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ECHOBEL

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Public limited company·Activiteiten van holdings· 64 yrs active
Bronweg 57 ·3530 Houthalen-Helchteren, Belgium
KBO/BCE: BE 0401.294.443
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Age64 yrs
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Summary

Conclusion

the dossier summarised in one paragraph

ECHOBEL is a financial institution; the bankruptcy model is trained on trading and manufacturing companies and does not apply here. The 2024 annual accounts show negative equity (€-12.34M) and a net result of €29k. Equity remains stable across the filed fiscal years (±0.9% per year). Its solvency ranks better than 5% of 1407 sector peers (fiscal year 2024). The company has been active since 1962 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals.

Based on the State Gazette, CBE and 7 annual accounts.

Bankruptcy probability (12 mo)

Checked model v1 · free for everyone

This is a financial institution (bank, insurer or financial holding). Our bankruptcy model is trained on ordinary trading and manufacturing companies; a bank balance sheet falls outside that scope. We therefore show no bankruptcy probability rather than a misleading figure.

Signals

2 signals · with evidence
Weak solvency vs sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 5% of 1407 sector peers (2024).
View the sector comparison
Consistently profitable
Positive net result in the two most recent financial years (2023 and 2024).
View the result trend

Signals are derived from the filed annual accounts and the sector comparison. No composite score: each signal is separately verifiable at the source.

Filing behaviour

From the deposit records, complete market-wide
Deadline passed, not yet counted as missing
The deadline for the year that closed on 31-12-2025 passed on 31-07-2026, 12 days ago. Our copy of the deposit register trails the National Bank (measured: median 14 days, p99 45 days), so we only call this filing missing from 45 days past the deadline.
Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 30-05-2025, 62 days ahead of the deadline. This speaks to administrative punctuality and says nothing about the financial position.
How we compute the deadline
The year end is derived from 10 filed financial years, each closing on 31-12. The statutory deadline is seven months after the close of the financial year (art. 3:10 par. 1 CAC, art. 3:47 par. 7 for ASBL and foundations). Applied to the financial year that closed on 31-12-2024, that is 31-07-2025.
Deadline per financial year
Year closed Due by Filed Variance Reference
31-12-2025 31-07-2026 nothing on record not filed -
31-12-2024 31-07-2025 30-05-2025 62 d early 2025-00111229
31-12-2023 31-07-2024 26-07-2024 5 d early 2024-00287093
31-12-2022 31-07-2023 29-08-2023 29 d late 2023-00367030
31-12-2021 31-07-2022 30-06-2022 31 d early 2022-20109934
31-12-2020 31-07-2021 27-08-2021 27 d late 2021-59000010
31-12-2019 31-07-2020 31-07-2020 on the day 2020-38900381
31-12-2018 31-07-2019 24-06-2019 37 d early 2019-23200440
31-12-2017 31-07-2018 28-06-2018 33 d early 2018-27600427
31-12-2016 31-07-2017 15-07-2017 16 d early 2017-33500113
31-12-2015 31-07-2016 26-06-2016 35 d early 2016-24300506

Source: the National Bank's deposit records. Those records are complete, including for years whose figures we have not read yet. Filing late covers nearly half the market and is therefore not scored; only not filing, being more than 90 days late and breaking a punctual record carry weight.

Trust signals

2 signals
Long-established
Founded in 1962, 64 years in business.
No legal incidents
No bankruptcy, reorganisation or interim measure in the Belgisch Staatsblad, and the KBO register records a normal legal situation.

Administrative Flags

No strikeouts found in the KBO publications we processed. That series starts in 2021 and has gaps, so this is not a confirmation that there is nothing.

Financials

Equity€-12.34M+0.2%
Net result€29k-65.6%
Total assets€6.26M+0.7%
Solvency-197.1%+1.8pp

Annual accounts & ratios

Source: NBB · 2024
Annual accounts filed on 30-05-2025 with the NBB · fiscal year 2024 · verkort
€-20.00M€-15.00M€-10.00M€-5.00M€0Operating result 2020: €11k€11kNet result 2020: €-15.79M€-15.79MOperating result 2021: €88k€88kNet result 2021: €194k€194kOperating result 2022: €43k€43kNet result 2022: €136k€136kOperating result 2023: €-19k€-19kNet result 2023: €84k€84kOperating result 2024: €-35k€-35kNet result 2024: €29k€29k20202021202220232024
Operating resultNet result
Trajectory (indicative)
Projection over 3 fiscal years from the filed annual accounts, not a forecast, the extended trend.
stable Equity: stable across 7 fiscal years (±0.9%/year).
€-14.00M€-13.00M€-12.00M€-11.00M2025: €-12.15M (€-13.14M - €-11.16M)2026: €-12.04M (€-13.03M - €-11.06M)2027: €-11.93M (€-12.92M - €-10.95M)2018: €-12.91M2019: €-12.86M2020: €-12.78M2021: €-12.58M2022: €-12.45M2023: €-12.36M2024: €-12.34M2018201920202021202220232024202520262027
Solid line = filed figures · dashed = extended trend · area = indicative range.
How do we compute this?

