Financials
Financial year 2024
Lean Mean Business from Houthalen-Helchteren, company number BE0895858346, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -470,380 after tax. For that financial year Lean Mean Business recorded a gross margin of € -86,035 and equity of € 15.3 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 5.7 million to € -470,380. 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 August 28, 2025.
€ 15.3 million
▼ 3% vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -470,380
▼ still € 5.7 million profit in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 1.7 million
▲ 84% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 10.3 million.
People and assets in 2024
2.8
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 201,075
▲ € 210,668 vs 2023
€ 71,800 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.
€ 98,502
▲ € 98,412 vs 2023
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2024
€ 2.4 million
▲ 146% vs 2023
€ 80,968 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 10 years.
€ 91,103
▼ 28% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 37,311
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 597,212 | € 607,705 | - | - | |
| Gross margin | - | - | € -41,687 | € -86,035 | ▼ € 44,348 |
| Profit after taxes | € 253,773 | € 324,058 | € 5,651,564 | € -470,380 | ▼ € 6.1 million |
| Equity | € 15,438,447 | € 15,642,505 | € 15,876,796 | € 15,334,776 | ▼ 3% |
| Total debts | € 2,329,524 | € 4,385,449 | € 1,181,073 | € 2,580,063 | ▲ 118% |
| Cash | € 31,211 | € 768,495 | € 944,105 | € 1,733,952 | ▲ 84% |
| Land & buildings | - | - | € 186,412 | € 176,843 | ▼ 5% |
| Retained profit | € 5,030,935 | € 5,234,993 | € 10,786,556 | € 10,316,176 | ▼ 4% |
| Dividend | € 50,000 | € 120,000 | € 100,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 2,163,501 | € 4,132,810 | € 953,527 | € 2,350,255 | ▲ 146% |
| Balance sheet total | € 17,767,971 | € 20,027,954 | € 17,057,869 | € 17,914,840 | ▲ 5% |
| Employees (FTE) | 3.8 | 3 | 0 | 2.8 |
Key figures of Lean Mean Business, 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 Lean Mean Business?
What happened at Lean Mean Business in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 470,380 (▼ € 6.1 million vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Vestal Communicatie became a director. NBB
- Information Technology Solutions became a director. NBB
- Koel Management became a director. NBB
- Sparta Consulting BV became a director. NBB
- Patrick Hermans became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Houthalen-Helchteren. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 253,773 profit in 2021 to € 470,380 loss in 2024.
Paid € 21,863 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 5.7 million profit.
Paid out € 270,000 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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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 Lean Mean Business are Vestal Communicatie, Information Technology Solutions, Koel Management, Sparta Consulting BV and Patrick Hermans. It owns 99.7% of Quattro Lease NV and 48.8% of Auva NV itself.
Directors
According to the 2024 annual accounts
Director · represented by Peter CLAES
since 2023
since 2023
since 2023
Director · represented by Mark LENS
Also active at: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, DE HOOGMOLEN
since 2023
Patrick Hermans
Director
Also active at: VOKA - Kamer van Koophandel Limburg, CONCENTRA COMPUTER CENTER, Rondom Media, TELE-VISIE-LIMBURG, CONCENTRA GRAFIC, Printing Partners Paal-Beringen, IGUANA, MobilityPlus +4 more
since 2023
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Centrum-Zuid 1527 box A
3530 Houthalen-Helchteren
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Details
- Company number
- 0895.858.346
- VAT number
- BE 0895.858.346
- Registered office
- Centrum-Zuid 1527 bus A, 3530 Houthalen-Helchteren
- Names & denominations
- Lean Mean Business · LMB
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 20 February 2008
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 22 Jun 2025
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