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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 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 28 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
WILLOU from Liège, company number BE0467099441, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 145,021 after tax. For that financial year WILLOU recorded a gross margin of € 210,471 and equity of € -47,071. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 35,546 to € 145,021. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 August 29, 2025.
€ -47,071
▲ € 145,021 vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 145,021
▲ € 109,475 vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 4,283
▲ 25% 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 € -65,663.
People and assets in 2024
€ 51,522
▲ 37% vs 2023
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 1,977
▼ 22% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 48,543
▼ 32% vs 2023
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 15,075
▼ 60% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 37,408
▲ 25% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 37,048 | € 134,737 | € 83,111 | € 210,471 | ▲ 153% |
| Profit after taxes | € 7,379 | € 90,378 | € 35,546 | € 145,021 | ▲ € 109,475 |
| Equity | € -318,016 | € -227,638 | € -192,092 | € -47,071 | ▲ € 145,021 |
| Total debts | € 367,701 | € 288,994 | € 247,639 | € 175,299 | ▼ 29% |
| Cash | € 1,153 | € 2,344 | € 3,421 | € 4,283 | ▲ 25% |
| Retained profit | € -336,608 | € -246,230 | € -210,684 | € -65,663 | ▲ € 145,021 |
| Bank debt | € 187,114 | € 134,150 | € 71,808 | € 48,543 | ▼ 32% |
| Balance sheet total | € 49,685 | € 61,356 | € 55,547 | € 128,228 | ▲ 131% |
Key figures of WILLOU, 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 WILLOU?
What happened at WILLOU in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 145,021 (▲ € 109,475 vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Esneux. KBO
- New establishment in Liège. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 7,379 profit in 2021 to € 145,021 profit in 2024.
Paid € 1,134 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 145,021 profit.
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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 WILLOU are Yves Barsin and Brigitte Bertrand.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Yves Barsin
Director
Brigitte Bertrand
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue Saint-Paul 6
4000 Liège
Avenue Laboulle 38
4130 Esneux
Active since 1 May 2023
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0467.099.441
- VAT number
- BE 0467.099.441
- Registered office
- Rue Saint-Paul 6, 4000 Liège
- Names & denominations
- WILLOU
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 19 October 1999
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 23 May 2025
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