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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 20 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
La Vie en Chocolat from Heuvelland, company number BE0847457326, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 48,836 after tax. For that financial year La Vie en Chocolat recorded a gross margin of € 268,180 and equity of € 326,125. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 40,805 to € 48,836. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on January 30, 2026.
€ 326,125
▲ 18% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 48,836
▲ 20% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 13,291
▼ 40% 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 € 307,525.
People and assets in 2025
2.3
▲ 0.2 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 45,008
▼ 9% vs 2024
€ 19,600 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.
€ 33,468
▲ 13% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 9,502.
Debts at end 2025
€ 629,712
▲ 2% vs 2024
€ 132,877 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.
€ 142,368
▲ 246% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 5,043
▲ 59% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 353,937 | € 241,847 | € 247,608 | € 268,180 | ▲ 8% |
| Profit after taxes | € 141,811 | € 66,781 | € 40,805 | € 48,836 | ▲ 20% |
| Equity | € 169,703 | € 236,484 | € 277,288 | € 326,125 | ▲ 18% |
| Total debts | € 733,507 | € 809,161 | € 663,838 | € 783,508 | ▲ 18% |
| Cash | € 133,805 | € 80,247 | € 22,295 | € 13,291 | ▼ 40% |
| Land & buildings | € 644,553 | € 693,971 | € 638,649 | € 671,995 | ▲ 5% |
| Retained profit | € 151,103 | € 217,884 | € 258,688 | € 307,525 | ▲ 19% |
| Bank debt | € 673,985 | € 758,935 | € 617,050 | € 629,712 | ▲ 2% |
| Balance sheet total | € 903,211 | € 1,045,645 | € 941,127 | € 1,109,633 | ▲ 18% |
| Employees (FTE) | - | - | 2.1 | 2.3 | ▲ 0.2 |
Key figures of La Vie en Chocolat, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 January 2027.
What happened to La Vie en Chocolat?
What happened at La Vie en Chocolat in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 48,836 (▲ 20% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Lavie Ebelle BV became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Heuvelland. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 141,811 profit in 2022 to € 48,836 profit in 2025.
Paid € 31,558 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 141,811 profit.
On average € 116,600 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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
Behind La Vie en Chocolat is Lavie Ebelle BV.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Geert DEMAEGHT
since 2023
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Bellestraat(West) 68 box c
8954 Heuvelland
Bellestraat(West) 68 box C
8954 Heuvelland
Active since 22 August 2012
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
HETZNER-AS, DE
Domain
Domain
lavieenchocolat.eu
Registrar
Combell NV
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0847.457.326
- VAT number
- BE 0847.457.326
- Registered office
- Bellestraat(West) 68 bus c, 8954 Heuvelland
- Names & denominations
- La Vie en Chocolat
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 17 July 2012
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 15 May 2025
- Contact
- lavieenchocolat.eu
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