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Contretype

Active Risk: very low
Non-profit associationfounded 197848 yrs activeFontainashof 4A, 1060 Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel), BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0418.824.521
Summary

Contretype has been active since 1978 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2020 annual accounts show equity of €170,792 and a net result of €17,090. Equity is growing by ~5.8% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 86% of 268 sector peers (fiscal year 2020). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is < 0.1% (very low).

Checked score

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Figures too old
The available figures for FY 2020 are too old to assess current financial health.
Filing: Five or more filing cycles are missing. This points to a standstill, not an imminent failure.
Axes, FY 2020 · tick = 2019
Profitability57▲+19
Solvency100▲+8
Growth78=
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
< 0.1% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
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Signals

Seven signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
−lowers risk+raises risk○neutral
lowers risk · Lower-risk legal form
Companies with this legal form statistically fail less often than a BV.
KBO · legal form
raises risk · Annual accounts: weaker financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a weaker profile in solvency, result or liquidity than companies that stay afloat.
NBB · annual accounts 2020
Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
77.5%
Return on assets
7.8%
Age of the figures
69 mo
lowers risk · Lower-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail less often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 74
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Other professional, scientific and technical activities (NACE 74)
about 48% fewer bankruptcies
← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →
lowers risk · Long track record
A company with a long track record statistically fails less often than a young one.
KBO · incorporation date
Age against the risk zone
highest failure risk from 2 to 8 years 48 years 0 50 y
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate region
In this region companies fail more often than in the rest of the country.
KBO · registered office
neutral · No filing for years
The last filed financial year closed on 31-12-2020. Since then, 5 financial years are missing. This points to a standstill, not an imminent failure.
NBB · 10 filings
Position against the passed deadline
31-12-2021 close31-07-2022 deadline28-09-2026 today
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2020 was due by 31-07-2021 and was filed on 29-06-2021, 32 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not confirmed
2024
not filed
2023
not filed
2022
not filed
2021
not filed
2020
32 d early
2019
84 d early
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 2 accounts on average 58 days before the deadline; the sector median for financial year 2024 is 3 days before the deadline, and 38% of the sector filed late.

Checked, nothing found (1)
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

History

Contretype was incorporated on 15 September 1978.1 Total assets went from EUR 202,825 in 2018 to EUR 220,398 in 2020 and headcount from 4 to 4 full-time equivalents.2

  1. 1Crossroads Bank for Enterprises
  2. 2National Bank, annual accounts 2018 and 2020

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Financials · fiscal year 2020, full schema

Turnover
Not included in this filing
EBIT margin
Not included in this filing
Net result
€17,090▲ 2,734%
2019 · €603
Working capital
€127,918▲ 16.2%
2019 · €110,078
Trend over the years

Click a name to add, emphasise or remove a line.Band: the middle half (P25 to P75) of NACE 74, Other professional, scientific and technical activities, each year against the same schema; no band under 30 filings. Dashed line: the median.

