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ESCALE

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Non-profit associationfounded 199828 yrs activeAntwerpselaan 31, 1000 Brussel, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0464.737.886
Summary

ESCALE has been active since 1998 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €3,893 and a net result of €170. The figures fluctuate too strongly year-on-year for a reliable trend projection. Its solvency ranks better than 13% of 531 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is < 0.1% (very low).

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Score 2025
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability69
Solvency26▼-1
Growth78=
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
< 0.1% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
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Signals

Seven signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
−lowers risk+raises risk○neutral
lowers risk · Lower-risk legal form
Companies with this legal form statistically fail less often than a BV.
KBO · legal form
lowers risk · Lower-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail less often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 88
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Social work activities without accommodation (NACE 88)
about 62% fewer bankruptcies
← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate region
In this region companies fail more often than in the rest of the country.
KBO · registered office
lowers risk · Long track record
A company with a long track record statistically fails less often than a young one.
KBO · incorporation date
Age against the risk zone
highest failure risk from 2 to 8 years 28 years 0 30 y
lowers risk · Annual accounts: healthy financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a healthy profile in solvency, result and liquidity.
NBB · annual accounts 2025
Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
1.2%
Return on assets
0.1%
Age of the figures
9 mo
raises risk · Weak solvency vs sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 13% of 531 sector peers (2025).
NBB · sector comparison
Position among 531 sector peers
Solvency
better than 13%
← weakest strongest →
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due by 31-07-2026 and was filed on 30-07-2026, 1 day ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
1 d early
2024
12 d late
2023
34 d early
2022
31 d late
2021
17 d early
2020
5 d early
2019
9 d early
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 7 accounts on average 3 days before the deadline; the sector median for financial year 2024 is 24 days before the deadline, and 25% of the sector filed late.

Checked, nothing found (2)
neutral · The next deadline is still running
The next financial year closes on 31-12-2026 and is due by 31-07-2027. Nothing is late today. Usually files around 30 July (5 of the last 5 filed years within 32 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Position in the running window
28-09-2026 today31-12-2026 close31-07-2027 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
We found no ex-officio strike-off or cessation. Our series starts in 2021 and has gaps, so this is not a confirmation that there is nothing.
KBO publications · our coverage

History

ESCALE was incorporated on 24 June 1998.1 Total assets rose from EUR 171,975 in 2018 to EUR 333,997 in 2025 and headcount from 7.5 full-time equivalents in 2018 to 10 in 2020.2

  1. 1Crossroads Bank for Enterprises
  2. 2National Bank, annual accounts 2018, 2020 and 2025

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Financials · fiscal year 2025, micro schema

Turnover
€20
EBIT margin
388.1%
Net result
€170▼ 95.1%
2023 · €3,445
Working capital
€175,391▲ 890%
2024 · €17,715
Trend over the years

Click a name to add, emphasise or remove a line.Band: the middle half (P25 to P75) of NACE 88, Social work activities without accommodation, each year against the same schema; no band under 30 filings. Dashed line: the median.

