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DEN BENGEL

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Private limited company (pre-2019)founded 201412 yrs activeGrote Markt 5, 2000 Antwerpen, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0561.902.093
Summary

The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of DEN BENGEL is 4.7% (elevated). The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €122k and a net result of €142k. Equity is growing by ~19.8% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 58% of 18941 sector peers (fiscal year 2024). The company has been active since 2014 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency signals. The CBE does carry 1 administrative register entry (see administrative flags).

Checked score

Score 2024
53 / 100
Fair
The score weighs solvency, liquidity and profitability. Bankruptcy probability contributes 35%. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2023
Profitability100▲+36
Solvency63▲+46
Growth78=
Track record92
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
4.7% Elevated
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €6k at 30 days only on tighter terms
Liquidity tight (current ratio 1.41 against 0.79 in 2023; short-term debt: 61.9% and cash: 2% of total assets), and 61.9% of the assets are financed with debt.
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Signals

Six signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
lowers risk+raises risk
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 56
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Sector 56
higher
← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →
raises risk · Recent warning signals
The last 24 months brought warning signals in the Staatsblad or the KBO, and those often pile up before a bankruptcy.
Belgian State Gazette
raises risk · Ex-officio strike-off
The KBO struck this company off ex officio, which points to unmet obligations and often precedes a bankruptcy.
KBO publications
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 12 years 0 20 y
raises risk · Filed more than 90 days late
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 05-05-2026, 278 days past the deadline. Measured on financial year 2023: companies more than 90 days late are in an abnormal legal state today in 5.61% of cases, against 1.66% across all filers.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not confirmed
2024
278 d late
2023
643 d late
2022
1009 d late
2021
1374 d late
2020
180 d late
2019
88 d late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
raises risk · Administrative warnings in the KBO publications
1 publication by the FPS Economy about this company, such as a strike-off for address, accounts or UBO, or its withdrawal.
KBO publications
Publications
Late accounts filing

Financials · fiscal year 2024, micro schema

Equity
€122k
2023 · €-20k
2018: €-33k 2019: €-57k 2020: €-70k 2021: €-90k 2022: €-47k 2023: €-20k
2018 → 2024
Total assets
€321k▲ 24.6%
2023 · €258k
2018: €347k 2019: €155k 2020: €117k 2021: €122k 2022: €539k 2023: €258k
2018 → 2024
Net result
€142k▲ 413%
2023 · €28k
2018: €18k 2019: €-24k 2020: €-13k 2021: €-20k 2022: €43k 2023: €28k
2018 → 2024
Working capital
€81k
2023 · €-59k
2018: €-110k 2019: €-137k 2020: €-119k 2021: €-125k 2022: €-80k 2023: €-59k
2018 → 2024
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20202021202220232024Trend
Equity€-70k-€-90k▼ 29.0%€-47k▲ 47.4%€-20k▲ 58.5%€122k
Operating result€-12k-€-20k▼ 60.3%€43k€28k▼ 35.1%€153k▲ 453%
Net result€-13k-€-20k▼ 53.8%€43k€28k▼ 35.1%€142k▲ 413%
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the micro schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€-50k€0€50k€100k€150kOperating result 2020: €-12k€-12kNet result 2020: €-13k€-13kOperating result 2021: €-20k€-20kNet result 2021: €-20k€-20kOperating result 2022: €43k€43kNet result 2022: €43k€43kOperating result 2023: €28k€28kNet result 2023: €28k€28kOperating result 2024: €153k€153kNet result 2024: €142k€142k20202021202220232024€0€50k€100k€150kOperating result 2022: €43k€43kNet result 2022: €43k€43kOperating result 2023: €28k€28kNet result 2023: €28k€28kOperating result 2024: €153k€153kNet result 2024: €142k€142k202220232024
The operating result recovers in 2024; 2024 is 453% above 2023 and is the highest result in the available series.
Balance-sheet composition
2024 in colour, 2023 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €321k
Fixed assets €41k ▲ 5.9%
Current assets €280k ▲ 27.9%
Equity and liabilities €321k
Equity €122k
Debt €199k
Debt finances 61.9% of the balance-sheet total.
Key figures and ratios
2024 value · change against 2023
EBITDA
€157k
2023 · €31k
Cash flow
€146k
2023 · €31k
Current ratio
1.41
2023 · 0.79
Debt to equity
1.62
2023 · -14.11
ROE
116.1%
ROA
44.2%
2023 · 10.7%
Interest coverage
998.19
Debt ≤ 1 year
€199k
2023 · €278k
Income taxes
€11k
Staff costs
€114k
2023 · €100k
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2024 against 2023 · 40 lines
Balance sheet Code20232024
Assets
Total assets20/58€258k€321k
Fixed assets21/28€39k€41k
Tangible fixed assets22/27€9k€11k
Plant, machinery and equipment23€9k€11k
Financial fixed assets28€30k€30k=
Current assets29/58€219k€280k
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€45k€259k
Trade receivables40€29k€243k
Other amounts receivable41€16k€16k=
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€163k€7k
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€10k€14k
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€258k€321k
Equity10/15€-20k€122k
Contributions10/11€60k€60k=
Profit (loss) carried forward14€-80k€62k
Amounts payable17/49€278k€199k
Amounts payable within one year42/48€278k€199k
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€9k€9k=
Financial debts43€2k€2k=
Credit institutions430/8€2k€2k=
Trade debts44€30k€36k
Suppliers440/4€30k€36k
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€152k€44k
Taxes450/3€103k€28k
Remuneration and social security454/9€48k€17k
Other amounts payable47/48€85k€107k
Income statement Code20232024
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€100k€114k
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€3k€4k
Provisions for liabilities and charges: additions (uses and reversals)635/8-€705
Other operating charges640/8€5k€3k
Gross operating margin9900€136k€275k
Operating profit (loss)9901€28k€153k
Financial charges65/66B-€157
Recurring financial charges65-€157
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€28k€153k
Income taxes67/77-€11k
Profit (loss) for the period9904€28k€142k
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€28k€142k
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€-80k€62k
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P€-107k€-80k

