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ARAN

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Private limited companyfounded 197847 yrs activeLangestraat 108, 8400 Oostende, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0418.961.707
Summary

ARAN has been active since 1978 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €20,898 and a net result of €11,887. Equity is shrinking by ~18.1% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 20% of 38 sector peers (fiscal year 2024). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.8% (low).

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ARANActiveChecked score 68/100
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Overview

What they do
Fishing and aquaculture
NACE 03110NACE 05010
#1 oldest company in West Flanders, Fishing and aquaculture sector2 sites
How big
€254,237total assets 2024
Staff
4.5 FTE
Equity
€20,898
Profit
€11,887
Turnover not published (abridged schema)
Financially healthy?
68 Healthy Checked score 2024
Bankruptcy chance 12 m
0.8%
Who decides
Accounts 63 d overdue0 of 1 deed read
Why 68- Higher-failure-rate sector- Multiple establishment units- Annual accounts: weaker financial profile- Weak solvency vs sector+ Long track recordFiled after the deadlineShow the evidence

Checked score

Score 2024
68 / 100
Healthy
Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2023
Profitability75▲+75
Solvency33=
Growth58▲+26
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.8% Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €1,000 at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 1.66 against 1.3 in 2023; short-term debt: 26.2% and cash: 34.9% of total assets), but 91.8% of the assets are financed with debt.
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Signals

Six signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
−lowers risk+raises risk○neutral
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 47 years 0 50 y
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 03
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Fishing and aquaculture (NACE 03)
about 57% more bankruptcies
← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →
raises risk · Multiple establishment units
Several establishment units mean more fixed costs, and such companies fail more often than a company with one establishment.
KBO · establishment units
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 2024
Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
8.2%
Return on assets
4.7%
Age of the figures
21 mo
raises risk · Weak solvency vs sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 20% of 38 sector peers (2024).
NBB · sector comparison
Position among 38 sector peers
Solvency
better than 20%
← weakest strongest →
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 29-08-2025, 29 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
29 d late
2023
48 d late
2022
162 d late
2021
31 d late
2020
18 d early
2019
98 d late
← 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 58 days after the deadline; the sector median for financial year 2024 is 9 days after the deadline, and 54% 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
  1. Annual accounts filedfiscal year 2024 · micro…
  2. Back to profitnet €11,887
  3. Annual accounts filedfiscal year 2023 · micro…

Key points

  • Positive: Back in profit in 2024after -€71,589 in 2023 €11,887 View
  • Positive: Oldest company in West Flanders, Fishing and aquaculture…in the Checked rankings #1 View
  • Caution: Accounts not fileddeadline was 31-07-2026 63 d late View
  • Active since 1978founded 18-12-1978 47 years View

By topic

Financials

Fiscal year
2024
Total assets
€254,237
Profit
€11,887
Solvency
8.2%
Total assets▼ 1.4%
Net result
20182024
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Timeline

Events
14
Since
2016
  1. 29-08-2025Annual accounts filed
  2. 31-12-2024Back to profit
  3. 17-09-2024Annual accounts filed
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Company details

Sites
2
Legal form
Private limited company
Activity
Fishing and aquacultureNACE 03110
Founded
18-12-1978
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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