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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 6 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
FRANCK from Hasselt, company number BE0891246292, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 23,404 after tax. For that financial year FRANCK recorded a gross margin of € 323,631 and equity of € 87,927. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 18,534 to € 23,404. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 30, 2025.
€ 87,927
▲ 36% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 23,404
▲ 26% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 7,484
▲ 23% 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 € 69,153.
People and assets in 2024
2.1
▲ 0.1 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 120,765
▼ 5% vs 2023
€ 57,500 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.
€ 3,804
▲ 42% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 761,111
▼ 8% vs 2023
€ 66,667 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 11 years.
€ 3,253
▼ 54% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 89,586
▼ 12% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 118,527 | € 196,665 | € 287,006 | € 323,631 | ▲ 13% |
| Profit after taxes | € 6,860 | € 15,637 | € 18,534 | € 23,404 | ▲ 26% |
| Equity | € 30,352 | € 45,989 | € 64,523 | € 87,927 | ▲ 36% |
| Total debts | € 2,776,268 | € 2,771,979 | € 2,910,032 | € 2,836,383 | ▼ 3% |
| Cash | € 9,592 | € 3,215 | € 6,068 | € 7,484 | ▲ 23% |
| Retained profit | € 11,578 | € 27,389 | € 45,749 | € 69,153 | ▲ 51% |
| Bank debt | € 961,111 | € 894,445 | € 827,778 | € 761,111 | ▼ 8% |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,806,620 | € 2,817,967 | € 2,974,555 | € 2,924,310 | ▼ 2% |
| Employees (FTE) | - | 1.1 | 2 | 2.1 | ▲ 0.1 |
Key figures of FRANCK, 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 FRANCK?
What happened at FRANCK in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 23,404 (▲ 26% vs 2023). Source: NBB ↗
- Margaretha MERCKEN became a director. NBB
- Frédérique MERCKEN became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Hasselt. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 6,860 profit in 2021 to € 23,404 profit in 2024.
Paid € 37,105 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 23,404 profit.
On average € 154,100 of value added per employee in 2024.
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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
Behind FRANCK are Margaretha MERCKEN and Frédérique MERCKEN. It owns 100% of Mebi BV, 100% of M.F.H. and 100% of Hefrema itself.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Margaretha MERCKEN
Director
since 2020
Frédérique MERCKEN
Managing director
since 2020
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Havermarkt 32
3500 Hasselt
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 4 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0891.246.292
- VAT number
- BE 0891.246.292
- Registered office
- Havermarkt 32, 3500 Hasselt
- Names & denominations
- FRANCK
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 3 August 2007
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- Active · Active since 30 Dec 2025
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