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CMS DeBacker

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Private limited companyfounded 1987active for 39 yearsTerhulpsesteenweg 178, 1170 Watermaal-Bosvoorde, Belgium79 active companies are registered at this addressKBO/BCE: BE 0430.408.301
Summary

CMS DeBacker has been active since 1987 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €1.4m and a net result of €8.7m. Equity remains stable across the filed financial years (±0.1% per year). Its solvency ranks better than 26% of 1,049 sector peers (NACE 69, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.1% (very low).

Financials · financial year 2025, full format

Turnover
€27.5m▲ 5.1%
2024 · €26.2m
EBIT margin
32.3%▲ 2.3pp
2024 · 30.0%
Net result
€8.7m▲ 12.9%
2024 · €7.7m
Working capital
€1.7m▲ 24.8%
2024 · €1.4m
Trend over the years

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

The operating result recovers in 2025; 2025 is 13% above 2024.

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

Turnover€27.5m 2025 Operating result€8.9m 2025 Net result€8.7m 2025

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

Sector: the middle half of NACE 69, Legal and accounting 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€26.3m-€25.5m▼ 3.2%€25.9m▲ 1.8%€26.2m▲ 0.8%€27.4m▲ 4.5%€29.1m▲ 6.4%€26.2m▼ 10.0%€27.5m▲ 5.1%
Operating result€9.5m-€8.8m▼ 7.1%€9.2m▲ 4.3%€8.2m▼ 11.0%€9.9m▲ 20.9%€9.7m▼ 2.2%€7.9m▼ 18.7%€8.9m▲ 13.1%
Net result€9.4m-€8.7m▼ 7.8%€9.1mabove the sector's middle half▲ 4.7%€8.1mabove the sector's middle half▼ 10.2%€9.8mabove the sector's middle half▲ 20.7%€9.4m▼ 4.0%€7.7m▼ 18.1%€8.7mabove the sector's middle half▲ 12.9%
EBIT margin36.0%-34.6%▼ 1.4pp35.4%▲ 0.8pp31.2%▼ 4.2pp36.1%▲ 4.9pp33.2%▼ 2.9pp30.0%▼ 3.2pp32.3%▲ 2.3pp
Equity€1.4m-€1.5m▲ 5.6%€1.5mabove the sector's middle half=€1.5mabove the sector's middle half▲ 2.7%€1.6mabove the sector's middle half▲ 1.9%€1.5m▼ 3.8%€1.5m▼ 2.0%€1.4mabove the sector's middle half▼ 4.7%
Total assets€14.0m-€13.3m▼ 4.6%€15.3mabove the sector's middle half▲ 14.9%€11.6mabove the sector's middle half▼ 24.4%€13.7mabove the sector's middle half▲ 18.2%€14.5m▲ 5.7%€14.4m▼ 0.7%€16.0mabove the sector's middle half▲ 11.3%
Debt€12.6m-€11.8m▼ 5.8%€13.8m▲ 16.8%€10.1m▼ 27.4%€12.1m▲ 20.7%€13.0m▲ 6.9%€12.9m▼ 0.5%€14.6m▲ 13.1%
Working capital€1.8m-€1.5m▼ 16.9%€1.8mabove the sector's middle half▲ 15.7%€1.6mabove the sector's middle half▼ 8.2%€1.6mabove the sector's middle half▼ 0.2%€1.6m▼ 1.6%€1.4m▼ 14.6%€1.7mabove the sector's middle half▲ 24.8%
Solvency10.1%-11.1%▲ 1.1pp9.7%below the sector's middle half▼ 1.4pp13.2%within the sector's middle half▲ 3.5pp11.4%within the sector's middle half▼ 1.8pp10.3%▼ 1.0pp10.2%▼ 0.1pp8.7%within the sector's middle half▼ 1.5pp
Current ratio1.16-1.14▼ 0.021.14within the sector's middle half=1.17within the sector's middle half▲ 0.041.14within the sector's middle half▼ 0.031.13▼ 0.011.12▼ 0.011.14within the sector's middle half▲ 0.03
Return on assets (ROA)67.2%-64.9%▼ 2.2pp59.2%above the sector's middle half▼ 5.8pp70.3%above the sector's middle half▲ 11.1pp71.8%above the sector's middle half▲ 1.5pp65.2%▼ 6.6pp53.7%▼ 11.4pp54.5%above the sector's middle half▲ 0.8pp
Staff (FTE)32.3-30.2▼ 6.5%32.3above the sector's middle half▲ 7.0%32.5above the sector's middle half▲ 0.6%34above the sector's middle half▲ 4.6%34.2▲ 0.6%35.7▲ 4.4%32.9above the sector's middle half▼ 7.8%
above within below the middle half of NACE 69, Legal and accounting 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 €16.0m
Fixed assets €2.6m ▲ 64.8%
Current assets €13.4m ▲ 4.7%
Equity and liabilities €16.0m
Equity €1.4m ▼ 4.7%
Debt €14.6m ▲ 13.1%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 89.8% to 91.3%. Equity is lower and debt is higher.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
€9.5m▲
2024 · €8.3m
Cash flow
€9.3m▲
2024 · €8.2m
Debt to equity
10.46▲
2024 · 8.81
ROE
624.7%▲
2024 · 527.2%
Interest coverage
over 100
2024 · over 100
Debt ≤ 1 year
€11.7m▲
2024 · €11.5m
Debt > 1 year
€1.8m▲
2024 · €704,875
Income taxes
€62,992▼
2024 · €87,073
Staff costs
€2.7m▲
2024 · €2.6m
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.

