Binst Breeding & Selection
ActiveBinst Breeding & Selection has been active since 1976 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €3.23M and a net result of €274k. Equity is growing by ~6.9% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 59% of 7971 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.2% (very low).
Checked score
Score 2025
85
/ 100
Excellent
The score weighs solvency, liquidity and profitability. Bankruptcy probability contributes 35%. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability74▼-1
Solvency79▲+1
Growth45=
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.2%
Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €270k at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 5.28 against 7.04 in 2024; short-term debt: 13.3% and cash: 33.1% of total assets), and 46.4% of the assets are financed with debt.
Credit advice for your own amount and term
Signals
Seven 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 dateAge against the risk zone
lowers risk · Annual accounts: healthy financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a healthy profile in solvency, result and liquidity.
NBB · annual accounts 2025Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
53.6%
Return on assets
4.5%
Age of the figures
13 mo
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 46
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Sector 46
higher
← fewer bankruptcies
more bankruptcies →
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-08-2025 was due by 31-03-2026 and was filed on 27-03-2026, 4 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filingsDeviation from the deadline
2025
4 d early
2024
on the day
2023
2 d early
2022
3 d early
2021
on the day
2020
2 d early
2019
on the day
← before the deadline
after the deadline →
neutral · The next deadline is still running
The next financial year closes on 31-08-2026 and is due by 31-03-2027. Nothing is late today.
Companies Code · seven monthsPosition in the running window
31-08-2026 close19-09-2026 today31-03-2027 deadline
Financials · fiscal year 2025, abbreviated schema
Turnover
€8.85M▼ 1.3%
2021 · €8.97M
2021: €8.97M
2021 → 2022
EBIT margin
3.8%▲ 0.6pp
2021 · 3.2%
2021: 3.2%
2021 → 2022
Net result
€274k▼ 2.9%
2024 · €282k
2019: €325k
2020: €1.45M
2021: €134k
2022: €182k
2023: €85k
2024: €282k
2019 → 2025
Working capital
€3.42M▲ 9.2%
2024 · €3.13M
2019: €1.98M
2020: €2.97M
2021: €3.27M
2022: €2.72M
2023: €2.84M
2024: €3.13M
2019 → 2025
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise
▼ fall
Line20212022202320242025Trend
Turnover€8.97M-€8.85M▼ 1.3%
Equity€2.55M-€2.59M▲ 1.3%€2.67M▲ 3.3%€2.95M▲ 10.6%€3.23M▲ 9.3%
Operating result€287k-€334k▲ 16.6%€217k▼ 35.1%€519k▲ 139%€499k▼ 3.9%
Net result€134k-€182k▲ 35.9%€85k▼ 53.2%€282k▲ 231%€274k▼ 2.9%
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
The operating result falls in 2025; 2025 is 4% below 2024.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €6.02M
Fixed assets
€1.81M▼ 5.1%
Current assets
€4.22M▲ 15.6%
Equity and liabilities €6.02M
Equity
€3.23M▲ 9.3%
Provisions
€223k▼ 11.0%
Debt
€2.58M▲ 9.7%
The debt ratio rises from 42.3% to 42.8%. Equity and debt are higher.
Key figures and ratios
EBITDA
€692k▼
2024 · €710k
Cash flow
€467k▼
2024 · €473k
Solvency
53.6%▲
2024 · 53.2%
Current ratio
5.28▼
2024 · 7.04
Quick ratio
5.26▼
2024 · 7.02
Debt / equity
0.80▲
2024 · 0.80
ROE
8.5%▼
2024 · 9.6%
ROA
4.5%▼
2024 · 5.1%
Interest coverage
6.79▼
2024 · 7.50
Debt
€2.58M▲
2024 · €2.35M
Debt ≤ 1 year
€799k▲
2024 · €518k
Debt > 1 year
€1.78M▼
2024 · €1.83M
Income taxes
€169k▼
2024 · €173k
Staff costs
€612k▼
2024 · €686k
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt / equity.