The trend is a robust median of all pairwise slopes between fiscal years (Theil-Sen), so a single odd year cannot hijack the line. For strictly positive series we also fit a log variant (compound annual growth) and keep whichever describes the figures best.

The area around the projection is 1.8 × the median absolute deviation from the trend, widening each year ahead (×1 / ×1.6 / ×2.2), with a minimum of 8% of the last value. It is an indicative range, not a statistical confidence interval.

A series whose deviations exceed 35% of its level is too volatile: we then deliberately show no projection. Every projection assumes unchanged policy and is blind to non-public information (order book, contracts, funding rounds).

Sector comparison
Fiscal year 2024 · NACE 64, Financial services · compared within the same schema type (abbreviated schema)
Metric This company Sector median Position in the sector
Solvency -197.1% 37.4%
better than 5% of 1407 sector peers
Net result €29k €46k
better than 43% of 1406 sector peers
Equity €-12.34M €362k
better than 5% of 1407 sector peers
Gross operating margin €-34k €65k
better than 7% of 1405 sector peers
Employees (FTE) 0.0 0.0
better than 35% of 426 sector peers
Median and position computed from NBB annual accounts filed by sector peers; own figures from the latest filed accounts.
Sector position over time
Percentile per fiscal year versus peers that filed figures, computed year by year (a year without enough peers is absent).
Solvency P5
2020: P5 · n=2732021: P5 · n=4572022: P5 · n=8372023: P5 · n=11262024: P5 · n=14072020 2024
Stable position over 2020-2024 · n=273-1407
Net result P43
2020: P71 · n=2732021: P82 · n=4572022: P77 · n=8362023: P63 · n=11262024: P43 · n=14062020 2024
Weakening position over 2020-2024 · n=273-1406
Equity P5
2020: P5 · n=2732021: P5 · n=4572022: P5 · n=8372023: P5 · n=11262024: P5 · n=14072020 2024
Stable position over 2020-2024 · n=273-1407
Gross operating margin P7
2020: P25 · n=2682021: P65 · n=4522022: P48 · n=8322023: P10 · n=11212024: P7 · n=14052020 2024
Weakening position over 2020-2024 · n=268-1405
Describes the position versus peers, not a forecast.
Net profit
€29k
-65.6% 18-24
Total assets
€6.26M
+0.7% 18-24
Equity
€-12.34M
+0.2% 18-24
Employees (FTE)
0
- 18-24
Income taxes
€0
-100.0% 18-24
Debt
€18.57M
+0.1% 18-24
Debt ≤ 1y
€2.31M
+0.6% 18-24
Debt > 1y
€15.60M
0.0% 18-24
Solvency
-197.1%
+0.9% 18-24
ROE
-0.2%
+65.5% 18-24
ROA
0.5%
-65.8% 18-24
Figures by fiscal year
Fiscal year2024
Depositverkort
Revenuen/a
EBITDAn/a
Net profit€29k
Cash flown/a
Staff costs-
Income taxes-
Dividends-
Total assets€6.26M
Equity€-12.34M
Debt€18.57M
of which ≤ 1y€2.31M
of which > 1y€15.60M
Working capitaln/a
Employees (FTE)0.0
Ratios (computed)
2024
Current ration/a
Quick ration/a
Working capital ration/a
Solvency-197.1%
Debt / equityn/a
Long-term debt ration/a
Interest coveragen/a
Gross marginn/a
Net marginn/a
ROA0.5%
ROE-0.2%
EBITDA marginn/a
Days sales outstandingn/a
Days payable outstandingn/a
Inventory turnovern/a
Days inventory (DSI)n/a
Balance-sheet composition 2024
Full annual accounts
Filed balance sheet and income statement, exactly as deposited with the NBB.
Line item Code2024
Balance sheet, Assets
TOTAL ASSETS 20/58€6.26M
Fixed assets 21/28€56k
Financial fixed assets 28€56k
Current assets 29/58€6.20M
Amounts receivable within one year 40/41€4.25M
Cash & bank 54/58€1.96M
Balance sheet, Equity & liabilities
TOTAL EQUITY & LIABILITIES 10/49€6.26M
Equity 10/15€-12.34M
Contributions / capital 10/11€2.48M
Reserves 13€535k
Accumulated profits (losses) 14€-15.35M
Provisions & deferred taxes 16€27k
Amounts payable 17/49€18.57M
Amounts payable after one year 17€15.60M
Amounts payable within one year 42/48€2.31M
Trade debts payable within one year 44€40k
Income statement
Gross operating margin 9900€-34k
Operating result 9901€-35k
Financial income 75€87k
Financial charges 65€23k
Result before taxes 9903€29k
Net result for the period 9904€29k
Result to be appropriated 9905€29k
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Ratios computed by Checked.

