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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 2 fiscal years.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 2 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
De Betere Baal from Ravels, company number BE0787262787, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -5,913 after tax. For that financial year De Betere Baal recorded a gross margin of € 3,907 and equity of € -3,663. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 250 to € -5,913. 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 September 29, 2025.
€ -3,663
▼ € 5,913 vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -5,913
▼ still € 250 profit in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 579
▲ 8% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -5,663.
People and assets in 2024
≈ 1
No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.
Debts at end 2024
€ 12,134
▼ 63% vs 2023
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 1,591
▲ 160% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 63
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 10,570 | € 3,907 | ▼ 63% |
| Profit after taxes | € 250 | € -5,913 | ▼ € 6,164 |
| Equity | € 2,250 | € -3,663 | ▼ € 5,913 |
| Total debts | € 77,585 | € 75,816 | ▼ 2% |
| Cash | € 538 | € 579 | ▲ 8% |
| Retained profit | € 250 | € -5,663 | ▼ € 5,913 |
| Bank debt | € 32,402 | € 12,134 | ▼ 63% |
| Balance sheet total | € 79,836 | € 72,153 | ▼ 10% |
Key figures of De Betere Baal, fiscal years 2023 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 De Betere Baal?
What happened at De Betere Baal in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 5,913 (▼ € 6,164 vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Jan Jozef Versteynen became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Ravels. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 250 profit in 2023 to € 5,913 loss in 2024.
Paid € 63 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 250 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
Behind De Betere Baal is Jan Jozef Versteynen. Jan Jozef Versteynen is also behind Werkjager.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
since 2023
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Vogelbergstraat 22
2380 Ravels
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0787.262.787
- VAT number
- BE 0787.262.787
- Registered office
- Vogelbergstraat 22, 2380 Ravels
- Names & denominations
- De Betere Baal
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 14 June 2022
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Activities · NACE
Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met de teelt van gewassen
Activiteiten van fotografen, met uitzondering van persfotografen
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Detailhandel in ijzerwaren, bouwmaterialen, verf en glas (algemeen assortiment)