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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 50 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
METAC from Verlaine, company number BE0563533277, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 48,823 after tax. For that financial year METAC recorded a gross margin of € 121,559 and equity of € 48,289. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 67,549 to € 48,823. The company is profitable. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 60 % below last year. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 27, 2026.
€ 48,289
▼ 60% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 48,823
▼ 28% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 51,222
▼ 13% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 121,679 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
€ 19,029
▼ 17% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 282,453
▼ 17% vs 2024
€ 40,873 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 7 years.
€ 1,947
▲ 98% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 32,866
▲ 245% 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 | € 117,150 | € 142,424 | € 142,051 | € 121,559 | ▼ 14% |
| Profit after taxes | € 51,809 | € 67,754 | € 67,549 | € 48,823 | ▼ 28% |
| Equity | € 76,676 | € 143,597 | € 121,146 | € 48,289 | ▼ 60% |
| Total debts | € 499,632 | € 421,289 | € 447,510 | € 502,093 | ▲ 12% |
| Cash | € 41,386 | € 27,091 | € 58,818 | € 51,222 | ▼ 13% |
| Land & buildings | € 519,083 | € 495,596 | € 472,110 | € 457,724 | ▼ 3% |
| Retained profit | € 58,076 | € 124,997 | € 102,546 | € 29,689 | ▼ 71% |
| Dividend | € 800 | € 833 | € 90,000 | € 121,679 | ▲ 35% |
| Bank debt | € 468,545 | € 409,680 | € 340,129 | € 282,453 | ▼ 17% |
| Balance sheet total | € 576,308 | € 564,885 | € 568,656 | € 550,383 | ▼ 3% |
Key figures of METAC, 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 METAC?
What happened at METAC in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 48,823 (▼ 28% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Charles Defrance became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Verlaine. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 51,809 profit in 2022 to € 48,823 profit in 2025.
Paid € 63,251 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 67,754 profit.
Paid out € 213,312 in dividends to the owners in total.
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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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
Behind METAC is Charles Defrance. Charles Defrance is also behind VERVINS.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2023
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue Haute Voie(VER) 16
4537 Verlaine
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0563.533.277
- VAT number
- BE 0563.533.277
- Registered office
- Rue Haute Voie(VER) 16, 4537 Verlaine
- Names & denominations
- METAC
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 October 2014
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 12 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
Overige gespecialiseerde bouwactiviteiten, neg
Overige gespecialiseerde bouwwerkzaamheden
Vervaardiging van metalen constructiewerken en delen daarvan
Overige recreatie- en ontspanningsactiviteiten, neg
Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen
Detailhandel in overige bouwmaterialen, neg
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