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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 41 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
Metaalhandel België from Dessel, company number BE0871515603, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 38,553 after tax. For that financial year Metaalhandel België recorded a gross margin of € 448,272 and equity of € 2.8 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 300,692 to € 38,553. 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 June 27, 2025.
€ 2.8 million
▲ 1% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 38,553
▼ 87% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 139,233
▼ 2% 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 € 2.7 million.
People and assets in 2024
0.6
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 29,189
▲ 110% vs 2023
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 225,833
▼ 28% 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.
€ 136,151
▼ 49% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 123,178
▼ 47% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 502,254 | € 623,333 | € 448,272 | ▼ 28% |
| Profit after taxes | € 80,877 | € 300,692 | € 38,553 | ▼ 87% |
| Equity | € 2,168,099 | € 2,730,144 | € 2,768,698 | ▲ 1% |
| Total debts | € 619,727 | € 521,811 | € 476,752 | ▼ 9% |
| Cash | € 26,381 | € 142,465 | € 139,233 | ▼ 2% |
| Land & buildings | € 615,906 | € 529,024 | € 495,199 | ▼ 6% |
| Retained profit | € 2,105,126 | € 2,667,171 | € 2,705,724 | ▲ 1% |
| Bank debt | € 353,000 | € 23,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,067,014 | € 3,319,742 | € 3,305,457 | |
| Employees (FTE) | 1 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Key figures of Metaalhandel België, 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 Metaalhandel België?
What happened at Metaalhandel België in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Johannes Van De Pol stepped down as director. NBB
- Cornelis Frijters stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 38,553 (▼ 87% vs 2023). Source: NBB ↗
- Johannes Van De Pol became a director. NBB
- Cornelis Frijters became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Mol. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 80,877 profit in 2021 to € 38,553 profit in 2024.
Paid € 313,808 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 300,692 profit.
On average € 502,300 of value added per employee in 2021.
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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%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Johannes Van De Pol
Director
since 2024 · until 2030
since 2024 · until 2030
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Zanddijk 24
2480 Dessel
Emiel Becquaertlaan 2
2400 Mol
Active since 21 March 2005
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0871.515.603
- VAT number
- BE 0871.515.603
- Registered office
- Zanddijk 24, 2480 Dessel
- Names & denominations
- Metaalhandel België
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 28 January 2005
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 12 Nov 2025
- Activities · NACE
Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen
Terugwinning van materialen uit afval
Recycling van metaalafval
Terugwinning van metaalafval