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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 17.4 to 12.2.
Financials
Financial year 2024
UNIVERSAL WOODS EMEA from Boom, company number BE0837657752, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 62,725 after tax. For that financial year UNIVERSAL WOODS EMEA recorded a gross margin of € 1.8 million and equity of € 1.9 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 574,189 to € 62,725. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 29, 2025.
€ 1.9 million
▲ 3% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 62,725
▼ 89% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 390,439
▲ 94% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 1.6 million.
People and assets in 2024
12.2
▼ 2.5 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.5 million
▼ 9% vs 2023
€ 120,400 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.
€ 5,207
▼ 48% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 894,059
▲ 238% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 198,509
▼ 44% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 3,143,477 | € 2,865,455 | € 2,279,118 | € 1,813,694 | ▼ 20% |
| Profit after taxes | € 383,656 | € 389,053 | € 574,189 | € 62,725 | ▼ 89% |
| Equity | € 858,279 | € 1,247,332 | € 1,821,521 | € 1,884,246 | ▲ 3% |
| Total debts | € 3,620,444 | € 2,354,162 | € 1,930,625 | € 1,095,300 | ▼ 43% |
| Cash | € 1,286,938 | € 223,333 | € 200,931 | € 390,439 | ▲ 94% |
| Retained profit | € 535,641 | € 924,694 | € 1,498,883 | € 1,561,608 | ▲ 4% |
| Bank debt | € 1,239,070 | € 1,239,070 | € 1,239,070 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Balance sheet total | € 4,478,723 | € 3,601,494 | € 3,752,147 | € 2,979,546 | ▼ 21% |
| Employees (FTE) | 18.6 | 17.4 | 14.7 | 12.2 | ▼ 2.5 |
Key figures of UNIVERSAL WOODS EMEA, 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 UNIVERSAL WOODS EMEA?
What happened at UNIVERSAL WOODS EMEA in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 62,725 (▼ 89% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Devlin Riley became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Boom. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 383,656 profit in 2021 to € 62,725 profit in 2024.
Paid € 538,164 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 574,189 profit.
On average € 148,700 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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
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Management
Behind UNIVERSAL WOODS EMEA is Devlin Riley.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Devlin Riley
Director
since 2023
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Industrieweg 7
2850 Boom
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0837.657.752
- VAT number
- BE 0837.657.752
- Registered office
- Industrieweg 7, 2850 Boom
- Names & denominations
- UNIVERSAL WOODS EMEA
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 28 June 2011
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 19 Nov 2025
- Activities · NACE
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