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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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 2 of the last 3 fiscal years.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 43 % of short-term debt in 2023; threshold 65 %.
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Legal situation KBO
Opening faillissement according to the CBE.
Financials
Financial year 2023
EPI-CERI from Charleroi, company number BE0825215028, closed financial year 2023 with a result of € -24,101 after tax. For that financial year EPI-CERI recorded a gross margin of € 223,277 and equity of € -7,495. Compared with financial year 2022, the result moved from € 25,513 to € -24,101. The company made a loss. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 30, 2024.
€ -7,495
▼ € 24,101 vs 2022
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -24,101
▼ still € 25,513 profit in 2022
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 17,156
▼ 31% vs 2022
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -26,395.
People and assets in 2023
≈ 1
No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.
€ 209,771
▲ 10% vs 2022
Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 3,003
▼ 89% vs 2022
Of which on lease € 942.
Debts at end 2023
€ 28,402
▲ 165% vs 2022
€ 4,434 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 6 years.
€ 154,993
▲ 20% vs 2022
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 22,380
▼ 30% vs 2022
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Change 2022 → 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 255,765 | € 262,682 | € 223,277 | ▼ 15% |
| Profit after taxes | € 689 | € 25,513 | € -24,101 | ▼ € 49,615 |
| Equity | € -8,907 | € 16,606 | € -7,495 | ▼ € 24,101 |
| Total debts | € 168,267 | € 189,211 | € 218,660 | ▲ 16% |
| Cash | € 16,975 | € 24,841 | € 17,156 | ▼ 31% |
| Land & buildings | € 13,162 | € 10,650 | € 8,138 | ▼ 24% |
| Retained profit | € -27,807 | € -2,294 | € -26,395 | ▼ € 24,101 |
| Bank debt | € 0 | € 10,721 | € 28,402 | ▲ 165% |
| Balance sheet total | € 159,360 | € 205,817 | € 211,165 | ▲ 3% |
| Employees (FTE) | 8.9 | 6.6 | - |
Key figures of EPI-CERI, fiscal years 2021 to 2023, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2024 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2025.
What happened to EPI-CERI?
What happened at EPI-CERI in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
EPI-CERI is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Opening faillissement.
- New annual accounts for financial year 2023: loss of € 24,101 (▼ € 49,615 vs 2022). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Charleroi. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 689 profit in 2021 to € 24,101 loss in 2023.
Paid € 15,394 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 25,513 profit.
On average € 39,800 of value added per employee in 2022.
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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%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
The stake of CERI-LIMITED comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.
EPI-CERIBehind EPI-CERI is Sébastien LEFEBVRE. The shares are held by CERI-LIMITED (100%).
Directors
According to the 2023 annual accounts
Sébastien LEFEBVRE
Director
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Avenue Paul Pastur 19
6032 Charleroi
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0825.215.028
- VAT number
- BE 0825.215.028
- Registered office
- Avenue Paul Pastur 19, 6032 Charleroi
- Names & denominations
- EPI-CERI
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Opening faillissement
- Start date
- 20 April 2010
- Peppol
- Not registered
- Activities · NACE
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