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ETABLISSEMENTS ED. BLOCK

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Public limited companyfounded 199035 yrs activeIndustriepark-Drongen 14, 9031 Gent, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0442.903.681
Summary

ETABLISSEMENTS ED. BLOCK has been active since 1990 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €10.18M and a net result of €-1.83M. Equity is growing by ~13.8% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 27% of 4539 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.1% (very low).

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Score 2025
58 / 100
Fair
The score weighs solvency, liquidity and profitability. Bankruptcy probability contributes 35%. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability27▲+17
Solvency39▼-11
Growth48=
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.1% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €550k at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity tight (current ratio 1.12 against 0.56 in 2024; short-term debt: 2.8% and cash: 1.2% of total assets), and 86% of the assets are financed with debt.
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Signals

Six signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
lowers risk+raises riskneutral
lowers risk · Lower-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail less often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 68
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Sector 68
lower
← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →
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 35 years 0 40 y
lowers risk · Lower-risk legal form
Companies with this legal form statistically fail less often than a BV.
KBO · legal form
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
14%
Return on assets
-2.5%
Age of the figures
9 mo
raises risk · Persistent losses
Two consecutive loss-making years (2024 and 2025); equity is also lower. May indicate structural pressure on profitability.
NBB · annual accounts 2025
Net result per financial year
1819202122232425
2018 to 2025 · latest year €-1.83M
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 13-07-2026, 18 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
18 d early
2024
2 d early
2023
29 d late
2022
21 d late
2021
17 d early
2020
3 d early
2019
91 d late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
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.
Companies Code · seven months
Position in the running window
24-09-2026 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

Financials · fiscal year 2025, full schema

Turnover
€947k▲ 33.9%
2022 · €707k
2018: €872k 2019: €940k 2020: €956k 2021: €720k 2022: €707k
2018 → 2023
EBIT margin
-145.1%▼ 185.8pp
2022 · 40.8%
2018: 41.1% 2019: 43.0% 2020: 207.3% 2021: 471.4% 2022: 40.8%
2018 → 2023
Net result
€-1.83M▲ 47.0%
2024 · €-3.45M
2018: €278k 2019: €350k 2020: €1.43M 2021: €2.43M 2022: €235k 2023: €-1.15M 2024: €-3.45M
2018 → 2025
Working capital
€243k
2024 · €-817k
2018: €-392k 2019: €-4.50M 2020: €856k 2021: €496k 2022: €391k 2023: €-866k 2024: €-817k
2018 → 2025
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20212022202320242025Trend
Turnover€720k-€707k▼ 1.8%€947k▲ 33.9%
Equity€9.06M-€9.30M▲ 2.6%€15.46M▲ 66.3%€12.01M▼ 22.3%€10.18M▼ 15.2%
Operating result€3.39M-€288k▼ 91.5%€-1.37M€-3.62M▼ 163%€-1.69M▲ 53.3%
Net result€2.43M-€235k▼ 90.3%€-1.15M€-3.45M▼ 201%€-1.83M▲ 47.0%
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€-4.00M€-2.00M€0€2.00M€4.00MOperating result 2021: €3.39M€3.39MNet result 2021: €2.43M€2.43MOperating result 2022: €288k€288kNet result 2022: €235k€235kOperating result 2023: €-1.37M€-1.37MNet result 2023: €-1.15M€-1.15MOperating result 2024: €-3.62M€-3.62MNet result 2024: €-3.45M€-3.45MOperating result 2025: €-1.69M€-1.69MNet result 2025: €-1.83M€-1.83M20212022202320242025€-4M€-3M€-2M€-1M€0Operating result 2023: €-1.37M€-1.4MNet result 2023: €-1.15M€-1.1MOperating result 2024: €-3.62M€-3.6MNet result 2024: €-3.45M€-3.5MOperating result 2025: €-1.69M€-1.7MNet result 2025: €-1.83M€-1.8M202320242025
The operating result stays negative: a loss of €1.69M in 2025 against €3.62M in 2024; the loss shrinks.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €72.85M
Fixed assets €70.57M ▲ 50.5%
Current assets €2.28M ▲ 116%
Equity and liabilities €72.85M
Equity €10.18M ▼ 15.2%
Provisions €1.04M ▼ 7.1%
Debt €61.63M ▲ 77.0%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 72.6% to 84.6%. Equity is lower and debt is higher.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
€616k
2024 · €-2.47M
Cash flow
€476k
2024 · €-2.30M
Current ratio
1.12
2024 · 0.56
Debt to equity
6.05
2024 · 2.90
ROE
-18.0%
2024 · -28.7%
ROA
-2.5%
2024 · -7.2%
Interest coverage
1.36
2024 · -7.33
Debt ≤ 1 year
€2.04M
2024 · €1.87M
Debt > 1 year
€59.18M
2024 · €32.71M
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2025 against 2024 · 63 lines
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€47.95M€72.85M
Fixed assets21/28€46.90M€70.57M
Intangible fixed assets21-€36k
Tangible fixed assets22/27€46.90M€70.48M
Land and buildings22€2.19M€2.09M
Plant, machinery and equipment23€157k€244k
Other tangible fixed assets26€37.94M€67.46M
Assets under construction and advance payments27€6.61M€690k
Financial fixed assets28-€55k
Current assets29/58€1.05M€2.28M
Amounts receivable after more than one year29€26k€27k
Other amounts receivable291€26k€27k
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€347k€1.39M
Trade receivables40€196k€1.12M
Other amounts receivable41€151k€276k
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€567k€856k
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€114k€2k
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€47.95M€72.85M
Equity10/15€12.01M€10.18M
Contributions10/11€8.15M€8.15M=
Capital10€8.15M€8.15M=
Issued capital100€8.15M€8.15M=
Revaluation surpluses12€299k€299k=
Reserves13€3.56M€3.21M
Non-distributable reserves130/1€90k€90k=
Legal reserve130€90k€90k=
Tax-exempt reserves132€3.36M€3.12M
Distributable reserves133€110k-
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€-1.48M
Provisions and deferred taxes16€1.12M€1.04M
Deferred taxes168€1.12M€1.04M
Amounts payable17/49€34.82M€61.63M
Amounts payable after more than one year17€32.71M€59.18M
Financial debts170/4€17.78M€17.46M
Other amounts payable178/9€14.93M€41.72M
Amounts payable within one year42/48€1.87M€2.04M
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€312k€318k
Trade debts44€1.55M€1.71M
Suppliers440/4€1.55M€1.71M
Taxes, remuneration and social security45-€1k
Taxes450/3-€1k
Other amounts payable47/48€9k€9k=
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€240k€413k
Income statement Code20242025
Non-recurring operating income76A€80k€251k
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€1.15M€2.31M
Other operating charges640/8€418k€1.22M
Non-recurring operating charges66A€2.93M-
Gross operating margin9900€876k€1.84M
Operating profit (loss)9901€-3.62M€-1.69M
Financial income75/76B€120k€233k
Recurring financial income75€114k€233k
Non-recurring financial income76B€7k-
Financial charges65/66B€351k€452k
Recurring financial charges65€337k€452k
Non-recurring financial charges66B€14k-
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€-3.85M€-1.91M
Transfer from deferred taxes780€398k€79k
Profit (loss) for the period9904€-3.45M€-1.83M
Transfer from tax-exempt reserves789€850k€237k
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€-2.60M€-1.59M
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€-1.49M€-1.59M
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P€1.11M-
Transfer from equity791/2€1.49M€110k

