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ASCO

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Public limited companyfounded 198046 yrs activeHouthalenseweg 67B, 3520 Zonhoven, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0420.423.932
Summary

ASCO has been active since 1980 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2024 annual accounts show negative equity (-€59,955) and a net result of -€6,971. Equity is shrinking by ~19.8% per year across the filed fiscal years. The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.9% (low).

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Score 2024
Axes · tick = 2023
Profitability33▼-2
Solvency8▼-2
Growth58=
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.9% Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
No credit on open account
Liquidity short (current ratio 0.84 against 0.86 in 2023; short-term debt: 117.1% and cash: 0% of total assets), and equity is negative.
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Signals

Six signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
−lowers risk+raises risk
raises risk · No NACE activity registered
No NACE activity is registered in the KBO, which is more common among companies that later fail.
KBO · activities
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 46 years 0 50 y
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
-17.1%
Return on assets
-2%
Age of the figures
21 mo
lowers risk · Lower-risk legal form
Companies with this legal form statistically fail less often than a BV.
KBO · legal form
raises risk · Negative equity
The 2024 annual accounts show negative equity and a net loss.
NBB · annual accounts 2024
Equity per financial year
18192021222324
2018 to 2024 · latest year -€59,955
raises risk · Filed more than 90 days late
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 28-11-2025, 120 days past the deadline. Measured on financial year 2023: companies more than 90 days late are in an abnormal legal state today in 5.61% of cases, against 1.66% across all filers.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not confirmed
2024
120 d late
2023
31 d late
2022
60 d late
2021
116 d late
2020
90 d late
2019
130 d late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filings

This company filed its last 6 accounts on average 91 days after the deadline; the Belgian median for financial year 2024 is 4 days before the deadline, and 38% of all filings were 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

ASCO was incorporated on 20 March 1980.1 Total assets fell from EUR 452,989 in 2018 to EUR 351,375 in 2024.2

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

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Financials · fiscal year 2024, micro schema

Equity
-€59,955▼ 13.2%
2023 · -€52,985
Total assets
€351,375▼ 0.5%
2023 · €353,082
Net result
-€6,971▼ 72.9%
2023 · -€4,031
Working capital
-€65,553▼ 11.9%
2023 · -€58,582
Trend over the years

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Every figure with its change against the fiscal year before
favourable unfavourable
Line20202021202220232024
Operating result-€71,413▼ 3.6%-€4,080▲ 94.3%€25,851-€4,616-€6,838▼ 48.2%
Net result-€67,657▲ 5.0%-€4,249▲ 93.7%€23,557-€4,031-€6,971▼ 72.9%
Equity-€68,261▼ 11,206%-€72,510▼ 6.2%-€48,953▲ 32.5%-€52,985▼ 8.2%-€59,955▼ 13.2%
Total assets€343,282▼ 13.2%€342,475▼ 0.2%€372,066▲ 8.6%€353,082▼ 5.1%€351,375▼ 0.5%
Debt€411,542▲ 3.9%€414,984▲ 0.8%€421,019▲ 1.5%€406,067▼ 3.6%€411,330▲ 1.3%
Working capital-€74,298▼ 859%-€78,107▼ 5.1%-€54,551▲ 30.2%-€58,582▼ 7.4%-€65,553▼ 11.9%
Staff (FTE)
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the micro schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
-€75,000-€50,000-€25,000€0€25,000Operating result 2020: -€71,413-€71,413Net result 2020: -€67,657-€67,657Operating result 2021: -€4,080-€4,080Net result 2021: -€4,249-€4,249Operating result 2022: €25,851€25,851Net result 2022: €23,557€23,557Operating result 2023: -€4,616-€4,616Net result 2023: -€4,031-€4,031Operating result 2024: -€6,838-€6,838Net result 2024: -€6,971-€6,97120202021202220232024-€10,000€0€10,000€20,000€30,000Operating result 2022: €25,851€25,900Net result 2022: €23,557€23,600Operating result 2023: -€4,616-€4,620Net result 2023: -€4,031-€4,030Operating result 2024: -€6,838-€6,840Net result 2024: -€6,971-€6,970202220232024
The operating result stays negative: a loss of €6,838 in 2024 against €4,616 in 2023; the loss grows.
Balance-sheet composition
2024 in colour, 2023 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €351,375
Fixed assets €5,597 =
Current assets €345,777 ▼ 0.5%
Key figures and ratios
2024 value · change against 2023
Solvency
-17.1%▼
2023 · -15.0%
Current ratio
0.84▼
2023 · 0.86
Debt to equity
-6.86▲
2023 · -7.66
ROA
-2.0%▼
2023 · -1.1%
Debt ≤ 1 year
€411,330▲
2023 · €406,067
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.

Peer companies

Historical observation

Of the 2,798 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 1.9% went bankrupt within 24 months and 90% are still going.

  • Micro
  • 20 years or older
  • negative equity
  • a small loss
1.9% went bankrupt
6.0% stopped otherwise
90% still going

A further 2.1% stopped, but we cannot tell whether within those 24 months.

For this company itself Checked computes a bankruptcy probability of 0.9% over twelve months; the group does not contradict it.

