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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 5 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
LIRE from Mechelen, company number BE0453726804, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 20,689 after tax. For that financial year LIRE recorded a gross margin of € 309,681 and equity of € 176,032. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -5,419 to € 20,689. 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 September 26, 2025.
€ 176,032
▲ 13% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 20,689
▲ still € 5,419 loss in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 6,207
▲ 28% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € 157,432.
People and assets in 2024
12.7
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 256,464
▼ 12% vs 2023
€ 20,200 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.
€ 61,849
▲ € 57,658 vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 57,923
▲ 47% vs 2023
€ 22,070 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 53,196
▲ 47% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 36,957
▼ 65% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 179,563 | € 259,180 | € 315,658 | € 309,681 | ▼ 2% |
| Profit after taxes | € -24,454 | € 7,927 | € -5,419 | € 20,689 | ▲ € 26,108 |
| Equity | € 152,836 | € 160,762 | € 155,343 | € 176,032 | ▲ 13% |
| Total debts | € 210,571 | € 189,006 | € 192,054 | € 215,966 | ▲ 12% |
| Cash | € 2,170 | € 1,444 | € 4,862 | € 6,207 | ▲ 28% |
| Land & buildings | € 10,922 | € 9,295 | € 7,860 | € 6,425 | ▼ 18% |
| Retained profit | € 134,236 | € 142,162 | € 136,743 | € 157,432 | ▲ 15% |
| Bank debt | € 73,341 | € 40,331 | € 39,281 | € 57,923 | ▲ 47% |
| Balance sheet total | € 363,406 | € 349,768 | € 347,397 | € 391,998 | ▲ 13% |
| Employees (FTE) | - | - | - | 12.7 |
Key figures of LIRE, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to LIRE?
What happened at LIRE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 20,689. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Mechelen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 24,454 loss in 2021 to € 20,689 profit in 2024.
Paid € 37,557 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 20,689 profit.
On average € 24,400 of value added per employee in 2024.
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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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
Behind LIRE are Maria Taranto and Giancarlo Ragusa.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Maria Taranto
Manager
Giancarlo Ragusa
Manager
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Auwegemstraat 36
2800 Mechelen
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0453.726.804
- VAT number
- BE 0453.726.804
- Registered office
- Auwegemstraat 36, 2800 Mechelen
- Names & denominations
- LIRE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 27 October 1994
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 30 Oct 2023
- Activities · NACE
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Fastfoodzaken, snackbars, frituren en dergelijke
Restaurants van het traditionele type
Activiteiten van eetgelegenheden met volledige bediening
Eetgelegenheden met beperkte bediening
Eetgelegenheden met volledige bediening