Warning lights
Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
-
Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 12.2 to 10.
Financials
Financial year 2026
HYPE from Menen, company number BE0870512444, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 34,919 after tax. For that financial year HYPE recorded a gross margin of € 645,097 and equity of € 1.7 million. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 66,311 to € 34,919. 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 July 1, 2026.
€ 1.7 million
▲ 2% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 34,919
▼ 47% vs 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 1.2 million
▲ 128% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2026. Retained profit grew to € 1.5 million.
People and assets in 2026
10
▼ 2.1 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 515,586
▼ 19% vs 2025
€ 51,600 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.
€ 16,762
▼ 37% vs 2025
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 216,744
▲ 32% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 112,548
▼ 15% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 763,490 | € 692,406 | € 764,039 | € 645,097 | ▼ 16% |
| Profit after taxes | € 146,436 | € 24,530 | € 66,311 | € 34,919 | ▼ 47% |
| Equity | € 1,898,248 | € 1,922,778 | € 1,624,088 | € 1,659,007 | ▲ 2% |
| Total debts | € 775,614 | € 384,025 | € 894,199 | € 949,358 | ▲ 6% |
| Cash | € 682,184 | € 1,017,315 | € 545,680 | € 1,241,759 | ▲ 128% |
| Retained profit | € 1,741,971 | € 1,766,501 | € 1,467,812 | € 1,502,730 | ▲ 2% |
| Dividend | € 75,000 | € 0 | € 365,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,673,862 | € 2,306,803 | € 2,518,287 | € 2,608,365 | ▲ 4% |
| Employees (FTE) | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 10 | ▼ 2.1 |
Key figures of HYPE, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 31 August 2027.
What happened to HYPE?
What happened at HYPE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Kevin Claeys stepped down as director. NBB
- Wearwolf BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Jill Claeys stepped down as director. NBB
- Christine Stubbe stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 34,919 (▼ 47% vs 2025). Source: NBB ↗
- Kevin Claeys became a director. NBB
- Wearwolf BV became a director. NBB
- Jill Claeys became a director. NBB
In short
From € 146,436 profit in 2023 to € 34,919 profit in 2026.
Paid € 13,228 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 146,436 profit.
On average € 64,500 of value added per employee in 2026.
Management
The stake of Wearwolf comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
HYPEThe shares are held by Wearwolf (100%).
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
since 2024 · until 2030
since 2024 · until 2030
since 2024 · until 2030
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Schonekeerstraat 183A
8930 Menen
Schonekeerstraat 183 box A
8930 Menen
Active since 10 December 2004
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0870.512.444
- VAT number
- BE 0870.512.444
- Registered office
- Schonekeerstraat 183A, 8930 Menen
- Names & denominations
- HYPE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 10 December 2004
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 17 Jun 2025
- Activities · NACE
Detailhandel in dames-, heren-, baby- en kinderboven- en onderkleding en kledingaccessoires (algemeen assortiment)
Detailhandel in bovenkleding voor heren, dames en kinderen (algemeen assortiment)
Overige niet-gespecialiseerde detailhandel
Detailhandel via postorderbedrijven of via internet
Detailhandel in schoeisel
Groothandel in kleding, met uitzondering van werk- en onderkleding
Detailhandel in kranten en andere tijdschriften
Groothandel in schoeisel
+3