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FIRANTEX

Inactive
KBO/BCE: BE 0474.041.770

FIRANTEX was declared bankrupt on 03-10-2022 (Ondernemingsrechtbank Gent, afdeling Dendermonde); the bankruptcy was closed for insufficient assets by judgment of 11-12-2023, published in the Belgian State Gazette on 15-12-2023.

No longer registered with the KBO; last annual accounts for fiscal year 2021.

Signals

Four signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
+raises riskneutral
neutral · Prior bankruptcy
Earlier bankruptcy on record in the Belgian State Gazette, no current open procedure.
Belgian State Gazette
raises risk · Two or more financial years not filed
Since the financial year that closed on 31-12-2022, 4 financial years are missing at the National Bank. A company this far behind goes bankrupt within the year nineteen times as often as a punctual filer.
NBB · 10 filings
Position against the passed deadline
31-12-2022 close31-07-2023 deadline22-09-2026 today
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2021 was due by 31-07-2022 and was filed on 20-07-2022, 11 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not confirmed
2024
not filed
2023
not filed
2022
not filed
2021
11 d early
2020
30 d late
2019
91 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 2021, micro schema

Equity
€-19k▼ 73.4%
2020 · €-11k
2018: €12k 2019: €18k 2020: €-11k
2018 → 2021
Total assets
€94k▼ 49.9%
2020 · €187k
2018: €743k 2019: €330k 2020: €187k
2018 → 2021
Net result
€-8k▲ 72.2%
2020 · €-29k
2018: €16k 2019: €6k 2020: €-29k
2018 → 2021
Working capital
€-42k▼ 569%
2020 · €-6k
2018: €190k 2019: €65k 2020: €-6k
2018 → 2021
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line2018201920202021Trend
Equity€12k-€18k▲ 48.7%€-11k€-19k▼ 73.4%
Operating result€9k-€10k▲ 14.0%€-27k€-8k▲ 72.0%
Net result€16k-€6k▼ 63.4%€-29k€-8k▲ 72.2%
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the micro schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€-40k€-20k€0€20kOperating result 2018: €9k€9kNet result 2018: €16k€16kOperating result 2019: €10k€10kNet result 2019: €6k€6kOperating result 2020: €-27k€-27kNet result 2020: €-29k€-29kOperating result 2021: €-8k€-8kNet result 2021: €-8k€-8k2018201920202021
The operating result stays negative: a loss of €8k in 2021 against €27k in 2020; the loss shrinks.
Balance-sheet composition
Assets €94k
Fixed assets €22k
Current assets €71k
Key figures and ratios
2021 value · change against 2020
EBITDA
€-4k
Cash flow
€-5k
Solvency
-20.3%
2020 · -5.9%
Current ratio
0.63
2020 · 0.97
Quick ratio
0.14
2020 · 0.65
Debt / equity
-5.92
ROA
-8.6%
2020 · -15.5%
Interest coverage
-13.65
Debt
€113k
2020 · €198k
Debt ≤ 1 year
€113k
2020 · €193k
Income taxes
€214
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 · 2021 against 2020
Balance sheet Code20202021
Assets
Total assets20/58€187k€94k
Fixed assets21/28-€22k
Tangible fixed assets22/27-€22k
Plant, machinery and equipment23-€2k
Furniture and vehicles24-€21k
Current assets29/58€187k€71k
Stocks and contracts in progress3€61k€56k
Stocks30/36-€56k
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€103k€8k
Other amounts receivable41-€8k
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€24k€7k
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1-€193
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€187k€94k
Equity10/15€-11k€-19k
Contributions10/11-€19k
Profit (loss) carried forward14€-30k€-38k
Amounts payable17/49€198k€113k
Amounts payable within one year42/48€193k€113k
Trade debts44€139k€49k
Suppliers440/4-€49k
Taxes, remuneration and social security45-€214
Taxes450/3-€214
Other amounts payable47/48-€64k
Income statement Code20202021
Non-recurring operating income76A-€11k
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630-€3k
Other operating charges640/8-€8k
Gross operating margin9900€-14k€4k
Operating profit (loss)9901€-27k€-8k
Financial charges65/66B-€327
Recurring financial charges65€2k€327
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€-29k€-8k
Income taxes67/77-€214
Profit (loss) for the period9904€-29k€-8k
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€-29k€-8k
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906-€-38k
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P-€-30k

The notes to these accounts (7 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

2023
15-12
Bankruptcy Bankruptcy closure (insufficient assets)
Ondernemingsrechtbank Gent, afdeling Dendermonde · FIRANTEX BV BROUWERSHOF 13, 9100 SINT-NIKLAAS · event 11-12-2023
2022
10-10
Bankruptcy Opening
Ondernemingsrechtbank Gent, afdeling Dendermonde · FIRANTEX BV BROU- WERSHOF 13, 9100 SINT-NIKLAAS · event 03-10-2022
20-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · micro schema
2021
30-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · micro schema · 30 days late
2020
31-12
Financial Weakest financial yearnet €-29k ▼591%
Net result drops to €-29k, the lowest in the series.
30-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · micro schema · 91 days late
2019
30-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · micro schema · 30 days late
2018
31-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · micro schema · 31 days late
2017
31-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · micro schema
2016
30-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · abbreviated schema · 30 days late
2015
31-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2014 · abbreviated schema · 31 days late
2014
31-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2013 · abbreviated schema
2013
30-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2012 · abbreviated schema · 30 days late
SignalFinancial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.

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
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.

Insolvency mandates

2 mandates
Role Name Tenure
Curator ALAIN CLEYMAN
PR. JOS. CHARLOTTELAAN 71, 9100 SINT-NIKLAAS
03-10-2022 → present
Curator CATHA- RINA ORLENT
PR.JOS.CHARLOTTELAAN 71, 9100 SINT-NIKLAAS-
03-10-2022 → present