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CHEN & LIN

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Private limited companyfounded 200818 years activede Merodelei 15, 2300 Turnhout, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0899.427.748
Summary

CHEN & LIN has been active since 2008 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €41,051 and a net result of €27,647. Equity is growing by ~7% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 54% of 926 sector peers (NACE 56, fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.7% (low).

Financials · fiscal year 2025, full schema

Source amounts without an identifiable currency are assumed to be EUR.

Turnover
Not included in this filing
EBIT margin
Not included in this filing
Net result
€27,647▼ 59.8%
2024 · €68,780
Working capital
€2,911
2024 · -€22,106
Trend over the years

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

The operating result falls in 2025; 2025 is 52% below 2024 and is the lowest result in the available series.

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

Operating result€39,833 2025 Net result€27,647 2025

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

Sector: the middle half of NACE 56, Food and beverage service activities: a quarter of companies sit below it, a quarter above. Each year compared with accounts in the same schema, 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 fiscal year before
favourable unfavourable
Line20182019202020212022202320242025
Operating result€3,578-€19,096▲ 434%€51,427▲ 169%€68,891▲ 34.0%€68,568▼ 0.5%€61,834▼ 9.8%€82,763▲ 33.8%€39,833▼ 51.9%
Net result€1,336-€20,479▲ 1,433%€45,061above the sector's middle half▲ 120%€59,986above the sector's middle half▲ 33.1%€58,468above the sector's middle half▼ 2.5%€46,379above the sector's middle half▼ 20.7%€68,780above the sector's middle half▲ 48.3%€27,647within the sector's middle half▼ 59.8%
Equity€16,310-€26,789▲ 64.2%€56,850within the sector's middle half▲ 112%€86,837above the sector's middle half▲ 52.7%€70,305within the sector's middle half▼ 19.0%€34,684within the sector's middle half▼ 50.7%€21,464within the sector's middle half▼ 38.1%€41,051within the sector's middle half▲ 91.3%
Total assets€32,742-€53,863▲ 64.5%€81,031within the sector's middle half▲ 50.4%€129,519within the sector's middle half▲ 59.8%€139,386within the sector's middle half▲ 7.6%€129,377within the sector's middle half▼ 7.2%€104,180within the sector's middle half▼ 19.5%€116,007below the sector's middle half▲ 11.4%
Debt€16,432-€27,074▲ 64.8%€24,181▼ 10.7%€42,682▲ 76.5%€69,081▲ 61.8%€94,693▲ 37.1%€82,716▼ 12.6%€74,956▼ 9.4%
Working capital€208-€15,342▲ 7,281%€44,507above the sector's middle half▲ 190%€57,574above the sector's middle half▲ 29.4%€37,135within the sector's middle half▼ 35.5%-€5,368within the sector's middle half-€22,106within the sector's middle half▼ 312%€2,911within the sector's middle half
Solvency49.8%-49.7%▼ 0.1pp70.2%above the sector's middle half▲ 20.4pp67.0%above the sector's middle half▼ 3.1pp50.4%within the sector's middle half▼ 16.6pp26.8%within the sector's middle half▼ 23.6pp20.6%within the sector's middle half▼ 6.2pp35.4%within the sector's middle half▲ 14.8pp
Current ratio1.01-1.59▲ 0.583.08above the sector's middle half▲ 1.482.39above the sector's middle half▼ 0.691.55within the sector's middle half▼ 0.840.94within the sector's middle half▼ 0.600.73within the sector's middle half▼ 0.211.04within the sector's middle half▲ 0.31
Return on assets (ROA)4.1%-38.0%▲ 33.9pp55.6%above the sector's middle half▲ 17.6pp46.3%above the sector's middle half▼ 9.3pp41.9%above the sector's middle half▼ 4.4pp35.8%above the sector's middle half▼ 6.1pp66.0%above the sector's middle half▲ 30.2pp23.8%above the sector's middle half▼ 42.2pp
Staff (FTE)1.1-1.1=1.1within the sector's middle half=3.8▲ 245%5.1▲ 34.2%5.2▲ 2.0%7.1▲ 36.5%2.4below the sector's middle half▼ 66.2%
above within below the middle half of NACE 56, Food and beverage service activities: a quarter of companies sit below it, a quarter above. Each year compared with accounts in the same schema, and only where there are at least 30.
Staff figure corrected
  • 2025 Filed: 84,943; shown: 2.4 (source: social balance report). The filed figure means under EUR 100 of staff costs per FTE.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €116,007
Fixed assets €38,140 ▼ 14.9%
Current assets €77,867 ▲ 31.2%
Equity and liabilities €116,007
Equity €41,051 ▲ 91.3%
Debt €74,956 ▼ 9.4%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total falls from 79.4% to 64.6%. Equity is higher and debt is lower.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
€50,379▼
2024 · €94,776
Cash flow
€38,193▼
2024 · €80,792
Quick ratio
1.03▲
2024 · 0.71
Debt to equity
1.83▼
2024 · 3.85
ROE
67.3%▼
2024 · 320.4%
Interest coverage
56.39▲
2024 · 24.54
Debt ≤ 1 year
€74,956▼
2024 · €81,466
Income taxes
€11,293▼
2024 · €11,482
Staff costs
€84,944▲
2024 · €65,538
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% 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% still going