Peer companies

Historical observation

Of the 496 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 1.2% went bankrupt within 24 months and 95.4% are still going.

  • Small
  • 20 years or older
  • solvency under 10%
  • a profit of 5% of the balance sheet or more
1.2% went bankrupt
3.2% stopped otherwise
95.4% still going

A further 0.2% stopped, but we cannot tell whether within those 24 months.

For this company itself Checked computes a lower bankruptcy probability: 0.1% over twelve months. The score reads more about this company than the group's four characteristics; both figures are right about what they measure.

How reliable is this rule?

Tested on the year before, without using that year itself: the groups of July 2023 gave each of the 497,468 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 496 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 · 66 lines
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€14.4m€16.0m▲
Fixed assets21/28€1.6m€2.6m▲
Intangible fixed assets21€0.003m€0.002m▼
Tangible fixed assets22/27€1.6m€2.6m▲
Furniture and vehicles24€0.7m€0.6m▼
Other tangible fixed assets26€0.9m€2.0m▲
Financial fixed assets28€231€231=
Other financial fixed assets284/8€231€231=
Shares284€231€231=
Current assets29/58€12.8m€13.4m▲
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€10.4m€11.4m▲
Trade receivables40€10.0m€10.9m▲
Other amounts receivable41€0.4m€0.5m▲
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€2.1m€1.7m▼
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€0.3m€0.3m▼
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€14.4m€16.0m▲
Equity10/15€1.5m€1.4m▼
Contributions10/11€1.0m€1.0m▼
Reserves13€0.4m€0.4m▼
Distributable reserves133€0.4m€0.4m▼
Profit (loss) carried forward14€0.04m€0.03m▼
Amounts payable17/49€12.9m€14.6m▲
Amounts payable after more than one year17€0.7m€1.8m▲
Financial debts170/4€0.7m€1.8m▲
Credit institutions173€0.7m€1.8m▲
Amounts payable within one year42/48€11.5m€11.7m▲
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42-€0.2m
Financial debts43€1.1m-
Credit institutions430/8€1.1m-
Trade debts44€1.4m€1.6m▲
Suppliers440/4€1.4m€1.6m▲
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€0.4m€0.7m▲
Taxes450/3€0.08m€0.4m▲
Remuneration and social security454/9€0.3m€0.3m▼
Other amounts payable47/48€8.5m€9.3m▲
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€0.7m€1.1m▲
Income statement Code20242025
Operating income70/76A€26.7m€28.1m▲
Turnover70€26.2m€27.5m▲
Other operating income74€0.5m€0.6m▲
Operating charges60/66A€18.8m€19.3m▲
Goods for resale, raw materials and consumables60€1.7m€2.4m▲
Purchases600/8€1.7m€2.4m▲
Services and other goods61€14.1m€13.5m▼
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€2.6m€2.7m▲
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€0.5m€0.6m▲
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4-€0.1m€0.03m▲
Other operating charges640/8€0.06m€0.05m▼
Operating profit (loss)9901€7.9m€8.9m▲
Financial income75/76B€0.02m€0.01m▼
Recurring financial income75€0.02m€0.01m▼
Other financial income752/9€0.02m€0.01m▼
Financial charges65/66B€0.07m€0.1m▲
Recurring financial charges65€0.07m€0.1m▲
Debt charges650€0.04m€0.08m▲
Other financial charges652/9€0.03m€0.03m▲
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€7.8m€8.8m▲
Income taxes67/77€0.09m€0.06m▼
Taxes670/3€0.09m€0.06m▼
Tax adjustments and reversals of tax provisions77-€428
Profit (loss) for the period9904€7.7m€8.7m▲
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€7.7m€8.7m▲
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€7.8m€8.7m▲
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P€0.04m€0.03m▼
Profit to be distributed694/7€7.7m€8.7m▲
Directors or managers695€7.7m€8.7m▲
Social balance sheet
Average headcount (FTE)908735.732.9▼

