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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 5 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
FESTINA LENTE from Knokke-Heist, company number BE0894313967, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1.3 million after tax. For that financial year FESTINA LENTE recorded a gross margin of € 2.6 million and equity of € 18.8 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 374,461 to € 1.3 million. 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 April 10, 2026.
€ 18.8 million
▲ 7% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 1.3 million
▲ 242% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 205,606
▼ 9% 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 € 5.4 million.
Debts at end 2025
€ 2.4 million
▼ 25% vs 2024
€ 609,405 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 4 years.
€ 32,628
▲ 151% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 90,563
▼ 6% vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2021 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 1,092,149 | € 1,125,405 | € 2,556,362 | ▲ 127% |
| Profit after taxes | € 453,528 | € 374,461 | € 1,282,318 | ▲ 242% |
| Equity | € 15,678,848 | € 17,520,341 | € 18,802,659 | ▲ 7% |
| Total debts | € 8,218,929 | € 7,631,061 | € 5,984,807 | ▼ 22% |
| Cash | € 675,345 | € 227,059 | € 205,606 | ▼ 9% |
| Land & buildings | € 23,216,688 | € 24,874,633 | € 23,322,280 | ▼ 6% |
| Retained profit | € 3,473,849 | € 4,075,342 | € 5,357,660 | ▲ 31% |
| Dividend | € 408,599 | € 545,777 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 4,896,492 | € 3,231,289 | € 2,431,532 | ▼ 25% |
| Balance sheet total | € 23,897,777 | € 25,151,402 | € 24,787,465 | ▼ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 0.5 | - | - |
Key figures of FESTINA LENTE, fiscal years 2021 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 FESTINA LENTE?
What happened at FESTINA LENTE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1.3 million (▲ 242% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Henri-Martin Horn became a director. NBB
- Ann-Catherine Horn became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Knokke-Heist. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 453,528 profit in 2021 to € 1.3 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 966,007 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 1.3 million profit.
Paid out € 954,376 in dividends to the owners in total.
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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 FESTINA LENTE are Henri-Martin Horn and Ann-Catherine Horn.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Henri-Martin Horn
Director
since 2019
Ann-Catherine Horn
Director
since 2019
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Prinses Josephinelaan 4
8300 Knokke-Heist
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0894.313.967
- VAT number
- BE 0894.313.967
- Registered office
- Prinses Josephinelaan 4, 8300 Knokke-Heist
- Names & denominations
- FESTINA LENTE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 19 December 2007
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 12 Jan 2026