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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 11 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
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Legal situation KBO
Opening faillissement according to the CBE.
Financials
Financial year 2024
KARWAN from Ukkel, company number BE0423054018, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 44,075 after tax. For that financial year KARWAN recorded a gross margin of € 81,644 and equity of € -75,913. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -24,630 to € 44,075. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 31, 2025.
€ -75,913
▲ € 44,075 vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 44,075
▲ still € 24,630 loss in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 3,907
▼ 19% 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 € -142,844.
People and assets in 2024
€ 18,069
▼ 32% vs 2023
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
Debts at end 2024
€ 90,000
▼ 10% vs 2023
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 33,634
▼ 16% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 7,219
▼ 56% vs 2023
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
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| Gross margin | € 30,188 | € 19,928 | € 16,056 | € 81,644 | ▲ € 65,588 |
| Profit after taxes | € 27,358 | € -17,633 | € -24,630 | € 44,075 | ▲ € 68,705 |
| Equity | € -81,446 | € -99,079 | € -119,988 | € -75,913 | ▲ € 44,075 |
| Total debts | € 146,808 | € 179,395 | € 187,709 | € 133,430 | ▼ 29% |
| Cash | € 10,154 | € 8,357 | € 4,799 | € 3,907 | ▼ 19% |
| Retained profit | € -148,377 | € -166,010 | € -186,919 | € -142,844 | ▲ € 44,075 |
| Bank debt | € 98,500 | € 99,500 | € 99,500 | € 90,000 | ▼ 10% |
| Balance sheet total | € 65,362 | € 80,316 | € 67,721 | € 57,517 | ▼ 15% |
Key figures of KARWAN, 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 KARWAN?
What happened at KARWAN in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
KARWAN is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Opening faillissement.
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 44,075. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Ukkel. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 27,358 profit in 2021 to € 44,075 profit in 2024.
Paid € 564 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 44,075 profit.
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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 KARWAN are Hélène Leszynski and John Karwan.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Hélène Leszynski
Director
John Karwan
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Xavier De Buestraat 36
1180 Ukkel
Alsembergsesteenweg 664
1180 Ukkel
Active since 1 December 1982
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0423.054.018
- VAT number
- BE 0423.054.018
- Registered office
- Xavier De Buestraat 36, 1180 Ukkel
- Names & denominations
- KARWAN
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Opening faillissement
- Start date
- 22 November 1982
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 31 Dec 2025
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