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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 51 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 19.6 to 16.7.
Financials
Financial year 2025
LA VIE EST BELLE from Oostkamp, company number BE0459310242, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 183,726 after tax. For that financial year LA VIE EST BELLE recorded a gross margin of € 1.5 million and equity of € 120,770. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 2,968 to € 183,726. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on October 21, 2025.
€ 120,770
▲ € 183,726 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 183,726
▲ € 180,758 vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 39,724
▼ 63% 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 € 77,387.
People and assets in 2025
16.7
▼ 0.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 998,579
▲ 7% vs 2024
€ 59,800 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.
€ 300,092
▼ 18% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 300,092.
Debts at end 2025
€ 1.5 million
▼ 4% vs 2024
€ 64,078 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 9 years.
€ 615,511
▲ 51% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 31,109
▲ 57% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,234,731 | € 823,031 | € 1,198,948 | € 1,450,044 | ▲ 21% |
| Profit after taxes | € 105,766 | € -315,913 | € 2,968 | € 183,726 | ▲ € 180,758 |
| Equity | € 249,988 | € -65,925 | € -62,956 | € 120,770 | ▲ € 183,726 |
| Total debts | € 1,691,546 | € 1,602,547 | € 1,991,349 | € 2,154,116 | ▲ 8% |
| Cash | € 181,175 | € 22,133 | € 106,616 | € 39,724 | ▼ 63% |
| Retained profit | € 206,605 | € -109,308 | € -106,339 | € 77,387 | ▲ € 183,726 |
| Bank debt | € 1,229,131 | € 1,138,300 | € 1,562,204 | € 1,501,731 | ▼ 4% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,941,535 | € 1,536,622 | € 1,928,393 | € 2,274,886 | ▲ 18% |
| Employees (FTE) | 22.1 | 19.6 | 16.8 | 16.7 | ▼ 0.1 |
Key figures of LA VIE EST BELLE, 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 January 2027.
What happened to LA VIE EST BELLE?
What happened at LA VIE EST BELLE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 183,726 (▲ € 180,758 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Oostkamp. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 105,766 profit in 2022 to € 183,726 profit in 2025.
Paid € 8,150 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 183,726 profit.
On average € 86,800 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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
Behind LA VIE EST BELLE are MDCS International BV, Herman De Graeve, Steven Naert, Stefaan Deraeve and Veerle Limbos. MDCS International BV is also behind THE CHILLAFISH COMPANY. Steven Naert is also behind Mobilant vzw.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Philippe Naert
Also active at: THE CHILLAFISH COMPANY
Herman De Graeve
Director
Stefaan Deraeve
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Legeweg 135-137
8020 Oostkamp
Legeweg 135/137
8020 Oostkamp
Active since 13 December 1996
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
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Details
- Company number
- 0459.310.242
- VAT number
- BE 0459.310.242
- Registered office
- Legeweg 135-137, 8020 Oostkamp
- Names & denominations
- LA VIE EST BELLE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 26 November 1996
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 30 Oct 2023
- Contact
- lavieestbelle.be
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