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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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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2023 and 2024.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 43 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
KESTENS INVEST from Tienen, company number BE0454091147, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -37,888 after tax. For that financial year KESTENS INVEST recorded a gross margin of € 336,294 and equity of € 857,427. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -36,289 to € -37,888. 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 September 10, 2025.
€ 857,427
▼ 4% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -37,888
▼ 4 % more loss than in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 29,485
▲ 288% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 371,427.
People and assets in 2024
1
▲ 0.1 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 114,219
▲ 3% vs 2023
€ 114,200 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.
€ 12,194
▼ 12% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 1.1 million
▼ 3% vs 2023
€ 207,548 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.
€ 20,858
▼ 91% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 35,334
▼ 35% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 741,698 | € 342,703 | € 304,550 | € 336,294 | ▲ 10% |
| Profit after taxes | € 311,406 | € 13,799 | € -36,289 | € -37,888 | ▼ € 1,599 |
| Equity | € 917,806 | € 931,605 | € 895,315 | € 857,427 | ▼ 4% |
| Total debts | € 2,336,552 | € 2,307,711 | € 2,409,917 | € 2,429,090 | ▲ 1% |
| Cash | € 2,446 | € 7,676 | € 7,605 | € 29,485 | ▲ 288% |
| Land & buildings | € 1,397,970 | € 1,267,013 | € 1,264,461 | € 1,394,059 | ▲ 10% |
| Retained profit | € 431,806 | € 445,605 | € 409,315 | € 371,427 | ▼ 9% |
| Bank debt | € 1,557,908 | € 1,353,192 | € 1,151,605 | € 1,112,105 | ▼ 3% |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,254,358 | € 3,239,316 | € 3,305,232 | € 3,286,517 | ▼ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1 | ▲ 0.1 |
Key figures of KESTENS INVEST, 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 KESTENS INVEST?
What happened at KESTENS INVEST in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Luc Kestens stepped down as director. NBB
- Antje Kestens stepped down as director. NBB
- Walter Kestens stepped down as director. NBB
- Hector Kestens stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 37,888. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Luc Kestens became a director. NBB
- Antje Kestens became a director. NBB
- Walter Kestens became a director. NBB
In short
From € 311,406 profit in 2021 to € 37,888 loss in 2024.
Paid € 120,240 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 311,406 profit.
On average € 336,300 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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Management
It owns 75% of SEVENTS, 57.3% of TIENEN INVEST MAATSCHAPPIJ and 4.2% of Food Port itself.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Luc Kestens
Managing director
Also active at: K-PROJECTS, TIENEN INVEST MAATSCHAPPIJ, GRK-SERVICES, Immo Bergé, PATRIMA, SEVENTS
since 2025 · until 2031
Walter Kestens
Managing director
Also active at: VOKA - Kamer van Koophandel Vlaams-Brabant, K-PROJECTS, PROSITE, TIENEN INVEST MAATSCHAPPIJ, GRK-SERVICES, Immo Bergé, Vytim, TMS Industrial Services Wallonie +6 more
since 2025 · until 2031
Hector Kestens
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Industriepark 51
3300 Tienen
Industriepark 43
3300 Tienen
Active since 17 January 1995
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Details
- Company number
- 0454.091.147
- VAT number
- BE 0454.091.147
- Registered office
- Industriepark 51, 3300 Tienen
- Names & denominations
- KESTENS INVEST
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 20 December 1994
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 28 Apr 2025
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