Financials
Financial year 2025
L'ESSENTIEL from Namur, company number BE0867708847, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 110,458 after tax. For that financial year L'ESSENTIEL recorded a gross margin of € 940,995 and equity of € 634,405. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 99,865 to € 110,458. Profitable, and profit is growing. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 26, 2026.
€ 634,405
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 110,458
▲ 11% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 348,527
▼ 17% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 110,458 paid out
100 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
€ 566,161
▼ 6% 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.
€ 132,483
▼ 17% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 304,805
▼ 17% vs 2024
€ 78,925 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 89,065
▼ 13% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 35,051
▼ 54% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 929,416 | € 783,163 | € 940,631 | € 940,995 | |
| Profit after taxes | € 176,720 | € -13,118 | € 99,865 | € 110,458 | ▲ 11% |
| Equity | € 647,658 | € 634,539 | € 634,405 | € 634,405 | |
| Total debts | € 913,651 | € 784,408 | € 815,663 | € 701,849 | ▼ 14% |
| Cash | € 454,549 | € 364,233 | € 422,336 | € 348,527 | ▼ 17% |
| Land & buildings | € 561,332 | € 485,050 | € 452,654 | € 394,499 | ▼ 13% |
| Retained profit | € 218,459 | € 205,341 | € 205,206 | € 205,206 | |
| Dividend | € 220,000 | € 0 | € 100,000 | € 110,458 | ▲ 10% |
| Bank debt | € 464,970 | € 439,278 | € 368,029 | € 304,805 | ▼ 17% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,561,309 | € 1,418,947 | € 1,450,068 | € 1,336,254 | ▼ 8% |
| Employees (FTE) | 13.3 | - | 13.3 | - |
Key figures of L'ESSENTIEL, 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 L'ESSENTIEL?
What happened at L'ESSENTIEL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 110,458 (▲ 11% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- New establishment in Namur. KBO
In short
From € 176,720 profit in 2022 to € 110,458 profit in 2025.
Paid € 116,295 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 176,720 profit.
On average € 70,700 of value added per employee in 2024.
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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
Behind L'ESSENTIEL are Raphael Adam, Bénédicte Balant and Cuisin'ô Tech.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Raphael Adam
Director
Bénédicte Balant
Managing director
Director · represented by Balant Bénédicte
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue Roger Clément(TX) 32
5020 Namur
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0867.708.847
- VAT number
- BE 0867.708.847
- Registered office
- Rue Roger Clément(TX) 32, 5020 Namur
- Names & denominations
- L'ESSENTIEL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 8 October 2004
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- Active · Active since 15 Jul 2026
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