Warning lights
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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 5.3 to 3.
Financials
Financial year 2024
Lecomte Karel from Brugge, company number BE0414202371, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 23,657 after tax. For that financial year Lecomte Karel recorded a gross margin of € 263,644 and equity of € 314,165. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -16,809 to € 23,657. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 September 29, 2025.
€ 314,165
▲ 8% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 23,657
▲ still € 16,809 loss in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 152,839
▲ 68% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 294,815.
People and assets in 2024
3
▼ 0.6 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 152,850
▲ 13% vs 2023
€ 50,900 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.
€ 5,595
▲ € 4,925 vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 47,973
▼ 30% vs 2023
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 209,709
▼ 15% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 295,080 | € 222,397 | € 214,664 | € 263,644 | ▲ 23% |
| Profit after taxes | € 3,929 | € -45,497 | € -16,809 | € 23,657 | ▲ € 40,466 |
| Equity | € 352,814 | € 307,317 | € 290,508 | € 314,165 | ▲ 8% |
| Total debts | € 252,801 | € 457,635 | € 485,189 | € 425,535 | ▼ 12% |
| Cash | € 16,363 | € 51,729 | € 90,775 | € 152,839 | ▲ 68% |
| Land & buildings | € 198,810 | € 198,810 | € 198,810 | € 198,810 | |
| Retained profit | € 333,464 | € 287,967 | € 271,158 | € 294,815 | ▲ 9% |
| Bank debt | € 44,771 | € 30,422 | € 68,865 | € 47,973 | ▼ 30% |
| Balance sheet total | € 605,615 | € 764,952 | € 775,697 | € 739,701 | ▼ 5% |
| Employees (FTE) | 5.8 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 3 | ▼ 0.6 |
Key figures of Lecomte Karel, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to Lecomte Karel?
What happened at Lecomte Karel in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 23,657. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Brugge. KBO
- New establishment in Brugge. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 3,929 profit in 2021 to € 23,657 profit in 2024.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 23,657 profit.
On average € 87,900 of value added per employee in 2024.
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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 Lecomte Karel are Luc Lecomte, William Lecomte, Maurice Lecomte and Yvan Lecomte.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Luc Lecomte
Director
William Lecomte
Director
Maurice Lecomte
Director
Yvan Lecomte
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Daverlostraat 208
8310 Brugge
Kleine Pathoekeweg 63
8000 Brugge
Active since 1 January 2025
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0414.202.371
- VAT number
- BE 0414.202.371
- Registered office
- Daverlostraat 208, 8310 Brugge
- Names & denominations
- Lecomte Karel
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 April 1974
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 17 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
Slopen
Slopen van gebouwen
Bouwrijp maken van terreinen
Grondverzet
Goederenvervoer over de weg
Groothandel in bouwmaterialen, algemeen assortiment
Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw
Groothandel in verf, vernis en bouwmaterialen, inclusief sanitair
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