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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 53 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Il Pinguino from Leuven, company number BE0782495238, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 57,425 after tax. For that financial year Il Pinguino recorded a gross margin of € 296,806 and equity of € 193,311. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 13,821 to € 57,425. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on July 22, 2026.
€ 193,311
▲ 42% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 57,425
▲ € 43,604 vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 63,790
▼ 23% 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 € 193,011.
People and assets in 2025
€ 124,055
▲ 38% 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.
€ 69,210
▲ 138% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 170,779
▲ 35% vs 2024
€ 41,408 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 13,241
▼ 38% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 13,877
▲ 171% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 213,302 | € 210,860 | € 177,207 | € 296,806 | ▲ 67% |
| Profit after taxes | € 55,141 | € 68,291 | € 13,821 | € 57,425 | ▲ € 43,604 |
| Equity | € 55,441 | € 122,065 | € 135,886 | € 193,311 | ▲ 42% |
| Total debts | € 303,217 | € 257,059 | € 255,684 | € 268,202 | ▲ 5% |
| Cash | € 107,588 | € 85,514 | € 82,743 | € 63,790 | ▼ 23% |
| Retained profit | € 55,141 | € 121,765 | € 135,586 | € 193,011 | ▲ 42% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 1,666 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Bank debt | € 177,607 | € 152,303 | € 126,295 | € 170,779 | ▲ 35% |
| Balance sheet total | € 358,658 | € 379,124 | € 391,570 | € 461,513 | ▲ 18% |
By gross margin, Il Pinguino ranks 7th of 35 companies with main activity “Niet-gespecialiseerde detailhandel waarbij voedings- en genotmiddelen overheersen” in Leuven that publish figures (fiscal year 2025).
Key figures of Il Pinguino, 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.
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What happened to Il Pinguino?
What happened at Il Pinguino in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 57,425 (▲ € 43,604 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Herent. KBO
- Incorporation, published in the Gazette. Source: Staatsblad ↗
- New establishment in Leuven. KBO
- MARIE DE MERLIER became a director. NBB
- JUNIOR VAN CALSTER became a director. NBB
In short
From € 55,141 profit in 2022 to € 57,425 profit in 2025.
Paid € 43,613 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 68,291 profit.
Paid out € 1,666 in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
Behind Il Pinguino are MARIE DE MERLIER and JUNIOR VAN CALSTER.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
MARIE DE MERLIER
Director
since 2022
JUNIOR VAN CALSTER
Director
since 2022
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Kortestraat 6
3000 Leuven
Brusselsesteenweg 67
3020 Herent
Active since 15 August 2025
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
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Shareholders according to the Official Gazette deeds
Who contributed at incorporation and at capital increases, with the deed as source. Later share transfers are not published in the Gazette.
Incorporation
Source: Deed ↗- DE MERLIER Marie Ann(oprichter) 50%
- VAN CALSTER Junior(oprichter) 50%
Details
- Company number
- 0782.495.238
- VAT number
- BE 0782.495.238
- Registered office
- Kortestraat 6, 3000 Leuven
- Names & denominations
- Il Pinguino
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 22 February 2022
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 29 Jul 2024
- Contact
- pinguino.be
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