Financials
Financial year 2025
LION RECYCLAGE from Leuven, company number BE0878555031, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -30,223 after tax. For that financial year LION RECYCLAGE recorded a gross margin of € 189,038 and equity of € 589,652. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 866 to € -30,223. The company made a loss. 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 April 16, 2026.
€ 589,652
▼ 14% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -30,223
▼ still € 866 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 58,936
▼ 30% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 564,652.
People and assets in 2025
2.3
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 94,167
€ 40,900 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.
€ 368,561
▼ 19% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 368,561.
Debts at end 2025
€ 203,089
▼ 28% vs 2024
€ 75,069 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 77,227
▲ 42% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 17,485
▼ 32% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 334,281 | € 248,965 | € 246,672 | € 189,038 | ▼ 23% |
| Profit after taxes | € 140,105 | € 42,868 | € 866 | € -30,223 | ▼ € 31,089 |
| Equity | € 913,052 | € 743,616 | € 683,385 | € 589,652 | ▼ 14% |
| Total debts | € 278,823 | € 678,975 | € 447,665 | € 391,159 | ▼ 13% |
| Cash | € 158,638 | € 110,737 | € 83,882 | € 58,936 | ▼ 30% |
| Retained profit | € 888,052 | € 718,616 | € 658,385 | € 564,652 | ▼ 14% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 212,304 | € 61,097 | € 63,510 | ▲ 4% |
| Bank debt | € 199,377 | € 387,827 | € 283,640 | € 203,089 | ▼ 28% |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,191,875 | € 1,422,591 | € 1,131,050 | € 980,811 | ▼ 13% |
| Employees (FTE) | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
Key figures of LION RECYCLAGE, 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 April 2027.
What happened to LION RECYCLAGE?
What happened at LION RECYCLAGE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 30,223 (▼ € 31,089 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Nicole Lion became a director. NBB
- Patrick Lion became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Leuven. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 140,105 profit in 2022 to € 30,223 loss in 2025.
Paid € 57,988 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 140,105 profit.
On average € 82,200 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 LION RECYCLAGE are Nicole Lion and Patrick Lion.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Nicole Lion
Director
since 2023
Patrick Lion
Director
since 2019
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Wijgmaalsesteenweg 26
3012 Leuven
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0878.555.031
- VAT number
- BE 0878.555.031
- Registered office
- Wijgmaalsesteenweg 26, 3012 Leuven
- Names & denominations
- LION RECYCLAGE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 23 December 2005
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 9 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
Recycling van metaalafval
Terugwinning van materialen uit afval
Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen
Terugwinning van metaalafval
Verhuur en lease van woon- en bureelcontainers en dergelijke accommodatie
Groothandel in afval en schroot