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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 61 % of short-term debt in 2023; threshold 65 %.
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Annual account missing NBB
Fiscal year 2024 was expected before 31 July 2025 and has not been filed.
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Busy address KBO
18 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2023
Essilor Group Belgium from Sint-Agatha-Berchem, company number BE0403026585, closed financial year 2023 with a result of € -253,359 after tax. For that financial year Essilor Group Belgium recorded revenue of € 20.7 million and equity of € 2.8 million. Compared with financial year 2022, the result moved from € 476,574 to € -253,359. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 11, 2024.
€ 2.8 million
▼ 8% vs 2022
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -253,359
▼ still € 476,574 profit in 2022
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 366,194
▲ 8% vs 2022
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 1.8 million.
People and assets in 2023
52.5
▲ 5.3 vs 2022
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 5.2 million
▲ 14% vs 2022
€ 98,600 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.
€ 549,359
▲ € 547,024 vs 2022
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2023
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 7.6 million
▼ 13% vs 2022
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 172 days on average.
€ 1.8 million
▼ 30% vs 2022
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Change 2022 → 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 19,346,812 | € 19,883,373 | € 20,709,504 | ▲ 4% |
| Profit after taxes | € 887,087 | € 476,574 | € -253,359 | ▼ € 729,933 |
| Equity | € 2,604,556 | € 3,081,130 | € 2,827,771 | ▼ 8% |
| Total debts | € 8,838,999 | € 11,482,805 | € 9,619,186 | ▼ 16% |
| Cash | € 397,303 | € 339,980 | € 366,194 | ▲ 8% |
| Land & buildings | € 4,240 | € 0 | - | |
| Retained profit | € 1,604,556 | € 2,081,130 | € 1,827,771 | ▼ 12% |
| Balance sheet total | € 11,705,776 | € 15,003,074 | € 12,834,200 | ▼ 14% |
| Employees (FTE) | 42 | 47.2 | 52.5 | ▲ 5.3 |
Key figures of Essilor Group Belgium, fiscal years 2021 to 2023, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2024 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2025.
What happened to Essilor Group Belgium?
What happened at Essilor Group Belgium in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- CARL AKE FREDRIK JONSSON stepped down as director. NBB
- LUCA STRIGIOTTI stepped down as director. NBB
- NICCOLO BENCIVENNI stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2023: loss of € 253,359 (▼ € 729,933 vs 2022). Source: NBB ↗
- CARL AKE FREDRIK JONSSON became a director. NBB
- Franco FERRANTE stepped down as director. NBB
- LUCA STRIGIOTTI became a director. NBB
- NICCOLO BENCIVENNI became a director. NBB
In short
From € 887,087 profit in 2021 to € 253,359 loss in 2023.
Paid € 1.1 million in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 887,087 profit.
Pays suppliers within 172 days on average.
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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
The shares are held by Essilor International SAS (99.7%) and Essilor Group The Netherlands (0.3%). It owns 35.8% of OPTODIS itself.
Directors
According to the 2023 annual accounts
NICCOLO BENCIVENNI
Director
since 2022 · until 2028
CARL AKE FREDRIK JONSSON
Director
since 2024 · until 2029
LUCA STRIGIOTTI
Director
since 2023 · until 2029
Franco FERRANTE
Director
since 2022 · until 2024
Shareholders
Essilor International SAS
99.7%
Essilor Group The Netherlands
0.3%
Participations
35.8%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Keizer Karellaan 586 box 8 ETAGE
1082 Sint-Agatha-Berchem
Keizer Karellaan 586
1082 Sint-Agatha-Berchem
Active since 1 July 1927
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 18 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0403.026.585
- VAT number
- BE 0403.026.585
- Registered office
- Keizer Karellaan 586 bus 8 ETAGE, 1082 Sint-Agatha-Berchem
- Names & denominations
- Essilor Group Belgium
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 29 July 1927
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
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