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FERECO

Inactive
KBO/BCE: BE 0547.826.108

FERECO was declared bankrupt on 06-01-2022 (Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen, afdeling Hasselt); the bankruptcy was closed for insufficient assets by judgment of 28-03-2024, published in the Belgian State Gazette on 04-04-2024.

Summary

Inactive; last annual accounts for fiscal year 2020.

Signals

Three signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
+raises risk○neutral
neutral · Prior bankruptcy
Earlier bankruptcy on record in the Belgian State Gazette, no current open procedure.
Belgian State Gazette
neutral · No filing for years
The last filed financial year closed on 31-12-2020. Since then, 5 financial years are missing. This points to a standstill, not an imminent failure.
NBB · 6 filings
Position against the passed deadline
31-12-2021 close31-07-2022 deadline28-09-2026 today
raises risk · Filed more than 90 days late
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2020 was due by 31-07-2021 and was filed on 27-11-2021, 119 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 · 6 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not confirmed
2024
not filed
2023
not filed
2022
not filed
2021
not filed
2020
119 d late
2019
439 d late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filings

This company filed its last 2 accounts on average 279 days after the deadline; the Belgian median for financial year 2024 is 4 days before the deadline, and 38% of all filings were 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

Total assets went from EUR 184,987 in 2018 to EUR 189,051 in 2020.1 On 6 January 2022 FERECO was declared bankrupt; the bankruptcy was closed on 28 March 2024.23

  1. 1National Bank, annual accounts 2018 and 2020
  2. 2Belgian State Gazette, 11-01-2022
  3. 3Belgian State Gazette, 04-04-2024

Financials · fiscal year 2020, micro schema

Turnover
€35,576
EBIT margin
-164.8%
Net result
€160,268▲ 244%
2019 · €46,566
Working capital
€46,933
2019 · -€121,742
Trend over the years

