Warning lights
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 62 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
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Busy address KBO
95 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
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Legal situation KBO
Opening faillissement according to the CBE.
Financials
Financial year 2024
EMPIRE TRADING from Elsene, company number BE0732931604, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 71,002 after tax. For that financial year EMPIRE TRADING recorded a gross margin of € 786,239 and equity of € 130,178. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 106,203 to € 71,002. The company is profitable. 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 November 27, 2025.
€ 130,178
▲ 120% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 71,002
▼ 33% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 14,065
▲ 244% 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 € 127,178.
People and assets in 2024
€ 590,709
▲ 54% 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.
€ 466,768
▲ 173% vs 2023
Of which on lease € 342,339.
Debts at end 2024
€ 208,247
▲ € 166,588 vs 2023
€ 114,827 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 1 years.
€ 826,729
▲ 19% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 105,468
▼ 19% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 234,590 | € 276,746 | € 591,886 | € 786,239 | ▲ 33% |
| Profit after taxes | € 83,795 | € -157,307 | € 106,203 | € 71,002 | ▼ 33% |
| Equity | € 110,281 | € -47,026 | € 59,177 | € 130,178 | ▲ 120% |
| Total debts | € 418,308 | € 560,936 | € 1,643,706 | € 1,171,857 | ▼ 29% |
| Cash | € 16,398 | € 13,718 | € 4,086 | € 14,065 | ▲ 244% |
| Retained profit | € 107,281 | € -50,026 | € 56,177 | € 127,178 | ▲ 126% |
| Bank debt | € 0 | € 41,659 | € 41,659 | € 208,247 | ▲ € 166,588 |
| Balance sheet total | € 528,589 | € 513,910 | € 1,702,883 | € 1,302,035 | ▼ 24% |
Key figures of EMPIRE TRADING, 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 EMPIRE TRADING?
What happened at EMPIRE TRADING in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
EMPIRE TRADING is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Opening faillissement.
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 71,002 (▼ 33% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Sofiène Abdelkader Lekehal became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Hoeilaart. KBO
- Aboubacar Sankharé became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 83,795 profit in 2021 to € 71,002 profit in 2024.
Paid € 52,447 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 106,203 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%
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Management
Behind EMPIRE TRADING are Sofiène Abdelkader Lekehal and Aboubacar Sankharé.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Sofiène Abdelkader Lekehal
Director
since 2021
Aboubacar Sankharé
Director
since 2019
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Louizalaan 500
1050 Elsene
Waversesteenweg 139
1560 Hoeilaart
Active since 27 August 2019
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 95 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0732.931.604
- VAT number
- BE 0732.931.604
- Registered office
- Louizalaan 500, 1050 Elsene
- Names & denominations
- EMPIRE TRADING
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Opening faillissement
- Start date
- 27 August 2019
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 29 Jan 2026
- Activities · NACE
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