Filed annual accounts
As filed with the NBB · 2025 against 2024
Balance sheet
Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€5.55M€6.02M▲
Fixed assets21/28€1.90M€1.81M▼
Tangible fixed assets22/27€1.88M€1.78M▼
Land and buildings22€1.63M€1.52M▼
Plant, machinery and equipment23€112k€66k▼
Furniture and vehicles24€134k€191k▲
Financial fixed assets28€28k€25k▼
Current assets29/58€3.65M€4.22M▲
Stocks and contracts in progress3€15k€10k▼
Stocks30/36€15k€10k▼
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€384k€209k▼
Trade receivables40€113k€194k▲
Other amounts receivable41€271k€15k▼
Current investments50/53€2.25M€2.00M▼
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€997k€2.00M▲
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1-€2k
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€5.55M€6.02M▲
Equity10/15€2.95M€3.23M▲
Contributions10/11€62k€62k=
Capital10€62k€62k=
Issued capital100€62k€62k=
Reserves13€2.89M€3.16M▲
Non-distributable reserves130/1€71k€71k=
Legal reserve130€71k€71k=
Tax-exempt reserves132€750k€668k▼
Distributable reserves133€2.07M€2.43M▲
Provisions and deferred taxes16€250k€223k▼
Deferred taxes168€250k€223k▼
Amounts payable17/49€2.35M€2.58M▲
Amounts payable after more than one year17€1.83M€1.78M▼
Financial debts170/4€827k€1.78M▲
Other amounts payable178/9€1.00M-
Amounts payable within one year42/48€518k€799k▲
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€51k€52k▲
Trade debts44€380k€643k▲
Suppliers440/4€380k€643k▲
Advances received on contracts in progress46€17k€24k▲
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€71k€81k▲
Taxes450/3€2k€3k▲
Remuneration and social security454/9€69k€77k▲
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€4k€460▼
Income statement
Code20242025
Non-recurring operating income76A€15k€0▼
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€686k€612k▼
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€191k€193k▲
Other operating charges640/8€25k€26k▲
Gross operating margin9900€1.42M€1.33M▼
Operating profit (loss)9901€519k€499k▼
Financial income75/76B€3k€18k▲
Recurring financial income75€3k€18k▲
Financial charges65/66B€95k€102k▲
Recurring financial charges65€95k€102k▲
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€427k€415k▼
Transfer from deferred taxes780€28k€28k=
Income taxes67/77€173k€169k▼
Profit (loss) for the period9904€282k€274k▼
Transfer from tax-exempt reserves789€83k€83k=
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€365k€357k▼
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€365k€357k▼
Transfer to equity691/2€365k€357k▼
To other reserves6921€365k€357k▼
Social balance
Average headcount (FTE)90876.25.5▼
The notes to these accounts (19 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.
Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones
Next filing, fiscal year 2026, expected by
2026
27-03
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · abbreviated schema
2025
31-03
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · abbreviated schema
2024
29-03
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · abbreviated schema
2023
31-08
Financial
Weakest financial yearnet €85k ▼53.2%
Net result drops to €85k, the lowest in the series; recovery starts the following year.
28-03
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · full schema
2022
31-03
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · full schema
2021
29-03
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · abbreviated schema
2020
31-08
Financial
Highest result since 2019net €1.45M ▲345%
Operating result €2.01M, net result €1.45M, both a record.
31-08
Financial
Liquidity doublescurrent ratio 6.27
Current ratio from 2.58 to 6.27; short-term debt falls from €1.26M to €563k.
31-08
Financial
Equity above €2MEq €2.42M ▲149%
2 profitable years in a row build equity to €2.42M.
31-03
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · abbreviated schema
2019
31-01
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · abbreviated schema
2018
29-01
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · abbreviated schema
2017
13-02
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
Directors · office · real estate
Directors
9 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, Grimbergen · 1 establishment unit since 1976
Cannot be placed on the map
This address could not be matched to a point in the Belgian address register (BOSA BEST). The address below comes straight from the Crossroads Bank.
Verbrande Brugsesteenweg 501850 GrimbergenGround area
5,704 m²
Building footprint
2,252 m²
Volume, LiDAR
1,458 m³
Parcel 23025I0311/00F000, Flanders · tallest building 18.9 m. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
Verbrande Brugsesteenweg 50, 1850 Grimbergen
since 19762.012.756.136
1 parcel
Flanders
1
(100%)
| Parcel (capakey) | Region | Area | Buildings | Height / fl. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23025I0311/00F000 | Flanders | 5,704 m² | 1 · 2,252 m² | 18.9 m |
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Methodology
via registered seat: 1
1 of 1 parcel with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.
Recognitions · licences · registrations
Food safety, FASFC
1 siteGrimbergen2.012.756.136
Legal Entity Identifier
894500F524AJZ71J7V08
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Company data · Crossroads Bank
Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded22-09-1976
Fiscal year end31-08
Abbreviation NL
B.B.S.
Activities, NACEBEL
46319Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes
46381Wholesale trade
51310
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 47 filingsAddress and cadastre registers
Data from official sources, last processed on 19-09-2026. Scores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.