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 2,798 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 · 32 lines
Balance sheet Code20232024
Assets
Total assets20/58€353,082€351,375▼
Fixed assets21/28€5,597€5,597=
Tangible fixed assets22/27€5,597€5,597=
Land and buildings22€5,597€5,597=
Current assets29/58€347,485€345,777▼
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€347,286€345,757▼
Trade receivables40€315,281€315,281=
Other amounts receivable41€32,004€30,475▼
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€199€20▼
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€353,082€351,375▼
Equity10/15-€52,985-€59,955▼
Contributions10/11€374,992€374,992=
Capital10€374,992€374,992=
Issued capital100€374,992€374,992=
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€427,976-€434,947▼
Amounts payable17/49€406,067€411,330▲
Amounts payable within one year42/48€406,067€411,330▲
Trade debts44€1,346€900▼
Suppliers440/4€1,346€900▼
Other amounts payable47/48€404,720€410,430▲
Income statement Code20232024
Other operating charges640/8€539€671▲
Gross operating margin9900-€4,077-€6,168▼
Operating profit (loss)9901-€4,616-€6,838▼
Financial income75/76B€713-
Recurring financial income75€713-
Financial charges65/66B€129€133▲
Recurring financial charges65€129€133▲
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903-€4,031-€6,971▼
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€4,031-€6,971▼
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905-€4,031-€6,971▼
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906-€427,976-€434,947▼
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P-€423,945-€427,976▼

The notes to these accounts (2 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Line20202021202220232024Change
Non-recurring operating income76A--€357---
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€1,108€440----
Other operating charges640/8-€2,912€615€539€671▲ 24.4%
Gross operating margin9900-€13,408-€729€26,466-€4,077-€6,168▼ 51.3%
Operating profit (loss)9901-€71,413-€4,080€25,851-€4,616-€6,838▼ 48.2%
Financial income75/76B-€76€21€713--
Recurring financial income75€8,399€76€21€713--
Financial charges65/66B-€245€2,316€129€133▲ 3.3%
Recurring financial charges65€4,643€245€2,316€129€133▲ 3.3%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903-€67,657-€4,249€23,557-€4,031-€6,971▼ 72.9%
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€67,657-€4,249€23,557-€4,031-€6,971▼ 72.9%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905-€67,657-€4,249€23,557-€4,031-€6,971▼ 72.9%
Line20202021202220232024Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€343,282€342,475€372,066€353,082€351,375▼ 0.5%
Fixed assets21/28€6,037€5,597€5,597€5,597€5,597=
Tangible fixed assets22/27€6,037€5,597€5,597€5,597€5,597=
Land and buildings22-€5,597€5,597€5,597€5,597=
Current assets29/58€337,245€336,877€366,468€347,485€345,777▼ 0.5%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€337,245€336,877€366,468€347,286€345,757▼ 0.4%
Trade receivables40-€288,217€318,185€315,281€315,281=
Other amounts receivable41-€48,661€48,283€32,004€30,475▼ 4.8%
Cash at bank and in hand54/58---€199€20▼ 89.8%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€343,282€342,475€372,066€353,082€351,375▼ 0.5%
Equity10/15-€68,261-€72,510-€48,953-€52,985-€59,955▼ 13.2%
Contributions10/11€374,992€374,992€374,992€374,992€374,992=
Capital10-€374,992€374,992€374,992€374,992=
Issued capital100-€374,992€374,992€374,992€374,992=
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€443,253-€447,502-€423,945-€427,976-€434,947▼ 1.6%
Amounts payable17/49€411,542€414,984€421,019€406,067€411,330▲ 1.3%
Amounts payable within one year42/48€411,542€414,984€421,019€406,067€411,330▲ 1.3%
Financial debts43-€6,933€6,764---
Credit institutions430/8-€6,933€6,764---
Trade debts44€39,230€39,324€40,219€1,346€900▼ 33.2%
Suppliers440/4-€39,324€40,219€1,346€900▼ 33.2%
Taxes, remuneration and social security45--€4,294---
Taxes450/3--€4,294---
Other amounts payable47/48-€368,728€369,742€404,720€410,430▲ 1.4%
Line20202021202220232024Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€67,657-€4,249€23,557-€4,031-€6,971▼ 72.9%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€1,108€440----
Operating cash flow (approximation)-€66,549-€3,810€23,557-€4,031-€6,971▼ 72.9%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)-€0€0€0€0-
Change in cash-----€179-

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
28-11
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · micro schema · 120 days late
2024
31-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · micro schema · 31 days late
2023
29-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · micro schema · 60 days late
2022
31-12
Financial Back to profitnet €23,557
Net result €23,557 after 4 loss-making years.
24-11
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · micro schema · 116 days late
2021
29-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · micro schema · 90 days late
2020
08-12
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · micro schema · 130 days late
2019
31-12
Financial Weakest financial yearnet -€71,217
Net result drops to -€71,217, the lowest in the series; recovery starts the following year.
30-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · micro schema · 61 days late
2018
14-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · micro schema · 14 days late
2017
18-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · micro schema · 49 days late
2016
16-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · abbreviated schema · 16 days late
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
0 of 4 acts read
About the unread acts

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Directors · office · real estate

Directors
4 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, Zonhoven · 1 establishment unit since 1980
seat establishment The establishment unit on the map
Ground area
1,651 m²
Building footprint
301 m²
Volume, LiDAR
2,430 m³
Parcel 71066B0039/00D000, Flanders · tallest building 13.1 m, ±3 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
ASCO
Houthalenseweg 67 B, 3520 ZonhovenManufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
since 19802.017.425.202
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
71066B0039/00D000 Flanders 1,651 m² 1 · 301 m² 13.1 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.

Identification & contact

Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded20-03-1980
Fiscal year end31-12
E-invoicing
Reachable via Peppol
Peppol ID 0208:0420423932
Also 9925:BE0420423932
Registered 15-12-2025

Register as of 27 September 2026 · Peppol Directory

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