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Countdown to Zero

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Private limited companyfounded 2011active for 15 yearsBredabaan 569, 2930 Brasschaat, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0834.320.655
Summary

Countdown to Zero has been active since 2011 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €17,268 and a net result of €9,692. The figures fluctuate too strongly year-on-year for a reliable trend projection. Its solvency ranks better than 15% of 11,752 sector peers (NACE 71, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.4% (very low).

Overview

Activity
Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors
NACE 71121
1 site
Size
≈ €99,000turnover 2025, estimated
Equity
€17,268
Profit
€9,692
Turnover estimated from the gross margin
Financial health
86 Excellent Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
0.4%
Structure
2025 accounts 38 days early1 of 6 deeds summarised
Why 86raises riskLiquidity: current ratio 43.93lowers riskSize: total assets €162,718Sector: Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis (NACE 71)Founded in 2011Show the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
86 / 100
Excellent
Probability in this band: under 0.55%
Financially better than 62% of its sector peers (NACE 71, micro)
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Strong
Solvency 36+6
equity 10.6% of total assets
Liquidity 100+50
short-term debt 2.0%
Profitability 76+15
return on assets 6.0%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.4% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

About 4 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 0.1% (14,823 companies, NACE 71, micro)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 0.8% 12-2024: 0.8%● unchanged vs 11-2024 01-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 12-2024 02-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 01-2025 03-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 02-2025 04-2025: 1.1%▲ +0.3 percentage points vs 03-2025highest value 05-2025: 1.1%● unchanged vs 04-2025highest value 06-2025: 1.1%● unchanged vs 05-2025highest value 07-2025: 1.1%● unchanged vs 06-2025highest value 08-2025: 1.1%● unchanged vs 07-2025highest value 09-2025: 1.1%● unchanged vs 08-2025highest value 10-2025: 1.1%● unchanged vs 09-2025highest value 11-2025: 1.1%● unchanged vs 10-2025highest value 12-2025: 1.1%● unchanged vs 11-2025highest value 01-2026: 1.1%● unchanged vs 12-2025highest value 02-2026: 1.1%● unchanged vs 01-2026 03-2026: 0.5%▼ -0.6 percentage points vs 02-2026 04-2026: 0.4%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 03-2026 05-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 04-2026 06-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 05-2026 07-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 06-2026 08-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 07-2026 09-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 08-2026 10-2026: 0.4%● unchanged vs 09-2026lowest value
Credit of up to €1,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 43.93, compared with 18.16 in 2024, above the usual 1.5; short-term debt: 2% of total assets), but 89.4% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
How it is calculated

The band follows from the bankruptcy probability, on a scale where 10 more points roughly halve it:

75-100 Excellent under 0.55%
60-74 Healthy 0.55% to 1.5%
45-59 Fair 1.5% to 4.2%
25-44 Weak 4.2% to 15.0%
0-24 Critical over 15.0%

Where the company stands within its band depends half on the bankruptcy probability and half on how it does against its sector peers (NACE 71, micro): better than 16% on solvency, 97% on liquidity, 42% on profitability and 93% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 30-10-2026 by the bankruptcy model of 2 October 2026, which learns from Belgian bankruptcies and reads the registers, the annual accounts and the Belgian Official Gazette.

Some facts cap the score, however low the probability. Negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special status in the KBO, one missing filing or accounts filed more than 90 days late hold it at Fair at most (59); two missing filings, at Weak (44). An ongoing judicial reorganisation or the company's end (bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation) holds it at Critical at most (24).

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Signals

Six signals.
lowers riskraises riskneutral
raises risk · Liquidity: current ratio 43.93
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Size: total assets €162,718
Companies of this size fail less often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Sector: Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis (NACE 71)
KBO
lowers risk · Founded in 2011
Companies that have existed this long fail less often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
KBO
raises risk · Weak solvency vs sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 15% of 11752 sector peers (2025).
NBB · sector comparison
Position among 11752 sector peers
Solvency
better than 15%
← weakest strongest →
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 30-09-2025 was due by 30-04-2026 and was filed on 23-03-2026, 38 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
38 days early
2024
36 days early
2023
39 days early
2022
37 days early
2021
38 days early
2020
42 days early
2019
62 days early
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 7 accounts on average 42 days before the deadline; the sector median (NACE 71) for financial year 2024 is 8 days before the deadline, and 34% of those companies filed late.

