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BRAND MACHINE

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Private limited companyfounded 2008active for 18 yearsRekkemstraat 58, 8930 Menen, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0806.656.849
Summary

BRAND MACHINE has been active since 2008 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €29.3m and a net result of €17.4m. Equity is growing by about 16% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 95% of 3,840 sector peers (NACE 70, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.1% (very low).

Financials · financial year 2025, full format

Turnover
€6.1m▲ 24.4%
2024 · €4.9m
EBIT margin
89.1%▲ 0.2pp
2024 · 88.9%
Net result
€17.4m▲ 368%
2024 · €3.7m
Working capital
€25.3m▲ 60.1%
2024 · €15.8m
Trend over the years

2021 to 2025, 5 financial years 2018 to 2025, 8 financial years

The operating result recovers in 2025; 2025 is 25% above 2024 and is the highest result in the available series.

What the company sold each financial year and what was left of it. A loss stands below the zero line.

Turnover€6.1m 2025 Operating result€5.5m 2025 Net result€17.4m 2025

Use the arrow keys on the chart for the figures per year.

Sector: the middle half of NACE 70, Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities: a quarter of companies sit below it, a quarter above. Each year compared with accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30. Dashed line: the median. Available for Net result, Equity, Total assets, Working capital, Solvency, Current ratio, Return on assets (ROA), Staff (FTE).

Every figure with its change against the financial year before
favourable unfavourable
Line20182019202020212022202320242025
Turnover€3.4m-€3.6m▲ 6.5%€3.1m▼ 14.3%€3.8m▲ 24.0%€4.2m▲ 9.9%€4.9m▲ 16.7%€4.9m▲ 0.2%€6.1m▲ 24.4%
Operating result€2.8m-€3.1m▲ 12.2%€2.6m▼ 14.7%€3.5m▲ 33.1%€3.8m▲ 8.4%€4.4m▲ 15.5%€4.4m▼ 0.4%€5.5m▲ 24.7%
Net result€1.9m-€2.2m▲ 17.9%€1.9mabove the sector's middle half▼ 13.2%€2.7mabove the sector's middle half▲ 38.1%€2.9mabove the sector's middle half▲ 8.1%€3.7mabove the sector's middle half▲ 29.4%€3.7mabove the sector's middle half▼ 0.2%€17.4mabove the sector's middle half▲ 368%
EBIT margin81.4%-85.7%▲ 4.3pp85.4%▼ 0.4pp91.6%▲ 6.3pp90.4%▼ 1.2pp89.5%▼ 0.9pp88.9%▼ 0.6pp89.1%▲ 0.2pp
Equity€10.8m-€13.0m▲ 20.6%€15.0mabove the sector's middle half▲ 14.8%€17.6mabove the sector's middle half▲ 17.8%€20.5mabove the sector's middle half▲ 16.3%€24.2mabove the sector's middle half▲ 18.2%€24.9mabove the sector's middle half▲ 2.9%€29.3mabove the sector's middle half▲ 17.6%
Total assets€11.4m-€13.7m▲ 20.5%€15.6mabove the sector's middle half▲ 13.6%€18.2mabove the sector's middle half▲ 17.0%€20.8mabove the sector's middle half▲ 14.2%€24.6mabove the sector's middle half▲ 18.4%€25.2mabove the sector's middle half▲ 2.2%€29.7mabove the sector's middle half▲ 17.9%
Debt€0.6m-€0.7m▲ 19.4%€0.6m▼ 10.0%€0.6m▼ 2.4%€0.3m▼ 49.9%€0.4m▲ 37.3%€0.3m▼ 34.0%€0.4m▲ 48.5%
Working capital€7.5m-€9.6m▲ 29.0%€11.0mabove the sector's middle half▲ 14.5%€13.5mabove the sector's middle half▲ 22.5%€14.3mabove the sector's middle half▲ 6.3%€17.0mabove the sector's middle half▲ 18.6%€15.8mabove the sector's middle half▼ 6.9%€25.3mabove the sector's middle half▲ 60.1%
Solvency95.1%-95.1%=96.1%above the sector's middle half▲ 1.0pp96.8%above the sector's middle half▲ 0.6pp98.6%above the sector's middle half▲ 1.8pp98.4%above the sector's middle half▼ 0.2pp98.9%above the sector's middle half▲ 0.6pp98.7%above the sector's middle half▼ 0.3pp
Current ratio14.31-15.34▲ 1.0319.23above the sector's middle half▲ 3.8923.90above the sector's middle half▲ 4.6753.64above the sector's middle half▲ 29.7546.49above the sector's middle half▼ 7.1568.42above the sector's middle half▲ 21.9364.68above the sector's middle half▼ 3.74
Return on assets (ROA)16.6%-16.2%▼ 0.4pp12.4%above the sector's middle half▼ 3.8pp14.6%above the sector's middle half▲ 2.2pp13.8%above the sector's middle half▼ 0.8pp15.1%above the sector's middle half▲ 1.3pp14.8%above the sector's middle half▼ 0.4pp58.5%above the sector's middle half▲ 43.8pp
Staff (FTE)8.3-6.8▼ 18.1%4.9within the sector's middle half▼ 27.9%2.4within the sector's middle half▼ 51.0%2.6within the sector's middle half▲ 8.3%4within the sector's middle half▲ 53.8%4within the sector's middle half=4.3within the sector's middle half▲ 7.5%
above within below the middle half of NACE 70, Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities: a quarter of companies sit below it, a quarter above. Each year compared with accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €29.7m
Fixed assets €4.0m ▼ 56.4%
Current assets €25.7m ▲ 60.2%
Equity and liabilities €29.7m
Equity €29.3m ▲ 17.6%
Debt €397,809 ▲ 48.5%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 1.1% to 1.3%. Equity and debt are higher.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
Debt to equity
0.01▲
2024 · 0.01
ROE
59.3%▲
2024 · 14.9%
Debt ≤ 1 year
€397,762▲
2024 · €234,679
Income taxes
€1.5m▲
2024 · €1.2m
Staff costs
€458,029▲
2024 · €394,652
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.

