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ENGINEERING CONSULT

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Private limited company (pre-2019)founded 1984active for 42 yearsDrybunderstraat 15, 1785 Merchtem, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0425.600.069
Summary

ENGINEERING CONSULT has been active since 1984 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €730,167 and a net result of -€26,753. Equity is shrinking by about 11% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 95% of 11,726 sector peers (NACE 71, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is below 0.1% (very low).

Financials · financial year 2025, micro format

Turnover
≈ €16,000
Estimated: probably between €9,400 and €36,000
Total assets
€743,537▲ 95.8%
2024 · €379,764
Net result
-€26,753▲ 53.1%
2024 · -€57,000
Working capital
€50,676▼ 13.7%
2024 · €58,712
Trend over the years

2021 to 2025, 5 financial years 2019 to 2025, 7 financial years

The operating result stays negative: a loss of €21,952 in 2025 against €55,684 in 2024; the loss shrinks.

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

Operating result-€0.02m 2025 Net result-€0.03m 2025

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

Sector: the middle half of NACE 71, Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis: 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), Staff (FTE).

Every figure with its change against the financial year before
favourable unfavourable
Line2019202020212022202320242025
Operating result€0.7m--€0.04m-€0.01m▲ 62.7%-€0.02m▼ 29.0%-€0.05m▼ 176%-€0.06m▼ 13.4%-€0.02m▲ 60.6%
Net result€0.5m--€0.07mbelow the sector's middle half-€0.01mbelow the sector's middle half▲ 79.0%-€0.05mbelow the sector's middle half▼ 228%-€0.05mbelow the sector's middle half▼ 13.6%-€0.06mbelow the sector's middle half▼ 9.8%-€0.03mbelow the sector's middle half▲ 53.1%
Equity€0.7m-€0.6mabove the sector's middle half▼ 10.0%€0.6mabove the sector's middle half▼ 2.3%€0.5mabove the sector's middle half▼ 19.8%€0.4mabove the sector's middle half▼ 11.1%€0.4mabove the sector's middle half▼ 13.7%€0.7mabove the sector's middle half▲ 103%
Total assets€1.0m-€0.8mabove the sector's middle half▼ 22.9%€0.6mabove the sector's middle half▼ 20.6%€0.6mabove the sector's middle half▼ 7.4%€0.4mabove the sector's middle half▼ 21.6%€0.4mabove the sector's middle half▼ 14.9%€0.7mabove the sector's middle half▲ 95.8%
Debt€0.3m-€0.2m▼ 47.4%€0.03m▼ 82.7%€0.1m▲ 229%€0.03m▼ 70.7%€0.02m▼ 32.5%€0.01m▼ 32.6%
Working capital€0.2m-€0.2mabove the sector's middle half▼ 17.3%€0.2mabove the sector's middle half▲ 8.1%€0.1mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 54.2%€0.08mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 22.1%€0.06mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 26.0%€0.05mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 13.7%
Solvency66.1%-77.3%above the sector's middle half▲ 11.1pp95.0%above the sector's middle half▲ 17.8pp82.4%above the sector's middle half▼ 12.7pp93.4%above the sector's middle half▲ 11.0pp94.8%above the sector's middle half▲ 1.4pp98.2%above the sector's middle half▲ 3.4pp
Current ratio1.75-2.18within the sector's middle half▲ 0.438.64above the sector's middle half▲ 6.462.01within the sector's middle half▼ 6.633.70within the sector's middle half▲ 1.683.96within the sector's middle half▲ 0.264.79above the sector's middle half▲ 0.83
Return on assets (ROA)51.6%--8.6%below the sector's middle half▼ 60.2pp-2.3%below the sector's middle half▲ 6.3pp-8.0%below the sector's middle half▼ 5.8pp-11.6%below the sector's middle half▼ 3.6pp-15.0%below the sector's middle half▼ 3.4pp-3.6%below the sector's middle half▲ 11.4pp
Staff (FTE)0-00
above within below the middle half of NACE 71, Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis: 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. The turnover shown is an estimate from the gross margin.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €743,537
Fixed assets €679,491 ▲ 126%
Current assets €64,046 ▼ 18.5%
Equity and liabilities €743,537
Equity €730,167 ▲ 103%
Debt €13,370 ▼ 32.6%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total falls from 5.2% to 1.8%. Equity is higher and debt is lower.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
-€235▲
2024 · -€19,263
Cash flow
-€5,037▲
2024 · -€20,578
Debt to equity
0.02▼
2024 · 0.06
ROE
-3.7%▲
2024 · -15.8%
Interest coverage
-0.18▲
2024 · -14.64
Debt ≤ 1 year
€13,370▼
2024 · €19,844
Income taxes
€6,500
Staff costs
€431▼
2024 · €1,802
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.

