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FREE-MAC

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Private limited company (pre-2019)founded 1995Hoogstraatsebaan 182, 2390 Malle, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0455.024.228

A bankruptcy procedure is open for FREE-MAC according to publications in the Belgian State Gazette; curator: GREGORY WILKIN.

Summary

The 2020 annual accounts show equity of €140,201 and a net result of -€44,073.

Are you a creditor?

Open bankruptcy Source: Belgian Official Gazette

If this company owes you money, you are not paid automatically: you file your claim yourself, within the deadline the judgment sets.

The procedure

Court
Enterprise Court of Antwerp, Antwerp division
Declared bankrupt
5 May 2022
Supervising judge
Willy Roels
Official Gazette
11-05-2022 (pdf) ↗search the document for 2022/117030

Curator

  • Gregory WilkinAmerikalei 187/101, 2000 Antwerpen 1gregory@vermeiren-law.be

What to do now

  1. Do not deliver on credit any more without an agreement with the curator.
  2. Gather your documents: invoices, purchase orders, contract, delivery notes and reminders.
  3. File your proof of claim in RegSol (regsol.be), yourself with eID or itsme, or through your lawyer. State principal, interest and costs separately, and any preferential right you hold.
  4. Delivered under retention of title? Reclaim your goods before the first report on the verification of claims.
  5. Ask your accountant about the VAT on the unpaid invoices: in a bankruptcy it can be recovered under conditions.
  6. Follow the file in RegSol: the verification report (admitted or disputed) and the curator's reports appear there.

Deadlines: the judgment sets the last day to file your claim, by law at most thirty days after the judgment, and the day of the first verification report. Both dates are in the publication in the Official Gazette and in RegSol; Checked does not read them yet. A late claim is sometimes still possible, but not without consequences.

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Signals

Three signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
+raises risk○neutral
raises risk · Register: open bankruptcy
The KBO register records the legal situation: open bankruptcy. This is today's state according to the register itself; the register carries no start date.
KBO · legal situation
raises risk · Open bankruptcy
Active bankruptcy procedure in the Belgisch Staatsblad. Claims are handled by the appointed curator.
Belgian State Gazette
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2020 was due by 31-07-2021 and was filed on 22-07-2021, 9 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
not filed
2020
9 d early
2019
26 d late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 2 accounts on average 9 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 11 April 1995, FREE-MAC was incorporated.1 Total assets went from EUR 268,266 in 2018 to EUR 184,602 in 2020 and headcount from 2 to 1.2 full-time equivalents.2 The company was declared bankrupt on 5 May 2022.3

  1. 1Crossroads Bank for Enterprises
  2. 2National Bank, annual accounts 2018 and 2020
  3. 3Belgian State Gazette, 11-05-2022

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Financials · fiscal year 2020, micro schema

Equity
€140,201▼ 23.9%
2019 · €184,274
Total assets
€184,602▼ 32.3%
2019 · €272,681
Net result
-€44,073
2019 · €7,368
Working capital
€85,465▼ 29.9%
2019 · €121,973
Trend over the years

Click a name to add, emphasise or remove a line.