The notes to these accounts (54 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Operating income70/76A---€26.6m€27.9m€29.7m€26.7m€28.1m▲ 5.5%
Turnover70€26.3m€25.5m€25.9m€26.2m€27.4m€29.1m€26.2m€27.5m▲ 5.1%
Other operating income74---€0.4m€0.5m€0.6m€0.5m€0.6m▲ 25.6%
Operating charges60/66A---€18.4m€18.0m€20.0m€18.8m€19.3m▲ 2.3%
Goods for resale, raw materials and consumables60---€3.5m€2.0m€2.6m€1.7m€2.4m▲ 42.7%
Purchases600/8---€3.5m€2.0m€2.6m€1.7m€2.4m▲ 42.7%
Services and other goods61---€12.4m€13.1m€14.4m€14.1m€13.5m▼ 4.5%
Remuneration, social security and pensions62---€2.0m€2.3m€2.5m€2.6m€2.7m▲ 3.4%
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€0.4m€0.5m€0.5m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.5m€0.6m▲ 29.7%
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4---€0.007m€0.02m€372-€0.1m€0.03m-
Other operating charges640/8---€0.04m€0.07m€0.2m€0.06m€0.05m▼ 29.3%
Non-recurring operating charges66A----€0.02m----
Operating profit (loss)9901€9.5m€8.8m€9.2m€8.2m€9.9m€9.7m€7.9m€8.9m▲ 13.1%
Financial income75/76B---€0.03m€0.02m€0.004m€0.02m€0.01m▼ 32.6%
Recurring financial income75€0.01m€0.005m€0.08m€0.03m€0.02m€0.004m€0.02m€0.01m▼ 32.6%
Other financial income752/9---€0.03m€0.02m€0.004m€0.02m€0.01m▼ 32.6%
Financial charges65/66B---€0.03m€0.02m€0.1m€0.07m€0.1m▲ 78.5%
Recurring financial charges65€0.04m€0.05m€0.03m€0.03m€0.02m€0.05m€0.07m€0.1m▲ 78.5%
Debt charges650€0.004m€0.006m€0.005m€0.01m€0.007m€0.02m€0.04m€0.08m▲ 125%
Other financial charges652/9---€0.02m€0.02m€0.03m€0.03m€0.03m▲ 16.8%
Non-recurring financial charges66B-----€0.1m---
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€9.4m€8.8m€9.1m€8.2m€9.9m€9.5m€7.8m€8.8m▲ 12.4%
Income taxes67/77€0.06m€0.1m€0.04m€0.04m€0.06m€0.09m€0.09m€0.06m▼ 27.7%
Taxes670/3---€0.05m€0.06m€0.09m€0.09m€0.06m▼ 27.2%
Tax adjustments and reversals of tax provisions77---€0.007m€0.005m--€428-
Profit (loss) for the period9904€9.4m€8.7m€9.1m€8.1m€9.8m€9.4m€7.7m€8.7m▲ 12.9%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€9.4m€8.7m€9.1m€8.1m€9.8m€9.4m€7.7m€8.7m▲ 12.9%
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€14.0m€13.3m€15.3m€11.6m€13.7m€14.5m€14.4m€16.0m▲ 11.3%
Fixed assets21/28€1.0m€1.0m€0.8m€0.6m€0.7m€0.9m€1.6m€2.6m▲ 64.8%
Intangible fixed assets21€0.05m€0.04m€0.03m€0.02m€0.01m€0.007m€0.003m€0.002m▼ 54.6%
Tangible fixed assets22/27€0.9m€1.0m€0.7m€0.6m€0.6m€0.8m€1.6m€2.6m▲ 65.1%
Furniture and vehicles24---€0.4m€0.5m€0.6m€0.7m€0.6m▼ 16.9%
Other tangible fixed assets26---€0.2m€0.2m€0.3m€0.9m€2.0m▲ 127%
Financial fixed assets28€0.006m€0.006m€231€231€0.09m€231€231€231=
Other financial fixed assets284/8---€231€0.09m€231€231€231=
Shares284---€231€0.09m€231€231€231=
