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BELBOW

Inactive
KBO/BCE: BE 0674.733.483

BELBOW was declared bankrupt on 24-10-2022 (Ondernemingsrechtbank Gent, afdeling Oostende); the bankruptcy was closed by liquidation by judgment of 15-01-2025, published in the Belgian State Gazette on 24-01-2025.

Summary

Inactive; last annual accounts for fiscal year 2020.

Signals

Three signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
+raises risk○neutral
neutral · Prior bankruptcy
Earlier bankruptcy on record in the Belgian State Gazette, no current open procedure.
Belgian State Gazette
neutral · No filing for years
The last filed financial year closed on 31-12-2020. Since then, 5 financial years are missing. This points to a standstill, not an imminent failure.
NBB · 3 filings
Position against the passed deadline
31-12-2021 close31-07-2022 deadline28-09-2026 today
raises risk · Filed more than 90 days late
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2020 was due by 31-07-2021 and was filed on 17-02-2022, 201 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 · 3 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not confirmed
2024
not filed
2023
not filed
2022
not filed
2021
not filed
2020
201 d late
2019
420 d late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filings

This company filed its last 2 accounts on average 311 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

Total assets rose from EUR 62,901 in 2018 to EUR 97,552 in 2020.1 On 24 October 2022 BELBOW was declared bankrupt; the bankruptcy was closed on 15 January 2025.23

  1. 1National Bank, annual accounts 2018 and 2020
  2. 2Belgian State Gazette, 28-10-2022
  3. 3Belgian State Gazette, 24-01-2025

Financials · fiscal year 2020, micro schema

Equity
€34,834▲ 3.9%
2019 · €33,520
Total assets
€97,552▲ 44.5%
2019 · €67,509
Net result
€1,314▼ 80.2%
2019 · €6,624
Working capital
€11,090▼ 67.2%
2019 · €33,774
Trend over the years

