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A.P.E.

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Public limited companyfounded 199927 yrs activeSchildersstraat 2, 2000 Antwerpen, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0465.731.642
Summary

A.P.E. has been active since 1999 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €9.1m and a net result of -€1.4m. Equity is shrinking by ~3.2% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 95% of 8101 sector peers (fiscal year 2024). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.1% (very low).

Checked score

Score 2024
Axes · tick = 2023
Profitability0▼-29
Solvency100=
Growth32=
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.1% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €650,000 at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 25.67 against 7.33 in 2023; short-term debt: 1.9% and cash: 20.7% of total assets), and 1.9% of the assets are financed with debt.
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Signals

Four signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
−lowers risk○neutral
lowers risk · Lower-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail less often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 70
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities (NACE 70)
about 69% fewer bankruptcies
← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →
lowers risk · Long track record
A company with a long track record statistically fails less often than a young one.
KBO · incorporation date
Age against the risk zone
highest failure risk from 2 to 8 years 27 years 0 30 y
lowers risk · Lower-risk legal form
Companies with this legal form statistically fail less often than a BV.
KBO · legal form
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 26-06-2025, 35 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not confirmed
2024
35 d early
2023
33 d early
2022
48 d early
2021
21 d early
2020
64 d early
2019
on the day
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 6 accounts on average 34 days before the deadline; the sector median for financial year 2024 is 9 days before the deadline, and 32% of the sector filed late.

Checked, nothing found (1)
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
We found no ex-officio strike-off or cessation. Our series starts in 2021 and has gaps, so this is not a confirmation that there is nothing.
KBO publications · our coverage

History

On 26 March 1999, A.P.E. was incorporated.1 Total assets went from EUR 11 million in 2018 to EUR 9.3 million in 2024 and headcount from 2.3 to 1.8 full-time equivalents.2

  1. 1Crossroads Bank for Enterprises
  2. 2National Bank, annual accounts 2018 and 2024

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Financials · fiscal year 2024, abbreviated schema

Equity
€9.1m▼ 17.4%
2023 · €11.0m
Total assets
€9.3m▼ 22.8%
2023 · €12.0m
Net result
-€1.4m
2023 · €1.0m
Working capital
€4.4m▼ 30.9%
2023 · €6.4m
Trend over the years

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Every figure with its change against the fiscal year before
favourable unfavourable
Line20202021202220232024
Operating result-€55,662-€345,468▼ 521%-€379,790▼ 9.9%-€542,308▼ 42.8%-€372,467▲ 31.3%
Net result€1.4m▲ 42.4%€147,517▼ 89.3%-€157,873€1.0m-€1.4m
Equity€12.5m▲ 3.2%€12.1m▼ 2.8%€11.0m▼ 9.5%€11.0m=€9.1m▼ 17.4%
Total assets€12.5m▲ 1.8%€12.7m▲ 1.3%€13.0m▲ 2.6%€12.0m▼ 8.0%€9.3m▼ 22.8%
Debt€48,838▼ 76.2%€558,970▲ 1,045%€2.1m▲ 267%€1.0m▼ 51.1%€177,936▼ 82.3%
Working capital€8.4m▼ 7.8%€7.4m▼ 12.6%€6.2m▼ 15.7%€6.4m▲ 2.2%€4.4m▼ 30.9%
Staff (FTE)2.5▲ 8.7%2.3▼ 8.0%2.3=2.3=1.8▼ 21.7%
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the abbreviated schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
-€2.0m-€1.0m€0€1.0mOperating result 2020: -€55,662-€55,662Net result 2020: €1.4m€1.4mOperating result 2021: -€345,468-€345,468Net result 2021: €147,517€147,517Operating result 2022: -€379,790-€379,790Net result 2022: -€157,873-€157,873Operating result 2023: -€542,308-€542,308Net result 2023: €1.0m€1.0mOperating result 2024: -€372,467-€372,467Net result 2024: -€1.4m-€1.4m20202021202220232024-€2m-€1m€0€1mOperating result 2022: -€379,790-€380,000Net result 2022: -€157,873-€158,000Operating result 2023: -€542,308-€542,000Net result 2023: €1.0m€1mOperating result 2024: -€372,467-€372,000Net result 2024: -€1.4m-€1.4m202220232024
The operating result stays negative: a loss of €372,467 in 2024 against €542,308 in 2023; the loss shrinks.
Balance-sheet composition
2024 in colour, 2023 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €9.3m
Fixed assets €4.7m ▲ 1.1%
Current assets €4.6m ▼ 37.9%
Equity and liabilities €9.3m
Equity €9.1m ▼ 17.4%
Debt €177,936 ▼ 82.3%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total falls from 8.4% to 1.9%. Equity and debt are lower.
Key figures and ratios
2024 value · change against 2023
EBITDA
-€368,839▲
2023 · -€537,647
Cash flow
-€1.4m▼
2023 · €1.0m
Current ratio
25.67▲
2023 · 7.33
Debt to equity
0.02▼
2023 · 0.09
ROE
-15.5%▼
2023 · 9.1%
ROA
-15.2%▼
2023 · 8.4%
Interest coverage
-34.47▼
2023 · -14.41
Debt ≤ 1 year
€177,936▼
2023 · €1.0m
Staff costs
€205,846▼
2023 · €238,293
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.

