Equity
Debts exceed assets in financial year 2025.
Debts exceed assets in financial year 2025.
Every financial year from 2022 to 2025 closed with a loss. 2024 was the heaviest.
Of this, €676,432 falls due within a year.
Green is investment, beige is depreciation.
Short-term debts rose from €68,407 to €676,432.
Lower net result than 95% of companies in wholesale trade. Sector median €26,728 · 9,878 companies.
Negative equity caps the score at 59.
The dashed line is the sector median: 0.2% across 4,374 companies (NACE 46, small).
About 3 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).
The band follows from the bankruptcy probability. 10 more points roughly halve it.
| 75-100 | Excellent | under 0.55% |
| 60-74 | Healthy | 0.55% to 1.5% |
| 45-59 | Fair | 1.5% to 4.2% |
| 25-44 | Weak | 4.2% to 15.0% |
| 0-24 | Critical | over 15.0% |
Where the company stands within its band depends half on the bankruptcy probability and half on how it does against its sector peers (NACE 46, small). It does better than 3% of them on solvency, 58% on liquidity, 10% on profitability and 2% on growth.
The bankruptcy probability was computed on 07-11-2026 by the bankruptcy model of 2 October 2026, which learns from Belgian bankruptcies and reads the registers, the annual accounts and the Belgian Official Gazette.
The probability rests on the annual accounts with balance sheet date 31-12-2025.
Of the companies with a bankruptcy probability in the very low class on 30-06-2025, 0.1% went bankrupt within twelve months.
Some facts cap the score, however low the probability. With negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special status in the KBO, one missing filing or accounts filed more than 90 days late, the score is Fair at most (59). With two missing filings, it is Weak at most (44). During a judicial reorganisation or at the company's end (bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation), it is Critical at most (24).
Liquidity is insufficient, with a current ratio of 0.18 (3.12 in 2024), below 1. Short-term debt is 14.8% and cash 0.8% of total assets. Equity is negative.
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The scores and ratios are Checked's own calculations, not a credit decision.
The company filed its last 7 accounts on average 60 days before the deadline. In the sector (NACE 46), the median for financial year 2024 was 3 days before the deadline, and 39% of those companies filed late.
Shares in 1 company, BROTH & BEYOND
Board & ownership| Company | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIC Kortrijk | €4.6m | -€23,107 | -5.9% | 0 |
| BELTRA INTERNATIONAL Zwevegem | €7.9m | -€239,021 | 37.4% | 0 |
| D.D.C. Bierbeek | €5.9m | -€9,938 | 65.7% | 0 |
| RONDOM Zele | €2.9m | -€2,916 | 59.0% | 0 |
| Samenaankoop KU Leuven Leuven | €4.1m | -€78,767 | 5.4% | - |
| JORLA Schaerbeek | €4.4m | -€2,758 | -4.6% | - |
| LogiSense Erpe-Mere | €3.2m | -€31,691 | 85.8% | - |
These companies have the same main activity as HIC: agents in non-specialised wholesale trade (NACE 46190). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €2.9m and €7.9m, founded between 1991 and 2015.
HIC files the abbreviated format. That format states no turnover. The gross margin fell from €9,739 in 2012 to -€23,107 in 2025.
Sources: KBO register, filings at the National Bank, Belgian Official Gazette. Click a figure with a dotted line for the item and the filing.
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