Every figure with its change against the fiscal year before
favourable unfavourable
Line201820192020
Operating result€700-€843▲ 20.4%€17,542▲ 1,981%
Net result€478-€603▲ 26.2%€17,090within the sector's middle half▲ 2,734%
Equity€153,099-€153,702▲ 0.4%€170,792within the sector's middle half▲ 11.1%
Total assets€202,825-€228,316▲ 12.6%€220,398within the sector's middle half▼ 3.5%
Debt€49,726-€74,614▲ 50.1%€49,606▼ 33.5%
Working capital€106,952-€110,078▲ 2.9%€127,918within the sector's middle half▲ 16.2%
Solvency75.5%-67.3%▼ 8.2pp77.5%above the sector's middle half▲ 10.2pp
Current ratio4.10-2.85▼ 1.254.72above the sector's middle half▲ 1.87
Return on assets (ROA)0.2%-0.3%=7.8%within the sector's middle half▲ 7.5pp
Staff (FTE)4-4=4within the sector's middle half=
above within below the middle half (P25 to P75) of NACE 74, Other professional, scientific and technical activities, each year against the same schema; no band under 30 filings.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€0€5,000€10,000€15,000€20,000Operating result 2018: €700€700Net result 2018: €478€478Operating result 2019: €843€843Net result 2019: €603€603Operating result 2020: €17,542€17,542Net result 2020: €17,090€17,090201820192020€0€5,000€10,000€15,000€20,000Operating result 2018: €700€700Net result 2018: €478€478Operating result 2019: €843€843Net result 2019: €603€603Operating result 2020: €17,542€17,500Net result 2020: €17,090€17,100201820192020
The operating result has risen two years in a row; 2020 is 1,981% above 2019 and is the highest result in the available series.
Balance-sheet composition
2020 in colour, 2019 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €220,398
Fixed assets €58,087 ▼ 1.3%
Current assets €162,311 ▼ 4.2%
Equity and liabilities €220,398
Equity €170,792 ▲ 11.1%
Debt €49,606 ▼ 33.5%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total falls from 32.7% to 22.5%. Equity is higher and debt is lower.
Key figures and ratios
2020 value · change against 2019
EBITDA
€19,697▲
2019 · €3,366
Cash flow
€19,245▲
2019 · €3,126
Debt to equity
0.09▼
2019 · 0.10
ROE
10.0%▲
2019 · 0.4%
Debt ≤ 1 year
€34,393▼
2019 · €59,401
Debt > 1 year
€15,213=
2019 · €15,213
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.
Annual accounts
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2020 against 2019 · 21 lines
Balance sheet Code20192020
Assets
Total assets20/58€228,316€220,398▼
Fixed assets21/28€58,837€58,087▼
Tangible fixed assets22/27€58,837€58,087▼
Current assets29/58€169,479€162,311▼
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€32,587€36,862▲
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€136,002€124,551▼
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€228,316€220,398▼
Equity10/15€153,702€170,792▲
Profit (loss) carried forward14€15,945€18,035▲
Amounts payable17/49€74,614€49,606▼
Amounts payable after more than one year17€15,213€15,213=
Amounts payable within one year42/48€59,401€34,393▼
Trade debts44€17,753€11,314▼
Income statement Code20192020
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€2,523€2,155▼
Gross operating margin9900€204,904€215,844▲
Operating profit (loss)9901€843€17,542▲
Recurring financial income75-€1
Recurring financial charges65€240€453▲
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€603€17,090▲
Profit (loss) for the period9904€603€17,090▲
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€603€17,090▲
Line201820192020Change
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€3,398€2,523€2,155▼ 14.6%
Gross operating margin9900€198,818€204,904€215,844▲ 5.3%
Operating profit (loss)9901€700€843€17,542▲ 1,981%
Recurring financial income75€2-€1-
Recurring financial charges65€224€240€453▲ 88.8%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€478€603€17,090▲ 2,734%
Profit (loss) for the period9904€478€603€17,090▲ 2,734%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€478€603€17,090▲ 2,734%
Line201820192020Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€202,825€228,316€220,398▼ 3.5%
Fixed assets21/28€61,360€58,837€58,087▼ 1.3%
Tangible fixed assets22/27€61,360€58,837€58,087▼ 1.3%
Current assets29/58€141,465€169,479€162,311▼ 4.2%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€39,212€32,587€36,862▲ 13.1%
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€101,173€136,002€124,551▼ 8.4%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€202,825€228,316€220,398▼ 3.5%
Equity10/15€153,099€153,702€170,792▲ 11.1%
Profit (loss) carried forward14€15,342€15,945€18,035▲ 13.1%
Amounts payable17/49€49,726€74,614€49,606▼ 33.5%
Amounts payable after more than one year17€15,213€15,213€15,213=
Amounts payable within one year42/48€34,513€59,401€34,393▼ 42.1%
Trade debts44€4,608€17,753€11,314▼ 36.3%
Line201820192020Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904€478€603€17,090▲ 2,734%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€3,398€2,523€2,155▼ 14.6%
Operating cash flow (approximation)€3,876€3,126€19,245▲ 516%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)-€0-€1,405-
Change in cash-€34,829-€11,451▼ 133%

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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Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones

2021
29-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · full schema
2020
31-12
Financial Highest result since 2018net €17,090 ▲2,734%
Operating result €17,542, net result €17,090, both a record.
08-05
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · full schema
2019
21-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · full schema
2018
03-05
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · full schema
2017
09-05
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · full schema
2016
05-04
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · full schema
2015
19-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2014 · full schema
2014
26-03
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2013 · full schema
2013
21-05
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2012 · full schema
2012
01-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2011 · full schema
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
0 of 9 acts read
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Directors · office · real estate

Directors
9 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
Registered office, Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · 1 establishment unit since 2008
seat establishment The establishment unit on the map
Ground area
1,102 m²
Building footprint
135 m²
Volume, LiDAR
1,943 m³
Parcel 21562A0376/00E008, Brussels · tallest building 17.4 m, ±5 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
Contretype
Fontainashof 4A, 1060 Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel)Arts creation and performing arts activities
since 20082.196.332.693
1 parcel
Brussels 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
21562A0376/00E008
ProtectedMonument · Site or landscapeCite Fontainas en tuin
Brussels 1,102 m² 1 · 135 m² 17.4 m · 5 fl.
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Good to know
1 of 1 parcel with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.
1 of these parcels carry protected heritage: expect extra rules on renovation or sale.

Public money · subsidies and aid

Wallonia-Brussels Federation

2023 to 2025 · 10 entries · 310,657 EUR in total
Year Entries paid
2025 2 92,100 EUR
2024 2 92,100 EUR
2023 6 126,457 EUR

Similar companies · same sector, comparable size

Of 14,138 companies in sector 74201 we hold annual accounts for 2,616. 2,164 are within a factor 10 of this equity. The 5 above are the closest to it. See the whole sector

Identification & contact

Identification
Legal formNon-profit association
Founded15-09-1978
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
74201Photography, excluding press photography
90393Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services
E-invoicing
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Peppol ID 0208:0418824521
Registered 17-12-2025

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