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Ets Declercq

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Private limited companyfounded 20206 yrs activeDebusscherstraat (Jozef) 68, 1500 Halle, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0753.749.683
Summary

The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of Ets Declercq is 3.7% (moderate). The annual accounts of Ets Declercq for fiscal year 2024 show a net loss of 77% of total assets and of 92% of the equity at the start of that year. The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €4,368 and a net result of -€49,935. Equity is shrinking by ~32.9% per year and would, assuming unchanged policy, indicatively turn negative around fiscal year 2026. Its solvency ranks better than 12% of 36378 sector peers (fiscal year 2024). The company has been active since 2020 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals.

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Score 2024
Axes · tick = 2023
Profitability0▼-4
Solvency32▼-27
Growth32▼-20
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
3.7% Moderate
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
No credit on open account
Liquidity tight (current ratio 1.07 against 1.51 in 2023; short-term debt: 93.2% and cash: 1.2% of total assets), and 93.2% of the assets are financed with debt.
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Signals

Six signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
+raises risk○neutral
raises risk · Limited track record
This company has not been active as long as an established one and statistically fails somewhat more often.
KBO · incorporation date
Age against the risk zone
highest failure risk from 2 to 8 years 6 years 0 10 y
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 43
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Specialised construction activities (NACE 43)
about 85% more bankruptcies
← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →
raises risk · Annual accounts: weaker financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a weaker profile in solvency, result or liquidity than companies that stay afloat.
NBB · annual accounts 2024
Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
6.8%
Return on assets
-77.4%
Age of the figures
21 mo
raises risk · Persistent losses
Two consecutive loss-making years (2023 and 2024); equity is also lower. May indicate structural pressure on profitability.
NBB · annual accounts 2024
Net result per financial year
21222324
2021 to 2024 · latest year -€49,935
raises risk · Weak solvency vs sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 12% of 36378 sector peers (2024).
NBB · sector comparison
Position among 36378 sector peers
Solvency
better than 12%
← weakest strongest →
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 06-10-2025, 67 days later. For context: 47% of the Belgian market files late and the whole 1-to-90-day band measures 2.0% abnormal legal state against a 1.66% average. We show this as a fact and do not score it.
NBB · 4 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not confirmed
2024
67 d late
2023
68 d late
2022
31 d late
2021
31 d late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 4 accounts on average 49 days after the deadline; the sector median for financial year 2024 is 1 day before the deadline, and 42% of the sector filed late.

Checked, nothing found (1)
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

On 7 September 2020, Ets Declercq was incorporated as a Private limited company.1 Total assets went from EUR 192,387 in 2021 to EUR 64,493 in 2024.2

  1. 1Crossroads Bank for Enterprises
  2. 2National Bank, annual accounts 2021 and 2024

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Financials · fiscal year 2024, micro schema

Equity
€4,368▼ 92.0%
2023 · €54,303
Total assets
€64,493▼ 59.4%
2023 · €158,786
Net result
-€49,935▼ 161%
2023 · -€19,132
Working capital
€4,362▼ 91.8%
2023 · €53,473
Trend over the years
In euros
In per cent
Ratio
In euros
No line ticked in this group.
In per cent
No line ticked in this group.
Ratio
No line ticked in this group.

Untick a line to hide it. Point at a year (or use the arrow keys on the chart) for the exact figures; the table below gives them all.Sector: the middle half (P25 to P75) of NACE 43, Specialised construction activities, each year against the same schema; no band under 30 filings. Dashed line: the median. Available for Net result, Equity, Total assets, Working capital, Solvency, Current ratio, Return on assets (ROA).

