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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 3 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
L.E.F. from Leuven, company number BE0449678835, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -29,953 after tax. For that financial year L.E.F. recorded a gross margin of € 52,564 and equity of € 80,263. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 431 to € -29,953. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 16, 2026.
€ 80,263
▼ 27% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -29,953
▼ still € 431 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 460
▼ 81% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 44,306.
People and assets in 2025
≈ 1
No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.
€ 55,592
▲ 3% 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.
€ 426
▼ 44% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 119,518
▲ 33% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 37,260
▼ 29% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 31,324
▼ 10% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 76,929 | € 65,209 | € 81,146 | € 52,564 | ▼ 35% |
| Profit after taxes | € 10,953 | € 8,324 | € 431 | € -29,953 | ▼ € 30,384 |
| Equity | € 231,452 | € 239,776 | € 110,216 | € 80,263 | ▼ 27% |
| Total debts | € 252,859 | € 177,259 | € 195,607 | € 204,704 | ▲ 5% |
| Cash | € 26,216 | € 2,811 | € 2,361 | € 460 | ▼ 81% |
| Land & buildings | € 60,233 | € 52,971 | € 41,344 | € 33,469 | ▼ 19% |
| Retained profit | € 107,505 | € 115,829 | € 74,259 | € 44,306 | ▼ 40% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 10,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 113,152 | € 121,877 | € 89,933 | € 119,518 | ▲ 33% |
| Balance sheet total | € 484,311 | € 417,035 | € 305,823 | € 284,966 | ▼ 7% |
| Employees (FTE) | 0.6 | 1 | 1 | - |
By gross margin, L.E.F. ranks 13th of 20 companies with main activity “Detailhandel in dames-, heren-, baby- en kinderboven- en onderkleding en kledingaccessoires (algemeen assortiment)” in Leuven that publish figures (fiscal year 2025).
Key figures of L.E.F., fiscal years 2023 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 31 July 2027.
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What happened to L.E.F.?
What happened at L.E.F. in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 29,953 (▼ € 30,384 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- PIET HERMANS became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Leuven. KBO
- New establishment in Leuven. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 10,953 profit in 2023 to € 29,953 loss in 2025.
Paid € 7,828 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 10,953 profit.
On average € 81,100 of value added per employee in 2024.
Management
Behind L.E.F. is PIET HERMANS.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
PIET HERMANS
Director
since 2023
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Craenendonck 1 box 7
3000 Leuven
Craenendonck 1 7
3000 Leuven
Active since 8 April 1993
Baron August de Becker-Remyplein 40
3010 Leuven
Active since 1 February 2023
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
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- Company number
- 0449.678.835
- VAT number
- BE 0449.678.835
- Registered office
- Craenendonck 1 bus 7, 3000 Leuven
- Names & denominations
- L.E.F.
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 23 March 1993
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- Active · Active since 18 Jun 2025
- Contact
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