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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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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2023 and 2024.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 9 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
Z Customs from Welkenraedt, company number BE0418634479, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -12,924 after tax. For that financial year Z Customs recorded a gross margin of € -7,800 and equity of € -180,037. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -33,390 to € -12,924. 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.
€ -180,037
▼ € 12,924 vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -12,924
▲ 61 % less loss than in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 5,785
▼ 65% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -242,037.
Debts at end 2024
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 174,103
▼ 4% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 15,331
▼ 1% vs 2023
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
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| Gross margin | € -69,573 | € 29,251 | € -27,475 | € -7,800 | ▲ € 19,675 |
| Profit after taxes | € -201,000 | € -48,651 | € -33,390 | € -12,924 | ▲ € 20,467 |
| Equity | € -85,072 | € -133,723 | € -167,113 | € -180,037 | ▼ € 12,924 |
| Total debts | € 422,663 | € 356,913 | € 202,498 | € 197,265 | ▼ 3% |
| Cash | € 105,714 | € 64,549 | € 16,492 | € 5,785 | ▼ 65% |
| Retained profit | € -147,072 | € -195,723 | € -229,113 | € -242,037 | ▼ € 12,924 |
| Bank debt | € 5,105 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 337,591 | € 223,190 | € 35,385 | € 17,228 | ▼ 51% |
Key figures of Z Customs, 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 Z Customs?
What happened at Z Customs in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 12,924. Source: NBB ↗
- Jean-Luc Cobus became a director. NBB
- Dirk Pottilius became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Grâce-Hollogne. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 201,000 loss in 2021 to € 12,924 loss in 2024.
Paid € 15,877 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Management
The stake of CARGO INTERNATIONAL comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
Z CustomsBehind Z Customs are Jean-Luc Cobus and Dirk Pottilius. The shares are held by CARGO INTERNATIONAL (100%).
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Jean-Luc Cobus
Director
since 2023
Dirk Pottilius
Director
since 2023
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue Mitoyenne 897
4840 Welkenraedt
Rue de l'Aéropostale 13
4460 Grâce-Hollogne
Active since 5 July 1978
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 4 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0418.634.479
- VAT number
- BE 0418.634.479
- Registered office
- Rue Mitoyenne 897, 4840 Welkenraedt
- Names & denominations
- Z Customs
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 5 July 1978
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Activities · NACE
Logistieke diensten
Douaneagentschappen
Overige vervoerondersteunende activiteiten
Verhuur en lease van vrachtwagens
Verhuur van overige transportmiddelen voor vervoer te land