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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 55 % of short-term debt in 2026; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 11.4 to 9.5.
Financials
Financial year 2026
'Express Lientje" from Leuven, company number BE0773441277, closed financial year 2026 with a result of € 293,064 after tax. For that financial year 'Express Lientje" recorded a gross margin of € 708,964 and equity of € 27,705. Compared with financial year 2025, the result moved from € 246,473 to € 293,064. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer shrank hard: equity is 90 % below last year. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 30, 2026.
€ 27,705
▼ 90% vs 2025
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 293,064
▲ 19% vs 2025
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 47,713
▼ 52% vs 2025
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 545,294 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2026
9.5
▼ 1.3 vs 2025
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 290,463
▲ 13% vs 2025
€ 30,600 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.
€ 10,057
▲ € 7,669 vs 2025
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2026
€ 239,006
▼ 22% vs 2025
€ 70,051 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 231,528
▼ 21% vs 2025
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 80,757
▼ 18% vs 2025
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Change 2025 → 2026 | |
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| Gross margin | € 393,619 | € 375,174 | € 667,940 | € 708,964 | ▲ 6% |
| Profit after taxes | € 66,425 | € -12,962 | € 246,473 | € 293,064 | ▲ 19% |
| Equity | € 146,425 | € 133,463 | € 279,936 | € 27,705 | ▼ 90% |
| Total debts | € 783,072 | € 784,433 | € 714,825 | € 885,984 | ▲ 24% |
| Cash | € 70,164 | - | € 99,191 | € 47,713 | ▼ 52% |
| Retained profit | € 66,425 | € 53,463 | € 254,571 | € 2,341 | ▼ 99% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 45,365 | € 545,294 | ▲ € 499,929 |
| Bank debt | € 453,685 | € 383,667 | € 307,227 | € 239,006 | ▼ 22% |
| Balance sheet total | € 929,497 | € 917,896 | € 994,761 | € 913,689 | ▼ 8% |
| Employees (FTE) | - | 11.4 | 10.8 | 9.5 | ▼ 1.3 |
Key figures of 'Express Lientje", 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 'Express Lientje"?
What happened at 'Express Lientje" in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2026: profit of € 293,064 (▲ 19% vs 2025). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Attaba Holding BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Leuven. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 66,425 profit in 2023 to € 293,064 profit in 2026.
Paid € 82,496 in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2026, with € 293,064 profit.
On average € 74,600 of value added per employee in 2026.
Management
Behind 'Express Lientje" are Mustapha Attaba and Attaba Holding BV. The shares are held by Attaba Mustapha (60%) and Belhouss Aïcha (40%).
Directors
According to the 2026 annual accounts
Mustapha Attaba
Wettelijke vertegenwoordiger
Also active at: ABAM INVEST, INES EXPRESS, TWEELING EXPRESS
Director · represented by Mustapha Attaba
Also active at: ABAM INVEST, INES EXPRESS, TWEELING EXPRESS
since 2024
Shareholders
Attaba Mustapha
60%
Belhouss Aïcha
40%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Tiensevest 10 box A
3000 Leuven
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0773.441.277
- VAT number
- BE 0773.441.277
- Registered office
- Tiensevest 10 bus A, 3000 Leuven
- Names & denominations
- 'Express Lientje"
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 2 September 2021
- Peppol
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