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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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 5.4 to 4.4.
Financials
Financial year 2024
VANLINGEN CARLO AUTORECYCLING from Houthalen-Helchteren, company number BE0809694038, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -93,742 after tax. For that financial year VANLINGEN CARLO AUTORECYCLING recorded a gross margin of € 228,561 and equity of € 2.6 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 8,784 to € -93,742. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 25, 2025.
€ 2.6 million
▼ 3% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -93,742
▼ still € 8,784 profit in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 296,158
▼ 30% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 2.5 million.
People and assets in 2024
4.4
▼ 0.3 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 201,255
▼ 3% vs 2023
€ 45,700 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.
€ 356,598
▼ 22% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 274,925
▼ 37% vs 2023
€ 165,448 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 12,798
▼ 85% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 30,402
▼ 13% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 469,173 | € 285,274 | € 430,686 | € 228,561 | ▼ 47% |
| Profit after taxes | € -1,493 | € -42,226 | € 8,784 | € -93,742 | ▼ € 102,526 |
| Equity | € 2,734,454 | € 2,692,228 | € 2,701,012 | € 2,607,269 | ▼ 3% |
| Total debts | € 1,317,028 | € 1,341,477 | € 574,108 | € 318,125 | ▼ 45% |
| Cash | € 1,829,457 | € 1,445,936 | € 425,617 | € 296,158 | ▼ 30% |
| Retained profit | € 2,672,954 | € 2,630,728 | € 2,639,512 | € 2,545,769 | ▼ 4% |
| Bank debt | € 479,487 | € 682,201 | € 439,603 | € 274,925 | ▼ 37% |
| Balance sheet total | € 4,372,648 | € 4,179,173 | € 3,315,520 | € 2,956,436 | ▼ 11% |
| Employees (FTE) | 5.9 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 4.4 | ▼ 0.3 |
Key figures of VANLINGEN CARLO AUTORECYCLING, fiscal years 2021 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 VANLINGEN CARLO AUTORECYCLING?
What happened at VANLINGEN CARLO AUTORECYCLING in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 93,742 (▼ € 102,526 vs 2023). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Houthalen-Helchteren. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 1,493 loss in 2021 to € 93,742 loss in 2024.
Paid € 159,237 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 8,784 profit.
On average € 51,900 of value added per employee in 2024.
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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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Management
Behind VANLINGEN CARLO AUTORECYCLING is Carlo Vanlingen. Carlo Vanlingen is also behind IMMO CARLO VANLINGEN 3, IMMO CARLO VANLINGEN 1 and IMMO CARLO VANLINGEN 2.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Carlo Vanlingen
Managing director
Also active at: IMMO CARLO VANLINGEN 3, IMMO CARLO VANLINGEN 1, IMMO CARLO VANLINGEN 2
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Regenbooglaan 15
3530 Houthalen-Helchteren
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0809.694.038
- VAT number
- BE 0809.694.038
- Registered office
- Regenbooglaan 15, 3530 Houthalen-Helchteren
- Names & denominations
- VANLINGEN CARLO AUTORECYCLING
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 3 February 2009
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 22 Oct 2025
- Activities · NACE
Terugwinning van materialen uit afval
Groothandel in delen en toebehoren van motorvoertuigen
Terugwinning van metaalafval
Handelsbemiddeling en groothandel in onderdelen en accessoires van motorvoertuigen
Carrosserieherstelling (inclusief spuiten en verven)
Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Reparatie en montage van specifieke auto-onderdelen
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