Searched, nothing found (2)
neutral · Next filing not due yet
The financial year that closed on 30-09-2026 is due by 30-04-2027. Nothing is late today. The company usually files around 23 March (5 of the last 5 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
30-09-2026 year end31-10-2026 today30-04-2027 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
Searched since 2021.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2025 · micro…
  2. Back to profitnet €9,692
  3. Liquidity more than doubledcurrent ratio 43.93

Financials · financial year 2025, micro format

Turnover
≈ €99,000
Estimated: probably between €60,000 and €230,000
Total assets
€162,718▲ 4.8%
2024 · €155,323
Net result
€9,692
2024 · -€9,408
Working capital
€136,829▲ 17.2%
2024 · €116,734
Trend over the years

2021 to 2025, 5 financial years 2019 to 2025, 7 financial years

The operating result returns to profit in 2025: €10,036 after a loss of €9,186 in 2024.

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

Operating result€10,036 2025 Net result€9,692 2025

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

Sector: the middle half of NACE 71, Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis: 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
Line2019202020212022202320242025
Operating result-€4,371--€6,874▼ 57.3%-€4,739▲ 31.1%€28,027-€16,535-€9,186▲ 44.4%€10,036
Net result-€4,397--€6,952below the sector's middle half▼ 58.1%-€5,049below the sector's middle half▲ 27.4%€26,932within the sector's middle half-€4,978below the sector's middle half-€9,408below the sector's middle half▼ 89.0%€9,692within the sector's middle half
Equity€7,032-€79below the sector's middle half▼ 98.9%-€4,969below the sector's middle half€21,962below the sector's middle half€16,984below the sector's middle half▼ 22.7%€7,576below the sector's middle half▼ 55.4%€17,268below the sector's middle half▲ 128%
Total assets€16,824-€5,504below the sector's middle half▼ 67.3%€102,316within the sector's middle half▲ 19×€129,264within the sector's middle half▲ 26.3%€114,028within the sector's middle half▼ 11.8%€155,323within the sector's middle half▲ 36.2%€162,718within the sector's middle half▲ 4.8%
Debt€9,793-€5,425▼ 44.6%€107,286▲ 20×€107,302=€97,043▼ 9.6%€147,747▲ 52.2%€145,450▼ 1.6%
Working capital€7,032-€79below the sector's middle half▼ 98.9%-€39,586below the sector's middle half€821below the sector's middle half€59,883within the sector's middle half▲ 73×€116,734above the sector's middle half▲ 94.9%€136,829above the sector's middle half▲ 17.2%
Solvency41.8%-1.4%below the sector's middle half▼ 40.4pp-4.9%below the sector's middle half▼ 6.3pp17.0%below the sector's middle half▲ 21.8pp14.9%below the sector's middle half▼ 2.1pp4.9%below the sector's middle half▼ 10.0pp10.6%below the sector's middle half▲ 5.7pp
Current ratio1.72-1.01below the sector's middle half▼ 0.700.63below the sector's middle half▼ 0.381.01below the sector's middle half▲ 0.388.45above the sector's middle half▲ 7.4418.16above the sector's middle half▲ 9.7243.93above the sector's middle half▲ 25.76
Return on assets (ROA)-26.1%--126.3%below the sector's middle half▼ 100.2pp-4.9%below the sector's middle half▲ 121.4pp20.8%within the sector's middle half▲ 25.8pp-4.4%below the sector's middle half▼ 25.2pp-6.1%below the sector's middle half▼ 1.7pp6.0%within the sector's middle half▲ 12.0pp
above within below the middle half of NACE 71, Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis: 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.
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the micro format does not require them. The turnover shown is an estimate from the gross margin.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €162,718
Fixed assets €22,701 ▼ 28.6%
Current assets €140,017 ▲ 13.3%
Equity and liabilities €162,718
Equity €17,268 ▲ 128%
Debt €145,450 ▼ 1.6%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total falls from 95.1% to 89.4%. Equity is higher and debt is lower.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
€19,123▲
2024 · €5,128
Cash flow
€18,779▲
2024 · €4,906
Debt to equity
8.42▼
2024 · 19.50
ROE
56.1%▲
2024 · -124.2%
Interest coverage
55.51▲
2024 · 23.10
Debt ≤ 1 year
€3,187▼
2024 · €6,801
Debt > 1 year
€142,262▲
2024 · €140,946
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.

Peer companies

Historical observation

Of the 5,053 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 1.6% went bankrupt within 24 months and 95.9% are still going.

  • Micro
  • 10 to 20 years old
  • solvency 10 to 30%
  • a profit of 5% of the balance sheet or more
1.6% went bankrupt
2.4% stopped otherwise
95.9% still going

A further 0.1% stopped, but we cannot tell whether within those 24 months.