The notes to these accounts (26 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

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Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones

Next filing, fiscal year 2026, expected by 31-07-2027
2026
13-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · full schema
2025
29-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · abbreviated schema
2024
31-12
Financial Weakest financial yearnet €-3.45M
Net result drops to €-3.45M, the lowest in the series; recovery starts the following year.
29-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · full schema · 29 days late
2023
31-12
Financial Equity above €10MEq €15.46M ▲66.3%
Equity rises from €9.30M to €15.46M.
21-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · full schema · 21 days late
2022
14-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · full schema
2021
31-12
Financial Highest result since 2018net €2.43M ▲70%
Operating result €3.39M, net result €2.43M, both a record.
28-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · full schema
2020
31-12
Financial Liquidity times 32current ratio 2.21
Current ratio from 0.07 to 2.21; short-term debt falls from €4.83M to €708k.
30-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · full schema · 91 days late
2019
30-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · full schema · 30 days late
2018
20-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · full schema
2017
19-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.

Directors · office · real estate

Directors
16 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, Gent · 1 establishment unit since 1991
establishment The establishment unit on the map
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.

Industriepark-Drongen 149031 Gent
Ground area
1.2 ha
Building footprint
6,017 m²
Volume, LiDAR
45,929 m³
Parcel 44017D0805/00W000, Flanders · tallest building 17.9 m, ±2 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
Industriepark-Drongen 14, 9031 Gent
NACE 51240
since 19912.051.892.270
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
44017D0805/00W000 Flanders 1.2 ha 1 · 6,017 m² 17.9 m · 2 fl.
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Methodology
via registered seat: 1
1 of 1 parcel with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.

Similar companies · same sector, comparable size

Of 11,747 companies in sector 68310 we hold annual accounts for 6,905. 1,002 are within a factor 10 of this equity. The 5 above are the closest to it. See the whole sector

Company data · Crossroads Bank

Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded27-12-1990
Fiscal year end31-12
Abbreviation NL ETS. ED.BLOCK
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
68310Real estate agency activities
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 32 filingsAddress and cadastre registers

Scores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.