Peer companies

Historical observation

Of the 34,695 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 0.7% went bankrupt within 24 months and 95.3% are still going.

  • Micro
  • 10 to 20 years old
  • solvency 30% or more
  • a profit of 5% of the balance sheet or more
0.7% went bankrupt
3.9% stopped otherwise
95.3% still going

For this company itself Checked computes a bankruptcy probability of 0.1% 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 497,473 companies of July 2024 its group's bankruptcy share. Expected: 1.6%; actually bankrupt within 24 months: 1.7%.

The companies in ten equal groups, from lowest to highest expected share.
Group Expected Actual
1 0.2% 0.2%
2 0.3% 0.5%
3 0.5% 0.6%
4 0.7% 0.8%
5 0.9% 1.0%
6 1.3% 1.5%
7 1.6% 1.8%
8 1.8% 1.8%
9 3.0% 3.1%
10 5.6% 6.2%

The rule ranks well: a company that went bankrupt got a higher share than one that kept going in 74.5% 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 34,695 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 · 2025 against 2024 · 65 lines
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€25.2m€29.7m▲
Fixed assets21/28€9.1m€4.0m▼
Financial fixed assets28€9.1m€4.0m▼
Affiliated companies280/1€4.0m€4.0m=
Participating interests280€3.1m€3.1m=
Amounts receivable281€0.9m€0.9m=
Other financial fixed assets284/8€5.2m€0▼
Shares284€5.2m€0▼
Current assets29/58€16.1m€25.7m▲
Amounts receivable after more than one year29€0.3m€1.1m▲
Other amounts receivable291€0.3m€1.1m▲
Stocks and contracts in progress3€0€0=
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€1.0m€17.0m▲
Trade receivables40€0.7m€0.9m▲
Other amounts receivable41€0.3m€16.0m▲
Current investments50/53€10.7m€7.4m▼
Other investments51/53€10.7m€7.4m▼
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€3.8m€0.2m▼
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€0.2m€0.09m▼
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€25.2m€29.7m▲
Equity10/15€24.9m€29.3m▲
Contributions10/11€0.02m€0.02m=
Reserves13€24.9m€29.3m▲
Tax-exempt reserves132€3.7m€2.7m▼
Distributable reserves133€21.2m€26.5m▲
Amounts payable17/49€0.3m€0.4m▲
Amounts payable within one year42/48€0.2m€0.4m▲
Trade debts44€0.08m€0.004m▼
Suppliers440/4€0.08m€0.004m▼
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€0.2m€0.4m▲
Taxes450/3€0.1m€0.4m▲
Remuneration and social security454/9€0.05m€0.04m▼
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€0.03m€47▼
Income statement Code20242025
Operating income70/76A€5.0m€6.2m▲
Turnover70€4.9m€6.1m▲
Other operating income74€0.02m€0.008m▼
Operating charges60/66A€0.6m€0.7m▲
Services and other goods61€0.2m€0.2m▲
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€0.4m€0.5m▲
Other operating charges640/8€0.003m€0.003m▲
Operating profit (loss)9901€4.4m€5.5m▲
Financial income75/76B€0.6m€13.4m▲
Recurring financial income75€0.6m€13.4m▲
Income from financial fixed assets750€0.02m€13.0m▲
Income from current assets751€0.5m€0.4m▼
Other financial income752/9€80€0.006m▲
Financial charges65/66B€0.005m€0.008m▲
Recurring financial charges65€0.005m€0.008m▲
Debt charges650€0.001m€0.001m▲
Write-downs on current assets other than stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)651€0.005m€0.007m▲
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€4.9m€18.9m▲
Income taxes67/77€1.2m€1.5m▲
Taxes670/3€1.2m€1.5m▲
Profit (loss) for the period9904€3.7m€17.4m▲
Transfer from tax-exempt reserves789€0€0.9m▲
Transfer to tax-exempt reserves689€1.0m€0▼
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€2.7m€18.3m▲
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€2.7m€18.3m▲
Transfer from equity791/2-€13.0m
From reserves792-€13.0m
Transfer to equity691/2€2.7m€18.3m▲
To other reserves6921€2.7m€18.3m▲
Profit to be distributed694/7-€13.0m
Return on contributions (dividend)694-€13.0m
Social balance sheet
Average headcount (FTE)90874.04.3▲

