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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 28 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
JAMES LEADER from Aalst, company number BE0744542702, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -41,489 after tax. For that financial year JAMES LEADER recorded a gross margin of € 489,352 and equity of € 74,197. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 15,250 to € -41,489. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 30, 2026.
€ 74,197
▼ 36% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -41,489
▼ still € 15,250 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 45,533
▲ 77% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 71,197.
People and assets in 2025
€ 398,807
▼ 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.
€ 5,976
▼ 51% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 39,680
▼ 54% vs 2024
€ 27,333 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 1 years.
€ 105,692
▲ 6% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 34,662
▼ 20% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 521,817 | € 550,079 | € 525,357 | € 489,352 | ▼ 7% |
| Profit after taxes | € 713 | € 448 | € 15,250 | € -41,489 | ▼ € 56,739 |
| Equity | € 99,988 | € 100,436 | € 115,686 | € 74,197 | ▼ 36% |
| Total debts | € 317,931 | € 262,453 | € 241,066 | € 187,538 | ▼ 22% |
| Cash | € 70,721 | € 27,922 | € 25,772 | € 45,533 | ▲ 77% |
| Retained profit | € 96,988 | € 97,436 | € 112,686 | € 71,197 | ▼ 37% |
| Bank debt | € 208,253 | € 148,753 | € 86,990 | € 39,680 | ▼ 54% |
| Balance sheet total | € 417,919 | € 362,889 | € 356,752 | € 261,735 | ▼ 27% |
| Employees (FTE) | 9.8 | 9.1 | - | - |
Key figures of JAMES LEADER, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 31 July 2027.
What happened to JAMES LEADER?
What happened at JAMES LEADER in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 41,489 (▼ € 56,739 vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Aalst. KBO
- Dean Janssens became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 713 profit in 2022 to € 41,489 loss in 2025.
Paid € 423 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 15,250 profit.
On average € 60,400 of value added per employee in 2023.
Management
Behind JAMES LEADER is Dean Janssens. Dean Janssens is also behind Digital Leader Group.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2020
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Hoezekouterdreef 1
9300 Aalst
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0744.542.702
- VAT number
- BE 0744.542.702
- Registered office
- Hoezekouterdreef 1, 9300 Aalst
- Names & denominations
- JAMES LEADER
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 27 February 2020
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