Peer companies

Historical observation

Of the 8,617 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 0.4% went bankrupt within 24 months and 94.2% are still going.

  • Small
  • 20 years or older
  • solvency 30% or more
  • a small loss
0.4% went bankrupt
5.2% stopped otherwise
94.2% still going

A further 0.2% 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 497,445 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% 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 8,617 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 · 43 lines
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€379,764€743,537▲
Fixed assets21/28€301,208€679,491▲
Tangible fixed assets22/27€301,208€679,491▲
Land and buildings22€300,371€679,156▲
Plant, machinery and equipment23€838€336▼
Current assets29/58€78,556€64,046▼
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€78,556€64,046▼
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€379,764€743,537▲
Equity10/15€359,920€730,167▲
Contributions10/11€49,579€274,579▲
Capital10€49,579€274,579▲
Issued capital100€49,579€274,579▲
Revaluation surpluses12-€172,000
Reserves13€11,155€14,155▲
Non-distributable reserves130/1€4,958€4,958=
Legal reserve130€4,958€4,958=
Distributable reserves133€6,197€9,197▲
Profit (loss) carried forward14€299,186€269,433▼
Amounts payable17/49€19,844€13,370▼
Amounts payable within one year42/48€19,844€13,370▼
Trade debts44-€2,751
Suppliers440/4-€2,751
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€338€6,785▲
Taxes450/3€338€6,785▲
Other amounts payable47/48€19,506€3,834▼
Income statement Code20242025
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€1,802€431▼
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€36,421€21,717▼
Other operating charges640/8€2,355€2,809▲
Gross operating margin9900-€15,106€3,005▲
Operating profit (loss)9901-€55,684-€21,952▲
Financial income75/76B-€3,000
Recurring financial income75-€3,000
Non-recurring financial income76B-€3,000
Financial charges65/66B€1,316€1,302▼
Recurring financial charges65€1,316€1,302▼
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903-€57,000-€20,253▲
Income taxes67/77-€6,500
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€57,000-€26,753▲
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905-€57,000-€26,753▲
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€299,186€272,433▼
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P€356,186€299,186▼
Transfer to equity691/2-€3,000
To other reserves6921-€3,000

