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CARAX

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KBO/BCE: BE 0453.180.337

CARAX was declared bankrupt on 14-12-2021 (Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen, afdeling Turnhout); the bankruptcy was closed by liquidation by judgment of 13-06-2023, published in the Belgian State Gazette on 19-06-2023.

No longer registered with the KBO; last annual accounts for fiscal year 2021.

Signals

Four signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
+raises riskneutral
neutral · Prior bankruptcy
Earlier bankruptcy on record in the Belgian State Gazette, no current open procedure.
Belgian State Gazette
raises risk · Two or more financial years not filed
Since the financial year that closed on 31-03-2022, 4 financial years are missing at the National Bank. A company this far behind goes bankrupt within the year nineteen times as often as a punctual filer.
NBB · 10 filings
Position against the passed deadline
31-03-2022 close31-10-2022 deadline22-09-2026 today
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-03-2021 was due by 31-10-2021 and was filed on 18-11-2021, 18 days later. For context: 47% of the Belgian market files late and the whole 1-to-90-day band measures 2.0% abnormal legal state against a 1.66% average. We show this as a fact and do not score it.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not filed
2024
not filed
2023
not filed
2022
not filed
2021
18 d late
2020
37 d late
2019
1 d early
← before the deadline after the deadline →
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

Financials · fiscal year 2021, abbreviated schema

Equity
€338k▼ 75.8%
2019 · €1.39M
2019: €1.39M
2019 → 2021
Total assets
€1.07M▼ 60.5%
2019 · €2.72M
2019: €2.72M
2019 → 2021
Net result
€-238k
2019 · €123k
2019: €123k
2019 → 2021
Working capital
€-95k
2019 · €761k
2019: €761k
2019 → 2021
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20192021Trend
Equity€1.39M-€338k▼ 75.8%
Operating result€183k-€-237k
Net result€123k-€-238k
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the abbreviated schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€-400k€-200k€0€200kOperating result 2019: €183k€183kNet result 2019: €123k€123kOperating result 2021: €-237k€-237kNet result 2021: €-238k€-238k20192021
The operating result is €-237k in 2021, compared with €183k in 2019. Comparable figures for the intervening years are unavailable.
Balance-sheet composition
2021 in colour, 2019 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €1.07M
Fixed assets €803k▼ 55.8%
Current assets €270k▼ 70.0%
Equity and liabilities €1.07M
Equity €338k▼ 75.8%
Debt €736k▼ 44.5%
The debt ratio rises from 48.8% to 68.5%. Equity and debt are lower.
Key figures and ratios
2021 value · change against 2019
EBITDA
€-177k
2019 · €361k
Cash flow
€-178k
2019 · €301k
Solvency
31.5%
2019 · 51.2%
Current ratio
0.74
2019 · 6.45
Quick ratio
0.74
2019 · 6.45
Debt / equity
1.06
2019 · 0.85
ROE
-70.6%
2019 · 8.8%
ROA
-22.2%
2019 · 4.5%
Debt
€736k
2019 · €1.33M
Debt ≤ 1 year
€366k
2019 · €139k
Debt > 1 year
€358k
2019 · €1.19M
Income taxes
€455
2019 · €960
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 · 2021 against 2019
Balance sheet Code20192021
Assets
Total assets20/58€2.72M€1.07M
Fixed assets21/28€1.82M€803k
Tangible fixed assets22/27€869k€35k
Financial fixed assets28€950k€768k
Current assets29/58€900k€270k
Stocks and contracts in progress3€96k€46k
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€555k€146k
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€249k€73k
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€2.72M€1.07M
Equity10/15€1.39M€338k
Contributions10/11€850k€474k
Reserves13€543k€57k
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€-193k
Amounts payable17/49€1.33M€736k
Amounts payable after more than one year17€1.19M€358k
Amounts payable within one year42/48€139k€366k
Trade debts44€34k€103k
Income statement Code20192021
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€179k€60k
Gross operating margin9900€611k€203k
Operating profit (loss)9901€183k€-237k
Recurring financial income75€0-
Recurring financial charges65€59k€433
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€124k€-238k
Income taxes67/77€960€455
Profit (loss) for the period9904€123k€-238k
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€123k€-238k

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Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones

2023
19-06
Bankruptcy Bankruptcy closure (by liquidation)
Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen, afdeling Turnhout · CARAX NV TOEKOMSTLAAN 34/36, 2200 HERENTALS · event 13-06-2023
2021
20-12
Bankruptcy Opening
Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen, afdeling Turnhout · CARAX NV TOEKOMST- LAAN 34/36, 2200 HERENTALS · event 14-12-2021
18-11
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · abbreviated schema · 18 days late
2020
07-12
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · abbreviated schema · 37 days late
2019
30-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · abbreviated schema
2018
15-11
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · abbreviated schema · 15 days late
2017
19-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · abbreviated schema
2016
25-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema
2015
07-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · abbreviated schema
2014
27-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2014 · abbreviated schema
2013
24-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2013 · abbreviated schema
2012
04-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2012 · abbreviated schema
SignalNBB filing

Directors · office · real estate

Directors
12 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
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.

Insolvency mandates

3 mandates
Role Name Tenure
Curator KRISTOF BENIJTS
LIERSEWEG 271-273, 2200 HERENTALS
14-12-2021 → present
Curator PHILIP SOMERS
LIER- SEWEG 271-273, 2200 HERENTALS
14-12-2021 → present
Curator VEERLE VERHAEGEN
STEENWEG OP ZEVENDONK 60, 2300 TURNHOUT-
14-12-2021 → present