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AJL

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Private limited company (pre-2019)founded 20178 yrs activeVaartstraat 45, 2490 Balen, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0681.875.158
Summary

AJL has been active since 2017 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €11k and a net result of €-9k. Equity is shrinking by ~3.9% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 31% of 18400 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 1.1% (low).

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Score 2025
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability13▼-19
Solvency37▼-11
Growth32▼-20
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
1.1% Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
No publishable credit limit; credit only on tighter terms
Liquidity ample (current ratio 1.6 against 1.69 in 2024; short-term debt: 62.1% and cash: 0.1% of total assets), but 87.7% of the assets are financed with debt.
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Signals

Four signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
+raises risk○neutral
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 47
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Retail trade (NACE 47)
about 45% more bankruptcies
← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →
raises risk · Annual accounts: weaker financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a weaker profile in solvency, result or liquidity than companies that stay afloat.
NBB · annual accounts 2025
Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
12.3%
Return on assets
-9.8%
Age of the figures
9 mo
raises risk · Persistent losses
Two consecutive loss-making years (2024 and 2025); equity is also lower. May indicate structural pressure on profitability.
NBB · annual accounts 2025
Net result per financial year
1819202122232425
2018 to 2025 · latest year €-9k
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due by 31-07-2026 and was filed on 21-08-2026, 21 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 · 8 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
21 d late
2024
27 d late
2023
31 d late
2022
31 d late
2021
41 d early
2020
43 d early
2019
31 d late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
Checked, nothing found (2)
neutral · The next deadline is still running
The next financial year closes on 31-12-2026 and is due by 31-07-2027. Nothing is late today.
Companies Code · seven months
Position in the running window
25-09-2026 today31-12-2026 close31-07-2027 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 2025, micro schema

