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Firebug

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Private limited companyfounded 2021active for 5 yearsVan Eycklaan 11, 9990 Maldegem, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0761.628.954
Summary

The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of Firebug is 1.9% (moderate). The 2025 annual accounts show negative equity (-€23,300) and a net result of -€15,327. Equity is shrinking by about 93% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 20% of 22,581 sector peers (NACE 47, financial year 2025). The company has been active since 2021 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals.

Overview

Activity
Retail sale of other household articles
NACE 47559
1 site
Size
€426,866total assets 2025
Equity
-€23,300
Loss
-€15,327
Turnover not published (micro format)
Financial health
52 Fair Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
1.9%
Structure
2025 accounts filed 28 days late1 deed in the Belgian Official Gazette
Why 52raises riskLast filed accounts filed 28 days late; 1 of the last 3 lateNegative equity -€23,300Founded in 2021lowers riskSize: total assets €426,866Show the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
52 / 100
Fair
Probability in this band: 1.5% to 4.2%
Financially better than 19% of its sector peers (NACE 47, micro)
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Weak
Solvency 20-3
equity -5.5% of total assets
Liquidity 10+9
short-term debt 101.2% · cash 8.3%
Profitability 64+58
return on assets -3.6%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
1.9% Moderate
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

About 2 in 100 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 0.6% (40,248 companies, NACE 47, micro)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 1.9% 12-2024: 2.1%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 11-2024 01-2025: 3.2%▲ +1.1 percentage points vs 12-2024 02-2025: 3.2%● unchanged vs 01-2025 03-2025: 3.2%● unchanged vs 02-2025 04-2025: 3.1%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 03-2025 05-2025: 3.1%● unchanged vs 04-2025 06-2025: 3.2%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 05-2025 07-2025: 3.2%● unchanged vs 06-2025 08-2025: 3.3%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 07-2025 09-2025: 3.3%● unchanged vs 08-2025 10-2025: 3.5%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 09-2025 11-2025: 4.1%▲ +0.6 percentage points vs 10-2025highest value 12-2025: 1.8%▼ -2.3 percentage points vs 11-2025 01-2026: 1.8%● unchanged vs 12-2025 02-2026: 1.8%● unchanged vs 01-2026 03-2026: 1.8%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: 1.7%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 03-2026 05-2026: 1.7%● unchanged vs 04-2026 06-2026: 1.7%● unchanged vs 05-2026lowest value 07-2026: 1.7%● unchanged vs 06-2026 08-2026: 1.9%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 07-2026 09-2026: 1.9%● unchanged vs 08-2026 10-2026: 1.9%● unchanged vs 09-2026
No credit on open account
Liquidity insufficient (current ratio 0.68, compared with 0.74 in 2024, below 1; short-term debt: 101.2% and cash: 8.3% of total assets), and equity is negative.
How it is calculated

The band follows from the bankruptcy probability, on a scale where 10 more points roughly halve it:

75-100 Excellent under 0.55%
60-74 Healthy 0.55% to 1.5%
45-59 Fair 1.5% to 4.2%
25-44 Weak 4.2% to 15.0%
0-24 Critical over 15.0%

Where the company stands within its band depends half on the bankruptcy probability and half on how it does against its sector peers (NACE 47, micro): better than 17% on solvency, 11% on liquidity, 45% on profitability and 3% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 27-10-2026 by the bankruptcy model of 2 October 2026, which learns from Belgian bankruptcies and reads the registers, the annual accounts and the Belgian Official Gazette.

Some facts cap the score, however low the probability. Negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special status in the KBO, one missing filing or accounts filed more than 90 days late hold it at Fair at most (59); two missing filings, at Weak (44). An ongoing judicial reorganisation or the company's end (bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation) holds it at Critical at most (24).

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Signals

Six signals.
lowers riskraises risk
lowers risk · Size: total assets €426,866
Companies of this size fail less often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Last filed accounts filed 28 days late; 1 of the last 3 late
NBB · filings
raises risk · Negative equity -€23,300
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Founded in 2021
Companies of this age fail more often than older ones; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
KBO
raises risk · Negative equity
The 2025 annual accounts show negative equity and a net loss.
NBB · annual accounts 2025
Equity per financial year
22232425
2022 to 2025 · latest year -€23,300
raises risk · 2025 accounts filed 28 days late
The financial year that closed on 31-03-2025 was due by 31-10-2025 and was filed on 28-11-2025, 28 days later. Nearly half (47%) of Belgian companies file late; of those that file 1 to 90 days late, 2.0% are now bankrupt, dissolved or in another special legal status, against 1.66% of all filers. A delay like this does not count in the score.
NBB · 4 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
28 days late
2024
60 days late
2023
21 days late
2022
30 days 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 35 days after the deadline; the sector median (NACE 47) for financial year 2024 is on the deadline day, and 47% of those companies filed late.

