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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 17.2 to 13.9.
Financials
Financial year 2025
LHOEST FRERES from Liège, company number BE0864241096, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 370 after tax. For that financial year LHOEST FRERES recorded a gross margin of € 1.3 million and equity of € 1.1 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -284,482 to € 370. 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 8, 2026.
€ 1.1 million
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 370
▲ still € 284,482 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 165,680
▲ 41% 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 € 1 million.
People and assets in 2025
13.9
▼ 0.4 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 970,929
▲ 4% vs 2024
€ 69,900 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.
€ 638,776
▲ 48% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 594,686.
Debts at end 2025
€ 532,598
▲ 12% vs 2024
€ 156,828 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 140,015
▼ 4% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 99,466
▲ 51% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,797,259 | € 1,375,204 | € 952,168 | € 1,336,206 | ▲ 40% |
| Profit after taxes | € 413,805 | € 38,490 | € -284,482 | € 370 | ▲ € 284,852 |
| Equity | € 1,364,096 | € 1,402,585 | € 1,125,776 | € 1,126,145 | |
| Total debts | € 607,828 | € 732,345 | € 689,328 | € 773,324 | ▲ 12% |
| Cash | € 406,415 | € 113,300 | € 117,236 | € 165,680 | ▲ 41% |
| Land & buildings | € 289,836 | € 285,069 | € 317,057 | € 283,208 | ▼ 11% |
| Retained profit | € 1,274,096 | € 1,312,585 | € 1,035,776 | € 1,036,145 | |
| Bank debt | € 295,265 | € 463,248 | € 477,536 | € 532,598 | ▲ 12% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,971,924 | € 2,134,930 | € 1,815,104 | € 1,899,470 | ▲ 5% |
| Employees (FTE) | 17.8 | 17.2 | 14.3 | 13.9 | ▼ 0.4 |
Key figures of LHOEST FRERES, 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 LHOEST FRERES?
What happened at LHOEST FRERES in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Renaud LHOEST stepped down as director. NBB
- Damien LHOEST stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 370. Source: NBB ↗
- Renaud LHOEST became a director. NBB
- Damien LHOEST became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Liège. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 413,805 profit in 2022 to € 370 profit in 2025.
Paid € 301,370 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 413,805 profit.
On average € 96,100 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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Management
The shares are held by Denis LHOEST, Renaud LHOEST and Damien LHOEST.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Renaud LHOEST
Director
Is a shareholder
since 2021 · until 2027
Damien LHOEST
Director
Is a shareholder
since 2021 · until 2027
Shareholders
Denis LHOEST
Renaud LHOEST · director
Damien LHOEST · director
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue Fond-des-Tawes 91
4000 Liège
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
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DNS
OVH DNS
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0864.241.096
- VAT number
- BE 0864.241.096
- Registered office
- Rue Fond-des-Tawes 91, 4000 Liège
- Names & denominations
- LHOEST FRERES
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 22 March 2004
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 23 Jan 2025
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