Equity
€11k▼ 44.3%
2024 · €19k
2018: €15k 2019: €15k▲ +1.2% vs 2018 2020: €26k▲ +67.0% vs 2019 2021: €28k▲ +7.2% vs 2020highest in 8 years 2022: €27k▼ -3.0% vs 2021 2023: €21k▼ -20.4% vs 2022 2024: €19k▼ -8.7% vs 2023 2025: €11k▼ -44.3% vs 2024lowest in 8 years
2018 → 2025
Total assets
€88k▲ 6.0%
2024 · €83k
2018: €34klowest in 8 years 2019: €41k▲ +18.8% vs 2018 2020: €52k▲ +25.9% vs 2019 2021: €57k▲ +11.1% vs 2020 2022: €66k▲ +15.4% vs 2021 2023: €85k▲ +28.9% vs 2022 2024: €83k▼ -2.8% vs 2023 2025: €88k▲ +6.0% vs 2024highest in 8 years
2018 → 2025
Net result
€-9k▼ 365%
2024 · €-2k
2018: €4k 2019: €990▼ -72.5% vs 2018 2020: €11k▲ +1022% vs 2019highest in 8 years 2021: €3k▼ -76.2% vs 2020 2022: €-836▼ -132% vs 2021 2023: €-5k▼ -553% vs 2022 2024: €-2k▲ +66.2% vs 2023 2025: €-9k▼ -365% vs 2024lowest in 8 years
2018 → 2025
Working capital
€33k▼ 4.1%
2024 · €34k
2018: €13k 2019: €12k▼ -4.9% vs 2018lowest in 8 years 2020: €24k▲ +94.9% vs 2019 2021: €40k▲ +69.1% vs 2020highest in 8 years 2022: €37k▼ -6.3% vs 2021 2023: €33k▼ -12.3% vs 2022 2024: €34k▲ +3.6% vs 2023 2025: €33k▼ -4.1% vs 2024
2018 → 2025
Trend over the years
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20212022202320242025Trend
Equity€28k-€27k▼ 3.0%€21k▼ 20.4%€19k▼ 8.7%€11k▼ 44.3% 2021: €28khighest in 5 years 2022: €27k▼ -3.0% vs 2021 2023: €21k▼ -20.4% vs 2022 2024: €19k▼ -8.7% vs 2023 2025: €11k▼ -44.3% vs 2024lowest in 5 years
Operating result€4k-€-10€-3k▼ 34,556%€1k€-6k 2021: €4khighest in 5 years 2022: €-10▼ -100% vs 2021 2023: €-3k▼ -34556% vs 2022 2024: €1k▲ +144% vs 2023 2025: €-6k▼ -498% vs 2024lowest in 5 years
Net result€3k-€-836€-5k▼ 553%€-2k▲ 66.2%€-9k▼ 365% 2021: €3khighest in 5 years 2022: €-836▼ -132% vs 2021 2023: €-5k▼ -553% vs 2022 2024: €-2k▲ +66.2% vs 2023 2025: €-9k▼ -365% vs 2024lowest in 5 years
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the micro schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€-10k€-5k€0€5kOperating result 2021: €4k€4kNet result 2021: €3k€3kOperating result 2022: €-10€-10Net result 2022: €-836€-836Operating result 2023: €-3k€-3kNet result 2023: €-5k€-5kOperating result 2024: €1k€1kNet result 2024: €-2k€-2kOperating result 2025: €-6k€-6kNet result 2025: €-9k€-9k20212022202320242025€-10k€-5k€0Operating result 2023: €-3k€-3.4kNet result 2023: €-5k€-5.5kOperating result 2024: €1k€1.5kNet result 2024: €-2k€-1.8kOperating result 2025: €-6k€-5.9kNet result 2025: €-9k€-8.6k202320242025
The operating result turns negative in 2025: a loss of €6k after €1k in 2024, the lowest result in the available series.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €88k
Fixed assets €743
Current assets €87k
Equity and liabilities €88k
Equity €11k ▼ 44.3%
Debt €77k ▲ 21.3%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 76.6% to 87.7%. Equity is lower and debt is higher.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
Current ratio
1.60▼
2024 · 1.69
Quick ratio
0.10▲
2024 · 0.02
Debt to equity
7.14▲
2024 · 3.28
ROE
-79.4%▼
2024 · -9.5%
ROA
-9.8%▼
2024 · -2.2%
Debt ≤ 1 year
€55k▲
2024 · €49k
Debt > 1 year
€23k▲
2024 · €15k
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2025 against 2024 · 42 lines
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€83k€88k▲
Fixed assets21/28-€743
Tangible fixed assets22/27-€743
Plant, machinery and equipment23-€743
Current assets29/58€83k€87k▲
Stocks and contracts in progress3€82k€82k▼
Stocks30/36€82k€82k▼
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€387€5k▲
Trade receivables40€171€2k▲
Other amounts receivable41€216€3k▲
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€412€81▼
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€83k€88k▲
Equity10/15€19k€11k▼
Contributions10/11€12k€12k=
Reserves13€2k€2k=
Non-distributable reserves130/1€2k€2k=
Reserves not available under the articles1311€2k€2k=
Profit (loss) carried forward14€5k€-3k▼
Amounts payable17/49€64k€77k▲
Amounts payable after more than one year17€15k€23k▲
Financial debts170/4-€12k
Other amounts payable178/9€15k€11k▼
Amounts payable within one year42/48€49k€55k▲
Financial debts43€7k€4k▼
Credit institutions430/8€7k€4k▼
Trade debts44€20k€35k▲
Suppliers440/4€20k€35k▲
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€9k€2k▼
Taxes450/3€9k€2k▼
Other amounts payable47/48€13k€14k▲
Income statement Code20242025
Other operating charges640/8€505€520▲
Gross operating margin9900€2k€-5k▼
Operating profit (loss)9901€1k€-6k▼
Financial income75/76B€9-
Recurring financial income75€9-
Financial charges65/66B€3k€3k▼
Recurring financial charges65€3k€3k▼
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€-2k€-9k▼
Profit (loss) for the period9904€-2k€-9k▼
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€-2k€-9k▼
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€5k€-3k▼
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P€7k€5k▼

