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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 27.5 to 23.3.
Financials
Financial year 2025
LUYTEN from Namur, company number BE0449936775, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 479,874 after tax. For that financial year LUYTEN recorded revenue of € 12.1 million and equity of € 4.6 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -151,912 to € 479,874. 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 April 14, 2026.
€ 4.6 million
▲ 12% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 479,874
▲ still € 151,912 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 343,682
▲ 61% 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 € 4.5 million.
People and assets in 2025
23.3
▼ 1.9 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.6 million
▼ 12% vs 2024
€ 69,900 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.
€ 72,230
▼ 4% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 30,704
▼ 23% vs 2024
€ 8,796 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 1.8 million
▼ 11% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 67 days on average.
€ 233,349
▼ 15% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 14,704,339 | € 9,825,547 | € 11,443,174 | € 12,083,121 | ▲ 6% |
| Profit after taxes | € 452,906 | € -664,938 | € -151,912 | € 479,874 | ▲ € 631,786 |
| Equity | € 4,892,149 | € 4,227,211 | € 4,075,299 | € 4,555,174 | ▲ 12% |
| Total debts | € 2,830,005 | € 1,945,336 | € 2,364,597 | € 2,088,376 | ▼ 12% |
| Cash | € 503,522 | € 260,318 | € 213,819 | € 343,682 | ▲ 61% |
| Land & buildings | € 19,611 | € 107,791 | € 102,167 | € 118,358 | ▲ 16% |
| Retained profit | € 4,828,149 | € 4,163,211 | € 4,011,299 | € 4,491,174 | ▲ 12% |
| Bank debt | € 14,523 | € 7,296 | € 39,775 | € 30,704 | ▼ 23% |
| Balance sheet total | € 7,722,154 | € 6,172,547 | € 6,439,896 | € 6,643,550 | ▲ 3% |
| Employees (FTE) | 25.6 | 27.5 | 25.2 | 23.3 | ▼ 1.9 |
Key figures of LUYTEN, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 November 2026.
What happened to LUYTEN?
What happened at LUYTEN in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Bruce ELLIS stepped down as director. NBB
- Jason COLWELL stepped down as director. NBB
- Alain TANGUAY stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 479,874. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Bruce ELLIS became a director. NBB
- Jason COLWELL became a director. NBB
- Alain TANGUAY became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Namur. KBO
In short
From € 452,906 profit in 2022 to € 479,874 profit in 2025.
Paid € 177,681 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 479,874 profit.
Pays suppliers within 67 days on average.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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Management
The shares are held by Chevalier Belgium SA (97.7%) and Recochem INC (2.3%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Bruce ELLIS
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
since 2023 · until 2029
Jason COLWELL
Director
since 2024 · until 2030
Shareholders
97.7%
Recochem INC
2.3%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue Roi Chevalier(MD) 1
5024 Namur
Who else lives here?
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Details
- Company number
- 0449.936.775
- VAT number
- BE 0449.936.775
- Registered office
- Rue Roi Chevalier(MD) 1, 5024 Namur
- Names & denominations
- LUYTEN
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 15 April 1993
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 19 Nov 2025
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