Peer companies

Historical observation

Of the 5,827 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 1.5% went bankrupt within 24 months and 84% are still going.

  • Micro
  • 20 years or older
  • solvency 30% or more
  • a loss of 10% of the balance sheet or more
1.5% went bankrupt
14% stopped otherwise
84% still going

A further 0.7% stopped, but we cannot tell whether within those 24 months.

For this company itself Checked computes a lower bankruptcy probability: 0.1% over twelve months. The score reads more about this company than the group's four characteristics; both figures are right about what they measure.

How reliable is this rule?

Tested on the year before, without using that year itself: the groups of July 2023 gave each of the 497,058 companies of July 2024 its group's bankruptcy share. Expected: 1.5%; actually bankrupt within 24 months: 1.6%.

The companies in ten equal groups, from lowest to highest expected share.
Group Expected Actual
1 0.2% 0.2%
2 0.3% 0.4%
3 0.5% 0.5%
4 0.6% 0.7%
5 0.8% 0.9%
6 1.2% 1.3%
7 1.5% 1.6%
8 1.7% 1.7%
9 2.7% 2.8%
10 5.3% 5.7%

The rule ranks well: a company that went bankrupt got a higher share than one that kept going in 74% of comparisons. The level follows the economy: in a year with more bankruptcies, the actual share is higher than the year before.

An observation about 5,827 comparable companies, not a prediction for this company. The sector does not count: the register keeps no sector for companies that stopped, so it would make the outcome look better than it was.

Annual accounts
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2024 against 2023 · 56 lines
Balance sheet Code20232024
Assets
Total assets20/58€12.0m€9.3m▼
Fixed assets21/28€4.6m€4.7m▲
Tangible fixed assets22/27€72,064€69,662▼
Land and buildings22€49,712€49,712=
Furniture and vehicles24€6,352€3,950▼
Other tangible fixed assets26€16,000€16,000=
Financial fixed assets28€4.6m€4.6m▲
Current assets29/58€7.4m€4.6m▼
Amounts receivable after more than one year29€10,749€300,766▲
Other amounts receivable291€10,749€300,766▲
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€893,473€1.3m▲
Trade receivables40€30,348€46,585▲
Other amounts receivable41€863,126€1.3m▲
Current investments50/53€3.0m€1.0m▼
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€3.4m€1.9m▼
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€7,023€3,453▼
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€12.0m€9.3m▼
Equity10/15€11.0m€9.1m▼
Contributions10/11€5.4m€5.4m=
Capital10€5.4m€5.4m=
Issued capital100€5.4m€5.4m=
Reserves13€5.6m€3.7m▼
Non-distributable reserves130/1€416,055€416,055=
Legal reserve130€416,055€416,055=
Distributable reserves133€5.2m€3.3m▼
Amounts payable17/49€1.0m€177,936▼
Amounts payable within one year42/48€1.0m€177,936▼
Financial debts43€307,751€116,022▼
Other loans439€307,751€116,022▼
Trade debts44€161,930€7,757▼
Suppliers440/4€161,930€7,757▼
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€32,519€22,133▼
Taxes450/3€6,828€5,966▼
Remuneration and social security454/9€25,691€16,167▼
Other amounts payable47/48€502,200€32,025▼
Income statement Code20232024
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€238,293€205,846▼
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€4,661€3,628▼
Other operating charges640/8€1,564€1,384▼
Gross operating margin9900-€297,790-€161,610▲
Operating profit (loss)9901-€542,308-€372,467▲
Financial income75/76B€1.6m€550,897▼
Recurring financial income75€335,122€374,326▲
Non-recurring financial income76B€1.2m€176,572▼
Financial charges65/66B€37,323€1.6m▲
Recurring financial charges65€37,323€10,700▼
Non-recurring financial charges66B-€1.6m
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€1.0m-€1.4m▼
Profit (loss) for the period9904€1.0m-€1.4m▼
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€1.0m-€1.4m▼
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€1.0m-€1.4m▼
Transfer from equity791/2€500,000€1.9m▲
Transfer to equity691/2€504,933-
To other reserves6921€504,933-
Profit to be distributed694/7€1.0m€500,000▼
Return on contributions (dividend)694€1.0m€500,000▼
Social balance
Average headcount (FTE)90872.31.8▼

