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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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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2023 and 2024.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 24 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2024
BLEST from Zottegem, company number BE0735495273, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -5,135 after tax. For that financial year BLEST recorded a gross margin of € 46,600 and equity of € 29,625. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -707 to € -5,135. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 25, 2025.
€ 29,625
▼ 15% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -5,135
▼ 626 % more loss than in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 19,141
▼ 44% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 19,425.
People and assets in 2024
€ 70,049
▼ 29% vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 72,877
▼ 36% vs 2023
€ 34,388 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 16,466
▼ 15% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 8,977
▼ 5% vs 2023
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 67,037 | € 47,587 | € 56,077 | € 46,600 | ▼ 17% |
| Profit after taxes | € 12,176 | € -12,853 | € -707 | € -5,135 | ▼ € 4,427 |
| Equity | € 48,320 | € 35,468 | € 34,760 | € 29,625 | ▼ 15% |
| Total debts | € 248,537 | € 204,994 | € 171,889 | € 216,297 | ▲ 26% |
| Cash | € 37,326 | € 34,377 | € 33,898 | € 19,141 | ▼ 44% |
| Retained profit | € 38,120 | € 25,268 | € 24,560 | € 19,425 | ▼ 21% |
| Bank debt | € 197,900 | € 154,871 | € 113,269 | € 72,877 | ▼ 36% |
| Balance sheet total | € 296,857 | € 240,462 | € 206,650 | € 245,923 | ▲ 19% |
Key figures of BLEST, 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 BLEST?
What happened at BLEST in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 5,135. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Zottegem. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 12,176 profit in 2021 to € 5,135 loss in 2024.
Paid € 2,112 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 12,176 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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Management
Behind BLEST are Steven Cantaert and Leen Van Daele .
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Steven Cantaert
Director
Leen Van Daele
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Leopold III-straat 1
9620 Zottegem
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Self-hosted
Hosting
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Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0735.495.273
- VAT number
- BE 0735.495.273
- Registered office
- Leopold III-straat 1, 9620 Zottegem
- Names & denominations
- BLEST
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 October 2019
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 22 Dec 2025
- Contact
- elmolino-zottegem.be
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