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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 38 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
MERK from Knokke-Heist, company number BE0683750723, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 3,041 after tax. For that financial year MERK recorded a gross margin of € 81,603 and equity of € 345,793. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 29,334 to € 3,041. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 31, 2025.
€ 345,793
▲ 1% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 3,041
▼ 90% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 220,924
▼ 35% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 327,193.
People and assets in 2024
1
▲ 0.1 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 48,695
▲ 30% vs 2023
€ 48,700 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.
€ 835
▼ 47% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 1.3 million
▲ 11% vs 2023
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 239,798
▼ 56% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 84,054
▲ 50% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 501,645 | € 153,338 | € 173,927 | € 81,603 | ▼ 53% |
| Profit after taxes | € 304,629 | € 31,109 | € 29,334 | € 3,041 | ▼ 90% |
| Equity | € 402,636 | € 313,418 | € 342,752 | € 345,793 | ▲ 1% |
| Total debts | € 830,016 | € 4,345,616 | € 2,610,540 | € 2,575,695 | ▼ 1% |
| Cash | € 477,854 | € 170,673 | € 340,589 | € 220,924 | ▼ 35% |
| Retained profit | € 384,036 | € 294,818 | € 324,152 | € 327,193 | ▲ 1% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 120,326 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 384,498 | € 2,870,937 | € 1,154,139 | € 1,280,195 | ▲ 11% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,232,652 | € 4,659,034 | € 2,953,291 | € 2,921,488 | ▼ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | - | - | 0.9 | 1 | ▲ 0.1 |
Key figures of MERK, 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 MERK?
What happened at MERK in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 3,041 (▼ 90% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Knokke-Heist. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 304,629 profit in 2021 to € 3,041 profit in 2024.
Paid € 140,025 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 304,629 profit.
On average € 81,600 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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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 MERK are WILMOT BV and JAN DE WILDEMAN BV. JAN DE WILDEMAN BV is also behind Beekcant.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Director · represented by KURT WILMOT
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Sylvain Dupuisstraat 18 box 31
8300 Knokke-Heist
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 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
- 0683.750.723
- VAT number
- BE 0683.750.723
- Registered office
- Sylvain Dupuisstraat 18 bus 31, 8300 Knokke-Heist
- Names & denominations
- MERK
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 26 October 2017
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