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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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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2023 and 2024.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 35.9 to 30.1.
Financials
Financial year 2024
VDC & BO from Geraardsbergen, company number BE0818140659, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -118,972 after tax. For that financial year VDC & BO recorded revenue of € 118.6 million and equity of € 163,552. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -201,095 to € -118,972. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 19, 2025.
€ 163,552
▼ 42% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -118,972
▲ 41 % less loss than in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 28,365
▼ 87% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 63,552.
People and assets in 2024
30.1
▼ 4.3 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.9 million
▼ 6% vs 2023
€ 63,200 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.
€ 22,091
▼ 33% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 5.2 million
▼ 11% vs 2023
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 3.6 million
▲ 14% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 11 days on average.
€ 289,185
▼ 6% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 170,732,793 | € 154,085,788 | € 139,480,072 | € 118,600,521 | ▼ 15% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,032 | € -1,067,026 | € -201,095 | € -118,972 | ▲ € 82,123 |
| Equity | € 1,550,646 | € 483,620 | € 282,525 | € 163,552 | ▼ 42% |
| Total debts | € 9,608,648 | € 10,456,002 | € 10,487,434 | € 10,032,894 | ▼ 4% |
| Cash | € 126,821 | € 187,040 | € 223,554 | € 28,365 | ▼ 87% |
| Retained profit | € 1,450,646 | € 383,620 | € 182,525 | € 63,552 | ▼ 65% |
| Bank debt | € 5,380,201 | € 5,599,460 | € 5,799,275 | € 5,165,463 | ▼ 11% |
| Balance sheet total | € 11,159,294 | € 10,939,623 | € 10,769,959 | € 10,196,446 | ▼ 5% |
| Employees (FTE) | 34.1 | 35.9 | 34.4 | 30.1 | ▼ 4.3 |
Key figures of VDC & BO, 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 VDC & BO?
What happened at VDC & BO in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 118,972. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Geraardsbergen. KBO
- New establishment in Lessines. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- TANIA STEVENS became a director. NBB
- GERARD DE PAEPE became a director. NBB
In short
From € 1,032 profit in 2021 to € 118,972 loss in 2024.
Paid € 46,176 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 1,032 profit.
Pays suppliers within 11 days on average.
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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 VDC & BO are TANIA STEVENS and GERARD DE PAEPE. The shares are held by GERARD DE PAEPE and TANIA STEVENS.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
TANIA STEVENS
Director
since 2009
GERARD DE PAEPE
Director
since 2009
Shareholders
GERARD DE PAEPE
TANIA STEVENS
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Groteweg(Ove) 475/A
9500 Geraardsbergen
Zoning ouest(L) 6
7860 Lessines
Active since 31 August 2009
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0818.140.659
- VAT number
- BE 0818.140.659
- Registered office
- Groteweg(Ove) 475/A, 9500 Geraardsbergen
- Names & denominations
- VDC & BO
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 31 August 2009
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 20 Nov 2020
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