DIFFERENCE
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DIFFERENCE has been active since 1986 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €341,711 and a net result of €62,451. Equity remains stable across the filed fiscal years (±2.2% per year). Its solvency ranks better than 91% of 9629 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is < 0.1% (very low).
Financials · fiscal year 2025, abbreviated schema
2021 to 2025, 5 fiscal years 2018 to 2025, 8 fiscal years
The operating result recovers in 2025; 2025 is 12% above 2024.
What the company sold each fiscal year and what was left of it. A loss stands below the zero line.
What the company owns (total assets), how much of it is its own (equity) and how much it owes.
Short-term assets minus short-term debts. Above zero the company can pay its bills in the short term.
How much of each euro of turnover is left from operations (EBIT margin) and what the assets earn (return on assets).
The share of the company financed with its own means. The higher it is, the better it absorbs a shock.
Short-term assets per euro of short-term debt. Above 1 the short-term debts are covered.
Point at or tap a year, or use the arrow keys on the chart, for the exact figures; the table below gives them all.Sector: the middle half (P25 to P75) of NACE 46, Wholesale trade, each year against the same schema; no band under 30 filings. Dashed line: the median. Available for Net result, Equity, Total assets, Working capital, Solvency, Current ratio, Return on assets (ROA).
Peer companies
Historical observationOf 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
A further 0.1% stopped, but we cannot tell whether within those 24 months.
For this company itself Checked computes a bankruptcy probability of < 0.1% 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 497,471 companies of July 2024 its group's bankruptcy share. Expected: 1.6%; actually bankrupt within 24 months: 1.7%.
| 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.
| Line | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other operating charges640/8 | - | - | - | €403 | €448 | €484 | €487 | €500 | ▲ 2.5% |
| Gross operating margin9900 | €183,542 | €64,176 | €47,803 | €82,436 | €99,463 | €107,222 | €82,448 | €92,143 | ▲ 11.8% |
| Operating profit (loss)9901 | €180,845 | €63,773 | €47,401 | €82,034 | €99,015 | €106,738 | €81,960 | €91,643 | ▲ 11.8% |
| Financial income75/76B | - | - | - | €2,946 | €2,647 | €1,570 | €10 | - | - |
| Recurring financial income75 | - | €1,696 | €2,547 | €2,946 | €2,647 | €1,570 | €10 | - | - |
| Financial charges65/66B | - | - | - | €44 | €39 | €39 | €40 | €49 | ▲ 22.4% |
| Recurring financial charges65 | €36 | €47 | €29 | €44 | €39 | €39 | €40 | €49 | ▲ 22.4% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903 | €180,808 | €65,423 | €49,919 | €84,936 | €101,623 | €108,268 | €81,930 | €91,595 | ▲ 11.8% |
| Income taxes67/77 | €64,875 | €23,362 | €15,819 | €26,879 | €32,256 | €34,447 | €26,063 | €29,144 | ▲ 11.8% |
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €115,933 | €42,061 | €34,100 | €58,057 | €69,367 | €73,821 | €55,868 | €62,451 | ▲ 11.8% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905 | €115,933 | €42,061 | €34,100 | €58,057 | €69,367 | €73,821 | €55,868 | €62,451 | ▲ 11.8% |
| Line | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | |||||||||
| Total assets20/58 | €297,843 | €314,899 | €344,453 | €403,924 | €401,856 | €454,053 | €357,598 | €383,345 | ▲ 7.2% |
