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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 52 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
DE SMET from Wichelen, company number BE0844216041, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 39,736 after tax. For that financial year DE SMET recorded a gross margin of € 255,321 and equity of € 595,763. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 57,887 to € 39,736. The company is profitable. 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 March 31, 2026.
€ 595,763
▼ 1% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 39,736
▼ 31% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 139,016
▲ 2% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 43,042 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
2
▼ 0.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 87,811
▼ 5% vs 2024
€ 43,900 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.
€ 32,799
▼ 14% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 378,616
▼ 12% vs 2024
€ 53,976 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 7 years.
€ 93,147
▼ 4% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 22,260
▼ 28% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 315,305 | € 332,284 | € 283,747 | € 255,321 | ▼ 10% |
| Profit after taxes | € 61,608 | € 100,113 | € 57,887 | € 39,736 | ▼ 31% |
| Equity | € 496,069 | € 571,183 | € 599,070 | € 595,763 | ▼ 1% |
| Total debts | € 819,097 | € 818,023 | € 693,191 | € 628,319 | ▼ 9% |
| Cash | € 93,090 | € 176,724 | € 136,564 | € 139,016 | ▲ 2% |
| Land & buildings | € 666,508 | € 676,099 | € 616,991 | € 558,715 | ▼ 9% |
| Retained profit | € 336,069 | € 411,183 | € 439,070 | € 435,763 | ▼ 1% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 25,000 | € 30,000 | € 43,042 | ▲ 43% |
| Bank debt | € 467,657 | € 493,266 | € 429,749 | € 378,616 | ▼ 12% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,315,167 | € 1,389,206 | € 1,292,261 | € 1,224,083 | ▼ 5% |
| Employees (FTE) | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2 | ▼ 0.1 |
Key figures of DE SMET, 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 April 2027.
What happened to DE SMET?
What happened at DE SMET in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 39,736 (▼ 31% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Barbara De Smet became a director. NBB
- Jana De Smet became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Wichelen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- Herman De Smet became a director. NBB
In short
From € 61,608 profit in 2022 to € 39,736 profit in 2025.
Paid € 95,330 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 100,113 profit.
On average € 127,700 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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 DE SMET are Herman De Smet, Jana De Smet and Barbara De Smet.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Herman De Smet
Director
since 2012
Jana De Smet
Director
since 2017
Barbara De Smet
Director
since 2021
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Paepestraat 69
9260 Wichelen
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Website info
Features
Details
- Company number
- 0844.216.041
- VAT number
- BE 0844.216.041
- Registered office
- Paepestraat 69, 9260 Wichelen
- Names & denominations
- DE SMET
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 7 March 2012
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 15 Dec 2025
- Contact
- avevewichelen.be 052 42 28 26
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