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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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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 3 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Financials
Financial year 2025
METAL48 from Gembloux, company number BE0701912586, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -11,275 after tax. For that financial year METAL48 recorded a gross margin of € 24,289 and equity of € -35,288. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 6,750 to € -11,275. 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 25, 2026.
€ -35,288
▼ € 11,275 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -11,275
▼ still € 6,750 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 7,611
▼ 64% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -53,888.
People and assets in 2025
€ 52,137
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 178,620
▼ 7% vs 2024
€ 14,696 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 12 years.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € 22,133 | € 25,265 | € 23,160 | € 24,289 | ▲ 5% |
| Profit after taxes | € -5,484 | € 4,233 | € 6,750 | € -11,275 | ▼ € 18,025 |
| Equity | € -34,996 | € -30,763 | € -24,013 | € -35,288 | ▼ € 11,275 |
| Total debts | € 440,301 | € 423,346 | € 405,348 | € 447,715 | ▲ 10% |
| Cash | € 19,837 | € 22,458 | € 20,854 | € 7,611 | ▼ 64% |
| Land & buildings | € 385,467 | € 370,126 | € 356,548 | € 352,679 | ▼ 1% |
| Retained profit | € -53,596 | € -49,363 | € -42,613 | € -53,888 | ▼ € 11,275 |
| Bank debt | € 221,019 | € 207,162 | € 193,031 | € 178,620 | ▼ 7% |
| Balance sheet total | € 405,305 | € 392,584 | € 381,335 | € 412,427 | ▲ 8% |
Key figures of METAL48, 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 METAL48?
What happened at METAL48 in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 11,275 (▼ € 18,025 vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Gembloux. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 5,484 loss in 2022 to € 11,275 loss in 2025.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 6,750 profit.
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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
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Laurence Rousseau
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue Emile-Labarre, Ernage 65
5030 Gembloux
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0701.912.586
- VAT number
- BE 0701.912.586
- Registered office
- Rue Emile-Labarre, Ernage 65, 5030 Gembloux
- Names & denominations
- METAL48
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 30 August 2018
- Peppol
- Not registered