The notes to these accounts (8 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

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Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones

2026
05-05
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · micro schema · 278 days late
05-05
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · micro schema · 643 days late
05-05
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · micro schema · 1009 days late
05-05
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · micro schema · 1374 days late
2025
08-09
KBO administration Late accounts filing
2024
31-12
Financial Highest result since 2018net €142k ▲413%
Operating result €153k, net result €142k, both a record.
31-12
Financial Equity above €100kEq €122k
3 profitable years in a row build equity to €122k.
2022
31-12
Financial Back to profitnet €43k
Net result €43k after 3 loss-making years.
27-01
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · micro schema · 180 days late
2020
30-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · micro schema · 457 days late
30-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · micro schema · 822 days late
27-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · micro schema · 88 days late
Show earlier events
2019
31-12
Financial Weakest financial yearnet €-24k ▼228%
Net result drops to €-24k, the lowest in the series; recovery starts the following year.
2017
03-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · micro schema · 3 days late
2016
29-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · abbreviated schema
SignalFinancial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.

Directors · office · real estate

Directors
1 act for this company is 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, Antwerpen · 1 establishment unit since 2014
establishment The establishment unit on the map
Cannot be placed on the map

This address could not be matched to a point in the Belgian address register (BOSA BEST). The address below comes straight from the Crossroads Bank.

Grote Markt 52000 Antwerpen
Ground area
145 m²
Building footprint
145 m²
Volume, LiDAR
2,243 m³
Parcel 11002A1369/00A000, Flanders · tallest building 22.0 m, ±6 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
Den Bengel
Grote Markt 5, 2000 AntwerpenFood and beverage service activities
since 20142.235.075.582
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
11002A1369/00A000
ProtectedMonumentAmbachtshuis de Mouwe: voorgevel en dakenSource ↗
Flanders 145 m² 1 · 145 m² 22.0 m · 6 fl.
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Methodology
via registered seat: 1
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 (source: regional heritage registers, Onroerend Erfgoed / patrimoine.brussels).

Public money · subsidies and aid

Flemish government

2022 · 1 entry · 2,000 EUR awarded · 2,000 EUR paid
Year Entries awardedpaid
2022 1 2,000 EUR2,000 EUR
Schemes
Hinderpremie bij openbare werken
1 entry · 2,000 EUR · 2,000 EUR paid · Fonds voor Innoveren en Ondernemen

Recognitions · licences · registrations

Food safety, FASFC

1 site
Antwerpen2.235.075.582
1 permission
Drankgelegenheid · since 25-03-2015

Similar companies · same sector, comparable size

Of 14,018 companies in sector 56301 we hold annual accounts for 4,891. 3,540 are within a factor 10 of this equity. The 5 above are the closest to it. See the whole sector

Company data · Crossroads Bank

Identification
Legal formPrivate limited company (pre-2019)
Founded04-09-2014
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
56301Cafés and bars
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 10 filingsAddress and cadastre registers

Scores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.