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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Polemiek from Herenthout, company number BE0756556052, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -3,839 after tax. For that financial year Polemiek recorded a gross margin of € 70,439 and equity of € -4,339. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 23,108 to € -3,839. 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 July 7, 2026.
€ -4,339
▼ € 3,839 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -3,839
▼ still € 23,108 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 418
▼ 94% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -6,339.
People and assets in 2025
≈ 1
No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.
€ 70,259
▲ 25% vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
Debts at end 2025
€ 16,268
▼ 21% vs 2024
€ 5,035 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 13,886
▲ 3% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 2,115
▲ 18% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 28,653 | € 48,872 | € 86,175 | € 70,439 | ▼ 18% |
| Profit after taxes | € 725 | € -818 | € 23,108 | € -3,839 | ▼ € 26,947 |
| Equity | € -22,790 | € -23,608 | € -500 | € -4,339 | ▼ € 3,839 |
| Total debts | € 79,008 | € 69,287 | € 39,052 | € 32,576 | ▼ 17% |
| Cash | € 2,460 | € 3,848 | € 7,061 | € 418 | ▼ 94% |
| Retained profit | € -24,790 | € -25,608 | € -2,500 | € -6,339 | ▼ € 3,839 |
| Bank debt | € 29,824 | € 25,176 | € 20,529 | € 16,268 | ▼ 21% |
| Balance sheet total | € 56,218 | € 45,679 | € 38,552 | € 28,237 | ▼ 27% |
Key figures of Polemiek, 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 Polemiek?
What happened at Polemiek in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 3,839 (▼ € 26,947 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Paul Vervoort became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Herenthout. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 725 profit in 2022 to € 3,839 loss in 2025.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 23,108 profit.
Management
Behind Polemiek is Paul Vervoort.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Paul Vervoort
Director
since 2025
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Bouwelse Steenweg 47
2270 Herenthout
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0756.556.052
- VAT number
- BE 0756.556.052
- Registered office
- Bouwelse Steenweg 47, 2270 Herenthout
- Names & denominations
- Polemiek
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 14 October 2020
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