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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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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2023 and 2024.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 5 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
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Legal situation KBO
Opening faillissement according to the CBE.
Financials
Financial year 2024
H&L - FOOD from Genk, company number BE0890535422, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -198,788 after tax. For that financial year H&L - FOOD recorded a gross margin of € 357,980 and equity of € 408,317. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -168,723 to € -198,788. 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 July 15, 2025.
€ 408,317
▼ 33% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -198,788
▼ 18 % more loss than in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 14,947
▲ 111% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -416,683.
People and assets in 2024
12.9
▲ 2.2 vs 2023
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 421,786
▲ 20% vs 2023
€ 32,700 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 2024
€ 689,709
▼ 15% vs 2023
€ 106,197 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 6 years.
€ 381,886
▲ 42% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 51,265
▲ 17% vs 2023
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 522,352 | € 343,335 | € 320,142 | € 357,980 | ▲ 12% |
| Profit after taxes | € 76,596 | € -112,580 | € -168,723 | € -198,788 | ▼ € 30,065 |
| Equity | € 888,408 | € 775,827 | € 607,105 | € 408,317 | ▼ 33% |
| Total debts | € 1,361,945 | € 1,297,594 | € 1,278,939 | € 1,416,948 | ▲ 11% |
| Cash | € 202,135 | € 22,115 | € 7,095 | € 14,947 | ▲ 111% |
| Land & buildings | € 1,743,329 | € 1,702,066 | € 1,644,742 | € 1,602,973 | ▼ 3% |
| Retained profit | € 63,408 | € -49,173 | € -217,895 | € -416,683 | ▼ € 198,788 |
| Bank debt | € 1,012,310 | € 901,419 | € 810,427 | € 689,709 | ▼ 15% |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,250,353 | € 2,073,421 | € 1,886,044 | € 1,825,265 | ▼ 3% |
| Employees (FTE) | 9.8 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 12.9 | ▲ 2.2 |
Key figures of H&L - FOOD, fiscal years 2021 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2026.
What happened to H&L - FOOD?
What happened at H&L - FOOD in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
H&L - FOOD is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Opening faillissement.
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 198,788. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Genk. KBO
- Nathalie Meesters became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 76,596 profit in 2021 to € 198,788 loss in 2024.
Paid € 23,644 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 76,596 profit.
On average € 27,800 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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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 H&L - FOOD are Nathalie Meesters and Louis Meesters.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Nathalie Meesters
Director
since 2007
Louis Meesters
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Landwaartslaan 51
3600 Genk
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0890.535.422
- VAT number
- BE 0890.535.422
- Registered office
- Landwaartslaan 51, 3600 Genk
- Names & denominations
- H&L - FOOD
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Opening faillissement
- Start date
- 27 June 2007
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- Active · Active since 20 Jan 2023
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