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Every figure with its change against the fiscal year before
favourable unfavourable
Line201820192020
Operating result€20,632-€9,874▼ 52.1%-€22,207
Net result€20,679-€6,624▼ 68.0%€1,314▼ 80.2%
Equity€26,896-€33,520▲ 24.6%€34,834▲ 3.9%
Total assets€62,901-€67,509▲ 7.3%€97,552▲ 44.5%
Debt€36,005-€33,989▼ 5.6%€62,718▲ 84.5%
Working capital€27,151-€33,774▲ 24.4%€11,090▼ 67.2%
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the abbreviated or micro schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
-€40,000-€20,000€0€20,000Operating result 2018: €20,632€20,632Net result 2018: €20,679€20,679Operating result 2019: €9,874€9,874Net result 2019: €6,624€6,624Operating result 2020: -€22,207-€22,207Net result 2020: €1,314€1,314201820192020-€40,000-€20,000€0€20,000Operating result 2018: €20,632€20,600Net result 2018: €20,679€20,700Operating result 2019: €9,874€9,870Net result 2019: €6,624€6,620Operating result 2020: -€22,207-€22,200Net result 2020: €1,314€1,310201820192020
The operating result turns negative in 2020: a loss of €22,207 after €9,874 in 2019, the lowest result in the available series.
Balance-sheet composition
2020 in colour, 2019 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €97,552
Fixed assets €28,709 ▲ 27.0%
Current assets €68,842 ▲ 53.3%
Equity and liabilities €97,552
Equity €34,834 ▲ 3.9%
Debt €62,718 ▲ 84.5%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 50.3% to 64.3%. Equity and debt are higher.
Key figures and ratios
2020 value · change against 2019
EBITDA
-€8,629▼
2019 · €9,874
Cash flow
€14,893▲
2019 · €6,624
Current ratio
1.19▼
2019 · 4.03
Debt to equity
0.14▼
2019 · 0.68
ROE
3.8%▼
2019 · 19.8%
ROA
1.3%▼
2019 · 9.8%
Debt ≤ 1 year
€57,752▲
2019 · €11,136
Debt > 1 year
€4,965▼
2019 · €22,853
Income taxes
€478▼
2019 · €3,057
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.
Annual accounts
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2020 against 2019 · 23 lines
Balance sheet Code20192020
Assets
Total assets20/58€67,509€97,552▲
Fixed assets21/28€22,598€28,709▲
Tangible fixed assets22/27€22,598€28,709▲
Current assets29/58€44,911€68,842▲
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€42,017€24,784▼
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€2,850€37,566▲
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€67,509€97,552▲
Equity10/15€33,520€34,834▲
Reserves13€1,860€1,860=
Profit (loss) carried forward14€25,443€26,757▲
Amounts payable17/49€33,989€62,718▲
Amounts payable after more than one year17€22,853€4,965▼
Amounts payable within one year42/48€11,136€57,752▲
Trade debts44€0€47,933▲
Income statement Code20192020
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€0€13,579▲
Gross operating margin9900€10,568-€8,497▼
Operating profit (loss)9901€9,874-€22,207▼
Recurring financial income75€0-
Recurring financial charges65€193€0▼
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€9,680€1,793▼
Income taxes67/77€3,057€478▼
Profit (loss) for the period9904€6,624€1,314▼
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€6,624€1,314▼
Line201820192020Change
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€8,821€0€13,579-
Gross operating margin9900€31,448€10,568-€8,497▼ 180%
Operating profit (loss)9901€20,632€9,874-€22,207▼ 325%
Recurring financial income75€435€0--
Recurring financial charges65€388€193€0▼ 100%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€20,679€9,680€1,793▼ 81.5%
Income taxes67/77-€3,057€478▼ 84.3%
Profit (loss) for the period9904€20,679€6,624€1,314▼ 80.2%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€20,679€6,624€1,314▼ 80.2%
Line201820192020Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€62,901€67,509€97,552▲ 44.5%
Fixed assets21/28€22,598€22,598€28,709▲ 27.0%
Tangible fixed assets22/27€22,598€22,598€28,709▲ 27.0%
Current assets29/58€40,303€44,911€68,842▲ 53.3%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€14,730€42,017€24,784▼ 41.0%
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€25,551€2,850€37,566▲ 1,218%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€62,901€67,509€97,552▲ 44.5%
Equity10/15€26,896€33,520€34,834▲ 3.9%
Contributions10/11€6,217---
Reserves13€1,860€1,860€1,860=
Profit (loss) carried forward14€18,819€25,443€26,757▲ 5.2%
Amounts payable17/49€36,005€33,989€62,718▲ 84.5%
Amounts payable after more than one year17€22,853€22,853€4,965▼ 78.3%
Amounts payable within one year42/48€13,152€11,136€57,752▲ 419%
Trade debts44€2,608€0€47,933-
Line201820192020Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904€20,679€6,624€1,314▼ 80.2%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€8,821€0€13,579-
Operating cash flow (approximation)€29,500€6,624€14,893▲ 125%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)-€0-€19,690▼ 39,379,920%
Change in cash--€22,701€34,717▲ 253%

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
24-01
Bankruptcy Bankruptcy closure (by liquidation)
Ondernemingsrechtbank Gent, afdeling Oostende · event 15-01-2025
2022
28-10
Bankruptcy Opening
Ondernemingsrechtbank Gent, afdeling Oostende · event 24-10-2022
17-02
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · micro schema · 201 days late
2021
24-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · micro schema · 420 days late
2020
31-12
Financial Weakest financial yearnet €1,314 ▼80.2%
Net result drops to €1,314, the lowest in the series.
2019
25-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · abbreviated schema · 56 days late
SignalFinancial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
0 of 6 acts read
About the unread acts

We know of 6 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
6 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

Insolvency mandates

1 mandate
Role Name Tenure
Curator MICHEL LANDUYT
VAN ISEGHEMLAAN 149, 8400 OOSTENDE
24-10-2022 → 15-01-2025