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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 17 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
ERNEL from Geraardsbergen, company number BE0893169664, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1,741 after tax. For that financial year ERNEL recorded a gross margin of € 28,026 and equity of € 6,770. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 2,863 to € 1,741. The company is profitable. 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 May 20, 2025.
€ 6,770
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 1,741
▼ 39% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 38,096
▲ 94% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1,718 paid out
99 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
€ 4,731
▼ 11% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 51,145
▼ 25% vs 2024
€ 17,680 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 15,689
▼ 57% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 12,722
▼ 5% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 30,389 | € 24,408 | € 24,378 | € 28,026 | ▲ 15% |
| Profit after taxes | € 2,739 | € -49,451 | € 2,863 | € 1,741 | ▼ 39% |
| Equity | € 54,935 | € 5,484 | € 6,747 | € 6,770 | |
| Total debts | € 252,727 | € 283,979 | € 301,422 | € 298,792 | ▼ 1% |
| Cash | € 41,549 | € 37,468 | € 19,680 | € 38,096 | ▲ 94% |
| Land & buildings | € 109,826 | € 99,244 | € 136,560 | € 125,965 | ▼ 8% |
| Retained profit | € 36,335 | € -13,116 | € -11,853 | € -11,830 | |
| Dividend | € 1,600 | € 0 | € 1,600 | € 1,718 | ▲ 7% |
| Bank debt | € 137,533 | € 122,627 | € 67,847 | € 51,145 | ▼ 25% |
| Balance sheet total | € 307,662 | € 289,463 | € 308,169 | € 305,561 | ▼ 1% |
Key figures of ERNEL, 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 October 2026.
What happened to ERNEL?
What happened at ERNEL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1,741 (▼ 39% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Elke Van Schoors became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- New establishment in Geraardsbergen. KBO
- Sofie VANDEN BERGE became a director. NBB
In short
From € 2,739 profit in 2022 to € 1,741 profit in 2025.
Paid € 2,299 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 2,863 profit.
Paid out € 4,918 in dividends to the owners in total.
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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 ERNEL are Kristof Vanden Berge, Elke Van Schoors and Sofie VANDEN BERGE.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Kristof Vanden Berge
Director
Elke Van Schoors
Director
since 2021
Sofie VANDEN BERGE
Director
since 2007
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Lessensestraat 28
9500 Geraardsbergen
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
- 0893.169.664
- VAT number
- BE 0893.169.664
- Registered office
- Lessensestraat 28, 9500 Geraardsbergen
- Names & denominations
- ERNEL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 30 October 2007
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 24 Nov 2025
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