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Free Time Group

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Public limited companyfounded 197649 yrs activeGrote Markt 28, 3200 Aarschot, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0416.757.233

Free Time Group has been active since 1976 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €3.37M and a net result of €263k. Equity remains stable across the filed fiscal years (±2.3% per year). Its solvency ranks better than 44% of 4122 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.3% (very low).

Checked score

Score 2025
46 / 100
Fair▼ -11 vs 2024
The score combines four axes. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability39▼-6
Solvency39▼-2
Growth38=
Stability100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.3% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €160k at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity short (current ratio 0.37 against 0.25 in 2024), and 69% of the assets are financed with debt.
Credit advice for your own amount and term

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 49 years 0 50 y
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 47
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Sector 47
higher
← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →
lowers risk · Annual accounts: healthy financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a healthy profile in solvency, result and liquidity.
NBB · annual accounts 2025
Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
31%
Return on assets
2.4%
Age of the figures
8 mo
lowers risk · Lower-risk legal form
Companies with this legal form statistically fail less often than a BV.
KBO · legal form
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due by 31-07-2026 and was filed on 31-07-2026, 0 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
on the day
2024
1 d early
2023
40 d early
2022
21 d late
2021
22 d late
2020
1 d early
2019
68 d late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
neutral · The next deadline is still running
The next financial year closes on 31-12-2026 and is due by 31-07-2027. Nothing is late today.
Companies Code · seven months
Position in the running window
15-09-2026 today31-12-2026 close31-07-2027 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 2025, full schema

Turnover
€168k▼ 97.8%
2020 · €7.66M
2018: €11.46M 2019: €11.43M 2020: €7.66M
2018 → 2021
EBIT margin
115.1%▲ 117.9pp
2020 · -2.8%
2018: 1.8% 2019: -1.7% 2020: -2.8%
2018 → 2021
Net result
€263k▼ 9.1%
2024 · €289k
2018: €96k 2019: €-169k 2020: €-159k 2021: €157k 2022: €295k 2023: €150k 2024: €289k
2018 → 2025
Working capital
€-402k▲ 32.7%
2024 · €-598k
2018: €185k 2019: €-502k 2020: €-4.55M 2021: €-25k 2022: €-153k 2023: €-193k 2024: €-598k
2018 → 2025
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20212022202320242025Trend
Turnover€168k-
Equity€2.84M-€3.04M▲ 6.8%€3.09M▲ 1.6%€3.23M▲ 4.5%€3.37M▲ 4.5%
Operating result€193k-€585k▲ 203%€437k▼ 25.3%€623k▲ 42.4%€582k▼ 6.5%
Net result€157k-€295k▲ 87.8%€150k▼ 49.2%€289k▲ 93.1%€263k▼ 9.1%
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€0€200k€400k€600kOperating result 2021: €193k€193kNet result 2021: €157k€157kOperating result 2022: €585k€585kNet result 2022: €295k€295kOperating result 2023: €437k€437kNet result 2023: €150k€150kOperating result 2024: €623k€623kNet result 2024: €289k€289kOperating result 2025: €582k€582kNet result 2025: €263k€263k20212022202320242025
The operating result falls in 2025; 2025 is 6% below 2024.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €10.89M
Fixed assets €10.65M▲ 9.8%
Current assets €237k▲ 21.6%
Equity and liabilities €10.89M
Equity €3.37M▲ 4.5%
Provisions €343k▼ 4.7%
Debt €7.17M▲ 13.7%
The debt ratio rises from 63.7% to 65.9%: debt grows faster than equity.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
€1.16M
2024 · €1.09M
Cash flow
€836k
2024 · €752k
Solvency
31.0%
2024 · 32.6%
Current ratio
0.37
2024 · 0.25
Quick ratio
0.37
2024 · 0.25
Debt / equity
2.13
2024 · 1.95
ROE
7.8%
2024 · 8.9%
ROA
2.4%
2024 · 2.9%
Interest coverage
8.71
2024 · 8.05
Debt
€7.17M
2024 · €6.31M
Debt ≤ 1 year
€640k
2024 · €793k
Debt > 1 year
€6.52M
2024 · €5.50M
Income taxes
€205k
2024 · €208k
Staff costs
€0
2024 · €-2k
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 · 2025 against 2024
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€9.90M€10.89M
Fixed assets21/28€9.70M€10.65M
Intangible fixed assets21€1.66M€1.39M
Tangible fixed assets22/27€2.53M€3.69M
Land and buildings22€2.39M€3.58M
Furniture and vehicles24€6k€1k
Other tangible fixed assets26€134k€104k
Financial fixed assets28€5.51M€5.58M
Current assets29/58€195k€237k
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€97k€15k
Trade receivables40€96k€13k
Other amounts receivable41€892€2k
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€95k€219k
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€3k€3k
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€9.90M€10.89M
Equity10/15€3.23M€3.37M
Contributions10/11€1.68M€1.68M=
Capital10€1.68M€1.68M=
Issued capital100€1.68M€1.68M=
Revaluation surpluses12€74k€74k=
Reserves13€814k€763k
Non-distributable reserves130/1€168k€168k=
Legal reserve130€168k€168k=
Tax-exempt reserves132€646k€595k
Profit (loss) carried forward14€663k€859k
Provisions and deferred taxes16€360k€343k
Provisions for liabilities and charges160/5€200k€200k=
Major repairs and maintenance162€200k€200k=
Deferred taxes168€160k€143k
Amounts payable17/49€6.31M€7.17M
Amounts payable after more than one year17€5.50M€6.52M
Financial debts170/4€3.09M€4.11M
Other amounts payable178/9€2.41M€2.41M
Amounts payable within one year42/48€793k€640k
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€197k€307k
Financial debts43€25k€115k
Credit institutions430/8€25k€115k
Trade debts44€335k€49k
Suppliers440/4€335k€49k
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€34k€43k
Taxes450/3€34k€43k
Other amounts payable47/48€201k€126k
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€14k€14k
Income statement Code20242025
Non-recurring operating income76A€3k€0
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€-2k€0
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€464k€574k
Other operating charges640/8€205k€190k
Non-recurring operating charges66A€0-
Gross operating margin9900€1.29M€1.35M
Operating profit (loss)9901€623k€582k
Financial income75/76B€5€1
Recurring financial income75€5€1
Financial charges65/66B€135k€133k
Recurring financial charges65€135k€133k
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€488k€450k
Transfer from deferred taxes780€9k€18k
Income taxes67/77€208k€205k
Profit (loss) for the period9904€289k€263k
Transfer from tax-exempt reserves789€27k€54k
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€315k€316k
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€813k€979k
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P€497k€663k
Profit to be distributed694/7€150k€120k
Return on contributions (dividend)694€150k€120k
Social balance
Average headcount (FTE)90870.00.0=

