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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 34 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2026
DE ZWARTE LEEUW from Zwevegem, company number BE0478885436, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 120,954 after tax. For that financial year DE ZWARTE LEEUW recorded a gross margin of € 382,028 and equity of € 868,390. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 130,555 to € 120,954. 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 October 9, 2026.
€ 868,390
▲ 9% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 120,954
▼ 7% vs 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 47,497
▲ 24% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 52,254 paid out
43 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2026
4
▼ 0.8 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 144,921
▲ 12% vs 2025
€ 36,200 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.
€ 93,648
▼ 5% vs 2025
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 108,296
▲ 111% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 40,632
▲ 26% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 226,013 | € 325,252 | € 357,375 | € 382,028 | ▲ 7% |
| Profit after taxes | € 36,079 | € 99,436 | € 130,555 | € 120,954 | ▼ 7% |
| Equity | € 569,700 | € 669,136 | € 799,690 | € 868,390 | ▲ 9% |
| Total debts | € 281,207 | € 172,385 | € 138,560 | € 221,252 | ▲ 60% |
| Cash | € 21,648 | € 125,638 | € 38,274 | € 47,497 | ▲ 24% |
| Land & buildings | € 410,292 | € 386,633 | € 362,987 | € 339,341 | ▼ 7% |
| Retained profit | € 551,150 | € 650,586 | € 781,140 | € 849,840 | ▲ 9% |
| Dividend | € 75,676 | € 0 | € 0 | € 52,254 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 850,907 | € 841,521 | € 938,250 | € 1,089,642 | ▲ 16% |
| Employees (FTE) | 3.2 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 4 | ▼ 0.8 |
Key figures of DE ZWARTE LEEUW, fiscal years 2023 to 2026, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2027) expected before 28 September 2027.
What happened to DE ZWARTE LEEUW?
What happened at DE ZWARTE LEEUW in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 120,954 (▼ 7% vs 2025). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Zwevegem. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- Dieter Callewaert became a director. NBB
In short
From € 36,079 profit in 2023 to € 120,954 profit in 2026.
Paid € 138,330 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 130,555 profit.
On average € 95,500 of value added per employee in 2026.
Management
Behind DE ZWARTE LEEUW is Dieter Callewaert.
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Dieter Callewaert
Director
since 2002
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Helkijnstraat(S) 36C
8554 Zwevegem
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0478.885.436
- VAT number
- BE 0478.885.436
- Registered office
- Helkijnstraat(S) 36C, 8554 Zwevegem
- Names & denominations
- DE ZWARTE LEEUW
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 29 November 2002
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 4 Sept 2025
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