Searched, nothing found (2)
neutral · Next filing not due yet
The financial year that closed on 31-03-2026 is due by 31-10-2026. Nothing is late today. The company usually files around 29 November (3 of the last 4 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
31-03-2026 year end27-10-2026 today31-10-2026 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
Searched since 2021.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2025 · micro…
  2. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2024 · micro…
  3. Weakest financial yearnet -€34,362

Financials · financial year 2025, micro format

2025 annual accounts filed late (28 days) Filed on 28 November 2025, deadline 31 October 2025 (7 months after the close on 31 March 2025, Companies Code art. 3:10). Source: NBB, 2025-00572508.

Equity
-€23,300▼ 192%
2024 · -€7,973
Total assets
€426,866▲ 28.1%
2024 · €333,114
Net result
-€15,327▲ 55.4%
2024 · -€34,362
Working capital
-€138,249▼ 68.9%
2024 · -€81,866
Trend over the years

2022 to 2025, 4 financial years

The operating result stays negative: a loss of €12,938 in 2025 against €32,753 in 2024; the loss shrinks.

What the company sold each financial year and what was left of it. A loss stands below the zero line.

Operating result-€12,938 2025 Net result-€15,327 2025

Use the arrow keys on the chart for the figures per year.

Sector: the middle half of NACE 47, Retail trade: a quarter of companies sit below it, a quarter above. Each year compared with accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30. 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 financial year before
favourable unfavourable
Line2022202320242025
Operating result€50,930--€12,097-€32,753▼ 171%-€12,938▲ 60.5%
Net result€36,186above the sector's middle half--€14,797below the sector's middle half-€34,362below the sector's middle half▼ 132%-€15,327below the sector's middle half▲ 55.4%
Equity€41,186within the sector's middle half-€26,389within the sector's middle half▼ 35.9%-€7,973below the sector's middle half-€23,300below the sector's middle half▼ 192%
Total assets€307,009within the sector's middle half-€323,327within the sector's middle half▲ 5.3%€333,114above the sector's middle half▲ 3.0%€426,866above the sector's middle half▲ 28.1%
Debt€265,824-€296,938▲ 11.7%€341,087▲ 14.9%€450,166▲ 32.0%
Working capital€7,091within the sector's middle half--€9,457within the sector's middle half-€81,866below the sector's middle half▼ 766%-€138,249below the sector's middle half▼ 68.9%
Solvency13.4%within the sector's middle half-8.2%within the sector's middle half▼ 5.3pp-2.4%below the sector's middle half▼ 10.6pp-5.5%below the sector's middle half▼ 3.1pp
Current ratio1.03within the sector's middle half-0.96within the sector's middle half▼ 0.060.74below the sector's middle half▼ 0.220.68below the sector's middle half▼ 0.06
Return on assets (ROA)11.8%above the sector's middle half--4.6%below the sector's middle half▼ 16.4pp-10.3%below the sector's middle half▼ 5.7pp-3.6%below the sector's middle half▲ 6.7pp
above within below the middle half of NACE 47, Retail trade: a quarter of companies sit below it, a quarter above. Each year compared with accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30.
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the micro format does not require them.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €426,866
Fixed assets €133,043 ▲ 38.5%
Current assets €293,823 ▲ 23.9%
Equity and liabilities
Equity-€23,300
Debt€450,166
Equity is negative: debt (€450,166) exceeds the balance-sheet total (€426,866).
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
€25,145▲
2024 · -€10,262
Cash flow
€22,756▲
2024 · -€11,871
Quick ratio
0.26▲
2024 · 0.15
Interest coverage
8.57▲
2024 · -4.08
Debt ≤ 1 year
€432,072▲
2024 · €318,922
Debt > 1 year
€18,094▼
2024 · €22,165
Income taxes
€118
No debt to equity: equity is negative, so debt divided by equity means nothing.
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.

Peer companies

Historical observation

Of the 1,564 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 5.1% went bankrupt within 24 months and 88.9% are still going.

  • Micro
  • 5 to 10 years old
  • negative equity
  • a small loss
5.1% went bankrupt
5.4% stopped otherwise
88.9% still going

A further 0.6% stopped, but we cannot tell whether within those 24 months.

