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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 50 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
BOOKS & PLEASURE from Londerzeel, company number BE0881334971, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 4,520 after tax. For that financial year BOOKS & PLEASURE recorded revenue of € 98,158 and equity of € 114,914. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 18,802 to € 4,520. 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 24, 2026.
€ 114,914
▲ 4% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 4,520
▼ 76% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 4,990
▲ € 4,439 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 € 102,514.
People and assets in 2025
≈ 1
No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.
€ 27,942
▲ 99% vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
Debts at end 2025
€ 5,283
▼ 45% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 25,175
▼ 48% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 19,895
▼ 22% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 89,185 | € 101,919 | € 97,151 | € 98,158 | ▲ 1% |
| Gross margin | € 26,834 | € 26,919 | € 44,684 | € 35,971 | ▼ 19% |
| Profit after taxes | € 6,351 | € 11,259 | € 18,802 | € 4,520 | ▼ 76% |
| Equity | € 80,333 | € 91,592 | € 110,394 | € 114,914 | ▲ 4% |
| Total debts | € 88,438 | € 89,261 | € 83,833 | € 50,354 | ▼ 40% |
| Cash | € 403 | € 470 | € 551 | € 4,990 | ▲ € 4,439 |
| Land & buildings | € 40,000 | € 40,000 | € 40,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Retained profit | € 67,933 | € 79,192 | € 97,994 | € 102,514 | ▲ 5% |
| Bank debt | € 30,107 | € 19,594 | € 9,693 | € 5,283 | ▼ 45% |
| Balance sheet total | € 168,771 | € 180,853 | € 194,227 | € 165,268 | ▼ 15% |
| Employees (FTE) | 0.4 | 0.3 | - | - |
Key figures of BOOKS & PLEASURE, 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 BOOKS & PLEASURE?
What happened at BOOKS & PLEASURE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 4,520 (▼ 76% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Merchtem. KBO
- Chris Van de Voorde became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Grimbergen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 6,351 profit in 2022 to € 4,520 profit in 2025.
Paid € 12,712 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 18,802 profit.
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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
The stake of BV CONSULT comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
BOOKS & PLEASUREBehind BOOKS & PLEASURE is Chris Van de Voorde. The shares are held by BV CONSULT (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Chris Van de Voorde
Manager
since 2014
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Zwaluwstraat 101/2
1840 Londerzeel
Vilvoordsesteenweg 1
1850 Grimbergen
Active since 30 May 2006
Varkensmarkt 4
1785 Merchtem
Active since 16 December 2016
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0881.334.971
- VAT number
- BE 0881.334.971
- Registered office
- Zwaluwstraat 101/2, 1840 Londerzeel
- Names & denominations
- BOOKS & PLEASURE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 16 May 2006
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 22 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
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