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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 53 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
MERTENS COLORA from Hoogstraten, company number BE0642548784, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 17,863 after tax. For that financial year MERTENS COLORA recorded a gross margin of € 124,143 and equity of € 71,483. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 28,012 to € 17,863. The company is profitable. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 13, 2026.
€ 71,483
▼ 3% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 17,863
▼ 36% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 75,359
▲ € 63,921 vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 20,000 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
€ 64,403
▲ 18% 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.
€ 140,952
▼ 16% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 140,952.
Debts at end 2025
€ 139,985
▼ 15% vs 2024
€ 25,988 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.
€ 61,909
▲ 24% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 26,086
▲ 78% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 135,577 | € 121,764 | € 126,776 | € 124,143 | ▼ 2% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,500 | € 16,684 | € 28,012 | € 17,863 | ▼ 36% |
| Equity | € 30,924 | € 47,608 | € 73,620 | € 71,483 | ▼ 3% |
| Total debts | € 361,150 | € 312,472 | € 244,179 | € 263,635 | ▲ 8% |
| Cash | € 20,308 | € 30,063 | € 11,439 | € 75,359 | ▲ € 63,921 |
| Land & buildings | € 5,670 | € 4,961 | € 4,253 | € 3,544 | ▼ 17% |
| Retained profit | € 24,724 | € 41,408 | € 67,420 | € 65,283 | ▼ 3% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 2,000 | € 20,000 | ▲ € 18,000 |
| Bank debt | € 216,604 | € 190,443 | € 165,464 | € 139,985 | ▼ 15% |
| Balance sheet total | € 392,075 | € 360,080 | € 317,799 | € 335,118 | ▲ 5% |
Key figures of MERTENS COLORA, 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 MERTENS COLORA?
What happened at MERTENS COLORA in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 17,863 (▼ 36% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Hoogstraten. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 1,500 profit in 2022 to € 17,863 profit in 2025.
Paid € 18,621 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 28,012 profit.
Paid out € 22,000 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 MERTENS COLORA are Joris Mertens and Els Goetschalckx. The same people are also behind MERTENS INTERIEUR.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Heilig Bloedlaan 283
2320 Hoogstraten
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0642.548.784
- VAT number
- BE 0642.548.784
- Registered office
- Heilig Bloedlaan 283, 2320 Hoogstraten
- Names & denominations
- MERTENS COLORA
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 30 October 2015
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