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DESIGN SOURCE

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Private limited companyfounded 1996active for 30 yearsTer Varentstraat 9, 2640 Mortsel, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0458.067.949
Summary

DESIGN SOURCE has been active since 1996 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €15,966 and a net result of €5,289. Equity remains stable across the filed financial years (±2.1% per year). Its solvency ranks better than 69% of 8,549 sector peers (NACE 73, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.2% (very low).

Financials · financial year 2025, micro format

Equity
€15,966▲ 49.5%
2024 · €10,677
Total assets
€21,788▲ 33.8%
2024 · €16,289
Net result
€5,289▲ 104%
2024 · €2,588
Working capital
€15,686▲ 54.5%
2024 · €10,155
Trend over the years

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

After the dip in 2023 the operating result has climbed two years in a row; 2025 is 110% above 2024 and is the highest result in the available series.

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

Operating result€5,669 2025 Net result€5,289 2025

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

Sector: the middle half of NACE 73, Advertising, market research and public relations 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
Operating result-€8,552--€13,940▼ 63.0%-€827▲ 94.1%-€1,670▼ 102%€3,205€1,402▼ 56.3%€2,699▲ 92.5%€5,669▲ 110%
Net result-€9,889--€14,047▼ 42.0%-€1,905below the sector's middle half▲ 86.4%-€2,348below the sector's middle half▼ 23.2%€2,226within the sector's middle half€572within the sector's middle half▼ 74.3%€2,588within the sector's middle half▲ 353%€5,289within the sector's middle half▲ 104%
Equity€23,592-€9,545▼ 59.5%€7,640below the sector's middle half▼ 20.0%€5,291below the sector's middle half▼ 30.7%€7,517below the sector's middle half▲ 42.1%€8,089below the sector's middle half▲ 7.6%€10,677below the sector's middle half▲ 32.0%€15,966within the sector's middle half▲ 49.5%
Total assets€27,439-€12,983▼ 52.7%€13,696below the sector's middle half▲ 5.5%€12,851below the sector's middle half▼ 6.2%€12,788below the sector's middle half▼ 0.5%€14,182below the sector's middle half▲ 10.9%€16,289below the sector's middle half▲ 14.9%€21,788below the sector's middle half▲ 33.8%
Debt€3,847-€3,438▼ 10.6%€6,056▲ 76.2%€7,559▲ 24.8%€5,271▼ 30.3%€6,094▲ 15.6%€5,612▼ 7.9%€5,823▲ 3.7%
Working capital€21,760-€8,504▼ 60.9%€7,390within the sector's middle half▼ 13.1%€5,041within the sector's middle half▼ 31.8%€3,362within the sector's middle half▼ 33.3%€5,751within the sector's middle half▲ 71.0%€10,155within the sector's middle half▲ 76.6%€15,686within the sector's middle half▲ 54.5%
Solvency86.0%-73.5%▼ 12.5pp55.8%within the sector's middle half▼ 17.7pp41.2%within the sector's middle half▼ 14.6pp58.8%within the sector's middle half▲ 17.6pp57.0%within the sector's middle half▼ 1.7pp65.5%within the sector's middle half▲ 8.5pp73.3%within the sector's middle half▲ 7.7pp
Current ratio6.66-3.47▼ 3.182.22within the sector's middle half▼ 1.251.67within the sector's middle half▼ 0.551.64within the sector's middle half▼ 0.031.94within the sector's middle half▲ 0.312.81within the sector's middle half▲ 0.873.69within the sector's middle half▲ 0.88
Return on assets (ROA)-36.0%--108.2%▼ 72.2pp-13.9%below the sector's middle half▲ 94.3pp-18.3%below the sector's middle half▼ 4.4pp17.4%within the sector's middle half▲ 35.7pp4.0%within the sector's middle half▼ 13.4pp15.9%within the sector's middle half▲ 11.9pp24.3%within the sector's middle half▲ 8.4pp
above within below the middle half of NACE 73, Advertising, market research and public relations 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.
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the micro format does not require them.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €21,788
Fixed assets €280 ▼ 46.4%
Current assets €21,509 ▲ 36.4%
Equity and liabilities €21,788
Equity €15,966 ▲ 49.5%
Debt €5,823 ▲ 3.7%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total falls from 34.5% to 26.7%. Equity and debt are higher.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
€5,911▲
2024 · €4,515
Cash flow
€5,531▲
2024 · €4,404
Debt to equity
0.36▼
2024 · 0.53
ROE
33.1%▲
2024 · 24.2%
Interest coverage
5.87▼
2024 · 6.61
Debt ≤ 1 year
€5,823▲
2024 · €5,612
Income taxes
€141▲
2024 · €140
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.

Peer companies

Historical observation

Of the 31,372 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 0.5% went bankrupt within 24 months and 93% are still going.

