Financials
Financial year 2025
L'ESSENTIEL from Herve, company number BE0471962903, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 2,085 after tax. For that financial year L'ESSENTIEL recorded a gross margin of € 14,431 and equity of € 166,122. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 30,719 to € 2,085. The company is profitable. 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 January 29, 2026.
€ 166,122
▲ 1% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 2,085
▼ 93% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 89,433
▲ 41% 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 € 159,925.
People and assets in 2025
€ 260
▼ 25% vs 2024
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 8,378
▼ 33% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 5
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 6,332
▲ € 6,115 vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 379
▼ 88% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 58,141 | € 54,349 | € 54,538 | € 14,431 | ▼ 74% |
| Profit after taxes | € 19,153 | € 28,412 | € 30,719 | € 2,085 | ▼ 93% |
| Equity | € 104,906 | € 133,318 | € 164,037 | € 166,122 | ▲ 1% |
| Total debts | € 92,280 | € 21,691 | € 4,450 | € 7,805 | ▲ 75% |
| Cash | € 95,556 | € 76,297 | € 63,396 | € 89,433 | ▲ 41% |
| Retained profit | € 98,709 | € 127,121 | € 157,840 | € 159,925 | ▲ 1% |
| Dividend | € 55,000 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 9,652 | € 2,435 | € 0 | € 5 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 197,186 | € 155,009 | € 168,487 | € 173,927 | ▲ 3% |
Key figures of L'ESSENTIEL, 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 L'ESSENTIEL?
What happened at L'ESSENTIEL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 2,085 (▼ 93% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Herve. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- Dany WIDY-HUCORNE became a director. NBB
In short
From € 19,153 profit in 2022 to € 2,085 profit in 2025.
Paid € 31,998 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 30,719 profit.
Paid out € 55,000 in dividends to the owners in total.
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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 L'ESSENTIEL are Carlo FARRIS and Dany WIDY-HUCORNE.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Carlo FARRIS
Director
Dany WIDY-HUCORNE
Director
since 2000
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue de Herve 88
4651 Herve
Rue de Herve 47A
4651 Herve
Active since 10 December 2017
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0471.962.903
- VAT number
- BE 0471.962.903
- Registered office
- Rue de Herve 88, 4651 Herve
- Names & denominations
- L'ESSENTIEL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 25 May 2000
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 17 Nov 2025
- Activities · NACE
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