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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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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 3 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 6 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 9.6 to 5.5.
Financials
Financial year 2025
La Confiance from Dendermonde, company number BE0459121685, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -476,362 after tax. For that financial year La Confiance recorded a gross margin of € -120,111 and equity of € -712,723. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -483,182 to € -476,362. The company made a loss. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on October 16, 2026.
€ -712,723
▼ € 476,362 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -476,362
▲ 1 % less loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 21,732
▼ 6% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -1.7 million.
People and assets in 2025
5.5
▼ 2 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 256,641
▼ 23% vs 2024
€ 46,700 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.
€ 1,808
▼ 74% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 23,908
▼ 51% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 20,298
▼ 60% vs 2024
Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Gross margin | € -35,146 | € -164,603 | € -10,569 | € -120,111 | ▼ € 109,542 |
| Profit after taxes | € -571,986 | € -724,928 | € -483,182 | € -476,362 | ▲ € 6,819 |
| Equity | € -1,028,251 | € 246,821 | € -236,361 | € -712,723 | ▼ € 476,362 |
| Total debts | € 2,289,946 | € 881,263 | € 1,289,944 | € 1,645,812 | ▲ 28% |
| Cash | € 17,122 | € 33,156 | € 23,046 | € 21,732 | ▼ 6% |
| Land & buildings | € 819,205 | € 761,440 | € 706,516 | € 651,592 | ▼ 8% |
| Retained profit | € -3,532,703 | € -725,631 | € -1,208,813 | € -1,685,175 | ▼ € 476,362 |
| Bank debt | € 240,545 | € 162,941 | € 82,788 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,261,695 | € 1,128,083 | € 1,053,583 | € 933,089 | ▼ 11% |
| Employees (FTE) | 9.4 | 9.6 | 7.5 | 5.5 | ▼ 2 |
Key figures of La Confiance, 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 La Confiance?
What happened at La Confiance in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Emilie Borms stepped down as director. NBB
- Leo Borms stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 476,362. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Emilie Borms became a director. NBB
- Leo Borms became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Dendermonde. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 571,986 loss in 2022 to € 476,362 loss in 2025.
Paid € 500 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Management
The stake of TWO CAKES, Vynckthuys comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
La ConfianceThe shares are held by TWO CAKES (4.1%) and Vynckthuys (0.1%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2022 · until 2027
Leo Borms
Managing director
Also active at: FEDERATION DE L'INDUSTRIE ALIMENTAIRE - FEDERATIE VOEDINGSINDUSTRIE, LACE COLLECTION, MOLENHEIDE, Vynckthuys, Maison La Confiance, Bos Square, TWO CAKES, @LeoLogy +3 more
since 2022 · until 2027
Shareholders
4.1%
0.1%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Schaapveld (STG) 7
9200 Dendermonde
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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Details
- Company number
- 0459.121.685
- VAT number
- BE 0459.121.685
- Registered office
- Schaapveld (STG) 7, 9200 Dendermonde
- Names & denominations
- La Confiance
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 30 October 1996
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 21 Oct 2026
- Contact
- laconfiance.be 052225822
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