The notes to these accounts (14 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Line20202021202220232024Change
Remuneration, social security and pensions62-€202,802€210,915€238,293€205,846▼ 13.6%
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€13,759€13,491€13,718€4,661€3,628▼ 22.2%
Other operating charges640/8-€1,235€1,260€1,564€1,384▼ 11.5%
Gross operating margin9900€204,643-€127,940-€153,897-€297,790-€161,610▲ 45.7%
Operating profit (loss)9901-€55,662-€345,468-€379,790-€542,308-€372,467▲ 31.3%
Financial income75/76B-€493,590€252,212€1.6m€550,897▼ 65.2%
Recurring financial income75€1.5m€447,330€239,212€335,122€374,326▲ 11.7%
Non-recurring financial income76B-€46,260€13,000€1.2m€176,572▼ 85.9%
Financial charges65/66B-€472€30,295€37,323€1.6m▲ 4,159%
Recurring financial charges65€12,935€472€30,295€37,323€10,700▼ 71.3%
Non-recurring financial charges66B----€1.6m-
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€1.4m€147,650-€157,873€1.0m-€1.4m▼ 240%
Income taxes67/77€180€133----
Profit (loss) for the period9904€1.4m€147,517-€157,873€1.0m-€1.4m▼ 240%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€1.4m€147,517-€157,873€1.0m-€1.4m▼ 240%
Line20202021202220232024Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€12.5m€12.7m€13.0m€12.0m€9.3m▼ 22.8%
Fixed assets21/28€4.0m€4.8m€4.8m€4.6m€4.7m▲ 1.1%
Tangible fixed assets22/27€77,682€84,427€71,998€72,064€69,662▼ 3.3%
Land and buildings22-€49,712€49,712€49,712€49,712=
Furniture and vehicles24-€10,453€6,286€6,352€3,950▼ 37.8%
Other tangible fixed assets26-€24,263€16,000€16,000€16,000=
Financial fixed assets28€4.0m€4.7m€4.7m€4.6m€4.6m▲ 1.2%
Current assets29/58€8.5m€7.9m€8.3m€7.4m€4.6m▼ 37.9%
Amounts receivable after more than one year29-€582,000€52,497€10,749€300,766▲ 2,698%
Other amounts receivable291-€582,000€52,497€10,749€300,766▲ 2,698%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€82,748€5.1m€841,186€893,473€1.3m▲ 50.7%
Trade receivables40-€47,420€131,050€30,348€46,585▲ 53.5%
Other amounts receivable41-€5.1m€710,136€863,126€1.3m▲ 50.6%
Current investments50/53---€3.0m€1.0m▼ 66.7%
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€3.8m€2.2m€7.3m€3.4m€1.9m▼ 44.4%
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1-€1,665€46,265€7,023€3,453▼ 50.8%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€12.5m€12.7m€13.0m€12.0m€9.3m▼ 22.8%
Equity10/15€12.5m€12.1m€11.0m€11.0m€9.1m▼ 17.4%
Contributions10/11€5.4m€5.4m€5.4m€5.4m€5.4m=
Capital10-€5.4m€5.4m€5.4m€5.4m=
Issued capital100-€5.4m€5.4m€5.4m€5.4m=
Reserves13€7.1m€6.7m€5.6m€5.6m€3.7m▼ 34.2%
Non-distributable reserves130/1-€416,055€416,055€416,055€416,055=
Legal reserve130-€416,055€416,055€416,055€416,055=
Distributable reserves133-€6.3m€5.2m€5.2m€3.3m▼ 37.0%
Amounts payable17/49€48,838€558,970€2.1m€1.0m€177,936▼ 82.3%
Amounts payable within one year42/48€48,838€558,970€2.1m€1.0m€177,936▼ 82.3%
Financial debts43---€307,751€116,022▼ 62.3%
Other loans439---€307,751€116,022▼ 62.3%
Trade debts44€21,355€27,824€1.5m€161,930€7,757▼ 95.2%
Suppliers440/4-€27,824€1.5m€161,930€7,757▼ 95.2%
Taxes, remuneration and social security45-€28,646€20,852€32,519€22,133▼ 31.9%
Taxes450/3-€9,038-€6,828€5,966▼ 12.6%
Remuneration and social security454/9-€19,608€20,852€25,691€16,167▼ 37.1%
Other amounts payable47/48-€502,500€502,350€502,200€32,025▼ 93.6%
Line20202021202220232024Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904€1.4m€147,517-€157,873€1.0m-€1.4m▼ 240%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€13,759€13,491€13,718€4,661€3,628▼ 22.2%
Operating cash flow (approximation)€1.4m€161,008-€144,156€1.0m-€1.4m▼ 239%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)--€729,037-€14,288€124,198-€56,279▼ 145%
Change in cash--€1.5m€5.1m-€3.9m-€1.5m▲ 60.6%

