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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 1 of the last 4 fiscal years.
Financials
Financial year 2024
Mels Ecologistic Services from Hamme (Vl.), company number BE0660896533, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -213,484 after tax. For that financial year Mels Ecologistic Services recorded a gross margin of € 1.2 million and equity of € -90,407. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 109,368 to € -213,484. 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 August 13, 2025.
€ -90,407
▼ € 213,484 vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -213,484
▼ still € 109,368 profit in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 42,482
▼ 66% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -300,407.
People and assets in 2024
11.7
▼ 6.4 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 815,998
▼ 31% vs 2023
€ 69,700 per full-time equivalent. Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 379,397
▼ 39% vs 2023
Of which on lease € 365,826.
Debts at end 2024
€ 294,816
▼ 28% vs 2023
€ 97,249 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 21,921
▼ 95% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 251,575
▲ 162% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,605,155 | € 1,453,827 | € 1,923,700 | € 1,191,586 | ▼ 38% |
| Profit after taxes | € -141,275 | € -115,403 | € 109,368 | € -213,484 | ▼ € 322,852 |
| Equity | € 129,113 | € 13,709 | € 123,077 | € -90,407 | ▼ € 213,484 |
| Total debts | € 3,195,152 | € 3,917,930 | € 3,816,822 | € 3,295,888 | ▼ 14% |
| Cash | € 259,212 | € 547,617 | € 125,394 | € 42,482 | ▼ 66% |
| Retained profit | € -80,887 | € -196,291 | € -86,923 | € -300,407 | ▼ € 213,484 |
| Bank debt | € 1,015,822 | € 691,621 | € 411,059 | € 294,816 | ▼ 28% |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,324,265 | € 3,931,640 | € 3,939,899 | € 3,205,481 | ▼ 19% |
| Employees (FTE) | - | - | 18.1 | 11.7 | ▼ 6.4 |
Key figures of Mels Ecologistic Services, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to Mels Ecologistic Services?
What happened at Mels Ecologistic Services in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 213,484 (▼ € 322,852 vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Altura BV became a director. NBB
- AJVO BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Hamme (Vl.). KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 141,275 loss in 2021 to € 213,484 loss in 2024.
Paid € 3,352 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 109,368 profit.
On average € 101,800 of value added per employee in 2024.
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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
The stake of Bruco Hamme comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
Mels Ecologistic ServicesBehind Mels Ecologistic Services are Altura BV and AJVO BV. The shares are held by Bruco Hamme (100%).
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Managing director · represented by Jo SMOLDERS
Also active at: Houtvezelland Bioflam, Bruco Hamme, BRUCO CONTAINERS, BRUCO TRANSPORT, BRUCO, BRUCO SUD, BRUCO INVEST, Afval Alternatief +1 more
since 2024
Director · represented by Aart VAN OEKELEN
Also active at: Houtvezelland Bioflam, Bruco Hamme, BRUCO CONTAINERS, BRUCO TRANSPORT, BRUCO, BRUCO SUD, BRUCO INVEST, Afval Alternatief +1 more
since 2024
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Zwaarveld 55
9220 Hamme (Vl.)
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0660.896.533
- VAT number
- BE 0660.896.533
- Registered office
- Zwaarveld 55, 9220 Hamme (Vl.)
- Names & denominations
- Mels Ecologistic Services · M.E.L.S.
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 12 August 2016
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Activities · NACE
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