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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 31 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
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Legal situation KBO
Opening faillissement according to the CBE.
Financials
Financial year 2024
Merlinite from Oud-Turnhout, company number BE0670827254, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -29,224 after tax. For that financial year Merlinite recorded a gross margin of € -17,542 and equity of € 3,059. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 33,842 to € -29,224. The company made a loss. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 91 % below last year. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on February 11, 2025.
€ 3,059
▼ 91% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -29,224
▼ still € 33,842 profit in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 947
▼ 97% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 2,559.
People and assets in 2024
≈ 1
No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.
€ 12,688
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 3,024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 29,697
▲ 110% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 2,243
▼ 85% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
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| Gross margin | € 4,128 | € 55,103 | € -17,542 | ▼ € 72,645 |
| Profit after taxes | € 3,254 | € 33,842 | € -29,224 | ▼ € 63,067 |
| Equity | € -1,559 | € 32,284 | € 3,059 | ▼ 91% |
| Total debts | € 7,148 | € 42,185 | € 45,643 | ▲ 8% |
| Cash | € 4,443 | € 35,597 | € 947 | ▼ 97% |
| Retained profit | € -2,059 | € 31,784 | € 2,559 | ▼ 92% |
| Bank debt | € 0 | € 0 | € 3,024 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 5,589 | € 74,469 | € 48,702 | ▼ 35% |
Key figures of Merlinite, fiscal years 2022 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 30 April 2026.
What happened to Merlinite?
What happened at Merlinite in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
Merlinite is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Opening faillissement.
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 29,224 (▼ € 63,067 vs 2023). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Oud-Turnhout. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 3,254 profit in 2022 to € 29,224 loss in 2024.
Paid € 14,206 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 33,842 profit.
Management
Behind Merlinite is Pieter Sonke.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Pieter Sonke
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Bietenstraat 13 box 6
2360 Oud-Turnhout
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0670.827.254
- VAT number
- BE 0670.827.254
- Registered office
- Bietenstraat 13 bus 6, 2360 Oud-Turnhout
- Names & denominations
- Merlinite
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Opening faillissement
- Start date
- 7 February 2017
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