Every figure with its change against the fiscal year before
favourable unfavourable
Line201820192020
Operating result-€7,710-€11,356-€42,956
Net result-€11,953-€7,368-€44,073
Equity€176,905-€184,274▲ 4.2%€140,201▼ 23.9%
Total assets€268,266-€272,681▲ 1.6%€184,602▼ 32.3%
Debt€91,360-€88,407▼ 3.2%€44,401▼ 49.8%
Working capital€100,089-€121,973▲ 21.9%€85,465▼ 29.9%
Staff (FTE)2-1.7▼ 15.0%1.2▼ 29.4%
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the micro schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
-€60,000-€40,000-€20,000€0€20,000Operating result 2018: -€7,710-€7,710Net result 2018: -€11,953-€11,953Operating result 2019: €11,356€11,356Net result 2019: €7,368€7,368Operating result 2020: -€42,956-€42,956Net result 2020: -€44,073-€44,073201820192020-€60,000-€40,000-€20,000€0€20,000Operating result 2018: -€7,710-€7,710Net result 2018: -€11,953-€12,000Operating result 2019: €11,356€11,400Net result 2019: €7,368€7,370Operating result 2020: -€42,956-€43,000Net result 2020: -€44,073-€44,100201820192020
The operating result turns negative in 2020: a loss of €42,956 after €11,356 in 2019, the lowest result in the available series.
Balance-sheet composition
2020 in colour, 2019 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €184,602
Fixed assets €55,147 ▼ 12.6%
Current assets €129,455 ▼ 38.2%
Equity and liabilities €184,602
Equity €140,201 ▼ 23.9%
Debt €44,401 ▼ 49.8%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total falls from 32.4% to 24.1%. Equity and debt are lower.
Key figures and ratios
2020 value · change against 2019
EBITDA
-€20,797▼
2019 · €63,797
Cash flow
-€21,913▼
2019 · €59,809
Current ratio
2.94▲
2019 · 2.39
Quick ratio
2.53▲
2019 · 2.12
ROE
-31.4%▼
2019 · 4.0%
ROA
-23.9%▼
2019 · 2.7%
Debt ≤ 1 year
€43,991▼
2019 · €87,599
Income taxes
€674▲
2019 · €467
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 · 25 lines
Balance sheet Code20192020
Assets
Total assets20/58€272,681€184,602▼
Fixed assets21/28€63,108€55,147▼
Tangible fixed assets22/27€62,803€54,841▼
Financial fixed assets28€306€306=
Current assets29/58€209,573€129,455▼
Stocks and contracts in progress3€24,000€18,000▼
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€81,231€88,198▲
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€81,364€10,965▼
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€272,681€184,602▼
Equity10/15€184,274€140,201▼
Contributions10/11€127,000-
Reserves13€67,244€67,244=
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€9,971-€54,043▼
Amounts payable17/49€88,407€44,401▼
Amounts payable within one year42/48€87,599€43,991▼
Trade debts44€61,128€17,495▼
Income statement Code20192020
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€52,440€22,160▼
Gross operating margin9900€132,729€29,562▼
Operating profit (loss)9901€11,356-€42,956▼
Recurring financial income75€18€981▲
Recurring financial charges65€3,539€1,423▼
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€7,835-€43,399▼
Income taxes67/77€467€674▲
Profit (loss) for the period9904€7,368-€44,073▼
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€7,368-€44,073▼
Line201820192020Change
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€54,514€52,440€22,160▼ 57.7%
Gross operating margin9900€111,073€132,729€29,562▼ 77.7%
Operating profit (loss)9901-€7,710€11,356-€42,956▼ 478%
Recurring financial income75€16€18€981▲ 5,347%
Recurring financial charges65€4,032€3,539€1,423▼ 59.8%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903-€11,726€7,835-€43,399▼ 654%
Income taxes67/77€227€467€674▲ 44.4%
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€11,953€7,368-€44,073▼ 698%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905-€11,953€7,368-€44,073▼ 698%
Line201820192020Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€268,266€272,681€184,602▼ 32.3%
Fixed assets21/28€79,439€63,108€55,147▼ 12.6%
Tangible fixed assets22/27€79,134€62,803€54,841▼ 12.7%
Financial fixed assets28€306€306€306=
Current assets29/58€188,826€209,573€129,455▼ 38.2%
Stocks and contracts in progress3€27,900€24,000€18,000▼ 25.0%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€59,419€81,231€88,198▲ 8.6%
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€89,950€81,364€10,965▼ 86.5%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€268,266€272,681€184,602▼ 32.3%
Equity10/15€176,905€184,274€140,201▼ 23.9%
Contributions10/11€127,000€127,000--
Reserves13€67,244€67,244€67,244=
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€17,339-€9,971-€54,043▼ 442%
Amounts payable17/49€91,360€88,407€44,401▼ 49.8%
Amounts payable after more than one year17€1,637---
Amounts payable within one year42/48€88,738€87,599€43,991▼ 49.8%
Trade debts44€21,076€61,128€17,495▼ 71.4%
Line201820192020Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€11,953€7,368-€44,073▼ 698%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€54,514€52,440€22,160▼ 57.7%
Operating cash flow (approximation)€42,561€59,809-€21,913▼ 137%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)--€36,109-€14,198▲ 60.7%
Change in cash--€8,586-€70,399▼ 720%

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

2022
11-05
Bankruptcy Opening
Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen, afdeling Antwerpen · event 05-05-2022
2021
22-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · micro schema
2020
31-12
Financial Weakest financial yearnet -€44,073
Net result drops to -€44,073, the lowest in the series.
26-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · micro schema · 26 days late
2019
31-12
Financial Back to profitnet €7,368
Net result €7,368 after one loss-making year.
29-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · micro schema · 29 days late
2018
30-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · micro schema · 30 days late
2017
19-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · micro schema
2016
30-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · abbreviated schema
2015
22-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2014 · abbreviated schema
2014
30-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2013 · abbreviated schema
2013
12-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2012 · abbreviated schema · 12 days late
2012
28-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2011 · abbreviated schema
SignalFinancial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
0 of 2 acts read
About the unread acts

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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, Malle · 1 establishment unit since 2003
seat establishment The establishment unit on the map
Ground area
1,159 m²
Building footprint
190 m²
Volume, LiDAR
954 m³
Parcel 11032B0028/00G000, Flanders · tallest building 8.0 m, ±2 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
Hoogstraatsebaan 182, 2390 Malle
Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
since 20032.125.380.064
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
11032B0028/00G000 Flanders 1,159 m² 1 · 190 m² 8.0 m · 2 fl.
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Good to know
1 of 1 parcel with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.

Insolvency mandates

1 mandate
Role Name Tenure
Curator GREGORY WILKIN
AMERIKALEI 187/101, 2000 ANTWERPEN 1
05-05-2022 → present

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Identification & contact

Identification
Legal formPrivate limited company (pre-2019)
Founded11-04-1995
Fiscal year end31-12
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E-invoicing
Reachable via Peppol
Peppol ID 0208:0455024228
Also 9925:BE0455024228
Registered 18-12-2025

The company is no longer active; its Peppol card can remain until its access point withdraws it.

Register as of 27 September 2026 · Peppol Directory

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