  • Micro
  • 20 years or older
  • solvency 30% or more
  • a profit of 5% of the balance sheet or more
0.5% went bankrupt
5.9% stopped otherwise
93% 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 0.2% 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 497,472 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 31,372 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 · 40 lines
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€16,289€21,788▲
Fixed assets21/28€522€280▼
Tangible fixed assets22/27€272€30▼
Furniture and vehicles24€272€30▼
Financial fixed assets28€250€250=
Current assets29/58€15,767€21,509▲
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€13,652€17,871▲
Trade receivables40€2,320€3,951▲
Other amounts receivable41€11,332€13,920▲
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€2,115€3,638▲
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€16,289€21,788▲
Equity10/15€10,677€15,966▲
Contributions10/11€6,200€6,200=
Reserves13€19,432€19,432=
Non-distributable reserves130/1€1,859€0▼
Reserves not available under the articles1311€1,859€0▼
Distributable reserves133€17,573€19,432▲
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€14,955-€9,667▲
Amounts payable17/49€5,612€5,823▲
Amounts payable within one year42/48€5,612€5,823▲
Financial debts43€986€1,830▲
Credit institutions430/8€986€1,830▲
Trade debts44€4,276€3,169▼
Suppliers440/4€4,276€3,169▼
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€350€823▲
Taxes450/3€350€823▲
Income statement Code20242025
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€1,816€242▼
Other operating charges640/8€1,253€1,359▲
Gross operating margin9900€5,768€7,270▲
Operating profit (loss)9901€2,699€5,669▲
Financial income75/76B€712€769▲
Recurring financial income75€712€769▲
Financial charges65/66B€683€1,008▲
Recurring financial charges65€683€1,008▲
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€2,727€5,430▲
Income taxes67/77€140€141▲
Profit (loss) for the period9904€2,588€5,289▲
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€2,588€5,289▲
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906-€14,955-€9,667▲
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P-€17,543-€14,955▲

The notes to these accounts (11 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€791€791€791€0€1,643€1,816€1,816€242▼ 86.7%
Other operating charges640/8---€752€758€505€1,253€1,359▲ 8.5%
Gross operating margin9900-€7,027-€12,407€713-€919€5,607€3,723€5,768€7,270▲ 26.0%
Operating profit (loss)9901-€8,552-€13,940-€827-€1,670€3,205€1,402€2,699€5,669▲ 110%
Financial income75/76B---€595€318€492€712€769▲ 7.9%
Recurring financial income75-€1,467€156€595€318€492€712€769▲ 7.9%
Financial charges65/66B---€1,156€1,178€1,190€683€1,008▲ 47.5%
Recurring financial charges65€1,463€1,204€1,117€1,156€1,178€1,190€683€1,008▲ 47.5%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903-€9,887-€13,676-€1,788-€2,231€2,345€703€2,727€5,430▲ 99.1%
Income taxes67/77€2€371€118€117€120€132€140€141▲ 1.0%
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€9,889-€14,047-€1,905-€2,348€2,226€572€2,588€5,289▲ 104%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905-€9,889-€14,047-€1,905-€2,348€2,226€572€2,588€5,289▲ 104%
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€27,439€12,983€13,696€12,851€12,788€14,182€16,289€21,788▲ 33.8%
Fixed assets21/28€1,831€1,041€250€250€4,155€2,338€522€280▼ 46.4%
Tangible fixed assets22/27€1,581€791€0-€3,905€2,088€272€30▼ 89.1%
Furniture and vehicles24----€3,905€2,088€272€30▼ 89.1%
Financial fixed assets28€250€250€250€250€250€250€250€250=
Current assets29/58€25,608€11,942€13,446€12,601€8,633€11,844€15,767€21,509▲ 36.4%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€25,094€10,475€13,295€11,779€7,484€10,439€13,652€17,871▲ 30.9%
Trade receivables40---€4,498€5,823€3,345€2,320€3,951▲ 70.3%
Other amounts receivable41---€7,282€1,660€7,094€11,332€13,920▲ 22.8%
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1---€821€1,149€1,405€2,115€3,638▲ 72.0%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€27,439€12,983€13,696€12,851€12,788€14,182€16,289€21,788▲ 33.8%
Equity10/15€23,592€9,545€7,640€5,291€7,517€8,089€10,677€15,966▲ 49.5%
Contributions10/11€6,200€6,200-€6,200€6,200€6,200€6,200€6,200=
Reserves13€19,432€19,432€19,432€19,432€19,432€19,432€19,432€19,432=
Non-distributable reserves130/1---€1,859€1,859€1,859€1,859€0▼ 100%
Reserves not available under the articles1311---€1,859€1,859€1,859€1,859€0▼ 100%
Distributable reserves133---€17,573€17,573€17,573€17,573€19,432▲ 10.6%
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€2,040-€16,087-€17,993-€20,341-€18,115-€17,543-€14,955-€9,667▲ 35.4%
Amounts payable17/49€3,847€3,438€6,056€7,559€5,271€6,094€5,612€5,823▲ 3.7%
Amounts payable within one year42/48€3,847€3,438€6,056€7,559€5,271€6,094€5,612€5,823▲ 3.7%
Financial debts43---€3,172€3,034€3,523€986€1,830▲ 85.6%
Credit institutions430/8---€3,172€3,034€3,523€986€1,830▲ 85.6%
Trade debts44€956€1,298€1,486€1,961€1,751€2,319€4,276€3,169▼ 25.9%
Suppliers440/4---€1,961€1,751€2,319€4,276€3,169▼ 25.9%
Taxes, remuneration and social security45---€2,427€487€251€350€823▲ 135%
Taxes450/3---€2,427€487€251€350€823▲ 135%
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€9,889-€14,047-€1,905-€2,348€2,226€572€2,588€5,289▲ 104%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€791€791€791€0€1,643€1,816€1,816€242▼ 86.7%
Operating cash flow (approximation)-€9,098-€13,256-€1,115-€2,348€3,869€2,388€4,404€5,531▲ 25.6%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)-€0€0€0-€5,548€0€0€0-

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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