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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 52 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
STEP IN BALLOONS from Diest, company number BE0864787662, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 13,164 after tax. For that financial year STEP IN BALLOONS recorded a gross margin of € 190,276 and equity of € 286,607. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 21,777 to € 13,164. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 31, 2026.
€ 286,607
▲ 5% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 13,164
▼ 40% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 175,025
▲ 6% 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 € 161,189.
People and assets in 2025
0
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 202,617
▲ 5% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 353,409
▲ 10% vs 2024
€ 42,876 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 8 years.
€ 27,289
▼ 27% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 309,746 | € 184,086 | € 189,487 | € 190,276 | |
| Profit after taxes | € 138,044 | € 21,677 | € 21,777 | € 13,164 | ▼ 40% |
| Equity | € 229,989 | € 251,665 | € 273,443 | € 286,607 | ▲ 5% |
| Total debts | € 931,441 | € 934,523 | € 732,222 | € 722,589 | ▼ 1% |
| Cash | € 243,592 | € 196,186 | € 164,446 | € 175,025 | ▲ 6% |
| Land & buildings | € 564,103 | € 535,696 | € 538,557 | € 496,408 | ▼ 8% |
| Retained profit | € 104,571 | € 126,247 | € 148,025 | € 161,189 | ▲ 9% |
| Bank debt | € 386,133 | € 353,782 | € 320,325 | € 353,409 | ▲ 10% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,161,430 | € 1,186,188 | € 1,005,665 | € 1,009,196 |
Key figures of STEP IN BALLOONS, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 31 July 2027.
What happened to STEP IN BALLOONS?
What happened at STEP IN BALLOONS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 13,164 (▼ 40% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Bjorn Drees became a director. NBB
- Kris Houtmeyers became a director. NBB
- PARALLAX BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Diest. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 138,044 profit in 2022 to € 13,164 profit in 2025.
Paid € 47,384 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 138,044 profit.
Management
The stake of PARALLAX comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
STEP IN BALLOONSBehind STEP IN BALLOONS are Ilse Brems, Bjorn Drees, Kris Houtmeyers and PARALLAX BV. The shares are held by PARALLAX (25%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Ilse Brems
Director
Bjorn Drees
Director
since 2023
Kris Houtmeyers
Director
since 2023
Director · represented by Philippe De Cock
since 2023
Shareholders
25%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Eilandstraat 2
3294 Diest
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0864.787.662
- VAT number
- BE 0864.787.662
- Registered office
- Eilandstraat 2, 3294 Diest
- Names & denominations
- STEP IN BALLOONS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 19 April 2004
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 20 Mar 2025
- Activities · NACE
Personenvervoer door de lucht
Luchtvaart zonder dienstregeling
Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans
Detailhandel in onderdelen en accessoires van motorvoertuigen
Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele lucht- en ruimtevaartuigen
Detailhandel in auto's en lichte bestelwagens (<= 3,5 ton)
Vlieg- en vaaronderricht
Handel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans
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