Warning lights
Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
-
Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 3.3 to 1.9.
Financials
Financial year 2025
LUSTER from Antwerpen, company number BE0866794770, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -55,592 after tax. For that financial year LUSTER recorded a gross margin of € 100,362 and equity of € 190,649. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 31,041 to € -55,592. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 30, 2026.
€ 190,649
▼ 23% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -55,592
▼ still € 31,041 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 25,015
▼ 4% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -1.8 million.
People and assets in 2025
1.9
▼ 0.8 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 138,894
▼ 9% vs 2024
€ 73,100 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.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 215,629
▼ 48% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 14,854
▼ 5% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
Want to see how much further we take a dossier in the Pro version? Open the free De Lijn example and give feedback →
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 162,872 | € 237,071 | € 202,499 | € 100,362 | ▼ 50% |
| Profit after taxes | € -41,757 | € 2,152 | € 31,041 | € -55,592 | ▼ € 86,633 |
| Equity | € 213,048 | € 215,200 | € 246,241 | € 190,649 | ▼ 23% |
| Total debts | € 885,811 | € 957,455 | € 1,220,047 | € 1,014,257 | ▼ 17% |
| Cash | € 29,156 | € 33,765 | € 26,137 | € 25,015 | ▼ 4% |
| Retained profit | € -1,748,952 | € -1,746,800 | € -1,715,759 | € -1,771,351 | ▼ € 55,592 |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,098,860 | € 1,172,655 | € 1,466,288 | € 1,204,906 | ▼ 18% |
| Employees (FTE) | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 1.9 | ▼ 0.8 |
Key figures of LUSTER, 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 LUSTER?
What happened at LUSTER in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Luc Didden BV stepped down as director. NBB
- MARC VERHAGEN stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 55,592 (▼ € 86,633 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Antwerpen. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- Luc Didden BV became a director. NBB
- MARC VERHAGEN became a director. NBB
In short
From € 41,757 loss in 2022 to € 55,592 loss in 2025.
Paid € 671 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 31,041 profit.
On average € 52,800 of value added per employee in 2025.
A new publication or filing at LUSTER? We notify you, reason included.
Follow LUSTERDatabakkes Pro
Know what changes at your customers, suppliers and competitors. Without reading an annual account.
- Follow them in one folder Every company in your folder gets this full dossier: household book, all fiscal years, benchmark against companies of the same size.
- We alert you, with the reason New annual account, Official Gazette publication or status change: you get what changed and where it says so.
- In bulk too, and in ChatGPT and Claude Upload your customer list and get the warning signs back per company. Or ask in your own AI assistant, with this register as the source.
Databakkes Pro is being built. Sign up now and you are first in line for an invitation, with a month to try without a credit card.
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%
Open the dossier →
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
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Bestuurder · represented by LUC DIDDEN
Also active at: Republic of Inspiring Brands, Space Cowboy
since 2004 · until 2028
MARC VERHAGEN
Bestuurder
since 2004 · until 2028
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Berkenlaan 21
2610 Antwerpen
Louiza-Marialei 2
2018 Antwerpen
Active since 1 September 2004
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0866.794.770
- VAT number
- BE 0866.794.770
- Registered office
- Berkenlaan 21, 2610 Antwerpen
- Names & denominations
- LUSTER
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 16 August 2004
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 10 Jun 2025
- Activities · NACE
Uitgeven van boeken
Uitgeven van tijdschriften
Uitgeverijen van tijdschriften