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Acobo

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Public limited companyfounded 1968Helleven (C) 20, 2920 Kalmthout, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0406.044.275

A bankruptcy procedure is open for Acobo according to publications in the Belgian State Gazette; curator: STEVEN BOEYNAEMS. The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €57k and a net result of €-379k.

Signals

Five signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
+raises riskneutral
raises risk · Weak solvency vs sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 5% of 1221 sector peers (2024).
NBB · sector comparison
Position among 1221 sector peers
Solvency
better than 5%
← weakest strongest →
raises risk · Register: open bankruptcy
The KBO register records the legal situation: open bankruptcy (code 050). This is today's state according to the register itself; the register carries no start date.
KBO · legal situation
raises risk · Open bankruptcy
Active bankruptcy procedure in the Belgisch Staatsblad. Claims are handled by the appointed curator.
Belgian State Gazette
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 30-09-2025, 61 days later. For context: 47% of the Belgian market files late and the whole 1-to-90-day band measures 2.0% abnormal legal state against a 1.66% average. We show this as a fact and do not score it.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not confirmed
2024
61 d late
2023
22 d late
2022
60 d late
2021
36 d late
2020
30 d late
2019
17 d early
← before the deadline after the deadline →
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

Financials · fiscal year 2024, abbreviated schema

Turnover
€3.54M
EBIT margin
3.8%
Net result
€-379k
2023 · €6k
2018: €14k 2019: €13k 2020: €14k 2021: €12k 2022: €8k 2023: €6k
2018 → 2024
Working capital
€50k▼ 88.1%
2023 · €423k
2018: €288k 2019: €293k 2020: €321k 2021: €319k 2022: €349k 2023: €423k
2018 → 2024
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20202021202220232024Trend
Turnover€3.54M-
Equity€409k-€422k▲ 3.0%€430k▲ 1.9%€436k▲ 1.5%€57k▼ 86.8%
Operating result€135k-€138k▲ 2.3%€165k▲ 19.1%€142k▼ 13.6%€-229k
Net result€14k-€12k▼ 11.3%€8k▼ 35.6%€6k▼ 21.4%€-379k
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the abbreviated schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€-400k€-200k€0€200kOperating result 2020: €135k€135kNet result 2020: €14k€14kOperating result 2021: €138k€138kNet result 2021: €12k€12kOperating result 2022: €165k€165kNet result 2022: €8k€8kOperating result 2023: €142k€142kNet result 2023: €6k€6kOperating result 2024: €-229k€-229kNet result 2024: €-379k€-379k20202021202220232024
The operating result turns negative in 2024: a loss of €229k after €142k in 2023, the lowest result in the available series.
Balance-sheet composition
2024 in colour, 2023 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €2.69M
Fixed assets €67k▼ 30.2%
Current assets €2.62M▼ 4.6%
Equity and liabilities €2.69M
Equity €57k▼ 86.8%
Debt €2.63M▲ 9.2%
The debt ratio rises from 84.7% to 97.9%. Equity is lower and debt is higher.
Key figures and ratios
2024 value · change against 2023
EBITDA
€-200k
2023 · €170k
Cash flow
€-350k
2023 · €34k
Solvency
2.1%
2023 · 15.3%
Current ratio
1.02
2023 · 1.18
Quick ratio
0.74
2023 · 0.82
Debt / equity
45.74
2023 · 5.52
ROE
-658.7%
2023 · 1.4%
ROA
-14.1%
2023 · 0.2%
Interest coverage
-1.28
2023 · 1.25
Debt
€2.63M
2023 · €2.41M
Debt ≤ 1 year
€2.57M
2023 · €2.32M
Debt > 1 year
€56k
2023 · €79k
Income taxes
€4k
2023 · €11k
Staff costs
€1.15M
2023 · €1.13M
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt / equity.
Filed annual accounts
As filed with the NBB · 2024 against 2023
Balance sheet Code20232024
Assets
Total assets20/58€2.84M€2.69M
Fixed assets21/28€96k€67k
Tangible fixed assets22/27€96k€67k
Furniture and vehicles24€52k€29k
Other tangible fixed assets26€44k€38k
Financial fixed assets28€654€654=
Current assets29/58€2.75M€2.62M
Stocks and contracts in progress3€840k€715k
Stocks30/36€260k€250k
Contracts in progress37€580k€465k
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€1.89M€1.82M
Trade receivables40€1.67M€1.57M
Other amounts receivable41€214k€252k
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€17k€81k
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€2k€4k
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€2.84M€2.69M
Equity10/15€436k€57k
Contributions10/11€348k€348k=
Capital10€348k€348k=
Issued capital100€348k€348k=
Reserves13€88k€88k=
Non-distributable reserves130/1€35k€35k=
Legal reserve130€35k€35k=
Tax-exempt reserves132€8k€8k=
Distributable reserves133€45k€45k=
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€-379k
Amounts payable17/49€2.41M€2.63M
Amounts payable after more than one year17€79k€56k
Financial debts170/4€79k€56k
Amounts payable within one year42/48€2.32M€2.57M
Financial debts43€1.09M€1.34M
Credit institutions430/8€1.09M€1.34M
Trade debts44€587k€704k
Suppliers440/4€587k€704k
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€650k€439k
Taxes450/3€233k€347k
Remuneration and social security454/9€416k€92k
Other amounts payable47/48-€88k
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€4k€4k
Income statement Code20232024
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€1.13M€1.15M
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€28k€29k
Provisions for liabilities and charges: additions (uses and reversals)635/8€207€0
Other operating charges640/8€22k€13k
Gross operating margin9900€1.33M€960k
Operating profit (loss)9901€142k€-229k
Financial income75/76B€11k€11k
Recurring financial income75€11k€11k
Financial charges65/66B€137k€157k
Recurring financial charges65€137k€157k
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€17k€-375k
Income taxes67/77€11k€4k
Profit (loss) for the period9904€6k€-379k
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€6k€-379k
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€6k€-379k
Transfer to equity691/2€6k€0
To other reserves6921€6k€0
Social balance
Average headcount (FTE)908719.221.0

