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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 15 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
MELLE RETAIL from Merelbeke-Melle, company number BE0700334654, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 96,669 after tax. For that financial year MELLE RETAIL recorded a gross margin of € 792,917 and equity of € 471,787. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 45,037 to € 96,669. Profitable, and profit is growing. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 3, 2026.
€ 471,787
▼ 9% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 96,669
▲ 115% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 105,574
▼ 47% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 145,000 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
9.8
▼ 2.2 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 449,048
▲ 84% vs 2024
€ 45,800 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.
€ 3,034
▼ 31% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 501,515
▼ 29% vs 2024
€ 190,885 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 787,086
▲ 167% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 72,235
▼ 18% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2023 | 2024 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 929,006 | € 867,152 | € 421,005 | € 792,917 | ▲ 88% |
| Profit after taxes | € 147,740 | € 109,322 | € 45,037 | € 96,669 | ▲ 115% |
| Equity | € 430,760 | € 475,081 | € 520,118 | € 471,787 | ▼ 9% |
| Total debts | € 2,073,014 | € 1,606,879 | € 1,518,272 | € 1,462,823 | ▼ 4% |
| Cash | € 436,607 | € 167,355 | € 197,383 | € 105,574 | ▼ 47% |
| Land & buildings | € 163,200 | - | - | - | |
| Retained profit | € 330,760 | € 375,081 | € 420,118 | € 371,787 | ▼ 12% |
| Dividend | € 110,000 | € 65,000 | € 0 | € 145,000 | |
| Bank debt | € 1,053,565 | € 761,516 | € 708,114 | € 501,515 | ▼ 29% |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,503,773 | € 2,081,961 | € 2,038,391 | € 1,934,610 | ▼ 5% |
| Employees (FTE) | 11.1 | 10.6 | 12 | 9.8 | ▼ 2.2 |
Key figures of MELLE RETAIL, fiscal years 2023 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 MELLE RETAIL?
What happened at MELLE RETAIL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 96,669 (▲ 115% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Merelbeke-Melle. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 147,740 profit in 2023 to € 96,669 profit in 2025.
Paid € 144,466 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 147,740 profit.
On average € 80,900 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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
The stake of VL RETAIL comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
MELLE RETAILBehind MELLE RETAIL are Jan Van Landeghem, Ann Robberecht and Frederic Van Landeghem. The shares are held by VL RETAIL (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Ann Robberecht
Bestuurder
Also active at: IMMAWIMBA, MARKET & RETAIL MANAGEMENT, SOS RETAIL, DIKSMUIDE RETAIL, ZEVENEKEN RETAIL, HAALTERT RETAIL, RVL RETAIL
Frederic Van Landeghem
Bestuurder
Also active at: SCHELDEWINDEKE RETAIL, UNIC MERE, ZWIJNAARDE RETAIL, IMMAWIMBA, IMMO LEMAHIEU, NAZA RETAIL, BRICK RETAIL, MERE-RETAIL +8 more
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Brusselsesteenweg 310
9090 Merelbeke-Melle
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0700.334.654
- VAT number
- BE 0700.334.654
- Registered office
- Brusselsesteenweg 310, 9090 Merelbeke-Melle
- Names & denominations
- MELLE RETAIL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 23 July 2018
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 28 Jul 2025
- Activities · NACE
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