Financials
Financial year 2024
Worth noting
- More debts than assets in the latest financial year.
- A loss two years in a row.
- The team shrank two years in a row.
- Little cash and receivables against the short-term debts.
Revenue
€ 5.5 million
▼ 30% vs 2023
Profit
Caution€ -1.8 million
▲ 55% vs 2023
Debts
High€ 12.5 million
▲ 15% vs 2023
Universal Express from Brussel, company number BE0403476052, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -1.8 million after tax. For that financial year Universal Express recorded revenue of € 5.5 million and equity of € -2.8 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -3.9 million to € -1.8 million. 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 July 11, 2025.
What happened at Universal Express?
What happened at Universal Express in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 1.8 million. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Brugge. KBO
- New establishment in Aalst. KBO
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- New establishment in Brugge. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- New establishment in Brussel. KBO
- New establishment in Steenokkerzeel. KBO
In short
From € 948,454 loss in 2021 to € 1.8 million loss in 2024.
Paid € 9,168 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Pays suppliers within 83 days on average.
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History
Every financial year, as far back as the National Bank goes.
Buffer
How long does the company survive without income?
Credit limit
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Management
Behind Universal Express are Charlotte Ziegler, DILIGENCIA CONSULT SRL and Alain ZIEGLER. It owns 22.7% of ZIEGLER GMBH and 8% of ZIEGLER itself.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Charlotte Ziegler
Director
Also active at: COMPAGNIE ARDENNAISE DELCOURT, La Maison Suisse de Bruxelles, Intertrans +4 more
Director · represented by Diane GOVAERTS
Also active at: COMPAGNIE ARDENNAISE DELCOURT, D'Ieteren Group, Ziegler +18 more
Alain ZIEGLER
Managing director
Also active at: COMPAGNIE ARDENNAISE DELCOURT, Louis De Bie, Carga +19 more
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Vilvoordsesteenweg 11
1120 Brussel
Vliegveld 747C
1820 Steenokkerzeel
Active since 1 July 1956
Wijngaardveld 34
9300 Aalst
Active since 1 July 1974
Moerstraat 15
2040 Antwerpen
Active since 1 May 1974
Kustlaan 180A
8380 Brugge
Active since 1 December 1968
Karveelstraat 16
8380 Brugge
Active since 1 July 2022
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
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Details
- Company number
- 0403.476.052
- VAT number
- BE 0403.476.052
- Registered office
- Vilvoordsesteenweg 11, 1120 Brussel
- Names & denominations
- Universal Express
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Opening faillissement
- Start date
- 3 July 1956
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Activities · NACE
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