The notes to these accounts (44 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Operating income70/76A---€3.9m€4.2m€4.9m€5.0m€6.2m▲ 24.1%
Turnover70€3.4m€3.6m€3.1m€3.8m€4.2m€4.9m€4.9m€6.1m▲ 24.4%
Other operating income74---€0.06m€0.007m€0.02m€0.02m€0.008m▼ 59.8%
Operating charges60/66A---€0.4m€0.4m€0.5m€0.6m€0.7m▲ 19.1%
Services and other goods61---€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m€0.2m€0.2m▲ 26.4%
Remuneration, social security and pensions62---€0.2m€0.3m€0.4m€0.4m€0.5m▲ 16.1%
Other operating charges640/8---€0.004m€0.004m€0.004m€0.003m€0.003m▲ 2.6%
Operating profit (loss)9901€2.8m€3.1m€2.6m€3.5m€3.8m€4.4m€4.4m€5.5m▲ 24.7%
Financial income75/76B---€0.04m€0.08m€0.5m€0.6m€13.4m▲ 2,294%
Recurring financial income75€0.06m€0.02m€0.06m€0.04m€0.08m€0.5m€0.6m€13.4m▲ 2,294%
Income from financial fixed assets750-----€0.02m€0.02m€13.0m▲ 65,654%
Income from current assets751---€0.04m€0.08m€0.4m€0.5m€0.4m▼ 27.4%
Other financial income752/9----€3€0.04m€80€0.006m▲ 6,868%
Financial charges65/66B---€0.02m€0.06m-€0.02m€0.005m€0.008m▲ 60.7%
Recurring financial charges65€385€216€0.009m€0.02m€0.06m-€0.02m€0.005m€0.008m▲ 60.7%
Debt charges650----€0.01m€0.001m€0.001m€0.001m▲ 43.6%
Write-downs on current assets other than stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)651---€0.01m€0.01m-€0.02m€0.005m€0.007m▲ 63.3%
Other financial charges652/9---€0.006m€0.03m€0---
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€2.8m€3.1m€2.7m€3.5m€3.8m€4.9m€4.9m€18.9m▲ 281%
Income taxes67/77€0.9m€0.9m€0.8m€0.9m€1.0m€1.2m€1.2m€1.5m▲ 20.5%
Taxes670/3---€0.9m€1.0m€1.2m€1.2m€1.5m▲ 20.5%
Profit (loss) for the period9904€1.9m€2.2m€1.9m€2.7m€2.9m€3.7m€3.7m€17.4m▲ 368%
Transfer from tax-exempt reserves789---€0.4m€0.4m€0.09m€0€0.9m-
Transfer to tax-exempt reserves689---€0.8m€0.8m€1.0m€1.0m€0▼ 100%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€1.7m€2.0m€1.9m€2.3m€2.5m€2.8m€2.7m€18.3m▲ 574%
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€11.4m€13.7m€15.6m€18.2m€20.8m€24.6m€25.2m€29.7m▲ 17.9%
Fixed assets21/28€3.4m€3.4m€4.0m€4.1m€6.2m€7.3m€9.1m€4.0m▼ 56.4%
Financial fixed assets28€3.4m€3.4m€4.0m€4.1m€6.2m€7.3m€9.1m€4.0m▼ 56.4%
Affiliated companies280/1---€3.6m€4.0m€4.0m€4.0m€4.0m=
Participating interests280---€3.1m€3.1m€3.1m€3.1m€3.1m=
Amounts receivable281---€0.5m€0.9m€0.9m€0.9m€0.9m=
Other financial fixed assets284/8---€0.6m€2.2m€3.3m€5.2m€0▼ 100%
Shares284---€0.6m€2.2m€3.3m€5.2m€0▼ 100%
Current assets29/58€8.0m€10.3m€11.6m€14.1m€14.6m€17.4m€16.1m€25.7m▲ 60.2%
Amounts receivable after more than one year29---€0.3m€0.3m€0.4m€0.3m€1.1m▲ 290%
Other amounts receivable291---€0.3m€0.3m€0.4m€0.3m€1.1m▲ 290%
Stocks and contracts in progress3----€0€0€0€0-