| Current assets29/58 | €297,843 | €314,899 | €344,453 | €403,924 | €401,856 | €454,053 | €357,598 | €383,345 | ▲ 7.2% |
| Amounts receivable after more than one year29 | - | - | - | €195,278 | €120,598 | €3,405 | - | - | - |
| Other amounts receivable291 | - | - | - | €195,278 | €120,598 | €3,405 | - | - | - |
| Amounts receivable within one year40/41 | €40,435 | €103,760 | €40,591 | €8,797 | €8,470 | €8,496 | €159,407 | €169,380 | ▲ 6.3% |
| Trade receivables40 | - | - | - | €8,470 | €8,470 | €8,470 | €8,470 | €19,360 | ▲ 129% |
| Other amounts receivable41 | - | - | - | €327 | - | €26 | €150,937 | €150,020 | ▼ 0.6% |
| Cash at bank and in hand54/58 | €157,409 | €93,053 | €101,118 | €192,918 | €263,259 | €442,152 | €198,191 | €213,965 | ▲ 8.0% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income490/1 | - | - | - | €6,932 | €9,528 | - | - | - | - |
| Equity and liabilities | |||||||||
| Total equity and liabilities10/49 | €297,843 | €314,899 | €344,453 | €403,924 | €401,856 | €454,053 | €357,598 | €383,345 | ▲ 7.2% |
| Equity10/15 | €261,987 | €304,048 | €338,147 | €321,204 | €340,571 | €299,392 | €313,260 | €341,711 | ▲ 9.1% |
| Contributions10/11 | €18,592 | €18,592 | - | €18,592 | €18,592 | €18,592 | €18,592 | €18,592 | = |
| Outside capital11 | - | - | - | €18,592 | €18,592 | €18,592 | €18,592 | €18,592 | = |
| Share premium1100/10 | - | - | - | €18,592 | €18,592 | €18,592 | €18,592 | - | - |
| Other1109/19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | €18,592 | - |
| Reserves13 | €241,859 | €283,859 | €317,859 | €301,859 | €320,859 | €279,800 | €293,600 | €322,050 | ▲ 9.7% |
| Non-distributable reserves130/1 | - | - | - | €1,859 | €1,859 | - | - | - | - |
| Reserves not available under the articles1311 | - | - | - | - | €1,859 | - | - | - | - |
| Other1319 | - | - | - | €1,859 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Distributable reserves133 | - | - | - | €300,000 | €319,000 | €279,800 | €293,600 | €322,050 | ▲ 9.7% |
| Profit (loss) carried forward14 | €1,536 | €1,597 | €1,696 | €753 | €1,120 | €1,000 | €1,068 | €1,069 | ▲ 0.1% |
| Amounts payable17/49 | €35,856 | €10,852 | €6,305 | €82,720 | €61,285 | €154,661 | €44,339 | €41,634 | ▼ 6.1% |
| Amounts payable within one year42/48 | €35,302 | €10,547 | €6,050 | €82,413 | €60,921 | €154,347 | €44,023 | €41,567 | ▼ 5.6% |
| Trade debts44 | - | €296 | - | - | - | - | €125 | €538 | ▲ 332% |
| Suppliers440/4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | €125 | €538 | ▲ 332% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security45 | - | - | - | €7,037 | €10,545 | €8,423 | €1,832 | €7,029 | ▲ 284% |
| Taxes450/3 | - | - | - | €7,037 | €10,545 | €8,423 | €1,832 | €7,029 | ▲ 284% |
| Other amounts payable47/48 | - | - | - | €75,376 | €50,376 | €145,924 | €42,066 | €34,000 | ▼ 19.2% |
| Accrued charges and deferred income492/3 | - | - | - | €307 | €364 | €314 | €316 | €67 | ▼ 78.8% |
| Line | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €115,933 | €42,061 | €34,100 | €58,057 | €69,367 | €73,821 | €55,868 | €62,451 | ▲ 11.8% |
| Operating cash flow (approximation) | €115,933 | €42,061 | €34,100 | €58,057 | €69,367 | €73,821 | €55,868 | €62,451 | ▲ 11.8% |
| Change in cash | - | -€64,356 | €8,065 | €91,800 | €70,341 | €178,893 | -€243,961 | €15,774 | ▲ 106% |
Simplified and derived: a Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement, so these rows come from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.