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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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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2023 and 2024.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 15 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2022.
Financials
Financial year 2024
DE MEREL from Kapellen, company number BE0899863951, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -31,260 after tax. For that financial year DE MEREL recorded a gross margin of € 19,631 and equity of € -721,847. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -38,895 to € -31,260. The company made a loss. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 30, 2025.
€ -721,847
▼ € 31,260 vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -31,260
▲ 20 % less loss than in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 2,724
▲ € 2,688 vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -740,397.
Debts at end 2024
€ 400,000
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 863
▼ 86% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1,676
▲ € 1,301 vs 2023
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
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| Gross margin | € 29,828 | € 2,625 | € 12,890 | € 19,631 | ▲ 52% |
| Profit after taxes | € -11,138 | € -42,377 | € -38,895 | € -31,260 | ▲ € 7,635 |
| Equity | € -609,315 | € -651,692 | € -690,587 | € -721,847 | ▼ € 31,260 |
| Total debts | € 1,212,646 | € 1,210,641 | € 1,218,523 | € 1,217,153 | |
| Cash | € 1,983 | € 857 | € 36 | € 2,724 | ▲ € 2,688 |
| Land & buildings | € 536,418 | € 504,162 | € 471,906 | € 439,650 | ▼ 7% |
| Retained profit | € -627,865 | € -670,242 | € -709,137 | € -740,397 | ▼ € 31,260 |
| Bank debt | € 400,000 | € 400,000 | € 400,816 | € 400,000 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 603,331 | € 558,949 | € 527,936 | € 495,306 | ▼ 6% |
Key figures of DE MEREL, 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 DE MEREL?
What happened at DE MEREL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 31,260. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Kapellen. KBO
- Els Carpentier became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 11,138 loss in 2021 to € 31,260 loss 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 DE MEREL is Els Carpentier. Els Carpentier is also behind Kartonnage-Drukkerij Scaldis.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
since 2008
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Koningin Astridlaan 69
2950 Kapellen
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0899.863.951
- VAT number
- BE 0899.863.951
- Registered office
- Koningin Astridlaan 69, 2950 Kapellen
- Names & denominations
- DE MEREL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 18 August 2008
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 30 Mar 2026
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