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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 56 % of short-term debt in 2022; threshold 65 %.
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Annual account missing NBB
Fiscal year 2023 was expected before 31 July 2024 and has not been filed.
Financials
Financial year 2022
LOTERIE NATIONALE from Etterbeek, company number BE0223967357, closed financial year 2022 with a result of € 9.9 million after tax. For that financial year LOTERIE NATIONALE recorded revenue of € 1.5 billion and equity of € 231.3 million. Compared with financial year 2021, the result moved from € 21 million to € 9.9 million. 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 June 7, 2023.
€ 231.3 million
▲ 2% vs 2021
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 9.9 million
▼ 53% vs 2021
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 76.2 million
▼ 21% vs 2021
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 5.9 million paid out
60 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to Belgische Staat (79 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2022
422.1
▲ 7 vs 2021
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 43.6 million
▲ 9% vs 2021
€ 103,300 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.
€ 12.6 million
▲ 118% vs 2021
Of which on lease € 23,942.
Debts at end 2022
€ 24,059
▲ 6% vs 2021
€ 13,622 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 22.6 million
▼ 25% vs 2021
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 7 days on average.
€ 15.8 million
▲ 6% vs 2021
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | Change 2021 → 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 1,581,114,023 | € 1,493,654,450 | ▼ 6% |
| Profit after taxes | € 20,993,844 | € 9,853,072 | ▼ 53% |
| Equity | € 227,312,770 | € 231,275,850 | ▲ 2% |
| Total debts | € 329,025,527 | € 341,728,129 | ▲ 4% |
| Cash | € 96,353,890 | € 76,238,772 | ▼ 21% |
| Land & buildings | € 12,604,189 | € 11,362,218 | ▼ 10% |
| Retained profit | € 77,312,770 | € 81,275,850 | ▲ 5% |
| Dividend | € 15,745,383 | € 5,889,992 | ▼ 63% |
| Bank debt | € 22,722 | € 24,059 | ▲ 6% |
| Balance sheet total | € 636,478,594 | € 649,793,907 | ▲ 2% |
| Employees (FTE) | 415.1 | 422.1 | ▲ 7 |
Key figures of LOTERIE NATIONALE, fiscal years 2021 to 2022, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2023 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2024.
What happened to LOTERIE NATIONALE?
What happened at LOTERIE NATIONALE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Géraldine DEMARET stepped down as director. NBB
- Xavier GONZALEZ stepped down as director. NBB
- Theodoor (Bogdan) VANDEN BERGHE stepped down as director. NBB
- Bart STOKMANS stepped down as director. NBB
- Karel DE BONDT stepped down as director. NBB
- Emmanuelle DARDENNE stepped down as director. NBB
- Jannie HAEK stepped down as director. NBB
- Patricia CEYSENS stepped down as director. NBB
In short
From € 21 million profit in 2021 to € 9.9 million profit in 2022.
Paid € 16.1 million in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 21 million profit.
Paid out € 21.6 million 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 LOTERIE NATIONALE are Filip VAN DE VELDE and Arne Christoffels. The shares are held by Belgische Staat (78.7%) and Federale Participatie- en Investeringsmaatschappij (21.3%). It owns 100% of LNL Services, 100% of New LSO, 100% of SCOOORE and 6% of COC itself.
Directors
According to the 2022 annual accounts
Filip VAN DE VELDE
Government commissioner
since 2020
Arne Christoffels
Government commissioner
since 2023
since 2021 · until 2027
Xavier GONZALEZ
Director
since 2021 · until 2027
Theodoor (Bogdan) VANDEN BERGHE
Director
since 2021 · until 2027
Bart STOKMANS
Director
since 2022 · until 2027
Karel DE BONDT
Director
since 2021 · until 2027
Emmanuelle DARDENNE
Director
since 2021 · until 2027
since 2021 · until 2027
Patricia CEYSENS
Director
since 2021 · until 2027
Tom BLOCKMANS
Government commissioner
since 2021 · until 2023
Ermeline GOSSELIN
Director
since 2021 · until 2027
Laurence LAMBERT
Director
since 2021 · until 2027
Liesbeth DE WINTER
Director
since 2021 · until 2027
Gerald DUFFY
Director
since 2021 · until 2027
Matthijs KEERSEBILCK
Director
since 2021 · until 2027
Patrick DUPRIEZ
Director
since 2021 · until 2027
Shareholders
Participations
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Belliardstraat 25-33
1040 Etterbeek
Tentoonstellingslaan 269
1090 Jette
Active since 1 October 1991
Kortrijksesteenweg 1144E
9051 Gent
Active since 1 October 1991
Avenue Blonden 84
4000 Liège
Active since 1 October 1991
De Brouckereplein 9-13
1000 Brussel
Active since 1 July 2019
Hoogpoort 2
9000 Gent
Active since 14 December 2018
Meir 78
2000 Antwerpen
Active since 14 December 2018
Place Saint-Lambert 27
4000 Liège
Active since 14 December 2018
Wittenonnenstraat 13 box 7
8400 Oostende
Active since 1 June 2019
Place Verte 20 box 66
6000 Charleroi
Active since 15 June 2019
Rue de Fer 78
5000 Namur
Active since 1 November 2019
Hoogstraat 15
3500 Hasselt
Active since 1 September 2019
Steenstraat 88
8000 Brugge
Active since 15 July 2022
Brusselsestraat 1
3000 Leuven
Active since 15 July 2022
Bruul 64
2800 Mechelen
Active since 6 December 2023
Boulevard Walter de Marvis(TOU) 22 box unit50B
7500 Tournai
Active since 8 December 2023
Elsense Steenweg 36-36A
1050 Elsene
Active since 24 October 2025
Chaussée de Mons 18
1400 Nivelles
Active since 13 April 2026
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Details
- Company number
- 0223.967.357
- VAT number
- BE 0223.967.357
- Registered office
- Belliardstraat 25-33, 1040 Etterbeek
- Names & denominations
- LOTERIE NATIONALE · NATIONALE LOTERIJ
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Naamloze vennootschap van publiek recht
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 6 July 1964
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 3 Dec 2025
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