EK METALS
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The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of EK METALS is 4.4% (elevated). The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €86,844 and a net result of €84,344. Its solvency ranks better than 63% of 2,408 sector peers (NACE 25, financial year 2024). The company has been active since 2023 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals.
Financials · financial year 2024, micro format
2024 annual accounts filed late (17 days) Filed on 17 August 2025, deadline 31 July 2025 (7 months after the close on 31 December 2024, Companies Code art. 3:10). Source: NBB, 2025-00379571.
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the micro format does not require them.
Peer companies
Historical observationOf the 39,278 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 1.8% went bankrupt within 24 months and 95.8% are still going.
- Micro
- 2 to 5 years old
- 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 higher bankruptcy probability: 4.4% over twelve months. The score reads more about this company than the group's four characteristics; both figures are right about what they measure.
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%.
| 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 39,278 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 | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Remuneration, social security and pensions62 | €788 |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630 | €1,449 |
| Other operating charges640/8 | €5,239 |
| Gross operating margin9900 | €116,134 |
| Operating profit (loss)9901 | €108,658 |
| Financial income75/76B | €1,940 |
| Recurring financial income75 | €1,940 |
| Financial charges65/66B | €1,720 |
| Recurring financial charges65 | €1,720 |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903 | €108,878 |
| Income taxes67/77 | €24,534 |
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €84,344 |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905 | €84,344 |
| Line | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Assets | ||
| Total assets20/58 | €147,489 | |
| Fixed assets21/28 | €7,357 | |
| Tangible fixed assets22/27 | €3,430 | |
| Furniture and vehicles24 | €3,430 | |
| Financial fixed assets28 | €3,927 | |
| Current assets29/58 | €140,131 | |
| Amounts receivable within one year40/41 | €131,102 | |
| Trade receivables40 | €66,739 | |
| Other amounts receivable41 | €64,363 | |
| Cash at bank and in hand54/58 | €8,461 | |
| Deferred charges and accrued income490/1 | €569 | |
| Equity and liabilities | ||
| Total equity and liabilities10/49 | €147,489 | |
| Equity10/15 | €86,844 | |
| Contributions10/11 | €2,500 | |
| Profit (loss) carried forward14 | €84,344 | |
| Amounts payable17/49 | €60,645 | |
| Amounts payable within one year42/48 | €60,645 | |
| Trade debts44 | €7,443 | |
| Suppliers440/4 | €7,443 | |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security45 | €53,203 | |
| Taxes450/3 | €48,424 | |
| Remuneration and social security454/9 | €4,778 | |
| Line | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €84,344 |
| + Depreciation and write-downs630 | €1,449 |
| Operating cash flow (approximation) | €85,793 |
Simplified and derived: a Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement, so these rows come from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.
Filings with the National Bank (1)
| Financial year | Type | Filed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31-12-2024 | micro format | 17-08-2025 | 2025-00379571 |
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