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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 33 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
CARS DRIVEN SERVICE from Dilbeek, company number BE0423198033, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 119,685 after tax. For that financial year CARS DRIVEN SERVICE recorded a gross margin of € 206,507 and equity of € 546,421. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 95,696 to € 119,685. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 14, 2026.
€ 546,421
▼ 9% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 119,685
▲ 25% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 2,653
▼ 82% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 177,042 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
2.4
▲ 0.8 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 67,210
▲ 4% vs 2024
€ 28,000 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.
€ 9,121
▼ 4% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 76,912
▼ 34% vs 2024
€ 49,932 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 107,314
▼ 11% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 101,866
▼ 8% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 195,163 | € 203,897 | € 216,466 | € 206,507 | ▼ 5% |
| Profit after taxes | € 51,730 | € 78,961 | € 95,696 | € 119,685 | ▲ 25% |
| Equity | € 429,122 | € 508,082 | € 603,779 | € 546,421 | ▼ 9% |
| Total debts | € 576,165 | € 556,208 | € 523,649 | € 563,429 | ▲ 8% |
| Cash | € 11,512 | € 5,716 | € 14,436 | € 2,653 | ▼ 82% |
| Land & buildings | € 35,792 | € 30,629 | € 25,466 | € 20,304 | ▼ 20% |
| Retained profit | € 317,570 | € 396,530 | € 492,227 | € 434,869 | ▼ 12% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 177,042 | |
| Bank debt | € 196,284 | € 161,692 | € 116,668 | € 76,912 | ▼ 34% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,005,287 | € 1,064,290 | € 1,127,428 | € 1,109,850 | ▼ 2% |
| Employees (FTE) | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.4 | ▲ 0.8 |
Key figures of CARS DRIVEN SERVICE, 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 CARS DRIVEN SERVICE?
What happened at CARS DRIVEN SERVICE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 119,685 (▲ 25% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Dilbeek. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 51,730 profit in 2022 to € 119,685 profit in 2025.
Paid € 175,148 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 119,685 profit.
On average € 86,000 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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 CARS DRIVEN SERVICE is Alain Lesage. It owns 99% of Funeral Cars Services itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Brusselstraat 282
1702 Dilbeek
Brusselstraat 278
1702 Dilbeek
Active since 5 October 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
- 0423.198.033
- VAT number
- BE 0423.198.033
- Registered office
- Brusselstraat 282, 1702 Dilbeek
- Names & denominations
- CARS DRIVEN SERVICE · C.D.S. · Funerbel en Uitvaartzorg/Funérailles Lesage
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 5 October 1982
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 19 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
Uitvaartverzorging
Personenvervoer over de weg zonder dienstregeling
Overig vervoer van personen te land
Overig personenvervoer te land, n.e.g.
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