Every figure with its change against the fiscal year before
favourable unfavourable
Line20212022202320242025
Turnover
Operating result€4▼ 95.4%€1,518▲ 37,839%€3,519▲ 132%€18▼ 99.5%€18▼ 0.3%
Net result€3,445within the sector's middle half€170within the sector's middle half
EBIT margin
Equity€278below the sector's middle half=€278below the sector's middle half▲ 0.1%€3,723below the sector's middle half▲ 1,238%€3,723below the sector's middle half=€3,893below the sector's middle half▲ 4.6%
Total assets€189,952within the sector's middle half▼ 0.9%€256,322within the sector's middle half▲ 34.9%€176,137within the sector's middle half▼ 31.3%€169,562within the sector's middle half▼ 3.7%€333,997within the sector's middle half▲ 97.0%
Debt€189,674▼ 0.9%€256,044▲ 35.0%€172,414▼ 32.7%€165,839▼ 3.8%€330,104▲ 99.1%
Working capital€14,029within the sector's middle half-€2,939within the sector's middle half€504within the sector's middle half€17,715within the sector's middle half▲ 3,414%€175,391above the sector's middle half▲ 890%
Solvency0.1%below the sector's middle half=0.1%below the sector's middle half=2.1%below the sector's middle half▲ 2.0pp2.2%below the sector's middle half▲ 0.1pp1.2%below the sector's middle half▼ 1.0pp
Current ratio1.08within the sector's middle half▲ 0.100.99within the sector's middle half▼ 0.091.00within the sector's middle half▲ 0.011.12within the sector's middle half▲ 0.122.20within the sector's middle half▲ 1.08
Return on assets (ROA)2.0%within the sector's middle half0.1%within the sector's middle half
Staff (FTE)
above within below the middle half (P25 to P75) of NACE 88, Social work activities without accommodation, each year against the same schema; no band under 30 filings.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€0€1,000€2,000€3,000€4,000Operating result 2021: €4€4Operating result 2022: €1,518€1,518Operating result 2023: €3,519€3,519Net result 2023: €3,445€3,445Operating result 2024: €18€18Operating result 2025: €18€18Net result 2025: €170€17020212022202320242025€0€1,000€2,000€3,000€4,000Operating result 2023: €3,519€3,520Net result 2023: €3,445€3,440Operating result 2024: €18€18Operating result 2025: €18€18Net result 2025: €170€170202320242025
The operating result has fallen two years in a row; 2025 is 0% below 2024.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €333,997
Fixed assets €12,796 ▲ 65.8%
Current assets €321,201 ▲ 98.5%
Equity and liabilities €333,997
Equity €3,893 ▲ 4.6%
Debt €330,104 ▲ 99.1%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 97.8% to 98.8%. Equity and debt are higher.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
€3,209▲
2024 · €2,257
Cash flow
€3,360
Debt to equity
84.80▲
2024 · 44.54
ROE
4.4%
Interest coverage
31.11▲
2024 · 18.05
Debt ≤ 1 year
€145,810▲
2024 · €144,129
Staff costs
€603,821▼
2024 · €711,262
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.

Peer companies

Historical observation

Of the 1,082 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 0.8% went bankrupt within 24 months and 97% are still going.

  • Micro
  • 20 years or older
  • solvency under 10%
  • a profit under 5% of the balance sheet
0.8% went bankrupt
2.2% stopped otherwise
97% still going

A further 0.3% 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 497,662 companies of July 2024 its group's bankruptcy share. Expected: 1.5%; actually bankrupt within 24 months: 1.6%.

The companies in ten equal groups, from lowest to highest expected share.
Group Expected Actual
1 0.2% 0.2%
2 0.3% 0.4%
3 0.5% 0.5%
4 0.6% 0.7%
5 0.8% 0.9%
6 1.2% 1.3%
7 1.5% 1.7%
8 1.7% 1.7%
9 2.7% 2.8%
10 5.3% 5.7%

The rule ranks well: a company that went bankrupt got a higher share than one that kept going in 75% 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 1,082 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 · 35 lines
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€169,562€333,997▲
Fixed assets21/28€7,717€12,796▲
Intangible fixed assets21€4,477€2,239▼
Tangible fixed assets22/27-€1,904
Furniture and vehicles24-€1,904
Financial fixed assets28€3,240€8,654▲
Current assets29/58€161,844€321,201▲
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€44,734€73,180▲
Other amounts receivable41€44,734€73,180▲
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€117,111€246,757▲
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1-€1,264
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€169,562€333,997▲
Equity10/15€3,723€3,893▲
Profit (loss) carried forward14€3,723€3,893▲
Amounts payable17/49€165,839€330,104▲
Amounts payable within one year42/48€144,129€145,810▲
Trade debts44€10,135€6,364▼
Suppliers440/4€10,135€6,364▼
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€60,346€65,974▲
Taxes450/3€12,444-
Remuneration and social security454/9€47,902€65,974▲
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€21,709€184,294▲
Income statement Code20242025
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€711,262€603,821▼
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€2,239€3,190▲
Gross operating margin9900€713,519€607,030▼
Operating profit (loss)9901€18€18▼
Financial income75/76B€107€254▲
Recurring financial income75€107€254▲
Financial charges65/66B€125€103▼
Recurring financial charges65€125€103▼
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903-€170
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€170
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905-€170
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€3,723€3,893▲
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P€3,723€3,723=