For this company itself Checked computes a bankruptcy probability of 0.4% 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 497,445 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% 0.9%
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 5,053 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 · 36 lines
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€155,323€162,718▲
Fixed assets21/28€31,788€22,701▼
Intangible fixed assets21€31,788€22,701▼
Current assets29/58€123,536€140,017▲
Amounts receivable after more than one year29-€92,500
Other amounts receivable291-€92,500
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€123,491€47,517▼
Other amounts receivable41€123,491€47,517▼
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€44-
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€155,323€162,718▲
Equity10/15€7,576€17,268▲
Contributions10/11€18,841€18,841=
Reserves13€3,121€3,121=
Distributable reserves133€3,121€3,121=
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€14,386-€4,694▲
Amounts payable17/49€147,747€145,450▼
Amounts payable after more than one year17€140,946€142,262▲
Financial debts170/4€140,946€142,262▲
Amounts payable within one year42/48€6,801€3,187▼
Financial debts43-€55
Credit institutions430/8-€55
Trade debts44€6,801€2,520▼
Suppliers440/4€6,801€2,520▼
Taxes, remuneration and social security45-€613
Taxes450/3-€613
Income statement Code20242025
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€14,314€9,087▼
Other operating charges640/8€347-
Gross operating margin9900€5,475€19,123▲
Operating profit (loss)9901-€9,186€10,036▲
Financial charges65/66B€222€345▲
Recurring financial charges65€222€345▲
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903-€9,408€9,692▲
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€9,408€9,692▲
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905-€9,408€9,692▲
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906-€14,386-€4,694▲
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P-€4,978-€14,386▼

The notes to these accounts (5 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Line2019202020212022202320242025Change
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630--€10,164€15,391€20,040€14,314€9,087▼ 36.5%
Other operating charges640/8---€60-€347--
Gross operating margin9900-€4,238-€6,195€5,424€43,478€3,505€5,475€19,123▲ 249%
Operating profit (loss)9901-€4,371-€6,874-€4,739€28,027-€16,535-€9,186€10,036-
Financial income75/76B----€12,061---
Recurring financial income75€10€1--€12,061---
Financial charges65/66B---€496€503€222€345▲ 55.2%
Recurring financial charges65€36€79€310€496€503€222€345▲ 55.2%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903-€4,397-€6,952-€5,049€27,531-€4,978-€9,408€9,692-
Income taxes67/77-€0-€599----
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€4,397-€6,952-€5,049€26,932-€4,978-€9,408€9,692-
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905-€4,397-€6,952-€5,049€26,932-€4,978-€9,408€9,692-
Line2019202020212022202320242025Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€16,824€5,504€102,316€129,264€114,028€155,323€162,718▲ 4.8%
Fixed assets21/28--€34,617€21,142€46,102€31,788€22,701▼ 28.6%
Intangible fixed assets21--€34,617€21,142€46,102€31,788€22,701▼ 28.6%
Current assets29/58€16,824€5,504€67,700€108,123€67,926€123,536€140,017▲ 13.3%
Amounts receivable after more than one year29------€92,500-
Other amounts receivable291------€92,500-
Amounts receivable within one year40/41-€1,258€66,432€105,142€67,622€123,491€47,517▼ 61.5%
Trade receivables40---€54,450€1,997---
Other amounts receivable41---€50,692€65,626€123,491€47,517▼ 61.5%
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€16,824€4,247€1,268€2,981€303€44--
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€16,824€5,504€102,316€129,264€114,028€155,323€162,718▲ 4.8%
Equity10/15€7,032€79-€4,969€21,962€16,984€7,576€17,268▲ 128%
Contributions10/11€18,600--€18,841€18,841€18,841€18,841=
Reserves13€241--€3,121€3,121€3,121€3,121=
Distributable reserves133---€3,121€3,121€3,121€3,121=
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€11,810-€18,762-€23,811--€4,978-€14,386-€4,694▲ 67.4%
Amounts payable17/49€9,793€5,425€107,286€107,302€97,043€147,747€145,450▼ 1.6%
Amounts payable after more than one year17----€89,000€140,946€142,262▲ 0.9%
Financial debts170/4----€89,000€140,946€142,262▲ 0.9%
Amounts payable within one year42/48€9,793€5,425€107,286€107,302€8,043€6,801€3,187▼ 53.1%
Financial debts43------€55-
Credit institutions430/8------€55-
Trade debts44€547€5,425€7,286€6,703€8,007€6,801€2,520▼ 62.9%
Suppliers440/4---€6,703€8,007€6,801€2,520▼ 62.9%
Taxes, remuneration and social security45---€599--€613-
Taxes450/3---€599--€613-
Other amounts payable47/48---€100,000€36---
Line2019202020212022202320242025Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€4,397-€6,952-€5,049€26,932-€4,978-€9,408€9,692-
+ Depreciation and write-downs630--€10,164€15,391€20,040€14,314€9,087▼ 36.5%
Operating cash flow (approximation)-€4,397-€6,952€5,115€42,323€15,062€4,906€18,779▲ 283%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)----€1,917-€45,000€0€0-
Change in cash--€12,577-€2,979€1,713-€2,677-€259--

