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CORTEX

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Private limited companyfounded 1994active for 32 yearsBisschop-Pieter-Damantlaan 42, 9080 Lochristi, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0452.792.040
Summary

CORTEX has been active since 1994 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €89,454 and a net result of -€9,525. Equity is shrinking by about 15% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 95% of 20,987 sector peers (NACE 62, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is below 0.1% (very low).

Financials · financial year 2025, micro format

Turnover
€95,975▼ 23.5%
2018 · €125,439
EBIT margin
41.7%▼ 12.5pp
2018 · 54.2%
Net result
-€9,525▲ 47.9%
2024 · -€18,278
Working capital
€89,454▼ 9.6%
2024 · €98,978
Trend over the years

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

The operating result stays negative: a loss of €8,128 in 2025 against €15,747 in 2024; the loss shrinks.

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

Turnover€95,975 2019 Operating result-€8,128 2025 Net result-€9,525 2025

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

Sector: the middle half of NACE 62, Computer programming, consultancy and related 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).

Every figure with its change against the financial year before
favourable unfavourable
Line20182019202020212022202320242025
Turnover€125,439-€95,975▼ 23.5%
Operating result€68,031-€40,007▼ 41.2%€5,768▼ 85.6%-€20,843-€31,007▼ 48.8%-€34,115▼ 10.0%-€15,747▲ 53.8%-€8,128▲ 48.4%
Net result€46,485-€27,937▼ 39.9%€2,559below the sector's middle half▼ 90.8%-€23,428below the sector's middle half-€31,378below the sector's middle half▼ 33.9%-€36,288below the sector's middle half▼ 15.6%-€18,278below the sector's middle half▲ 49.6%-€9,525below the sector's middle half▲ 47.9%
EBIT margin54.2%-41.7%▼ 12.5pp
Equity€207,854-€235,792▲ 13.4%€238,350above the sector's middle half▲ 1.1%€184,923above the sector's middle half▼ 22.4%€153,544within the sector's middle half▼ 17.0%€117,256within the sector's middle half▼ 23.6%€98,978within the sector's middle half▼ 15.6%€89,454within the sector's middle half▼ 9.6%
Total assets€235,857-€242,889▲ 3.0%€243,841within the sector's middle half▲ 0.4%€219,092within the sector's middle half▼ 10.1%€181,961within the sector's middle half▼ 16.9%€146,558within the sector's middle half▼ 19.5%€121,680within the sector's middle half▼ 17.0%€94,110within the sector's middle half▼ 22.7%
Debt€28,003-€7,097▼ 74.7%€5,491▼ 22.6%€34,169▲ 522%€28,416▼ 16.8%€29,301▲ 3.1%€22,701▼ 22.5%€4,656▼ 79.5%
Working capital€195,931-€223,866▲ 14.3%€230,453above the sector's middle half▲ 2.9%€181,054above the sector's middle half▼ 21.4%€151,290above the sector's middle half▼ 16.4%€116,616within the sector's middle half▼ 22.9%€98,978within the sector's middle half▼ 15.1%€89,454within the sector's middle half▼ 9.6%
Solvency88.1%-97.1%▲ 9.0pp97.7%above the sector's middle half▲ 0.7pp84.4%above the sector's middle half▼ 13.3pp84.4%above the sector's middle half=80.0%above the sector's middle half▼ 4.4pp81.3%above the sector's middle half▲ 1.3pp95.1%above the sector's middle half▲ 13.7pp
Current ratio8.00-32.54▲ 24.5542.97above the sector's middle half▲ 10.436.30above the sector's middle half▼ 36.676.32above the sector's middle half▲ 0.034.98above the sector's middle half▼ 1.345.36above the sector's middle half▲ 0.3820.21above the sector's middle half▲ 14.85
Return on assets (ROA)19.7%-11.5%▼ 8.2pp1.0%below the sector's middle half▼ 10.5pp-10.7%below the sector's middle half▼ 11.7pp-17.2%below the sector's middle half▼ 6.6pp-24.8%below the sector's middle half▼ 7.5pp-15.0%below the sector's middle half▲ 9.7pp-10.1%below the sector's middle half▲ 4.9pp
above within below the middle half of NACE 62, Computer programming, consultancy and related 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
Equity and liabilities €94,110
Equity €89,454 ▼ 9.6%
Debt €4,656 ▼ 79.5%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total falls from 18.7% to 4.9%. Equity and debt are lower.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
-€8,128▲
2024 · -€15,106
Cash flow
-€9,525▲
2024 · -€17,637
Debt to equity
0.05▼
2024 · 0.23
ROE
-10.6%▲
2024 · -18.5%
Interest coverage
-7.16▼
2024 · -7.14
Debt ≤ 1 year
€4,656▼
2024 · €22,701
Income taxes
€269▼
2024 · €415
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.

Peer companies

Historical observation

Of the 5,835 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 1.7% went bankrupt within 24 months and 84% are still going.

