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ARA

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Public limited companyfounded 1983active for 43 yearsBouwelven 4, 2280 Grobbendonk, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0423.901.282
Summary

ARA has been active since 1983 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €1.6m and a net result of -€69,166. Equity remains stable across the filed financial years (±1% per year). Its solvency ranks better than 46% of 358 sector peers (NACE 18, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.4% (very low).

Overview

Activity
Other printing
NACE 18120
#6 oldest company in Grobbendonk, Manufacturing sector1 site
Size
€4.2mtotal assets 2025
Staff
29.5 FTE
Equity
€1.6m
Loss
-€69,166
Turnover not published (abbreviated format)
Financial health
82 Excellent Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
0.4%
Structure
Holdings
1
Accounts 45 days early1 of 4 deeds read
Why 82raises riskLiquidity: current ratio 0.76, cash €30,651Size: 29.5 FTE, total assets €4.2mSector: Printing and reproduction of recorded media (NACE 18)lowers riskFounded in 1983Show the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
82 / 100
Excellent
Probability in this band: under 0.55%
Financially better than 38% of its sector peers (NACE 18, small)
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Average
Solvency 64-3
equity 38.8% of total assets
Liquidity 34-2
short-term debt 36.4% · cash 0.7%
Profitability 43-6
return on assets -1.7%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.4% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

About 4 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 0.3% (137 companies, NACE 18, small)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 0.4% 12-2024: 0.4%● unchanged vs 11-2024 01-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 12-2024 02-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 01-2025 03-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 02-2025 04-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 03-2025 05-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 04-2025 06-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 05-2025 07-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 06-2025lowest value 08-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 07-2025lowest value 09-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 08-2025lowest value 10-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 09-2025lowest value 11-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 10-2025lowest value 12-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 11-2025lowest value 01-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 12-2025lowest value 02-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 01-2026lowest value 03-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 03-2026 05-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 04-2026 06-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 05-2026highest value 07-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 06-2026 08-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 07-2026 09-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 08-2026 10-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 09-2026
Credit of up to €130,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity insufficient (current ratio 0.76, compared with 0.94 in 2024; short-term debt: 36.4% and cash: 0.7% of total assets), and 61.2% of the assets are financed with debt.
How it is calculated

The band follows from the bankruptcy probability, on a scale where 10 more points roughly halve it:

75-100 Excellent under 0.55%
60-74 Healthy 0.55% to 1.5%
45-59 Fair 1.5% to 4.2%
25-44 Weak 4.2% to 15.0%
0-24 Critical over 15.0%

Where the company stands within its band depends half on the bankruptcy probability and half on how it does against its sector peers (NACE 18, small): better than 48% on solvency, 33% on liquidity, 32% on profitability and 38% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 09-10-2026 by the bankruptcy model of 2 October 2026, which learns from Belgian bankruptcies and reads the registers, the annual accounts and the Belgian Official Gazette.

Some facts cap the score, however low the probability. Negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special status in the KBO, one missing filing or accounts filed more than 90 days late hold it at Fair at most (59); two missing filings, at Weak (44). An ongoing judicial reorganisation or the company's end (bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation) holds it at Critical at most (24).

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Signals

Five signals.
−lowers risk+raises risk○neutral
raises risk · Liquidity: current ratio 0.76, cash €30,651
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Size: 29.5 FTE, total assets €4.2m
The company's size counts in the probability; how much depends on the rest of its profile.
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Founded in 1983
How long the company has existed counts in the probability; how much depends on the rest of its profile.
KBO
raises risk · Sector: Printing and reproduction of recorded media (NACE 18)
KBO
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due by 31-07-2026 and was filed on 16-06-2026, 45 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
45 days early
2024
34 days early
2023
1 day early
2022
30 days late
2021
39 days early
2020
31 days late
2019
90 days late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 7 accounts on average 5 days after the deadline; the sector median (NACE 18) for financial year 2024 is 5 days before the deadline, and 38% of those companies filed late.

Searched, nothing found (2)
neutral · Next filing not due yet
The next financial year closes on 31-12-2026 and is due by 31-07-2027. Nothing is late today. The company usually files around 27 June (4 of the last 5 filed years within 34 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
10-10-2026 today31-12-2026 year end31-07-2027 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
Searched since 2021.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2025 · abbreviated…
  2. Amendment of the articlesCapital · Registered office clause
  3. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2024 · abbreviated…

Key points

  • Caution: From profit to loss in 2025after €38,669 in 2024 -€69,166 View
  • Caution: Among the weakest 9% on net resultsector median €11,881 · 358 companies -€69,166 View
  • Active since 1983founded 29-03-1983 43 years View

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Financials

Financial year
2025
Total assets
€4.2m
Loss
-€69,166
Solvency
38.8%
Total assets▲ 4.2%
Net result
20182025
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Timeline

Events
47
Since
1984
Next accounts
by 31-07-2027
  1. 31-12-2024Highest result from 2018 to 2025
  2. 30-07-2024Annual accounts filed
  3. 30-08-2023Annual accounts filed
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Company details

Sites
1
Legal form
Public limited company
Activity
Other printingNACE 18120
Founded
29-03-1983
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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Articles of association

Provisions read
28
Annual meeting
Last Friday of May at 20:00
Purpose
Het uitbaten van een zeefdrukkerij (onder meer zeefdruk, publicatie- en…
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