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F.I.L.

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Private limited companyfounded 198244 yrs activeKatwilgenstraat 4, 9032 Gent, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0422.524.080

F.I.L. has been active since 1982 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2024 annual accounts show negative equity (€-76k) and a net result of €474. Equity is shrinking by ~10.9% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 8% of 9017 sector peers (fiscal year 2024). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.6% (low).

Checked score

Score 2024
8 / 100
Critical= vs 2023
The score combines four axes. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2023
Profitability0=
Solvency33=
Growth58=
Stability100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.6% Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
No credit on open account
Liquidity short (current ratio 0.0 against 0.03 in 2023), and equity is negative.
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Signals

Seven signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
lowers risk+raises riskneutral
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
elevated failure risk from 2 to 8 years 44 years 0 50 y
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
-10.4%
Return on assets
0.1%
Age of the figures
27 mo
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 46
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Sector 46
higher
← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →
raises risk · Weak solvency vs sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 8% of 9017 sector peers (2024).
NBB · sector comparison
Position among 9017 sector peers
Solvency
better than 8%
← weakest strongest →
raises risk · Annual accounts not filed
The financial year that closed on 30-06-2025 was due at the National Bank by 31-01-2026. Nothing is on record, 227 days later.
NBB · 10 filings
Position against the passed deadline
30-06-2025 close31-01-2026 deadline15-09-2026 today
raises risk · Filed more than 90 days late
The financial year that closed on 30-06-2024 was due by 31-01-2025 and was filed on 29-12-2025, 332 days past the deadline. Measured on financial year 2023: companies more than 90 days late are in an abnormal legal state today in 5.61% of cases, against 1.66% across all filers.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not filed
2024
332 d late
2023
27 d late
2022
21 d late
2021
56 d late
2020
417 d late
2019
782 d late
← before the deadline after the 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 2024, abbreviated schema

Equity
€-76k▲ 0.6%
2023 · €-77k
2019: €-22k 2020: €-52k 2021: €-79k 2022: €-78k 2023: €-77k
2019 → 2024
Total assets
€731k▼ 4.2%
2023 · €764k
2019: €856k 2020: €817k 2021: €789k 2022: €786k 2023: €764k
2019 → 2024
Net result
€474▼ 51.8%
2023 · €984
2019: €-29k 2020: €-29k 2021: €-27k 2022: €1k 2023: €984
2019 → 2024
Working capital
€-805k▲ 1.6%
2023 · €-818k
2019: €-870k 2020: €-866k 2021: €-860k 2022: €-830k 2023: €-818k
2019 → 2024
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20202021202220232024Trend
Equity€-52k-€-79k▼ 52.3%€-78k▲ 1.5%€-77k▲ 1.3%€-76k▲ 0.6%
Operating result€-28k-€-26k▲ 6.3%€2k€1k▼ 11.0%€583▼ 59.1%
Net result€-29k-€-27k▲ 7.5%€1k€984▼ 15.3%€474▼ 51.8%
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the abbreviated schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€-30k€-20k€-10k€0Operating result 2020: €-28k€-28kNet result 2020: €-29k€-29kOperating result 2021: €-26k€-26kNet result 2021: €-27k€-27kOperating result 2022: €2k€2kNet result 2022: €1k€1kOperating result 2023: €1k€1kNet result 2023: €984€984Operating result 2024: €583€583Net result 2024: €474€47420202021202220232024
The operating result has fallen two years in a row; 2024 is 59% below 2023.
Balance-sheet composition
2024 in colour, 2023 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €731k
Fixed assets €729k▼ 1.9%
Current assets €3k▼ 86.2%
Key figures and ratios
2024 value · change against 2023
EBITDA
€21k
2023 · €21k
Cash flow
€21k
2023 · €21k
Solvency
-10.4%
2023 · -10.0%
Current ratio
0.00
2023 · 0.03
Quick ratio
0.00
2023 · 0.03
Debt / equity
-10.59
2023 · -10.95
ROE
-0.6%
2023 · -1.3%
ROA
0.1%
2023 · 0.1%
Interest coverage
171.36
2023 · 48.39
Debt
€808k
2023 · €841k
Debt ≤ 1 year
€808k
2023 · €839k
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt / equity.
Filed annual accounts
As filed with the NBB · 2024 against 2023
Balance sheet Code20232024
Assets
Total assets20/58€764k€731k
Fixed assets21/28€743k€729k
Tangible fixed assets22/27€131k€117k
Land and buildings22€76k€66k
Plant, machinery and equipment23€55k€51k
Financial fixed assets28€612k€612k=
Current assets29/58€21k€3k
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€17k€3k
Trade receivables40-€1k
Other amounts receivable41€17k€1k
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€5k€115
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€764k€731k
Equity10/15€-77k€-76k
Contributions10/11€19k€19k=
Capital10-€19k
Issued capital100-€19k
Reserves13€20k€20k=
Non-distributable reserves130/1€7k€7k=
Legal reserve130-€7k
Reserves not available under the articles1311€7k-
Tax-exempt reserves132€13k€13k=
Profit (loss) carried forward14€-115k€-115k
Amounts payable17/49€841k€808k
Amounts payable within one year42/48€839k€808k
Trade debts44€2k-
Suppliers440/4€2k-
Advances received on contracts in progress46-€2k
Other amounts payable47/48€837k€806k
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€2k-
Income statement Code20232024
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€20k€20k
Other operating charges640/8€5k€3k
Gross operating margin9900€26k€24k
Operating profit (loss)9901€1k€583
Financial income75/76B-€13
Recurring financial income75-€13
Financial charges65/66B€443€122
Recurring financial charges65€443€122
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€984€474
Profit (loss) for the period9904€984€474
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€984€474
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€-115k€-115k
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P€-116k€-115k

The notes to these accounts (5 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

2025
29-12
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · abbreviated schema · 332 days late
2024
27-02
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · abbreviated schema · 27 days late
2023
21-02
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · abbreviated schema · 21 days late
2022
30-06
Financial Back to profitnet €1k
Net result €1k after 3 loss-making years.
28-03
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · abbreviated schema · 56 days late
24-03
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · abbreviated schema · 417 days late
23-03
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · abbreviated schema · 782 days late
2020
30-06
Financial Weakest financial yearnet €-29k
Net result drops to €-29k, the lowest in the series; recovery starts the following year.
2019
25-03
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · abbreviated schema · 53 days late
23-03
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · abbreviated schema · 416 days late
2017
15-01
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema
2016
26-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · abbreviated schema · 147 days late
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.

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, Gent · 1 establishment unit since 1982
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.

Katwilgenstraat 49032 Gent
Ground area
748 m²
Building footprint
250 m²
Volume, LiDAR
947 m³
Parcel 44074C0271/00H000, Flanders · tallest building 5.4 m, ±1 floor. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
LEKKERBEK
Katwilgenstraat 4, 9032 GentNACE 52271
since 19822.020.208.211
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
44074C0271/00H000 Flanders 748 m² 1 · 250 m² 5.4 m · 1 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 694 companies in sector 46392 we hold annual accounts for 483. 111 are within a factor 10 of this equity.See the whole sector

Company data · Crossroads Bank

Identification
Legal formPrivate limited company
Founded23-03-1982
Fiscal year end30-06
Activities, NACEBEL
46392Non-specialised wholesale
51392
47110Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating
47112Retail trade
52112
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 29 filingsAddress and cadastre registers

Data from official sources, last processed on 14-09-2026. Scores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.