The notes to these accounts (5 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Accounts by statement
Line20212022202320242025Change
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€1k€879----
Other operating charges640/8€540€572€493€505€520▲ 2.8%
Gross operating margin9900€6k€1k€-3k€2k€-5k▼ 371%
Operating profit (loss)9901€4k€-10€-3k€1k€-6k▼ 498%
Financial income75/76B€16€0€0€9--
Recurring financial income75€16€0€0€9--
Financial charges65/66B€621€826€2k€3k€3k▼ 19.4%
Recurring financial charges65€621€826€2k€3k€3k▼ 19.4%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€4k€-836€-5k€-2k€-9k▼ 365%
Income taxes67/77€877-€58---
Profit (loss) for the period9904€3k€-836€-5k€-2k€-9k▼ 365%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€3k€-836€-5k€-2k€-9k▼ 365%
Line20212022202320242025Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€57k€66k€85k€83k€88k▲ 6.0%
Fixed assets21/28€879---€743-
Tangible fixed assets22/27€879---€743-
Plant, machinery and equipment23€879---€743-
Current assets29/58€56k€66k€85k€83k€87k▲ 5.1%
Stocks and contracts in progress3€56k€63k€84k€82k€82k▼ 0.2%
Stocks30/36€56k€63k€84k€82k€82k▼ 0.2%
Contracts in progress37--€101---
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€281€101-€387€5k▲ 1,224%
Trade receivables40€180--€171€2k▲ 1,221%
Other amounts receivable41€101€101-€216€3k▲ 1,227%
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€304€2k€304€412€81▼ 80.3%
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1-€332€736---
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€57k€66k€85k€83k€88k▲ 6.0%
Equity10/15€28k€27k€21k€19k€11k▼ 44.3%
Contributions10/11€12k€12k€12k€12k€12k=
Reserves13€2k€2k€2k€2k€2k=
Non-distributable reserves130/1€2k€2k€2k€2k€2k=
Reserves not available under the articles1311€2k€2k€2k€2k€2k=
Profit (loss) carried forward14€13k€12k€7k€5k€-3k▼ 167%
Amounts payable17/49€30k€39k€64k€64k€77k▲ 21.3%
Amounts payable after more than one year17€13k€11k€12k€15k€23k▲ 54.1%
Financial debts170/4----€12k-
Other amounts payable178/9€13k€11k€12k€15k€11k▼ 27.6%
Amounts payable within one year42/48€17k€29k€53k€49k€55k▲ 11.5%
Financial debts43€3k€4k€4k€7k€4k▼ 43.4%
Credit institutions430/8€3k€4k€4k€7k€4k▼ 43.4%
Other loans439€772-----
Trade debts44€7k€14k€36k€20k€35k▲ 74.5%
Suppliers440/4€7k€14k€36k€20k€35k▲ 74.5%
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€3k€5k€5k€9k€2k▼ 75.2%
Taxes450/3€3k€5k€5k€9k€2k▼ 75.2%
Other amounts payable47/48€3k€4k€8k€13k€14k▲ 3.5%
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€50-----
Line20212022202320242025Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904€3k€-836€-5k€-2k€-9k▼ 365%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€1k€879----
Operating cash flow (approximation)€4k€43€-5k€-2k€-9k▼ 365%
Change in cash-€2k€-2k€108€-331▼ 408%

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

Next filing, fiscal year 2026, expected by 31-07-2027
2026
21-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · micro schema · 21 days late
2025
31-12
Financial Weakest financial yearnet €-9k
Net result drops to €-9k, the lowest in the series.
27-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · micro schema · 27 days late
2024
31-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · micro schema · 31 days late
2023
31-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · micro schema · 31 days late
2022
20-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · micro schema
2021
18-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · micro schema
2020
31-12
Financial Highest result since 2018net €11k ▲1,022%
Operating result €13k, net result €11k, both a record.
31-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · micro schema · 31 days late
2019
27-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · micro schema · 27 days late
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
0 of 2 acts read
About the unread acts

We know of 2 Belgian State Gazette acts for this company. None of them has been read yet: what they contain is neither established nor disproved here.

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Directors · office · real estate

Directors
2 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, Balen · 1 establishment unit since 2017
seat establishment The establishment unit on the map
Ground area
321 m²
Building footprint
146 m²
Volume, LiDAR
1,017 m³
Parcel 13003A0957/00K004, Flanders · tallest building 10.1 m, ±3 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
Cosi Bello
Vaartstraat 45, 2490 BalenAgents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods
since 20172.268.847.222
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
13003A0957/00K004 Flanders 321 m² 1 · 146 m² 10.1 m · 3 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.

Similar companies · same sector, comparable size

Of 2,213 companies in sector 47711 we hold annual accounts for 889. 497 are within a factor 10 of this equity. The 5 above are the closest to it. See the whole sector

Identification & contact

Identification
Legal formPrivate limited company (pre-2019)
Founded28-09-2017
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
47711Retail sale of women's outerwear

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