Every figure with its change against the fiscal year before
favourable unfavourable
Line2021202220232024
Operating result€57,621-€32,552▼ 43.5%-€12,803-€45,600▼ 256%
Net result€42,939above the sector's middle half-€25,495within the sector's middle half▼ 40.6%-€19,132below the sector's middle half-€49,935below the sector's middle half▼ 161%
Equity€47,939within the sector's middle half-€73,435within the sector's middle half▲ 53.2%€54,303within the sector's middle half▼ 26.1%€4,368below the sector's middle half▼ 92.0%
Total assets€192,387within the sector's middle half-€113,313within the sector's middle half▼ 41.1%€158,786within the sector's middle half▲ 40.1%€64,493below the sector's middle half▼ 59.4%
Debt€144,448-€39,879▼ 72.4%€104,483▲ 162%€60,125▼ 42.5%
Working capital€136,250above the sector's middle half-€70,613within the sector's middle half▼ 48.2%€53,473within the sector's middle half▼ 24.3%€4,362within the sector's middle half▼ 91.8%
Solvency24.9%within the sector's middle half-64.8%within the sector's middle half▲ 39.9pp34.2%within the sector's middle half▼ 30.6pp6.8%below the sector's middle half▼ 27.4pp
Current ratio3.53above the sector's middle half-2.77within the sector's middle half▼ 0.761.51within the sector's middle half▼ 1.261.07below the sector's middle half▼ 0.44
Return on assets (ROA)22.3%above the sector's middle half-22.5%above the sector's middle half▲ 0.2pp-12.0%below the sector's middle half▼ 34.5pp-77.4%below the sector's middle half▼ 65.4pp
above within below the middle half (P25 to P75) of NACE 43, Specialised construction activities, each year against the same schema; no band under 30 filings.
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the micro schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
-€50,000€0€50,000Operating result 2021: €57,621€57,621Net result 2021: €42,939€42,939Operating result 2022: €32,552€32,552Net result 2022: €25,495€25,495Operating result 2023: -€12,803-€12,803Net result 2023: -€19,132-€19,132Operating result 2024: -€45,600-€45,600Net result 2024: -€49,935-€49,9352021202220232024-€50,000-€25,000€0€25,000Operating result 2022: €32,552€32,600Net result 2022: €25,495€25,500Operating result 2023: -€12,803-€12,800Net result 2023: -€19,132-€19,100Operating result 2024: -€45,600-€45,600Net result 2024: -€49,935-€49,900202220232024
The operating result stays negative: a loss of €45,600 in 2024 against €12,803 in 2023; the loss grows and 2024 has the lowest result in the available series.
Balance-sheet composition
2024 in colour, 2023 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €64,493
Fixed assets €7 ▼ 99.2%
Current assets €64,487 ▼ 59.2%
Equity and liabilities €64,493
Equity €4,368 ▼ 92.0%
Debt €60,125 ▼ 42.5%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 65.8% to 93.2%. Equity and debt are lower.
Key figures and ratios
2024 value · change against 2023
EBITDA
-€44,776▼
2023 · -€10,811
Cash flow
-€49,111▼
2023 · -€17,140
Debt to equity
13.76▲
2023 · 1.92
Interest coverage
-8.66▼
2023 · -2.92
Debt ≤ 1 year
€60,125▼
2023 · €104,483
A ratio outside any meaningful range has been withheld (balance sheet total €64,493, equity €4,368).
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.

Peer companies

Historical observation

Of the 646 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 7.3% went bankrupt within 24 months and 86% are still going.

  • Micro
  • 5 to 10 years old
  • solvency under 10%
  • a loss of 10% of the balance sheet or more
7.3% went bankrupt
5.9% stopped otherwise
86% still going

A further 1.1% stopped, but we cannot tell whether within those 24 months.

For this company itself Checked computes a bankruptcy probability of 3.7% 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 497,340 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% 1.0%
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% 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 646 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 · 2024 against 2023 · 35 lines
Balance sheet Code20232024
Assets
Total assets20/58€158,786€64,493▼
Fixed assets21/28€830€7▼
Tangible fixed assets22/27€830€7▼
Furniture and vehicles24€830€7▼
Current assets29/58€157,956€64,487▼
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€89,832€50,617▼
Trade receivables40€64,962€31,986▼
Other amounts receivable41€24,870€18,631▼
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€26,024€748▼
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€42,100€13,121▼
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€158,786€64,493▼
Equity10/15€54,303€4,368▼
Contributions10/11€5,000€5,000=
Profit (loss) carried forward14€49,303-€632▼
Amounts payable17/49€104,483€60,125▼
Amounts payable within one year42/48€104,483€60,125▼
Trade debts44€93,888€41,769▼
Suppliers440/4€93,888€41,769▼
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€10,367€11,522▲
Taxes450/3€10,367€11,522▲
Other amounts payable47/48€229€6,835▲
Income statement Code20232024
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€1,992€823▼
Other operating charges640/8€8,129€9,008▲
Gross operating margin9900-€2,682-€35,768▼
Operating profit (loss)9901-€12,803-€45,600▼
Financial income75/76B€551€835▲
Recurring financial income75€551€835▲
Financial charges65/66B€3,697€5,170▲
Recurring financial charges65€3,697€5,170▲
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903-€15,949-€49,935▼
Income taxes67/77€3,183-
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€19,132-€49,935▼
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905-€19,132-€49,935▼
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€49,303-€632▼
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P€68,435€49,303▼