  • Micro
  • 20 years or older
  • solvency 30% or more
  • a loss of 10% of the balance sheet or more
1.7% went bankrupt
13% stopped otherwise
84% still going

A further 0.4% 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 497,472 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 5,835 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 · 37 lines
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€121,680€94,110▼
Fixed assets21/28€0€0▼
Tangible fixed assets22/27€0€0▼
Furniture and vehicles24€0€0▼
Current assets29/58€121,680€94,110▼
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€1,534€827▼
Trade receivables40€463€0▼
Other amounts receivable41€1,070€827▼
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€118,903€93,283▼
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€1,243€0▼
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€121,680€94,110▼
Equity10/15€98,978€89,454▼
Contributions10/11€18,600€18,600=
Reserves13€80,378€70,854▼
Distributable reserves133€80,378€70,854▼
Amounts payable17/49€22,701€4,656▼
Amounts payable within one year42/48€22,701€4,656▼
Trade debts44€476€74▼
Suppliers440/4€476€74▼
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€2,040€1,260▼
Taxes450/3€2,040€1,260▼
Other amounts payable47/48€20,185€3,322▼
Income statement Code20242025
Non-recurring operating income76A-€12,000
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€641€0▼
Other operating charges640/8€1,480€1,196▼
Gross operating margin9900-€13,626-€6,932▲
Operating profit (loss)9901-€15,747-€8,128▲
Financial income75/76B€0€7▲
Recurring financial income75€0€7▲
Financial charges65/66B€2,117€1,135▼
Recurring financial charges65€2,117€1,135▼
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903-€17,863-€9,256▲
Income taxes67/77€415€269▼
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€18,278-€9,525▲
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905-€18,278-€9,525▲
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906-€18,278-€9,525▲
Transfer from equity791/2€18,278€9,525▼

The notes to these accounts (6 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Turnover70€125,439€95,975-------
Non-recurring operating income76A-------€12,000-
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€4,422€4,864€4,029€4,029€1,614€1,614€641€0▼ 100.0%
Other operating charges640/8---€1,326€1,485€1,512€1,480€1,196▼ 19.2%
Gross operating margin9900€73,754€47,533€11,105-€15,489-€27,908-€30,989-€13,626-€6,932▲ 49.1%
Operating profit (loss)9901€68,031€40,007€5,768-€20,843-€31,007-€34,115-€15,747-€8,128▲ 48.4%
Financial income75/76B---€716€125€0€0€7▲ 2,744%
Recurring financial income75€277€901€1,322€716€125€0€0€7▲ 2,744%
Financial charges65/66B---€158€126€1,777€2,117€1,135▼ 46.4%
Recurring financial charges65€633€412€366€158€126€1,777€2,117€1,135▼ 46.4%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€67,676€40,496€6,724-€20,285-€31,008-€35,893-€17,863-€9,256▲ 48.2%
Income taxes67/77€21,191€12,559€4,165€3,143€371€395€415€269▼ 35.1%
Profit (loss) for the period9904€46,485€27,937€2,559-€23,428-€31,378-€36,288-€18,278-€9,525▲ 47.9%
Transfer from tax-exempt reserves789---€17,500€0----
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€46,485€27,937€22,559-€5,928-€31,378-€36,288-€18,278-€9,525▲ 47.9%
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€235,857€242,889€243,841€219,092€181,961€146,558€121,680€94,110▼ 22.7%
Fixed assets21/28€11,923€11,926€7,898€3,869€2,255€641€0€0▼ 100%
Tangible fixed assets22/27€11,923€11,926€7,898€3,869€2,255€641€0€0▼ 100%
Plant, machinery and equipment23---€1,922€1,281----
Furniture and vehicles24---€1,947€973€641€0€0▼ 100%
Current assets29/58€223,934€230,963€235,944€215,223€179,706€145,917€121,680€94,110▼ 22.7%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€11,768€14,281€12,031€9,973€593€2,408€1,534€827▼ 46.1%
Trade receivables40---€1,068€463€804€463€0▼ 100%
Other amounts receivable41---€8,905€129€1,604€1,070€827▼ 22.8%
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€211,120€215,312€222,825€204,110€177,935€142,240€118,903€93,283▼ 21.5%
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1---€1,140€1,178€1,269€1,243€0▼ 100%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€235,857€242,889€243,841€219,092€181,961€146,558€121,680€94,110▼ 22.7%
Equity10/15€207,854€235,792€238,350€184,923€153,544€117,256€98,978€89,454▼ 9.6%
Contributions10/11€18,600€18,600-€18,600€18,600€18,600€18,600€18,600=
Reserves13€189,254€217,192€219,750€166,323€134,944€98,656€80,378€70,854▼ 11.8%
Non-distributable reserves130/1---€11,165€11,165€0---
Reserves not available under the articles1311---€11,165€11,165€0---
Tax-exempt reserves132---€0-----
Distributable reserves133---€155,157€123,779€98,656€80,378€70,854▼ 11.8%
Profit (loss) carried forward14---€0€0----
Amounts payable17/49€28,003€7,097€5,491€34,169€28,416€29,301€22,701€4,656▼ 79.5%
Amounts payable within one year42/48€28,003€7,097€5,491€34,169€28,416€29,301€22,701€4,656▼ 79.5%
Trade debts44€17,117€5,680€191€189€3,543€370€476€74▼ 84.5%
Suppliers440/4---€189€3,543€370€476€74▼ 84.5%
Taxes, remuneration and social security45---€5,481€1,282€1,893€2,040€1,260▼ 38.2%
Taxes450/3---€5,481€1,282€1,893€2,040€1,260▼ 38.2%
Other amounts payable47/48---€28,500€23,591€27,038€20,185€3,322▼ 83.5%
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904€46,485€27,937€2,559-€23,428-€31,378-€36,288-€18,278-€9,525▲ 47.9%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€4,422€4,864€4,029€4,029€1,614€1,614€641€0▼ 100.0%
Operating cash flow (approximation)€50,907€32,802€6,587-€19,399-€29,764-€34,674-€17,637-€9,525▲ 46.0%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)--€4,867€0€0€0€0€0€0-
Change in cash-€4,192€7,513-€18,715-€26,175-€35,694-€23,337-€25,620▼ 9.8%

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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