Simplified and derived: a Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement, so these rows come from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.

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Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones

2025
26-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · abbreviated schema
2024
31-12
Financial Weakest financial yearnet -€1.4m
Net result drops to -€1.4m, the lowest in the series.
31-12
Financial Liquidity quadruplescurrent ratio 25.67
Current ratio from 7.33 to 25.67; short-term debt falls from €1.0m to €177,936.
28-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · abbreviated schema
2023
31-12
Financial Back to profitnet €1.0m
Net result €1.0m after one loss-making year.
13-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · abbreviated schema
2022
10-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · abbreviated schema
2021
28-05
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · abbreviated schema
2020
31-12
Financial Liquidity quadruplescurrent ratio 173.95
Current ratio from 45.65 to 173.95; short-term debt falls from €205,197 to €48,838.
31-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · abbreviated schema
2019
08-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · abbreviated schema · 8 days late
2018
26-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · abbreviated schema
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2017
27-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema · 27 days late
2016
29-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · abbreviated schema · 29 days late
2010
02-06
State Gazette act General meeting · Director reappointment
Director appointment · Permanent representative
11-02
State Gazette act General meeting · Director appointment
Mandate compensation · Permanent representative
Financial milestoneState Gazette actNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
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Directors · office · real estate

Directors
11 acts for this company are in the Belgian State Gazette, of which we have read 0. We have therefore not extracted its directors from those acts yet.
Location & real-estate footprint
Registered office, Antwerpen · 1 establishment unit since 1999
seat establishment The establishment unit on the map
Ground area
155 m²
Building footprint
155 m²
Volume, LiDAR
2,026 m³
Parcel 11811L3615/00L000, Flanders · tallest building 18.8 m, ±4 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
10 companies at this address See who is registered here
1 establishment unit
Schildersstraat 2, 2000 Antwerpen
NACE 5114001
since 19992.091.088.881
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
11811L3615/00L000
ProtectedMonumentArt-nouveauburgerhuis Het BootjeSource ↗
Flanders 155 m² 1 · 155 m² 18.8 m · 4 fl.
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Good to know
1 of 1 parcel with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.
1 of these parcels carry protected heritage: expect extra rules on renovation or sale.

Structure & network

Owners and holdings

4 holdings · 5 subsidiaries in the tree

Owners 0

The accounts to 31-12-2024 list no shareholders, and no other source names one.

Holdings 4

Stated earlier (3)

An older source named these holdings; newer accounts no longer list them.

All subsidiaries, including indirect ones 5

Companies in which this company or one of its subsidiaries holds more than half, or which it consolidates according to the LEI register.

According to the 2024 annual accounts of A.P.E. and those of the other companies, the acts in the Belgian Gazette and the LEI register. The register of ultimate beneficial owners (UBO) is not public: who ultimately stands behind a natural person or a foreign parent is not stated here. A company that does not fill in these statements, or need not, is missing.

Connections & network

1 connected company
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Identification & contact

Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded26-03-1999
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
70200Business and other management consultancy
E-invoicing
Reachable via Peppol
Peppol ID 0208:0465731642
Also 9925:BE0465731642
Registered 10-09-2025

Register as of 27 September 2026 · Peppol Directory

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