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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 64 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
ZEST from Leopoldsburg, company number BE0508525864, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 34,803 after tax. For that financial year ZEST recorded a gross margin of € 239,712 and equity of € 42,922. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 3,802 to € 34,803. 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 April 9, 2026.
€ 42,922
▲ € 34,803 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 34,803
▲ € 31,002 vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 32,593
▼ 12% 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 € 24,322.
People and assets in 2025
€ 170,233
▲ 9% 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.
€ 7,389
▲ 65% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 315,986
▼ 5% vs 2024
€ 18,570 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 17 years.
€ 20,319
▼ 58% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 39,659
▼ 19% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 117,750 | € 161,305 | € 192,345 | € 239,712 | ▲ 25% |
| Profit after taxes | € -29,772 | € -17,081 | € 3,802 | € 34,803 | ▲ € 31,002 |
| Equity | € 21,398 | € 4,317 | € 8,119 | € 42,922 | ▲ € 34,803 |
| Total debts | € 623,035 | € 463,361 | € 432,237 | € 440,921 | ▲ 2% |
| Cash | € 2,561 | € 11,129 | € 37,212 | € 32,593 | ▼ 12% |
| Land & buildings | € 385,770 | € 374,990 | € 364,210 | € 353,430 | ▼ 3% |
| Retained profit | € 2,798 | € -14,283 | € -10,481 | € 24,322 | ▲ € 34,803 |
| Bank debt | € 528,807 | € 375,531 | € 331,758 | € 315,986 | ▼ 5% |
| Balance sheet total | € 644,433 | € 467,678 | € 440,356 | € 483,844 | ▲ 10% |
Key figures of ZEST, 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 April 2027.
What happened to ZEST?
What happened at ZEST in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 34,803 (▲ € 31,002 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Larissa Labes became a director. NBB
- Tom Libaers became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Leopoldsburg. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 29,772 loss in 2022 to € 34,803 profit in 2025.
Paid € 1,406 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 34,803 profit.
Management
Behind ZEST are Tom Libaers and Larissa Labes.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Tom Libaers
Director
since 2018
Larissa Labes
Director
since 2020
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Hoekstraat 28
3971 Leopoldsburg
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0508.525.864
- VAT number
- BE 0508.525.864
- Registered office
- Hoekstraat 28, 3971 Leopoldsburg
- Names & denominations
- ZEST
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 18 December 2012
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