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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 13 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Busy address KBO
51 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
LE BESTIN from Waterloo, company number BE0434877823, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 203,955 after tax. For that financial year LE BESTIN recorded a gross margin of € 1.1 million and equity of € 1.9 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -639,221 to € 203,955. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on August 19, 2026.
€ 1.9 million
▲ 12% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 203,955
▲ still € 639,221 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 1.1 million
▲ € 1.1 million vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € -2.8 million.
People and assets in 2025
€ 140,433
▼ 15% vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 109,142
▲ 125% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 12.3 million
▲ 160% vs 2024
€ 46,265 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 266 years.
€ 403,000
▲ € 383,161 vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 252,619
▲ 163% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € -369,378 | € -303,444 | € -269,060 | € 1,060,158 | ▲ € 1.3 million |
| Profit after taxes | € -118,100 | € -710,265 | € -639,221 | € 203,955 | ▲ € 843,176 |
| Equity | € 3,045,250 | € 2,334,985 | € 1,695,764 | € 1,899,719 | ▲ 12% |
| Total debts | € 10,595,304 | € 10,973,822 | € 16,224,143 | € 25,583,381 | ▲ 58% |
| Cash | € 764,327 | € 109,908 | € 2,365 | € 1,065,725 | ▲ € 1.1 million |
| Land & buildings | € 12,310,623 | € 12,751,298 | € 17,230,210 | € 25,532,271 | ▲ 48% |
| Retained profit | € -1,650,868 | € -2,361,133 | € -3,000,354 | € -2,796,399 | ▲ € 203,955 |
| Bank debt | € 917,431 | € 873,335 | € 4,729,644 | € 12,294,997 | ▲ 160% |
| Balance sheet total | € 13,640,554 | € 13,308,807 | € 17,919,906 | € 27,483,100 | ▲ 53% |
Key figures of LE BESTIN, 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 LE BESTIN?
What happened at LE BESTIN in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Céline GHINS stepped down as director. NBB
- JL SQUARE SRL stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 203,955. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Libin. KBO
- Céline GHINS became a director. NBB
- JL SQUARE SRL became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Tellin. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 118,100 loss in 2022 to € 203,955 profit in 2025.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 203,955 profit.
Management
The stake of JLH Invest comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
LE BESTINThe shares are held by JLH Invest (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Céline GHINS
Director
since 2024 · until 2030
Managing director · represented by Jérôme LHOIST
Also active at: Tennis Club de Belgique Courts Couverts, LE VIEUX LOGIS, PORCELYNEGOED, LAMSOUL, LES CRESSES, MATHIMMO, IMZ, THE KOTTAGE +14 more
since 2020 · until 2030
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Chaussée de Tervuren 389
1410 Waterloo
Le-Bestin, Resteigne .
6927 Tellin
Active since 9 September 2015
Bestin,Transinne 4
6890 Libin
Active since 1 January 2026
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 51 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →LE VIEUX LOGIS same network
€ 31,331 gross margin · 2025
FALS
€ 341,137 gross margin · 2025
PORCELYNEGOED same network
€ 973,207 gross margin · 2024
LAMSOUL same network
€ -202,654 gross margin · 2025
LES CRESSES same network
€ -96,545 gross margin · 2025
+46 more
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0434.877.823
- VAT number
- BE 0434.877.823
- Registered office
- Chaussée de Tervuren 389, 1410 Waterloo
- Names & denominations
- LE BESTIN
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 19 July 1988
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 5 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen
Exploitatie van bossen
Bosexploitatie
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