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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 60 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
HOUTBOUW DE RUDDER from Merchtem, company number BE0838905290, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 2,994 after tax. For that financial year HOUTBOUW DE RUDDER recorded a gross margin of € 546,062 and equity of € 134,141. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 4,753 to € 2,994. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on December 15, 2025.
€ 134,141
▲ 2% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 2,994
▼ 37% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 24,808
▼ 32% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € -45,859.
People and assets in 2025
6
▼ 1.8 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 438,285
▼ 10% vs 2024
€ 73,000 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.
€ 17,829
▼ 35% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 10,838.
Debts at end 2025
€ 497,186
▲ 43% vs 2024
€ 33,666 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 11 years.
€ 399,554
▲ 64% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 34,643
▼ 27% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 334,568 | € 417,617 | € 586,522 | € 546,062 | ▼ 7% |
| Profit after taxes | € -50,951 | € 46,479 | € 4,753 | € 2,994 | ▼ 37% |
| Equity | € 79,914 | € 126,394 | € 131,147 | € 134,141 | ▲ 2% |
| Total debts | € 669,745 | € 647,831 | € 698,056 | € 992,154 | ▲ 42% |
| Cash | € 46 | € 20,392 | € 36,446 | € 24,808 | ▼ 32% |
| Land & buildings | € 389,514 | € 406,092 | € 405,062 | € 518,605 | ▲ 28% |
| Retained profit | € -100,086 | € -53,606 | € -48,853 | € -45,859 | ▲ € 2,994 |
| Bank debt | € 403,643 | € 387,204 | € 346,998 | € 497,186 | ▲ 43% |
| Balance sheet total | € 749,659 | € 774,225 | € 829,203 | € 1,126,295 | ▲ 36% |
| Employees (FTE) | - | 4.7 | 7.8 | 6 | ▼ 1.8 |
Key figures of HOUTBOUW DE RUDDER, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 January 2027.
What happened to HOUTBOUW DE RUDDER?
What happened at HOUTBOUW DE RUDDER in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 2,994 (▼ 37% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- New establishment in Merchtem. KBO
In short
From € 50,951 loss in 2022 to € 2,994 profit in 2025.
Paid € 1,088 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 46,479 profit.
On average € 91,000 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
The stake of Leybo-Construct, ELCRIBO comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
HOUTBOUW DE RUDDERBehind HOUTBOUW DE RUDDER is Broes De Rudder. The shares are held by Filip Leybaert, Broes De Rudder, Leybo-Construct (25%) and ELCRIBO (25%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Broes De Rudder
Director
Is a shareholder
Shareholders
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Nieuwbaan 136
1785 Merchtem
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Google Workspace
Hosting
DSTNY-BACKBONE International Backbone, BE
DNS
AWS Route 53
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0838.905.290
- VAT number
- BE 0838.905.290
- Registered office
- Nieuwbaan 136, 1785 Merchtem
- Names & denominations
- HOUTBOUW DE RUDDER
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 31 August 2011
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 11 Dec 2025
- Contact
- houtbouw-derudder.be
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