The notes to these accounts (13 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Line2019202020212022202320242025Change
Remuneration, social security and pensions62---€1,237-€1,802€431▼ 76.1%
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€31,379€30,732€30,508€30,792€32,952€36,421€21,717▼ 40.4%
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4---€973----
Other operating charges640/8-€4,535€2,119€22,196€2,542€2,355€2,809▲ 19.3%
Gross operating margin9900€771,646-€1,650€18,843€37,415-€13,601-€15,106€3,005-
Operating profit (loss)9901€652,183-€36,917-€13,784-€17,783-€49,094-€55,684-€21,952▲ 60.6%
Financial income75/76B--€434€1,592--€3,000-
Recurring financial income75€9,124-€434€1,592--€3,000-
Non-recurring financial income76B------€3,000-
Financial charges65/66B-€4,563€577€785€2,818€1,316€1,302▼ 1.1%
Recurring financial charges65€22,611€4,563€577€785€2,818€1,316€1,302▼ 1.1%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€638,696-€41,480-€13,927-€16,976-€51,912-€57,000-€20,253▲ 64.5%
Income taxes67/77€120,000€24,972-€28,713--€6,500-
Profit (loss) for the period9904€518,696-€66,452-€13,927-€45,689-€51,912-€57,000-€26,753▲ 53.1%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€518,696-€66,452-€13,927-€45,689-€51,912-€57,000-€26,753▲ 53.1%
Line2019202020212022202320242025Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€1.0m€0.8m€0.6m€0.6m€0.4m€0.4m€0.7m▲ 95.8%
Fixed assets21/28€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.3m€0.3m€0.7m▲ 126%
Tangible fixed assets22/27€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.3m€0.3m€0.7m▲ 126%
Land and buildings22-€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.3m€0.3m€0.7m▲ 126%
Plant, machinery and equipment23-€0.001m€424€0.003m€0.002m€0.001m€336▼ 59.9%
Financial fixed assets28€0.001m€0.001m€0.001m-----
Current assets29/58€0.6m€0.4m€0.3m€0.2m€0.1m€0.08m€0.06m▼ 18.5%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€0.008m€0.002m€0.03m€0.001m€0.003m---
Trade receivables40-€296€296€0.001m€0.003m---
Other amounts receivable41-€0.001m€0.03m-----
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€0.6m€0.4m€0.2m€0.2m€0.1m€0.08m€0.06m▼ 18.5%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€1.0m€0.8m€0.6m€0.6m€0.4m€0.4m€0.7m▲ 95.8%
Equity10/15€0.7m€0.6m€0.6m€0.5m€0.4m€0.4m€0.7m▲ 103%
Contributions10/11€0.05m€0.05m€0.05m€0.05m€0.05m€0.05m€0.3m▲ 454%
Capital10-€0.05m€0.05m€0.05m€0.05m€0.05m€0.3m▲ 454%
Issued capital100-€0.05m€0.05m€0.05m€0.05m€0.05m€0.3m▲ 454%
Revaluation surpluses12------€0.2m-
Reserves13€0.01m€0.01m€0.01m€0.01m€0.01m€0.01m€0.01m▲ 26.9%
Non-distributable reserves130/1-€0.005m€0.005m€0.005m€0.005m€0.005m€0.005m=
Legal reserve130-€0.005m€0.005m€0.005m€0.005m€0.005m€0.005m=
Distributable reserves133-€0.006m€0.006m€0.006m€0.006m€0.006m€0.009m▲ 48.4%
Profit (loss) carried forward14€0.6m€0.5m€0.5m€0.4m€0.4m€0.3m€0.3m▼ 9.9%
Provisions and deferred taxes16€0.005m-------
Amounts payable17/49€0.3m€0.2m€0.03m€0.1m€0.03m€0.02m€0.01m▼ 32.6%
Amounts payable within one year42/48€0.3m€0.2m€0.03m€0.1m€0.03m€0.02m€0.01m▼ 32.6%
Trade debts44€0.1m€0.03m€0.03m€254€0.02m-€0.003m-
Suppliers440/4-€0.03m€0.03m€254€0.02m-€0.003m-
Taxes, remuneration and social security45-€0.1m€0.001m€0.05m€272€338€0.007m▲ 20×
Taxes450/3-€0.1m€0.001m€0.05m€272€338€0.007m▲ 20×
Other amounts payable47/48---€0.05m€0.01m€0.02m€0.004m▼ 80.3%
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3-€0.001m€0.001m-€0---
Line2019202020212022202320242025Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904€518,696-€66,452-€13,927-€45,689-€51,912-€57,000-€26,753▲ 53.1%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€31,379€30,732€30,508€30,792€32,952€36,421€21,717▼ 40.4%
Operating cash flow (approximation)€550,075-€35,720€16,581-€14,897-€18,960-€20,578-€5,037▲ 75.5%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)--€1,762€0-€34,150-€3,474€0-€400,000-
Change in cash--€195,299-€153,828-€23,948-€95,280-€27,148-€14,511▲ 46.6%

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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Latest 10 of 41 filings with the National Bank
Financial year Type Filed Reference
30-06-2025 micro format 27-01-2026 2026-00014830
30-06-2024 micro format 26-01-2025 2025-00013675
30-06-2023 micro format 27-01-2024 2024-00008376
30-06-2022 micro format 31-01-2023 2023-00011697
30-06-2021 micro format 02-06-2022 2022-20043464
30-06-2020 micro format 02-06-2022 2022-20043112
30-06-2019 micro format 10-02-2020 2020-04700551
30-06-2018 abbreviated format 28-02-2019 2019-06200555
30-06-2017 abbreviated format 19-01-2018 2018-02200006
30-06-2016 abbreviated format 09-02-2017 2017-04200384

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