The notes to these accounts (16 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

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Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones

2025
19-11
Bankruptcy Opening
Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen, afdeling Antwerpen · ACOBO NV HELLEVEN 20, 2920 KALMTHOUT · event 13-11-2025
30-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · abbreviated schema · 61 days late
2024
31-12
Financial Weakest financial yearnet €-379k ▼6117%
Net result drops to €-379k, the lowest in the series.
22-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · abbreviated schema · 22 days late
2023
29-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · abbreviated schema · 60 days late
2022
05-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · abbreviated schema · 36 days late
2021
30-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · abbreviated schema · 30 days late
2020
14-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · abbreviated schema
2019
21-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · abbreviated schema · 21 days late
2018
07-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · abbreviated schema · 38 days late
2017
31-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema · 31 days late
2016
31-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · abbreviated schema · 31 days late
SignalFinancial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.

Directors · office · real estate

Directors
14 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, Kalmthout · 1 establishment unit since 1966
establishment The establishment unit on the map
Cannot be placed on the map

This address could not be matched to a point in the Belgian address register (BOSA BEST). The address below comes straight from the Crossroads Bank.

Helleven (C) 202920 Kalmthout
Ground area
1.3 ha
Building footprint
2,284 m²
Volume, LiDAR
10,780 m³
Parcel 11662E0576/00C011, Flanders · tallest building 8.0 m, ±2 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
Helleven (C) 20, 2920 Kalmthout
Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified
since 19662.038.728.677
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
11662E0576/00C011 Flanders 1.3 ha 1 · 2,284 m² 8.0 m · 2 fl.
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Methodology
via registered seat: 1
1 of 1 parcel with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.

Insolvency mandates

1 mandate
Role Name Tenure
Curator STEVEN BOEYNAEMS
CUYLITSSTRAAT 48, 2018 ANTWERPEN 1
13-11-2025 → present

Public money · subsidies and aid

Flemish government

2022 to 2024 · 3 entries · 3,600 EUR awarded · 3,600 EUR paid
Year Entries awardedpaid
2024 1 0 EUR1,800 EUR
2023 1 1,800 EUR0 EUR
2022 1 1,800 EUR1,800 EUR
Schemes
Subsidie voor opleiding en advies voor kmo's en zelfstandigen (kmo-portefeuille)
3 entries · 3,600 EUR · 3,600 EUR paid · Fonds voor Innoveren en Ondernemen

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Of 908 companies in sector 25120 we hold annual accounts for 677. 398 are within a factor 10 of this equity.See the whole sector

Company data · Crossroads Bank

Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded01-01-1968
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL
25120Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 46 filingsAddress and cadastre registers

Data from official sources, last processed on 22-09-2026. Scores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.

Contact details

2 entries
Website:www.acobo.be
Enterprise
E-mail:info@acobo.be
Enterprise