025: € 140,388 ▼ 18% vs 2024 (€ 171,317) Unchanged	▼ 18%
Employees (FTE)	2 Employees (FTE) 2022: 2 First fiscal year in the series	-	-	0 Employees (FTE) 2025: 0 First fiscal year in the series

Key figures of Gills & Scales, 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 Gills & Scales?

What happened at Gills & Scales in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

Jul 28, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 8,212 (▼ € 22,037 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
Oct 31, 2013 New establishment in Houthalen-Helchteren. KBO
Oct 31, 2013 Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO

In short

From € 67,650 loss in 2022 to € 8,212 loss in 2025.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 13,825 profit.

On average € 40,100 of value added per employee in 2022.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

Bob Cuyvers

Gills & Scales

ECHOBEL

CUROSA

GALM PARTICIPATIES

Behind Gills & Scales is Bob Cuyvers. Bob Cuyvers is also behind ECHOBEL, CUROSA, GALM PARTICIPATIES, Inch-off and DREAMBAITS.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Bob Cuyvers

Director

Also active at: ECHOBEL, CUROSA, GALM PARTICIPATIES, Inch-off, DREAMBAITS

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Bronweg 57

3530 Houthalen-Helchteren

Who else lives here?

A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 5 companies are registered at this address.

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ECHOBEL same network

€ 22,216 gross margin · 2025

CUROSA same network

€ -2,588 gross margin · 2025

GALM PARTICIPATIES same network

€ 70,134 gross margin · 2025

DREAMBAITS same network

€ 98,276 gross margin · 2025

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Company number

0541.580.296

VAT number

BE 0541.580.296

Registered office

Bronweg 57, 3530 Houthalen-Helchteren

Names & denominations

Gills & Scales

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Private limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

31 October 2013

Peppol

Active · Active since 16 Dec 2025

Activities · NACE

Verhuur en lease van sport- en recreatieartikelen

Overige recreatie- en ontspanningsactiviteiten, neg

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

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