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€3.3m€3.0m€3.0m€3.8m€1.0m€1.3m€1.0m€17.0m▲ 1,617%
Trade receivables40---€3.8m€0.8m€1.0m€0.7m€0.9m▲ 38.5%
Other amounts receivable41---€0.09m€0.2m€0.3m€0.3m€16.0m▲ 5,147%
Current investments50/53--€2.0m€2.0m€12.7m€15.2m€10.7m€7.4m▼ 30.8%
Other investments51/53---€2.0m€12.7m€15.2m€10.7m€7.4m▼ 30.8%
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€4.5m€7.1m€6.4m€7.9m€0.5m€0.3m€3.8m€0.2m▼ 95.4%
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1---€0.05m€0.03m€0.1m€0.2m€0.09m▼ 64.4%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€11.4m€13.7m€15.6m€18.2m€20.8m€24.6m€25.2m€29.7m▲ 17.9%
Equity10/15€10.8m€13.0m€15.0m€17.6m€20.5m€24.2m€24.9m€29.3m▲ 17.6%
Contributions10/11€3.0m€3.0m-€3.0m€3.0m€3.0m€0.02m€0.02m=
Reserves13€7.8m€10.0m€11.9m€14.6m€17.5m€21.2m€24.9m€29.3m▲ 17.6%
Non-distributable reserves130/1---€0.3m€0.3m€0---
Reserves not available under the articles1311---€0.3m€0.3m€0---
Tax-exempt reserves132---€1.4m€1.8m€2.7m€3.7m€2.7m▼ 25.5%
Distributable reserves133---€12.9m€15.4m€18.5m€21.2m€26.5m▲ 25.1%
Amounts payable17/49€0.6m€0.7m€0.6m€0.6m€0.3m€0.4m€0.3m€0.4m▲ 48.5%
Amounts payable within one year42/48€0.6m€0.7m€0.6m€0.6m€0.3m€0.4m€0.2m€0.4m▲ 69.5%
Trade debts44€0.001m€0.001m€0.004m€0.006m€0.2m€0.2m€0.08m€0.004m▼ 95.1%
Suppliers440/4---€0.006m€0.2m€0.2m€0.08m€0.004m▼ 95.1%
Taxes, remuneration and social security45---€0.6m€0.07m€0.1m€0.2m€0.4m▲ 157%
Taxes450/3---€0.6m€0.04m€0.08m€0.1m€0.4m▲ 240%
Remuneration and social security454/9---€0.02m€0.03m€0.05m€0.05m€0.04m▼ 21.8%
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3---€0.002m€0.02m€0.03m€0.03m€47▼ 99.9%
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904€1.9m€2.2m€1.9m€2.7m€2.9m€3.7m€3.7m€17.4m▲ 368%
Operating cash flow (approximation)€1.9m€2.2m€1.9m€2.7m€2.9m€3.7m€3.7m€17.4m▲ 368%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)--€0.06m-€0.5m-€0.2m-€2.1m-€1.1m-€1.9m€5.2m-
Change in cash-€2.5m-€0.7m€1.6m-€7.4m-€0.2m€3.5m-€3.7m-

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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Financial year Type Filed Reference
31-12-2025 full format 24-07-2026 2026-00343745
31-12-2024 full format 22-07-2025 2025-00296830
31-12-2023 full format 26-07-2024 2024-00286160
31-12-2022 full format 25-07-2023 2023-00265483
31-12-2021 full format 25-07-2022 2022-20221609
31-12-2020 full format 28-07-2021 2021-41600101
31-12-2019 full format 23-07-2020 2020-32500454
31-12-2018 full format 22-07-2019 2019-35200017
31-12-2017 full format 24-07-2018 2018-38200080
30-09-2016 full format 04-04-2017 2017-07800192

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