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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Latest 10 of 14 filings with the National Bank
Financial year Type Filed Reference
30-09-2025 micro format 23-03-2026 2026-00059173
30-09-2024 micro format 25-03-2025 2025-00055258
30-09-2023 micro format 22-03-2024 2024-00048987
30-09-2022 micro format 24-03-2023 2023-00046115
30-09-2021 micro format 23-03-2022 2022-08700115
30-09-2020 micro format 19-03-2021 2021-08000387
30-09-2019 micro format 28-02-2020 2020-05800269
30-09-2018 micro format 25-03-2019 2019-07600517
30-09-2017 micro format 21-12-2017 2017-72400283
30-09-2016 abbreviated format 19-12-2016 2016-70300281

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Similar companies · same sector, comparable size

Of the 11,533 active companies whose main activity is engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors (NACE 71121), figures are known for 6,795. 3,945 are within a factor 10 of this equity. These 5 are the closest to it. See the whole sector

Public contracts: No European public contracts awarded found since October 2016. Contracts below the EU thresholds are not in TED.

Directors

Directors
No directors read yet: 1 of 6 Gazette acts processed. See the directors and other office holders in the KBO →

Owners and capital

Owners

No owners or capital events in the accounts and acts we read.

History

On 7 March 2011, Countdown to Zero was incorporated.1 In 2024 the registered office moved to Brasschaat.2 Total assets went from €16,824 in 2019 to €162,718 in 2025.3

  1. 1KBO register
  2. 2Belgian Official Gazette, 01-02-2024
  3. 3National Bank, annual accounts 2019 and 2025

Acts, filings and financial milestones

Next filing, financial year 2026, expected by 30-04-2027
2026
23-03
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2025 · micro format
2025
30-09
Financial Back to profitnet €9,692
Net result €9,692 after 2 loss-making years.
30-09
Financial Liquidity more than doubledcurrent ratio 43.93
Current ratio from 18.16 to 43.93; short-term debt falls from €6,801 to €3,187.
25-03
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2024 · micro format
2024
30-09
Financial Weakest financial yearnet -€9,408
Net result drops to -€9,408, the lowest in the series; recovery starts the following year.
30-09
Financial Liquidity more than doubledcurrent ratio 18.16
Current ratio from 8.45 to 18.16; short-term debt falls from €8,043 to €6,801.
22-03
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2023 · micro format
01-02
Gazette deed Permanent representative: Iris Carsau
Registered-office move3 facts ▸
  • General meeting, 12-10-2023
  • Registered-office move, Bredabaan 569,2930 Brasschaat
  • Permanent representative, Iris Carsau
2023
30-09
Financial Liquidity more than 8 timescurrent ratio 8.45
Current ratio from 1.01 to 8.45; short-term debt falls from €107,302 to €8,043.
24-03
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2022 · micro format
2022
30-09
Financial Back to profitnet €26,932
Net result €26,932 after 3 loss-making years.
23-03
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2021 · micro format
Show earlier events
2021
19-03
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2020 · micro format
2020
28-02
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2019 · micro format
2019
25-03
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2018 · micro format
2017
21-12
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2017 · micro format
2016
19-12
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2016 · abbreviated format
Financial milestoneGazette deedNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the financial year-end date, not the filing date.Of the 14 annual accounts filed, the latest 10 are here; all 14 are under Financials.
1 of 6 deeds read
About the unread acts

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Register details

Identification
Legal formPrivate limited company
Founded07-03-2011
Financial year end30-09
Abbreviation NL CTZ
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
71121Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors
68121Development of residential building projects
E-invoicing
Reachable via Peppol
Peppol ID 0208:0834320655
Also 9925:BE0834320655
Registered 29-09-2025

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Register as of 31 October 2026 · Peppol Directory

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Sites & property

Location & real-estate footprint
Registered office, Brasschaat · 1 establishment unit since 2011
registered office establishment The establishment unit on the map
Ground area
264 m²
Building footprint
85 m²
Building volume
506 m³
Parcel 11324D0158/00T002, Flanders · tallest building 9.0 m. Linked by address, not a title deed.
5 companies at this address See who is registered here
1 establishment unit
Bredabaan 569, 2930 Brasschaat
Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors
since 2011unit no. 2.197.848.368
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Cadastral parcel Region Area Buildings Height / floors
11324D0158/00T002 Flanders 264 m² 1 · 85 m² 9.0 m · 2
How the parcels are linked
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The parcel matches the address exactly.