The notes to these accounts (12 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Line20212022202320242025Change
Goods, raw materials, services and sundry goods60/61€47,154-----
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€592,507€605,392€647,727€711,262€603,821▼ 15.1%
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630---€2,239€3,190▲ 42.5%
Gross operating margin9900€592,511€606,910€651,247€713,519€607,030▼ 14.9%
Operating profit (loss)9901€4€1,518€3,519€18€18▼ 0.3%
Financial income75/76B€96-€6€107€254▲ 139%
Recurring financial income75€80-€6€107€254▲ 139%
Non-recurring financial income76B€16-----
Financial charges65/66B€100€1,518€80€125€103▼ 17.5%
Recurring financial charges65€100€74€80€125€103▼ 17.5%
Non-recurring financial charges66B-€1,444----
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€0-€3,445-€170-
Profit (loss) for the period9904--€3,445-€170-
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905--€3,445-€170-
Line20212022202320242025Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€189,952€256,322€176,137€169,562€333,997▲ 97.0%
Fixed assets21/28€3,218€3,218€3,219€7,717€12,796▲ 65.8%
Intangible fixed assets21---€4,477€2,239▼ 50.0%
Tangible fixed assets22/27----€1,904-
Furniture and vehicles24----€1,904-
Financial fixed assets28€3,218€3,218€3,219€3,240€8,654▲ 167%
Current assets29/58€186,734€253,104€172,918€161,844€321,201▲ 98.5%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€72,949€77,134€71,665€44,734€73,180▲ 63.6%
Trade receivables40€5,125€5,639€5,565---
Other amounts receivable41€67,824€71,495€66,101€44,734€73,180▲ 63.6%
Current investments50/53€113,785-----
Cash at bank and in hand54/58-€175,836€101,252€117,111€246,757▲ 111%
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1-€135--€1,264-
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€189,952€256,322€176,137€169,562€333,997▲ 97.0%
Equity10/15€278€278€3,723€3,723€3,893▲ 4.6%
Profit (loss) carried forward14€278€278€3,723€3,723€3,893▲ 4.6%
Amounts payable17/49€189,674€256,044€172,414€165,839€330,104▲ 99.1%
Amounts payable within one year42/48€172,705€256,044€172,414€144,129€145,810▲ 1.2%
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€93,256€91,769----
Trade debts44€3,550€4,418€2,589€10,135€6,364▼ 37.2%
Suppliers440/4€3,550€4,418€2,589€10,135€6,364▼ 37.2%
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€75,899€117,107€94,468€60,346€65,974▲ 9.3%
Taxes450/3€15,547€17,203€16,408€12,444--
Remuneration and social security454/9€60,352€99,904€78,060€47,902€65,974▲ 37.7%
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€16,969--€21,709€184,294▲ 749%
Line20212022202320242025Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904--€3,445-€170-
+ Depreciation and write-downs630---€2,239€3,190▲ 42.5%
Operating cash flow (approximation)--€3,445€2,239€3,360▲ 50.1%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)-€0-€1-€6,737-€8,269▼ 22.8%
Change in cash---€74,583€15,859€129,647▲ 718%

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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Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones

Next filing, fiscal year 2026, expected by 31-07-2027
2026
30-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · micro schema
2025
12-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · micro schema · 12 days late
2024
27-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · micro schema
2023
31-12
Financial Highest result since 2018net €3,445
Operating result €3,519, net result €3,445, both a record.
31-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · micro schema · 31 days late
2022
14-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · micro schema
2021
26-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · full schema
2020
22-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · full schema
2019
13-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · full schema
2018
13-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · full schema
2017
05-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · full schema
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
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Directors · office · real estate

Directors
6 acts for this company are in the Belgian State Gazette, of which we have read 0. We have therefore not extracted its directors from those acts yet.
Location & real-estate footprint
Registered office, Brussel · 1 establishment unit since 2008
seat establishment The establishment unit on the map
Ground area
377 m²
Building footprint
341 m²
Volume, LiDAR
5,899 m³
2 parcels, Brussels · tallest building 25.6 m, ±8 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
ESCALE
Lakensestraat 120, 1000 BrusselSocial work activities without accommodation
since 20082.197.739.886
2 parcels
Brussels 2 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
21812N1433/00D000 Brussels 223 m² 1 · 223 m² 25.6 m · 8 fl.
21812N1289/00H000
ProtectedMonumentTraditioneel huis
Brussels 153 m² 1 · 118 m² 13.2 m · 3 fl.
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Good to know
2 of 2 parcels with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.
1 of these parcels carry protected heritage: expect extra rules on renovation or sale.

Public money · subsidies and aid

Wallonia-Brussels Federation

2021 to 2025 · 20 entries · 2,628,973 EUR in total
Year Entries paid
2025 13 729,537 EUR
2024 2 706,753 EUR
2023 2 574,323 EUR
2022 2 616,372 EUR
2021 1 1,989 EUR

Similar companies · same sector, comparable size

Of 258 companies in sector 88992 we hold annual accounts for 136. 21 are within a factor 10 of this equity. The 5 above are the closest to it. See the whole sector

Identification & contact

Identification
Legal formNon-profit association
Founded24-06-1998
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
88992Social work activities without accommodation
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