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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 51 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Busy address KBO
12 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
LIMARU from Lummen, company number BE0449633305, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1.1 million after tax. For that financial year LIMARU recorded revenue of € 13.5 million and equity of € 1.8 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 2 million to € 1.1 million. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 23, 2026.
€ 1.8 million
▲ 31% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 1.1 million
▼ 45% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 359,446
▼ 82% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 705,000 paid out
63 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to BENECHEM (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
10.1
▲ 3.3 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.2 million
▲ 7% vs 2024
€ 118,300 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.
€ 17,305
▲ 72% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 4.6 million
▲ € 4.1 million vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 662,053
▼ 65% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 22 days on average.
€ 97,357
▼ 89% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Revenue | € 21,068,067 | € 22,240,851 | € 19,286,235 | € 13,538,308 | ▼ 30% |
| Profit after taxes | € 2,858,751 | € 3,137,387 | € 2,030,593 | € 1,124,740 | ▼ 45% |
| Equity | € 1,346,857 | € 1,347,788 | € 1,350,372 | € 1,770,113 | ▲ 31% |
| Total debts | € 8,367,948 | € 10,405,348 | € 5,906,484 | € 6,192,529 | ▲ 5% |
| Cash | € 1,677,877 | € 3,395,275 | € 1,958,266 | € 359,446 | ▼ 82% |
| Retained profit | € 1,284,857 | € 1,285,788 | € 1,288,372 | € 1,708,113 | ▲ 33% |
| Dividend | € 2,600,000 | € 3,095,000 | € 1,990,000 | € 705,000 | ▼ 65% |
| Bank debt | € 2,675,229 | € 821,522 | € 461,540 | € 4,592,704 | ▲ € 4.1 million |
| Balance sheet total | € 9,714,805 | € 11,753,136 | € 7,256,856 | € 7,962,641 | ▲ 10% |
| Employees (FTE) | 5.9 | 7 | 6.8 | 10.1 | ▲ 3.3 |
Key figures of LIMARU, 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 LIMARU?
What happened at LIMARU in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Sentrix BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Pibioc BV stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1.1 million (▼ 45% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Pibioc BV became a director. NBB
- Sentrix BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Lummen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 2.9 million profit in 2022 to € 1.1 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 2.8 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 3.1 million profit.
Paid out € 8.4 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The stake of BENECHEM comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
LIMARUThe shares are held by BENECHEM (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Rudi Kool
since 2025 · until 2031
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Bosstraat 52
3560 Lummen
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 12 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0449.633.305
- VAT number
- BE 0449.633.305
- Registered office
- Bosstraat 52, 3560 Lummen
- Names & denominations
- LIMARU
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 2 April 1993
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