Current assets29/58€13.0m€12.3m€14.6m€11.0m€12.9m€13.6m€12.8m€13.4m▲ 4.7%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€11.8m€10.0m€10.1m€8.6m€10.9m€12.9m€10.4m€11.4m▲ 9.2%
Trade receivables40---€8.2m€10.5m€12.6m€10.0m€10.9m▲ 8.7%
Other amounts receivable41---€0.4m€0.5m€0.3m€0.4m€0.5m▲ 22.0%
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€1.0m€2.1m€4.2m€2.0m€1.7m€0.3m€2.1m€1.7m▼ 16.2%
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1---€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.3m€0.3m▼ 4.7%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€14.0m€13.3m€15.3m€11.6m€13.7m€14.5m€14.4m€16.0m▲ 11.3%
Equity10/15€1.4m€1.5m€1.5m€1.5m€1.6m€1.5m€1.5m€1.4m▼ 4.7%
Contributions10/11€0.9m€1.0m€1.0m€1.1m€1.1m€1.1m€1.0m€1.0m▼ 4.5%
Capital10---€1.1m€1.1m----
Issued capital100---€1.1m€1.1m----
Reserves13€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m▼ 5.3%
Non-distributable reserves130/1---€0.05m€0.05m----
Legal reserve130---€0.05m€0.05m----
Distributable reserves133---€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m▼ 5.3%
Profit (loss) carried forward14€0.04m€0.04m€0.04m€0.04m€0.04m€0.04m€0.04m€0.03m▼ 5.3%
Amounts payable17/49€12.6m€11.8m€13.8m€10.1m€12.1m€13.0m€12.9m€14.6m▲ 13.1%
Amounts payable after more than one year17€0.2m€0.09m€0.02m---€0.7m€1.8m▲ 152%
Financial debts170/4------€0.7m€1.8m▲ 152%
Credit institutions173------€0.7m€1.8m▲ 152%
Amounts payable within one year42/48€11.2m€10.8m€12.8m€9.4m€11.3m€12.0m€11.5m€11.7m▲ 2.3%
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42---€0.02m---€0.2m-
Financial debts43---€0.2m€0.08m€0.08m€1.1m--
Credit institutions430/8---€0.2m€0.08m€0.08m€1.1m--
Trade debts44€0.5m€1.1m€2.2m€0.7m€0.7m€1.6m€1.4m€1.6m▲ 10.9%
Suppliers440/4---€0.7m€0.7m€1.6m€1.4m€1.6m▲ 10.9%
Taxes, remuneration and social security45---€0.2m€0.7m€0.9m€0.4m€0.7m▲ 76.6%
Taxes450/3---€0.02m€0.5m€0.6m€0.08m€0.4m▲ 429%
Remuneration and social security454/9---€0.2m€0.2m€0.3m€0.3m€0.3m▼ 13.9%
Other amounts payable47/48---€8.2m€9.8m€9.5m€8.5m€9.3m▲ 8.6%
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3---€0.7m€0.8m€0.9m€0.7m€1.1m▲ 46.1%
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904€9.4m€8.7m€9.1m€8.1m€9.8m€9.4m€7.7m€8.7m▲ 12.9%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€0.4m€0.5m€0.5m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.5m€0.6m▲ 29.7%
Operating cash flow (approximation)€9.8m€9.1m€9.6m€8.6m€10.2m€9.8m€8.2m€9.3m▲ 13.8%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)--€0.5m-€0.2m-€0.3m-€0.6m-€0.5m-€1.2m-€1.6m▼ 37.2%
Change in cash-€1.1m€2.2m-€2.2m-€0.4m-€1.4m€1.8m-€0.3m-

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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