BIG FRIEND
The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of BIG FRIEND is 0.1% (very low). The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €3.98M and a net result of €-9k. Equity is growing by ~7% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 83% of 1398 sector peers (fiscal year 2024). The company has been active since 1987 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals.
| Equity | €3.98M |
| Net result | €-9k |
| Better than sector | 83% |
| Active | 39 yrs |
Strong profile, led by stability.
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The trend is a robust median of all pairwise slopes between fiscal years (Theil-Sen), so a single odd year cannot hijack the line. For strictly positive series we also fit a log variant (compound annual growth) and keep whichever describes the figures best.
The area around the projection is 1.8 × the median absolute deviation from the trend, widening each year ahead (×1 / ×1.6 / ×2.2), with a minimum of 8% of the last value. It is an indicative range, not a statistical confidence interval.
A series whose deviations exceed 35% of its level is too volatile: we then deliberately show no projection. Every projection assumes unchanged policy and is blind to non-public information (order book, contracts, funding rounds).
| Metric | This company | Sector median | Position in the sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solvency | 78.2% | 43.5% | |
| Net result | €-9k | €42k | |
| Equity | €3.98M | €163k | |
| Gross operating margin | €93k | €72k | |
| Staff costs | €0 | €107k |
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| Fiscal year | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Deposit | verkort |
| Revenue | - |
| EBITDA | €60k |
| Net profit | €-9k |
| Cash flow | €45k |
| Staff costs | €0 |
| Income taxes | €73k |
| Dividends | €0 |
| Total assets | €5.09M |
| Equity | €3.98M |
| Debt | €1.09M |
| of which ≤ 1y | €1.09M |
| of which > 1y | €1k |
| Working capital | €503k |
| Employees (FTE) | 0.0 |
| 2024 | |
|---|---|
| Current ratio | 1.46 |
| Quick ratio | 1.07 |
| Working capital ratio | 9.9% |
| Solvency | 78.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.27 |
| Long-term debt ratio | 0.00 |
| Interest coverage | 2.43 |
| Gross margin | - |
| Net margin | - |
| ROA | -0.2% |
| ROE | -0.2% |
| EBITDA margin | - |
| Days sales outstanding | - |
| Days payable outstanding | - |
| Inventory turnover | - |
| Days inventory (DSI) | - |
Full annual accounts (27 line items)
| Line item | Code | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet, Assets | ||
| TOTAL ASSETS | 20/58 | €5.09M |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €3.50M |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | €1.16M |
| Financial fixed assets | 28 | €2.35M |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €1.59M |
| Stocks & contracts in progress | 3 | €425k |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €1.13M |
| Investments | 50/53 | €1k |
| Cash & bank | 54/58 | €18k |
| Balance sheet, Equity & liabilities | ||
| TOTAL EQUITY & LIABILITIES | 10/49 | €5.09M |
| Equity | 10/15 | €3.98M |
| Contributions / capital | 10/11 | €912k |
| Reserves | 13 | €3.08M |
| Accumulated profits (losses) | 14 | €-6k |
| Provisions & deferred taxes | 16 | €21k |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €1.09M |
| Amounts payable after one year | 17 | €1k |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €1.09M |
| Trade debts payable within one year | 44 | €81k |
| Income statement | ||
| Gross operating margin | 9900 | €93k |
| Operating result | 9901 | €6k |
| Financial income | 75 | €81k |
| Financial charges | 65 | €25k |
| Result before taxes | 9903 | €62k |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | €73k |
| Net result for the period | 9904 | €-9k |
| Result to be appropriated | 9905 | €-6k |
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Current03-12-2015 → present
2 events
- 07-07-2021 Mandate renewed· Director
- 03-12-2015 Mandate renewed· Director
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Current03-12-2015 → present
3 events
- 01-08-2023 Appointed· Director
- 07-07-2021 Mandate renewed· Director
- 03-12-2015 Mandate renewed· Director
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Current03-12-2015 → present
2 events
- 07-07-2021 Mandate renewed· Director
- 03-12-2015 Appointed· Director
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Current03-12-2015 → present
4 events
- 07-07-2021 Mandate renewed· Director
- 07-07-2021 Mandate renewed· Managing director
- 03-12-2015 Mandate renewed· Director
- 03-12-2015 Mandate renewed· Managing director
| Statutory auditor | IRE/IBR number | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Dumont-Bossaert, Waltniel & C Company auditor · represented by Alain De Quick |
- | 24-01-2008 → 04-02-2008 |
| NACE primary | Activiteiten van adviesbureaus op het gebied van bedrijfsvoering en overig managementadvies(70200) |
| Legal form | Public limited company(014) |
| Incorporation | 01-07-1987 |
| Status | Active |
| Postal code | 8300 |
Each band states what its claims rest on. A board seat is influence over the board, not ownership. Court mandates (receiver, interim administrator) and liquidation mandates do not link companies and are therefore absent here; they belong under Directors & mandates.
Parcels linked to this company through its CBE addresses (seat, establishment units, branches), cross-referenced with the cadastral parcel plan. This shows where the company operates, not a deeds register.
| Parcel (capakey) | Region | Area | Buildings | Height / fl. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31334B0049/00A000 | Flanders | 717 m² | 1 · 717 m² | 24.0 m · 6 fl. |
A single timeline of everything that happened to this company, publications, insolvency and lifecycle events, administrative changes and filed annual accounts.
We know of 10 Belgian State Gazette acts for this company. None of them has been read yet: what they contain is neither established nor disproved here.
06-03-2026 2 directors appointed, 1 resigning
- Stéphane Vandervelde, Bestuurder
- Stéphane Vandervelde, Gedelegeerd bestuurder
- Laurent Vandervelde, Bestuurder
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}05-09-2023 Laurent Vandervelde appointed as director
- Laurent Vandervelde, Bestuurder
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}27-09-2021 Change in the board of directors
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}07-07-2021 5 reappointed
- Stéphane Vandervelde, Bestuurder
- Stéphane Vandervelde, Gedelegeerd bestuurder
- Elisabeth Meert, Bestuurder
- Laurent Vandervelde, Bestuurder
- Sophie Vandervelde, Bestuurder
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}03-12-2015 1 director appointed, 4 reappointed
- Sophie Vandervelde, Bestuurder
- Stéphane Vandervelde, Bestuurder
- Elisabeth Meert, Bestuurder
- Laurent Vandervelde, Bestuurder
- Stéphane Vandervelde, Gedelegeerd bestuurder
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}08-01-2014 Capital increase of €450,000 to €912,000
- €462.000 → €912.000
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}| Legal nameNL | BIG FRIEND |