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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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 9.6 to 5.9.
Financials
Financial year 2025
LA ROUE LIBRE from Herve, company number BE0443769753, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 87,527 after tax. For that financial year LA ROUE LIBRE recorded a gross margin of € 377,433 and equity of € 2.9 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 105,959 to € 87,527. The company is profitable. 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 June 18, 2026.
€ 2.9 million
▼ 4% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 87,527
▼ 17% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 1 million
▲ 81% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 214,000 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
5.9
▼ 1.9 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 180,802
▼ 14% vs 2024
€ 30,600 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.
€ 913
▼ 78% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 53,006
▼ 5% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 29,688
▼ 23% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 979,590 | € 765,898 | € 453,214 | € 377,433 | ▼ 17% |
| Profit after taxes | € 453,942 | € 371,803 | € 105,959 | € 87,527 | ▼ 17% |
| Equity | € 2,177,161 | € 2,410,964 | € 3,007,923 | € 2,881,450 | ▼ 4% |
| Total debts | € 618,005 | € 559,925 | € 94,006 | € 82,694 | ▼ 12% |
| Cash | € 1,063,976 | € 1,109,150 | € 576,796 | € 1,043,413 | ▲ 81% |
| Land & buildings | € 92,804 | € 89,485 | € 686,165 | € 682,846 | |
| Retained profit | € 2,115,161 | € 2,348,964 | € 2,345,923 | € 2,219,450 | ▼ 5% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 138,000 | € 109,000 | € 214,000 | ▲ 96% |
| Bank debt | € 53,453 | € 54,575 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,866,605 | € 3,036,630 | € 3,159,811 | € 3,014,277 | ▼ 5% |
| Employees (FTE) | 12.1 | 9.6 | 7.8 | 5.9 | ▼ 1.9 |
Key figures of LA ROUE LIBRE, 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 LA ROUE LIBRE?
What happened at LA ROUE LIBRE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- JEAN HABETS VINCENT stepped down as director. NBB
- ANDREE LIEGEOIS ANNE stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 87,527 (▼ 17% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- JEAN HABETS VINCENT became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Herve. KBO
- ANDREE LIEGEOIS ANNE became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 453,942 profit in 2022 to € 87,527 profit in 2025.
Paid € 364,651 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 453,942 profit.
On average € 64,000 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
JEAN HABETS VINCENT
Managing director
since 1992 · until 2029
ANDREE LIEGEOIS ANNE
Director
since 1991 · until 2029
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue de Herve 83
4651 Herve
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0443.769.753
- VAT number
- BE 0443.769.753
- Registered office
- Rue de Herve 83, 4651 Herve
- Names & denominations
- LA ROUE LIBRE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 26 March 1991
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 21 Aug 2025
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