For this company itself Checked computes a bankruptcy probability of 1.9% 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 497,445 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% 0.9%
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 74.5% 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 1,564 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 · 2025 against 2024 · 47 lines
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€333,114€426,866▲
Fixed assets21/28€96,057€133,043▲
Intangible fixed assets21€8,002€6,040▼
Tangible fixed assets22/27€88,056€127,003▲
Land and buildings22€4,579€3,230▼
Plant, machinery and equipment23€45,734€60,512▲
Furniture and vehicles24€28,914€58,283▲
Leasing and similar rights25€8,829€4,979▼
Current assets29/58€237,056€293,823▲
Stocks and contracts in progress3€189,587€179,419▼
Stocks30/36€189,587€179,419▼
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€39,475€77,999▲
Trade receivables40€39,216€77,999▲
Other amounts receivable41€260-
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€3,588€35,239▲
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€4,406€1,166▼
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€333,114€426,866▲
Equity10/15-€7,973-€23,300▼
Contributions10/11€5,000€5,000=
Reserves13€36,000€36,000=
Distributable reserves133€36,000€36,000=
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€48,973-€64,300▼
Amounts payable17/49€341,087€450,166▲
Amounts payable after more than one year17€22,165€18,094▼
Financial debts170/4€22,165€18,094▼
Amounts payable within one year42/48€318,922€432,072▲
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€5,317€5,436▲
Trade debts44€25,185€33,598▲
Suppliers440/4€25,185€33,598▲
Advances received on contracts in progress46€15,037€53,654▲
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€1,787€4,201▲
Taxes450/3€1,787€4,201▲
Other amounts payable47/48€271,597€335,183▲
Income statement Code20242025
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€22,491€38,083▲
Other operating charges640/8€367€922▲
Gross operating margin9900-€9,894€26,066▲
Operating profit (loss)9901-€32,753-€12,938▲
Financial income75/76B€908€662▼
Recurring financial income75€908€662▼
Financial charges65/66B€2,518€2,933▲
Recurring financial charges65€2,518€2,933▲
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903-€34,362-€15,209▲
Income taxes67/77-€118
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€34,362-€15,327▲
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905-€34,362-€15,327▲
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906-€48,973-€64,300▼
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P-€14,611-€48,973▼

The notes to these accounts (10 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Line2022202320242025Change
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€9,737€19,863€22,491€38,083▲ 69.3%
Other operating charges640/8€349€1,362€367€922▲ 151%
Gross operating margin9900€61,016€9,129-€9,894€26,066-
Operating profit (loss)9901€50,930-€12,097-€32,753-€12,938▲ 60.5%
Financial income75/76B€21€459€908€662▼ 27.1%
Recurring financial income75€21€459€908€662▼ 27.1%
Financial charges65/66B€3,475€3,159€2,518€2,933▲ 16.5%
Recurring financial charges65€3,475€3,159€2,518€2,933▲ 16.5%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€47,475-€14,797-€34,362-€15,209▲ 55.7%
Income taxes67/77€11,289--€118-
Profit (loss) for the period9904€36,186-€14,797-€34,362-€15,327▲ 55.4%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€36,186-€14,797-€34,362-€15,327▲ 55.4%
Line2022202320242025Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€307,009€323,327€333,114€426,866▲ 28.1%
Fixed assets21/28€34,095€63,328€96,057€133,043▲ 38.5%
Intangible fixed assets21-€3,342€8,002€6,040▼ 24.5%
Tangible fixed assets22/27€34,095€59,985€88,056€127,003▲ 44.2%
Land and buildings22€5,259€4,078€4,579€3,230▼ 29.5%
Plant, machinery and equipment23-€3,941€45,734€60,512▲ 32.3%
Furniture and vehicles24€28,836€39,287€28,914€58,283▲ 102%
Leasing and similar rights25-€12,679€8,829€4,979▼ 43.6%
Current assets29/58€272,915€259,999€237,056€293,823▲ 23.9%
Stocks and contracts in progress3€208,968€215,785€189,587€179,419▼ 5.4%
Stocks30/36€208,968€215,785€189,587€179,419▼ 5.4%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€48,523€10,732€39,475€77,999▲ 97.6%
Trade receivables40€48,523€10,039€39,216€77,999▲ 98.9%
Other amounts receivable41-€693€260--
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€14,163€31,885€3,588€35,239▲ 882%
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€1,262€1,597€4,406€1,166▼ 73.5%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€307,009€323,327€333,114€426,866▲ 28.1%
Equity10/15€41,186€26,389-€7,973-€23,300▼ 192%
Contributions10/11€5,000€5,000€5,000€5,000=
Reserves13€36,000€36,000€36,000€36,000=
Distributable reserves133€36,000€36,000€36,000€36,000=
Profit (loss) carried forward14€186-€14,611-€48,973-€64,300▼ 31.3%
Amounts payable17/49€265,824€296,938€341,087€450,166▲ 32.0%
Amounts payable after more than one year17-€27,482€22,165€18,094▼ 18.4%
Financial debts170/4-€27,482€22,165€18,094▼ 18.4%
Amounts payable within one year42/48€265,824€269,456€318,922€432,072▲ 35.5%
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42-€2,576€5,317€5,436▲ 2.2%
Trade debts44€42,625€13,201€25,185€33,598▲ 33.4%
Suppliers440/4€42,625€13,201€25,185€33,598▲ 33.4%
Advances received on contracts in progress46€35,438-€15,037€53,654▲ 257%
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€29,081€44,500€1,787€4,201▲ 135%
Taxes450/3€15,014€14,514€1,787€4,201▲ 135%
Remuneration and social security454/9€14,067€29,986---
Other amounts payable47/48€158,680€209,178€271,597€335,183▲ 23.4%
Line2022202320242025Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904€36,186-€14,797-€34,362-€15,327▲ 55.4%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€9,737€19,863€22,491€38,083▲ 69.3%
Operating cash flow (approximation)€45,923€5,066-€11,871€22,756-
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)--€49,096-€55,221-€75,068▼ 35.9%
Change in cash-€17,722-€28,297€31,651-

