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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 7 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Anciens Etablissements Robert Collette from Liège, company number BE0404403787, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -4,801 after tax. For that financial year Anciens Etablissements Robert Collette recorded revenue of € 12.4 million and equity of € 3.9 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 411,664 to € -4,801. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 17, 2026.
€ 3.9 million
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -4,801
▼ still € 411,664 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 119,221
▼ 5% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 3.5 million.
People and assets in 2025
38.2
▼ 2.3 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.7 million
▼ 2% vs 2024
€ 44,500 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.
€ 156,269
▲ 182% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 82,807.
Debts at end 2025
€ 80,229
€ 27,727 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 661,141
▼ 20% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 23 days on average.
€ 266,187
▼ 4% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 15,148,790 | € 14,912,145 | € 13,977,762 | € 12,376,503 | ▼ 11% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,391,613 | € 453,186 | € 411,664 | € -4,801 | ▼ € 416,465 |
| Equity | € 3,042,383 | € 3,495,569 | € 3,907,233 | € 3,902,432 | |
| Total debts | € 3,666,405 | € 2,183,948 | € 1,344,555 | € 3,035,629 | ▲ 126% |
| Cash | € 179,798 | € 226,167 | € 125,309 | € 119,221 | ▼ 5% |
| Land & buildings | € 654,111 | € 785,966 | € 726,391 | € 648,678 | ▼ 11% |
| Retained profit | € 2,670,543 | € 3,123,729 | € 3,535,393 | € 3,530,592 | |
| Bank debt | € 7,352 | € 2,591 | € 0 | € 80,229 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 6,913,418 | € 5,849,345 | € 5,388,564 | € 7,034,809 | ▲ 31% |
| Employees (FTE) | 39.2 | 41.7 | 40.5 | 38.2 | ▼ 2.3 |
Key figures of Anciens Etablissements Robert Collette, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 31 July 2027.
What happened to Anciens Etablissements Robert Collette?
What happened at Anciens Etablissements Robert Collette in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 4,801 (▼ € 416,465 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- E.A.M. VAN OSTA stepped down as director. NBB
- C.M.F. LIEKENS stepped down as director. NBB
- E.A.M. VAN OSTA became a director. NBB
- C.M.F. LIEKENS became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Liège. KBO
- New establishment in Liège. KBO
- New establishment in Saint-Nicolas. KBO
In short
From € 1.4 million profit in 2022 to € 4,801 loss in 2025.
Paid € 682,075 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 1.4 million profit.
Pays suppliers within 23 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 GOSSELIES DISTRIBUTION SA (99%) and HUBO BELGIE SA (1%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
E.A.M. VAN OSTA
Managing director
Also active at: A.I.T. IMPORT, PADIS, Hubo België, EPSILON, Spabois, SAMBRE - BOIS, Dubomat, Assist4U +51 more
since 2020 · until 2026
C.M.F. LIEKENS
Managing director
Also active at: A.I.T. IMPORT, PADIS, Hubo België, EPSILON, Spabois, SAMBRE - BOIS, Dubomat, Assist4U +53 more
since 2020 · until 2026
Shareholders
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue de l'Ile-Monsin 23
4020 Liège
Rue Saint-Nicolas 481
4420 Saint-Nicolas
Active since 1 July 1958
Rue Nihar 6
4101 Seraing
Active since 1 July 1958
Rue Arnold Delsupexhe 29
4040 Herstal
Active since 1 July 1958
Rue de Beaufraipont 15
4032 Liège
Active since 1 January 1961
Ecluse-de-l'Ile-Monsin 23
4020 Liège
Active since 1 January 1961
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Details
- Company number
- 0404.403.787
- VAT number
- BE 0404.403.787
- Registered office
- Rue de l'Ile-Monsin 23, 4020 Liège
- Names & denominations
- Anciens Etablissements Robert Collette
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 15 January 1952
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 15 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
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