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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 44 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
DIFF from Merchtem, company number BE0829445614, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -823,089 after tax. For that financial year DIFF recorded revenue of € 15.2 million and equity of € 1.6 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 771,748 to € -823,089. The company made a loss. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 60 % below last year. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on November 6, 2025.
€ 1.6 million
▼ 60% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -823,089
▼ still € 771,748 profit in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 720,185
▼ 40% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 326,612.
People and assets in 2024
3
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 282,467
▲ 1% vs 2023
€ 94,200 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.
€ 122,062
▲ 95% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 4.3 million
▲ 295% vs 2023
€ 267,431 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 9 years.
€ 2.4 million
▲ 50% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 61 days on average.
€ 75,071
▼ 93% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | - | - | € 18,512,511 | € 15,231,067 | ▼ 18% |
| Gross margin | € 947,623 | € 1,866,595 | - | - | |
| Profit after taxes | € 424,040 | € 795,157 | € 771,748 | € -823,089 | ▼ € 1.6 million |
| Equity | € 2,351,397 | € 3,146,553 | € 4,018,301 | € 1,595,212 | ▼ 60% |
| Total debts | € 20,450,529 | € 31,162,102 | € 5,764,193 | € 9,316,289 | ▲ 62% |
| Cash | € 1,456,359 | € 2,493,362 | € 1,209,343 | € 720,185 | ▼ 40% |
| Land & buildings | € 2,269,049 | € 2,201,660 | € 2,088,719 | € 1,996,367 | ▼ 4% |
| Retained profit | € 1,182,797 | € 1,977,953 | € 2,749,701 | € 326,612 | ▼ 88% |
| Bank debt | € 2,034,337 | € 1,370,044 | € 1,096,620 | € 4,330,109 | ▲ 295% |
| Balance sheet total | € 22,801,925 | € 34,308,655 | € 9,782,495 | € 10,911,501 | ▲ 12% |
| Employees (FTE) | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3 | 3 |
Key figures of DIFF, 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 DIFF?
What happened at DIFF in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 823,089 (▼ € 1.6 million vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Elan BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Merchtem. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 424,040 profit in 2021 to € 823,089 loss in 2024.
Paid € 604,374 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 795,157 profit.
On average € 643,700 of value added per employee in 2022.
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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
The stake of LOUMALEX comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
DIFFBehind DIFF is Elan BV. The shares are held by LOUMALEX (50%).
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Koning Leopold IIIstraat 27
1785 Merchtem
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 4 companies are registered at this address.
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Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Microsoft 365
Hosting
COMBELL-AS, BE
Domain
Domain
diff.be
Registered
2014-08-09
Website info
Features
Security
Network
Details
- Company number
- 0829.445.614
- VAT number
- BE 0829.445.614
- Registered office
- Koning Leopold IIIstraat 27, 1785 Merchtem
- Names & denominations
- DIFF
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 21 September 2010
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 27 Mar 2026
- Contact
- diff.be [email protected]
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