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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Filings with the National Bank (4)
Financial year Type Filed Reference
31-03-2025 micro format 28-11-2025 2025-00572508
31-03-2024 micro format 30-12-2024 2024-00627780
31-03-2023 micro format 21-11-2023 2023-00513861
31-03-2022 micro format 30-11-2022 2022-20531236

Similar companies · same sector and region

This company's figures show no positive equity and no headcount, so a size comparison is not possible. These companies share only the sector and the region. Of the 1,033 active companies whose main activity is retail sale of other household articles (NACE 47559), figures are known for 350. See the whole sector

Public contracts: No European public contracts awarded found since October 2016. Contracts below the EU thresholds are not in TED.

Directors

Directors
No directors read yet: 0 of 1 Gazette act processed. See the directors and other office holders in the KBO →

Owners and capital

Owners

No owners or capital events in the accounts and acts we read.

History

On 14 January 2021, Firebug was incorporated as a private limited company.1 Total assets went from €307,009 in 2022 to €426,866 in 2025.2

  1. 1KBO register
  2. 2National Bank, annual accounts 2022 and 2025

Acts, filings and financial milestones

Next filing, financial year 2026, expected by 31-10-2026
2025
28-11
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2025 · micro format · 28 days late
2024
30-12
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2024 · micro format · 60 days late
31-03
Financial Weakest financial yearnet -€34,362
Net result drops to -€34,362, the lowest in the series; recovery starts the following year.
2023
21-11
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2023 · micro format · 21 days late
2022
30-11
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2022 · micro format · 30 days late
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the financial year-end date, not the filing date.
0 of 1 deed read
About the unread acts

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Register details

Identification
Legal formPrivate limited company
Founded14-01-2021
Financial year end31-03
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
47559Retail sale of other household articles
46494Wholesale of non-electrical household articles
47120Other non-specialised retail sale
E-invoicing
Reachable via Peppol
Peppol ID 0208:0761628954
Registered 22-06-2026

If you follow this company, Checked tells you the day it leaves the Peppol register.

Register as of 27 October 2026 · Peppol Directory

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

Recognitions · licences · registrations

Food safety, FASFC

1 site
Maldegemunit no. 2.311.983.815
1 permission
Authorisation · Detailhandel · since 02-02-2021

Environmental permits: No permit applications found in Flanders. Brussels and Wallonia do not publish the applicant.

Sites & property

Location & real-estate footprint
Registered office, Maldegem · 1 establishment unit since 2021
registered office establishment The establishment unit on the map
Ground area
823 m²
Building footprint
38 m²
Building volume
116 m³
Parcel 43503H1007/00B004, Flanders · tallest building 4.2 m. Linked by address, not a title deed.
2 companies at this address See who is registered here
1 establishment unit
Elke Dag BBQ
Van Eycklaan 11, 9990 MaldegemRetail sale of other household articles
since 2021unit no. 2.311.983.815
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Cadastral parcel Region Area Buildings Height / floors
43503H1007/00B004 Flanders 823 m² 1 · 38 m² 4.2 m · 1
How the parcels are linked
Good to know
The parcel matches the address exactly.