MERLO: what changed
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What moved between 2024 and 2025
Largest movements
- Tangible fixed assets -€21,450
down €21,450 (-18.9%), from €113,407 to €91,957
- Cash +€18,066
up €18,066 (+200%), from €9,045 to €27,111
mainly Depreciation (+€21,450) and Net result for the year (+€12,414)
- Other debts -€13,648
down €13,648 (-32.9%), from €41,533 to €27,885
- Reserves +€12,414
up €12,414 (+34.8%), from €35,706 to €48,120
of which Distributable reserves: +€12,414
- Taxes -€16,961
down €16,961 (-77.0%), from €22,023 to €5,062
- Provisions +€12,750
no longer reported in 2025 (was -€12,750)
- Gross operating margin -€6,494
down €6,494 (-13.1%), from €49,407 to €42,913
- Depreciation +€2,661
up €2,661 (+14.2%), from €18,789 to €21,450
Change in the result, 2024 to 2025
For each income-statement line you see the change as its effect on the result. Higher costs lower the result, higher income raises it.
Derived cash bridge
The bridge is derived from the 2024 and 2025 balance sheets and the 2025 result. There is no filed cash-flow statement. You see where the money came from and where it went.
Every line side by side
| Line | Code | 2024 | 2025 | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 20/58 | €198,267 | €196,821 | -€1,445 | -0.7% |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €113,407 | €91,957 | -€21,450 | -18.9% |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | €113,407 | €91,957 | -€21,450 | -18.9% |
| Land and buildings | 22 | €75,309 | €67,710 | -€7,599 | -10.1% |
| Plant, machinery and equipment | 23 | €4,828 | €1,656 | -€3,172 | -65.7% |
| Furniture and vehicles | 24 | €33,270 | €22,591 | -€10,679 | -32.1% |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €84,860 | €104,864 | +€20,005 | +23.6% |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €2,068 | €4,006 | +€1,938 | +93.7% |
| Other amounts receivable | 41 | €2,068 | €4,006 | +€1,938 | +93.7% |
| Current investments | 50/53 | €73,747 | €73,747 | = | 0.0% |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €9,045 | €27,111 | +€18,066 | +200% |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €198,267 | €196,821 | -€1,445 | -0.7% |
| Equity | 10/15 | €147,587 | €160,002 | +€12,414 | +8.4% |
| Contributions | 10/11 | €80,565 | €80,565 | = | 0.0% |
| Capital | 10 | €80,565 | €80,565 | = | 0.0% |
| Issued capital | 100 | €80,565 | €80,565 | = | 0.0% |
| Reserves | 13 | €35,706 | €48,120 | +€12,414 | +34.8% |
| Non-distributable reserves | 130/1 | €8,057 | €8,057 | = | 0.0% |
| Legal reserve | 130 | €8,057 | €8,057 | = | 0.0% |
| Tax-exempt reserves | 132 | €1,206 | €1,206 | = | 0.0% |
| Distributable reserves | 133 | €26,443 | €38,858 | +€12,414 | +46.9% |
| Profit (loss) carried forward | 14 | €31,316 | €31,316 | = | 0.0% |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €50,680 | €36,820 | -€13,860 | -27.3% |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €50,680 | €36,820 | -€13,860 | -27.3% |
| Trade debts | 44 | €9,146 | €8,935 | -€212 | -2.3% |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | €9,146 | €8,935 | -€212 | -2.3% |
| Other amounts payable | 47/48 | €41,533 | €27,885 | -€13,648 | -32.9% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets | 630 | €18,789 | €21,450 | +€2,661 | +14.2% |
| Provisions for liabilities and charges: additions (uses and reversals) | 635/8 | -€12,750 | - | +€12,750 | |
| Other operating charges | 640/8 | €3,889 | €3,842 | -€48 | -1.2% |
| Gross operating margin | 9900 | €49,407 | €42,913 | -€6,494 | -13.1% |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | €39,478 | €17,621 | -€21,857 | -55.4% |
| Financial income | 75/76B | €121 | €115 | -€5 | -4.5% |
| Recurring financial income | 75 | €121 | €115 | -€5 | -4.5% |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | €3 | €260 | +€258 | +10,309% |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €3 | €260 | +€258 | +10,309% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | €39,597 | €17,476 | -€22,121 | -55.9% |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | €22,023 | €5,062 | -€16,961 | -77.0% |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | €17,574 | €12,414 | -€5,160 | -29.4% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | €17,574 | €12,414 | -€5,160 | -29.4% |
Value
latest balance sheet 31-12-2025 · indication, not a valuation or adviceIndicative value of the equity
Indication, not a valuation or adviceMidpoint €178,805 · 50% capitalised earnings, 50% adjusted equity
Capitalisation rate 12% result over 3 years, excluding non-recurring income and charges earnings weight 50% revaluation €0 other adjustment €0 EBITDA multiple
The filed figures and these assumptions give no positive value. The adjusted equity and the average result are both zero or negative.
Part of the calculation comes out below zero. A shareholding is never worth less than zero, so the floor is zero.
Adjusted equity
- Equity (10/15)
- €160,002
- Formation expenses (20)
- €0
- Intangible fixed assets (21)
- €0
- Revaluation of assets
- €0
- Deferred tax on the revaluation
- €0
- Other adjustment
- €0
- Adjusted equity
- €160,002
Capitalised earnings
- 2025
- €12,414
- 2024
- €17,574
- 2023
- €41,151
- 2022
- €17,833
- 2021
- €9,698
- Average result, excluding non-recurring income and charges
- €23,713
- Divided by the capitalisation rate
- 14% / 12% / 10%
- Capitalised earnings
- €169,379 / €197,608 / €237,130
Your EBITDA multiple
- EBITDA 2025
- €39,071
- Net financial debt
- -€100,858
- Your multiple
- -
- Value with your multiple
- -
These accounts do not break down the debts after one year. They count in full as financial debt.
Limits of the indication
- Checked holds no market prices or comparable transactions.
- Anything after the latest accounts and items off the balance sheet (guarantees, leases, disputes) are left out.
- Checked does not know the real value of buildings, stock and receivables. Enter your own revaluation or adjustment for it.
- The owner's role in the business, synergies for a buyer and the tax consequences of a sale are left out.
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Calculation and sources
Source: filed annual accounts (NBB) and main activity (KBO). The movements compare the financial years ended 31 December 2024 and 31 December 2025. Green is a favourable move for that line, red an unfavourable one. The value is an indication, not a valuation or advice. Prepared on 10 November 2026 via checked.be.