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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 58 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
VBL Drilling from Torhout, company number BE0642987660, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 391,329 after tax. For that financial year VBL Drilling recorded a gross margin of € 505,259 and equity of € 1.2 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 497,147 to € 391,329. The company is profitable. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 61 % below last year. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on April 20, 2026.
€ 1.2 million
▼ 61% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 391,329
▼ 21% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 1 million
▲ 22% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 2.2 million paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 715
▲ 21% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 110,750
▲ € 106,797 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 | € 450,043 | € 578,075 | € 635,688 | € 505,259 | ▼ 21% |
| Profit after taxes | € 340,310 | € 447,007 | € 497,147 | € 391,329 | ▼ 21% |
| Equity | € 2,047,083 | € 2,494,090 | € 2,979,987 | € 1,171,316 | ▼ 61% |
| Total debts | € 181,434 | € 68,990 | € 19,047 | € 2,000,360 | ▲ € 2 million |
| Cash | € 229,409 | € 208,197 | € 830,472 | € 1,016,532 | ▲ 22% |
| Retained profit | € 1,997,083 | € 2,444,090 | € 2,929,987 | € 1,121,316 | ▼ 62% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 11,250 | € 2,200,000 | ▲ € 2.2 million |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,228,517 | € 2,563,080 | € 2,999,034 | € 3,171,677 | ▲ 6% |
Key figures of VBL Drilling, 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 VBL Drilling?
What happened at VBL Drilling in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 391,329 (▼ 21% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Torhout. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 340,310 profit in 2022 to € 391,329 profit in 2025.
Paid € 525,731 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 497,147 profit.
Paid out € 2.2 million 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 VBL Drilling are Andy Brabant and HALOVER BV. It owns 99.2% of Amcal Boringen BV itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Andy Brabant
Director
Director · represented by Karel Vermote
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Strepestraat 9
8820 Torhout
Who else lives here?
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Details
- Company number
- 0642.987.660
- VAT number
- BE 0642.987.660
- Registered office
- Strepestraat 9, 8820 Torhout
- Names & denominations
- VBL Drilling
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 18 November 2015
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- Active · Active since 15 May 2025
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