Health barometer

FY 2024 · computed
Model not applicable to financial institutions
The health score weighs liquidity, leverage and margins against norms for trading and manufacturing companies. A bank, insurer or financial holding has a fundamentally different balance-sheet structure, so those ratios, and hence the score, carry no meaning here.

Directors

Directors & mandates

4 directors
Current directors & mandates
  • CUYVERS, Bob Ivo Maggy
    Sole director
    State Gazette act 22353019 (23-08-2022)
    Current
    23-08-2022 → present
Former directors (3)
  • Bob Cuyvers
    Managing director
    State Gazette act 22087761 (20-07-2022)
    Former
    20-07-2022 → 23-08-2022
    3 events
    • 23-08-2022 Resigned· Director
    • 20-07-2022 Resigned· Managing director
    • 20-07-2022 Appointed· Managing director
  • Marc Cuyvers
    Director
    State Gazette act 22087761 (20-07-2022)
    Former
    20-07-2022 → 23-08-2022
    2 events
    • 23-08-2022 Resigned· Director
    • 20-07-2022 Appointed· Director
  • Galm Participaties NVLegal entity
    Director· perm. rep.: Marc Cuyvers
    State Gazette act 22087761 (20-07-2022)
    Former
    - → 20-07-2022
Full appointment history from the Belgian State Gazette. Permanent representatives are shown for corporate directors.This list is read straight from this company's published acts, not from the officer register.

Insolvency mandates

No insolvency mandates (liquidators, administrators) on record for this company.

Legal Structure

NACE primary Activiteiten van holdings(64210)
Legal form Public limited company(014)
Incorporation06-01-1962
StatusActive
Postal code3530

Structure & network

Locations & real estate

Registered office

from the Crossroads Bank
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.

Bronweg 573530 Houthalen-Helchteren

Establishment units

1 location
ECHO
Lillerheidestraat(SHL) 51, 3910 PeltOverige financiële instellingen, n.e.g.
since 19712.061.938.601
Physical sites registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE).
Parcels2
Ground area4,359 m²
Buildings2
Building footprint616 m²
Volume (LiDAR)3,041 m³
Tallest building7.3 m · ±2 fl.

Real-estate footprint

Source: CBE × cadastre · address linking

Parcels linked to this company through its CBE addresses (seat, establishment units, branches), cross-referenced with the cadastral parcel plan. This shows where the company operates, not a deeds register.

Flanders 2 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
72452E0210/00F000 Flanders 3,044 m² 1 · 288 m² 7.0 m · 2 fl.
72033B0001/02S003 Flanders 1,315 m² 1 · 327 m² 7.3 m · 2 fl.
Methodology
via registered seat: 1 · via establishment units: 1
2 of 2 parcels with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.

Publications

Lifecycle & Insolvency Signals

No insolvency signals in the Belgian State Gazette

Belgisch Staatsblad · acts

2 acts
All acts · 2 updated 3 years ago
2022
23-08-2022 1 director appointed, 2 resigning Director changes·Karen SABBE
  • CUYVERS, Bob Ivo Maggy, Enig bestuurder
  • Bob CUYVERS, Bestuurder
  • Marc CUYVERS, Bestuurder
Notary: Karen SABBE · Hamont-Achel
20-07-2022 2 directors appointed, 2 resigning Director changes
  • Bob Cuyvers, Gedelegeerd bestuurder
  • Marc Cuyvers, Bestuurder
  • Marc Cuyvers, Bestuurder
  • Bob Cuyvers, Gedelegeerd bestuurder

Analysis

Snowflake analysis

financial profile on 5 axes
Health-Profitability0Solvency67Growth78Stability100
61 / 100

Strong profile, led by stability.

Computed on 4 of 5 axes. Not measured: health. An unmeasured axis is not a zero: no data was read for it.

Health -
Profitability 0
Solvency 67
Growth 78
Stability 100

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Company registry

Company registry (CBE)

Crossroads Bank
Activities
Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw26610Holdings64200Activiteiten van holdings64210Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw23610Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw23610
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Names & trade names
Legal nameNL ECHOBEL
Registered office
Bronweg 57
3530 Houthalen-Helchteren, Belgium
Official data from the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE). Available for every registered company.