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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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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 2 of the last 2 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 36 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
HLC Retail from Hélécine, company number BE1009785341, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -59,784 after tax. For that financial year HLC Retail recorded a gross margin of € 724,316 and equity of € -73,716. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -28,932 to € -59,784. The company made a loss. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on September 17, 2026.
€ -73,716
▼ € 59,784 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -59,784
▼ 107 % more loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 203,080
▼ 28% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -88,716.
People and assets in 2025
14.7
▲ 7.8 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 528,478
▲ 231% vs 2024
€ 36,000 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.
€ 1,120
▼ 37% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 1.4 million
▼ 13% vs 2024
€ 187,680 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 8 years.
€ 502,270
▼ 4% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 74,927
▲ 50% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 232,669 | € 724,316 | ▲ 211% |
| Profit after taxes | € -28,932 | € -59,784 | ▼ € 30,852 |
| Equity | € -13,932 | € -73,716 | ▼ € 59,784 |
| Total debts | € 2,200,782 | € 1,987,392 | ▼ 10% |
| Cash | € 283,199 | € 203,080 | ▼ 28% |
| Retained profit | € -28,932 | € -88,716 | ▼ € 59,784 |
| Bank debt | € 1,626,140 | € 1,410,195 | ▼ 13% |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,186,850 | € 1,913,676 | ▼ 12% |
| Employees (FTE) | 6.9 | 14.7 | ▲ 7.8 |
Key figures of HLC Retail, fiscal years 2024 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 HLC Retail?
What happened at HLC Retail in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 59,784. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Hélécine. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 28,932 loss in 2024 to € 59,784 loss in 2025.
On average € 49,300 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind HLC Retail is CLEV BV.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Cédric Vandewynckele
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue Armand-Dewolf,Neerh. 25 A
1357 Hélécine
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 1009.785.341
- VAT number
- BE 1009.785.341
- Registered office
- Rue Armand-Dewolf,Neerh. 25 A, 1357 Hélécine
- Names & denominations
- HLC Retail
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 28 May 2024
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 15 Jul 2024
- Activities · NACE
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