The notes to these accounts (4 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Line2021202220232024Change
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€2,194€1,548€1,992€823▼ 58.7%
Other operating charges640/8€1,555€348€8,129€9,008▲ 10.8%
Gross operating margin9900€61,370€34,447-€2,682-€35,768▼ 1,234%
Operating profit (loss)9901€57,621€32,552-€12,803-€45,600▼ 256%
Financial income75/76B€244-€551€835▲ 51.5%
Recurring financial income75€244-€551€835▲ 51.5%
Financial charges65/66B€117€73€3,697€5,170▲ 39.8%
Recurring financial charges65€117€73€3,697€5,170▲ 39.8%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€57,748€32,479-€15,949-€49,935▼ 213%
Income taxes67/77€14,809€6,984€3,183--
Profit (loss) for the period9904€42,939€25,495-€19,132-€49,935▼ 161%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€42,939€25,495-€19,132-€49,935▼ 161%
Line2021202220232024Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€192,387€113,313€158,786€64,493▼ 59.4%
Fixed assets21/28€2,380€2,822€830€7▼ 99.2%
Tangible fixed assets22/27€2,380€2,822€830€7▼ 99.2%
Furniture and vehicles24€2,380€2,822€830€7▼ 99.2%
Current assets29/58€190,007€110,491€157,956€64,487▼ 59.2%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€114,841€76,243€89,832€50,617▼ 43.7%
Trade receivables40€88,098€58,601€64,962€31,986▼ 50.8%
Other amounts receivable41€26,743€17,642€24,870€18,631▼ 25.1%
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€75,020€31,200€26,024€748▼ 97.1%
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€145€3,048€42,100€13,121▼ 68.8%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€192,387€113,313€158,786€64,493▼ 59.4%
Equity10/15€47,939€73,435€54,303€4,368▼ 92.0%
Contributions10/11€5,000€5,000€5,000€5,000=
Profit (loss) carried forward14€42,939€68,435€49,303-€632▼ 101%
Amounts payable17/49€144,448€39,879€104,483€60,125▼ 42.5%
Amounts payable within one year42/48€53,757€39,879€104,483€60,125▼ 42.5%
Trade debts44€38,948€17,202€93,888€41,769▼ 55.5%
Suppliers440/4€38,948€17,202€93,888€41,769▼ 55.5%
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€14,809€21,793€10,367€11,522▲ 11.1%
Taxes450/3€14,809€21,793€10,367€11,522▲ 11.1%
Other amounts payable47/48-€884€229€6,835▲ 2,889%
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€90,691----
Line2021202220232024Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904€42,939€25,495-€19,132-€49,935▼ 161%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€2,194€1,548€1,992€823▼ 58.7%
Operating cash flow (approximation)€45,133€27,043-€17,140-€49,111▼ 187%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)--€1,989€0€0-
Change in cash--€43,820-€5,177-€25,275▼ 388%

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

2025
06-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · micro schema · 67 days late
2024
31-12
Financial Weakest financial yearnet -€49,935
Net result drops to -€49,935, the lowest in the series.
07-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · micro schema · 68 days late
2023
31-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · micro schema · 31 days late
2022
31-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · micro schema · 31 days late
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
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Directors · office · real estate

Directors
2 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, Halle · 1 establishment unit since 2020
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.

Debusscherstraat (Jozef) 681500 Halle
1 establishment unit
Debusscherstraat (Jozef) 68, 1500 Halle
Repair, maintenance and installation of machinery and equipment
since 20202.327.522.126

Structure & network

Owners and holdings

1 owner

Owners 1

Holdings 0

No holding stated in the accounts, acts or LEI register we read.

According to the annual accounts of the other companies, the acts in the Belgian Gazette and the LEI register. The register of ultimate beneficial owners (UBO) is not public: who ultimately stands behind a natural person or a foreign parent is not stated here. A company that does not fill in these statements, or need not, is missing.

Connections & network

No current directors or connected companies found in the register.

Similar companies · same sector, comparable size

Of 7,043 companies in sector 43221 we hold annual accounts for 3,480. 1,002 are within a factor 10 of this equity. The 5 above are the closest to it. See the whole sector

Identification & contact

Identification
Legal formPrivate limited company
Founded07-09-2020
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
43221Plumbing work
28250Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified
33110Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products
43222Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation
43230Insulation installation
43990Other specialised construction activities
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