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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 34 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
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Late annual account NBB
Fiscal year 2024 was filed 225 days after the legal deadline.
Financials
Financial year 2024
ELKA from Lede, company number BE0429248457, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 31,548 after tax. For that financial year ELKA recorded a gross margin of € 205,346 and equity of € 1.4 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 16,427 to € 31,548. 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 March 13, 2026.
€ 1.4 million
▲ 2% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 31,548
▲ 92% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 184,876
▼ 2% 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 € 1.1 million.
People and assets in 2024
€ 38,034
▼ 20% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 1.1 million
▼ 8% vs 2023
€ 90,874 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 12 years.
€ 17,757
▼ 48% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 20,200
▲ 24% 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 | € 174,388 | € 214,186 | € 202,886 | € 205,346 | ▲ 1% |
| Profit after taxes | € 5,388 | € 29,222 | € 16,427 | € 31,548 | ▲ 92% |
| Equity | € 1,325,371 | € 1,354,593 | € 1,371,020 | € 1,402,569 | ▲ 2% |
| Total debts | € 1,803,798 | € 1,700,550 | € 1,629,258 | € 1,516,025 | ▼ 7% |
| Cash | € 179,176 | € 187,841 | € 188,745 | € 184,876 | ▼ 2% |
| Land & buildings | € 2,437,489 | € 2,348,807 | € 2,262,710 | € 2,178,580 | ▼ 4% |
| Retained profit | € 1,060,076 | € 1,089,297 | € 1,105,725 | € 1,137,273 | ▲ 3% |
| Bank debt | € 1,317,038 | € 1,220,650 | € 1,144,466 | € 1,052,971 | ▼ 8% |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,397,202 | € 3,312,969 | € 3,252,010 | € 3,153,462 | ▼ 3% |
Key figures of ELKA, 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 ELKA?
What happened at ELKA in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 31,548 (▲ 92% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Lede. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 5,388 profit in 2021 to € 31,548 profit in 2024.
Paid € 69,824 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 31,548 profit.
Management
Behind ELKA are Lies De Mey and Freddy De Mey.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Lies De Mey
Director
Freddy De Mey
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Hoging 38
9340 Lede
Markt -
9340 Lede
Active since 18 August 1986
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0429.248.457
- VAT number
- BE 0429.248.457
- Registered office
- Hoging 38, 9340 Lede
- Names & denominations
- ELKA
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 7 August 1986
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