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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 1 of the last 3 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2022 and 2023.
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Legal situation KBO
Opening faillissement according to the CBE.
Financials
Financial year 2023
BALR BELGIUM from Maasmechelen, company number BE0731715441, closed financial year 2023 with a result of € -259,733 after tax. For that financial year BALR BELGIUM recorded a gross margin of € 48,857 and equity of € -254,207. Compared with financial year 2022, the result moved from € -188,722 to € -259,733. 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 6, 2024.
€ -254,207
▼ € 259,733 vs 2022
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -259,733
▼ 38 % more loss than in 2022
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 8,521
▼ 91% vs 2022
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -274,207.
People and assets in 2023
5.6
▲ 0.9 vs 2022
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 283,163
▲ 22% vs 2022
€ 50,600 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.
€ 15,720
▼ 58% vs 2022
Of which on lease € 2,356.
Debts at end 2023
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 201,392
▲ 164% vs 2022
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 18,942
▼ 72% vs 2022
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Change 2022 → 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 287,229 | € 69,290 | € 48,857 | ▼ 29% |
| Profit after taxes | € 69,538 | € -188,722 | € -259,733 | ▼ € 71,011 |
| Equity | € 194,248 | € 5,526 | € -254,207 | ▼ € 259,733 |
| Total debts | € 751,841 | € 847,905 | € 977,544 | ▲ 15% |
| Cash | € 181,976 | € 99,899 | € 8,521 | ▼ 91% |
| Retained profit | € 174,248 | € -14,474 | € -274,207 | ▼ € 259,733 |
| Balance sheet total | € 946,089 | € 853,431 | € 723,337 | ▼ 15% |
| Employees (FTE) | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.6 | ▲ 0.9 |
Key figures of BALR BELGIUM, fiscal years 2021 to 2023, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2024 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2025.
What happened to BALR BELGIUM?
What happened at BALR BELGIUM in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
BALR BELGIUM is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Opening faillissement.
- New annual accounts for financial year 2023: loss of € 259,733. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Maasmechelen. KBO
- JACOBUS MANDERS became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 69,538 profit in 2021 to € 259,733 loss in 2023.
Paid € 26,040 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 69,538 profit.
On average € 8,700 of value added per employee in 2023.
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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 BALR BELGIUM is JACOBUS MANDERS.
Directors
According to the 2023 annual accounts
JACOBUS MANDERS
Director
since 2019
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Zetellaan(E) 100
3630 Maasmechelen
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Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Self-hosted
Hosting
AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US
DNS
AWS Route 53
Domain
Domain
balr.com
Registered
2004-01-16
Registrar
GoDaddy.com, LLC
Expires
2027-01-16
Website info
Features
Security
Network
Details
- Company number
- 0731.715.441
- VAT number
- BE 0731.715.441
- Registered office
- Zetellaan(E) 100, 3630 Maasmechelen
- Names & denominations
- BALR BELGIUM
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Opening faillissement
- Start date
- 30 July 2019
- Peppol
- Not registered
- Contact
- balr.com
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