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Every figure with its change against the fiscal year before
favourable unfavourable
Line201820192020
Turnover€35,576-
Operating result-€58,643-€50,236€160,652▲ 220%
Net result-€67,645-€46,566€160,268▲ 244%
EBIT margin-164.8%-
Equity-€103,468--€56,901▲ 45.0%€103,367
Total assets€184,987-€236,059▲ 27.6%€189,051▼ 19.9%
Debt€288,455-€292,960▲ 1.6%€85,684▼ 70.8%
Working capital-€176,156--€121,742▲ 30.9%€46,933
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the micro schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
-€100,000€0€100,000€200,000Operating result 2018: -€58,643-€58,643Net result 2018: -€67,645-€67,645Operating result 2019: €50,236€50,236Net result 2019: €46,566€46,566Operating result 2020: €160,652€160,652Net result 2020: €160,268€160,268201820192020-€100,000€0€100,000€200,000Operating result 2018: -€58,643-€58,600Net result 2018: -€67,645-€67,600Operating result 2019: €50,236€50,200Net result 2019: €46,566€46,600Operating result 2020: €160,652€161,000Net result 2020: €160,268€160,000201820192020
The operating result has risen two years in a row; 2020 is 220% above 2019 and is the highest result in the available series.
Balance-sheet composition
Equity and liabilities €189,051
Equity €103,367
Debt €85,684
Debt finances 45.3% of the balance-sheet total.
Key figures and ratios
2020 value · change against 2019
EBITDA
€169,059▲
2019 · €58,508
Cash flow
€168,675▲
2019 · €54,838
Current ratio
2.25▲
2019 · 0.50
Debt to equity
0.47▲
2019 · -0.85
ROE
155.0%
ROA
84.8%▲
2019 · 19.7%
Debt ≤ 1 year
€37,470▼
2019 · €244,746
Debt > 1 year
€48,214=
2019 · €48,214
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.
Annual accounts
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2020 against 2019 · 22 lines
Balance sheet Code20192020
Assets
Total assets20/58€236,059€189,051▼
Formation expenses20€112,596€104,648▼
Fixed assets21/28€459-
Tangible fixed assets22/27€459-
Current assets29/58€123,004€84,403▼
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€122,827€84,213▼
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€177€190▲
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€236,059€189,051▼
Equity10/15-€56,901€103,367▲
Contributions10/11€249,480€249,480=
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€306,381-€146,113▲
Amounts payable17/49€292,960€85,684▼
Amounts payable after more than one year17€48,214€48,214=
Amounts payable within one year42/48€244,746€37,470▼
Trade debts44€79,457€6,437▼
Income statement Code20192020
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€8,272€8,407▲
Gross operating margin9900€58,570€169,059▲
Operating profit (loss)9901€50,236€160,652▲
Recurring financial charges65€3,670€384▼
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€46,566€160,268▲
Profit (loss) for the period9904€46,566€160,268▲
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€46,566€160,268▲
Line201820192020Change
Turnover70€35,576---
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€8,298€8,272€8,407▲ 1.6%
Gross operating margin9900-€40,001€58,570€169,059▲ 189%
Operating profit (loss)9901-€58,643€50,236€160,652▲ 220%
Recurring financial charges65€7,277€3,670€384▼ 89.5%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903-€67,645€46,566€160,268▲ 244%
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€67,645€46,566€160,268▲ 244%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905-€67,645€46,566€160,268▲ 244%
Line201820192020Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€184,987€236,059€189,051▼ 19.9%
Formation expenses20€120,544€112,596€104,648▼ 7.1%
Fixed assets21/28€784€459--
Tangible fixed assets22/27€784€459--
Current assets29/58€63,660€123,004€84,403▼ 31.4%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€63,228€122,827€84,213▼ 31.4%
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€432€177€190▲ 7.3%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€184,987€236,059€189,051▼ 19.9%
Equity10/15-€103,468-€56,901€103,367▲ 282%
Contributions10/11€249,480€249,480€249,480=
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€352,948-€306,381-€146,113▲ 52.3%
Amounts payable17/49€288,455€292,960€85,684▼ 70.8%
Amounts payable after more than one year17€48,214€48,214€48,214=
Amounts payable within one year42/48€239,816€244,746€37,470▼ 84.7%
Trade debts44€66,832€79,457€6,437▼ 91.9%
Line201820192020Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€67,645€46,566€160,268▲ 244%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€8,298€8,272€8,407▲ 1.6%
Operating cash flow (approximation)-€59,347€54,838€168,675▲ 208%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)--€7,947--
Change in cash--€255€13▲ 105%

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

2024
04-04
Bankruptcy Bankruptcy closure (insufficient assets)
Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen, afdeling Hasselt · event 28-03-2024
2022
11-01
Bankruptcy Opening
Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen, afdeling Hasselt · event 06-01-2022
2021
27-11
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · micro schema · 119 days late
13-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · micro schema · 439 days late
2020
31-12
Financial Highest result since 2018net €160,268 ▲244%
Operating result €160,652, net result €160,268, both a record.
31-12
Financial Liquidity quadruplescurrent ratio 2.25
Current ratio from 0.50 to 2.25; short-term debt falls from €244,746 to €37,470.
31-12
Financial Equity above €100,000Eq €103,367
2 profitable years in a row build equity to €103,367.
26-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · micro schema · 392 days late
2019
31-12
Financial Back to profitnet €46,566
Net result €46,566 after one loss-making year.
2018
27-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · abbreviated schema · 27 days late
2017
30-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema · 30 days late
2016
18-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · abbreviated schema
SignalFinancial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
0 of 9 acts read
About the unread acts

We know of 9 Belgian State Gazette acts for this company. None of them has been read yet: what they contain is neither established nor disproved here.

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Directors · office · real estate

Directors
9 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

Insolvency mandates

2 mandates
Role Name Tenure
Curator RONNY MAES
PRINS BISSCHOPSINGEL 11, 3500 HASSELT
06-01-2022 → 28-03-2024
Curator KRISTOF KROL
PRINS BISSCHOPSSINGEL 11, 3500 HASSELT
06-01-2022 → 28-03-2024