For this company itself Checked computes a bankruptcy probability of 0.7% 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 497,472 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% 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 · 51 lines
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€104,180€116,007▲
Fixed assets21/28€44,819€38,140▼
Tangible fixed assets22/27€44,819€31,140▼
Land and buildings22€34,053€26,688▼
Plant, machinery and equipment23€5,898€3,365▼
Furniture and vehicles24€4,869€1,087▼
Financial fixed assets28-€7,000
Current assets29/58€59,361€77,867▲
Stocks and contracts in progress3€1,605€971▼
Stocks30/36€1,605€971▼
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€5,521€6,417▲
Trade receivables40€4,753€1,377▼
Other amounts receivable41€768€5,040▲
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€49,579€56,523▲
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€2,656€13,956▲
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€104,180€116,007▲
Equity10/15€21,464€41,051▲
Contributions10/11€8,060-
Reserves13€13,404€41,051▲
Distributable reserves133€13,404€41,051▲
Amounts payable17/49€82,716€74,956▼
Amounts payable within one year42/48€81,466€74,956▼
Trade debts44€24,052€14,374▼
Suppliers440/4€24,052€14,374▼
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€56,767€33,199▼
Taxes450/3€48,007€12,855▼
Remuneration and social security454/9€8,759€20,344▲
Other amounts payable47/48€648€27,384▲
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€1,250-
Income statement Code20242025
Non-recurring operating income76A-€10,442
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€65,538€84,944▲
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€12,013€10,546▼
Other operating charges640/8€2,733€2,232▼
Gross operating margin9900€163,048€137,555▼
Operating profit (loss)9901€82,763€39,833▼
Financial income75/76B€1,360€0▼
Recurring financial income75€1,360€0▼
Financial charges65/66B€3,862€893▼
Recurring financial charges65€3,862€893▼
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€80,262€38,940▼
Income taxes67/77€11,482€11,293▼
Profit (loss) for the period9904€68,780€27,647▼
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€68,780€27,647▼
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€68,780€27,647▼
Transfer from equity791/2€13,220-
Transfer to equity691/2-€27,647
To other reserves6921-€27,647
Profit to be distributed694/7€82,000-
Return on contributions (dividend)694€57,000-
Directors or managers695€25,000-
Social balance
Average headcount (FTE)9087-2.4

