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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 3 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Esselens Emiel from Opwijk, company number BE0447199296, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 2,521 after tax. For that financial year Esselens Emiel recorded a gross margin of € 2,386 and equity of € 91,605. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -1,489 to € 2,521. 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 July 27, 2026.
€ 91,605
▲ 3% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 2,521
▲ still € 1,489 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 73,013.
People and assets in 2025
≈ 1
No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.
Debts at end 2025
€ 5,100
▼ 2% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 15,395
▲ 34% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 1,150
▲ 41% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € -15,838 | € -15,317 | € -653 | € 2,386 | ▲ € 3,039 |
| Profit after taxes | € -15,054 | € -16,605 | € -1,489 | € 2,521 | ▲ € 4,011 |
| Equity | € 107,178 | € 90,573 | € 89,084 | € 91,605 | ▲ 3% |
| Total debts | € 42,718 | € 51,596 | € 36,291 | € 27,189 | ▼ 25% |
| Land & buildings | € 2,610 | € 2,349 | € 2,087 | € 1,826 | ▼ 13% |
| Retained profit | € 88,586 | € 71,981 | € 70,491 | € 73,013 | ▲ 4% |
| Bank debt | € 5,174 | € 5,184 | € 5,214 | € 5,100 | ▼ 2% |
| Balance sheet total | € 149,896 | € 142,169 | € 125,375 | € 118,794 | ▼ 5% |
Key figures of Esselens Emiel, 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 Esselens Emiel?
What happened at Esselens Emiel in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 2,521. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Opwijk. KBO
- Emiel Stefaan Esselens became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 15,054 loss in 2022 to € 2,521 profit in 2025.
Paid € 349 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 2,521 profit.
Management
Behind Esselens Emiel is Emiel Stefaan Esselens.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Emiel Stefaan Esselens
Director
since 1992
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Steenweg(MAZ) 19
1745 Opwijk
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0447.199.296
- VAT number
- BE 0447.199.296
- Registered office
- Steenweg(MAZ) 19, 1745 Opwijk
- Names & denominations
- Esselens Emiel
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 14 April 1992
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 18 Dec 2025
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