The notes to these accounts (7 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Non-recurring operating income76A-------€10,442-
Remuneration, social security and pensions62---€42,251€48,153€54,891€65,538€84,944▲ 29.6%
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€4,971€5,049€4,833€5,257€8,120€10,549€12,013€10,546▼ 12.2%
Other operating charges640/8---€1,793€1,946€5,405€2,733€2,232▼ 18.3%
Gross operating margin9900€39,106€60,568€79,443€118,191€126,786€132,679€163,048€137,555▼ 15.6%
Operating profit (loss)9901€3,578€19,096€51,427€68,891€68,568€61,834€82,763€39,833▼ 51.9%
Financial income75/76B---€542€261€700€1,360€0▼ 100.0%
Recurring financial income75€33€205€226€542€261€700€1,360€0▼ 100.0%
Financial charges65/66B---€1,207€2,178€1,704€3,862€893▼ 76.9%
Recurring financial charges65€1,645€2,053€973€1,207€2,178€1,704€3,862€893▼ 76.9%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€1,967€24,686€50,680€68,226€66,651€60,830€80,262€38,940▼ 51.5%
Income taxes67/77€630€4,207€5,619€8,239€8,182€14,451€11,482€11,293▼ 1.6%
Profit (loss) for the period9904€1,336€20,479€45,061€59,986€58,468€46,379€68,780€27,647▼ 59.8%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€1,336€20,479€45,061€59,986€58,468€46,379€68,780€27,647▼ 59.8%
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€32,742€53,863€81,031€129,519€139,386€129,377€104,180€116,007▲ 11.4%
Fixed assets21/28€17,353€12,697€15,094€30,512€34,420€41,302€44,819€38,140▼ 14.9%
Tangible fixed assets22/27€17,098€12,443€15,094€30,512€34,420€41,302€44,819€31,140▼ 30.5%
Land and buildings22---€24,410€26,029€25,586€34,053€26,688▼ 21.6%
Plant, machinery and equipment23---€5,760€8,392€7,812€5,898€3,365▼ 42.9%
Furniture and vehicles24---€342-€7,904€4,869€1,087▼ 77.7%
Financial fixed assets28€254€254-----€7,000-
Current assets29/58€15,390€41,166€65,938€99,007€104,965€88,075€59,361€77,867▲ 31.2%
Stocks and contracts in progress3€1,635€1,434€1,139€1,165€2,340€1,763€1,605€971▼ 39.5%
Stocks30/36---€1,165€2,340€1,763€1,605€971▼ 39.5%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€8,698€7,487€4,977€5,091€7,803€8,933€5,521€6,417▲ 16.2%
Trade receivables40---€5,091€7,803€8,183€4,753€1,377▼ 71.0%
Other amounts receivable41-----€750€768€5,040▲ 556%
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€3,983€31,274€57,808€90,679€94,600€74,699€49,579€56,523▲ 14.0%
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1---€2,071€222€2,680€2,656€13,956▲ 426%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€32,742€53,863€81,031€129,519€139,386€129,377€104,180€116,007▲ 11.4%
Equity10/15€16,310€26,789€56,850€86,837€70,305€34,684€21,464€41,051▲ 91.3%
Contributions10/11€6,200€6,200-€8,060€8,060€8,060€8,060--
Reserves13€10,110€20,589€48,790€78,777€62,245€26,624€13,404€41,051▲ 206%
Distributable reserves133---€78,777€62,245€26,624€13,404€41,051▲ 206%
Amounts payable17/49€16,432€27,074€24,181€42,682€69,081€94,693€82,716€74,956▼ 9.4%
Amounts payable within one year42/48€15,182€25,824€21,431€41,432€67,831€93,443€81,466€74,956▼ 8.0%
Trade debts44€6,237€11,283€9,748€18,232€22,954€23,913€24,052€14,374▼ 40.2%
Suppliers440/4---€18,232€22,954€23,913€24,052€14,374▼ 40.2%
Taxes, remuneration and social security45---€19,193€42,830€68,869€56,767€33,199▼ 41.5%
Taxes450/3---€12,195€35,821€59,042€48,007€12,855▼ 73.2%
Remuneration and social security454/9---€6,998€7,010€9,826€8,759€20,344▲ 132%
Other amounts payable47/48---€4,007€2,046€661€648€27,384▲ 4,126%
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3---€1,250€1,250€1,250€1,250--
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904€1,336€20,479€45,061€59,986€58,468€46,379€68,780€27,647▼ 59.8%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€4,971€5,049€4,833€5,257€8,120€10,549€12,013€10,546▼ 12.2%
Operating cash flow (approximation)€6,307€25,528€49,894€65,243€66,588€56,928€80,792€38,193▼ 52.7%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)--€393-€7,230-€20,675-€12,028-€17,430-€15,530-€3,867▲ 75.1%
Change in cash-€27,292€26,533€32,871€3,921-€19,901-€25,120€6,944▲ 128%

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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