The notes to these accounts (27 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

Next filing, fiscal year 2026, expected by 31-07-2027
2026
31-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · full schema
2025
30-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · abbreviated schema
2024
21-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · abbreviated schema
2023
21-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · abbreviated schema · 21 days late
2022
31-12
Financial Highest result since 2018net €295k ▲87.8%
Net result €295k, the highest in the series.
22-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · full schema · 22 days late
2021
31-12
Financial Back to profitnet €157k
Net result €157k after 2 loss-making years.
30-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · full schema
2020
07-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · full schema · 68 days late
2019
31-12
Financial Weakest financial yearnet €-169k ▼277%
Net result drops to €-169k, the lowest in the series; recovery starts the following year.
30-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · full schema
2018
31-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · full schema
2017
01-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · full schema · 1 day late
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.

Directors · office · real estate

Directors
20 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, Aarschot · 1 establishment unit since 1977
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.

Grote Markt 283200 Aarschot
Ground area
990 m²
Building footprint
720 m²
Volume, LiDAR
7,974 m³
Parcel 24662H0316/00G000, Flanders · tallest building 14.5 m, ±4 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
Grote Markt 28, 3200 Aarschot
Real estate activities
since 19772.142.830.364
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
24662H0316/00G000 Flanders 989 m² 1 · 720 m² 14.5 m · 4 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.

Public money · subsidies and aid

Flemish government

2022 to 2023 · 2 entries · 341 EUR awarded · 341 EUR paid
Year Entries awardedpaid
2023 1 0 EUR341 EUR
2022 1 341 EUR0 EUR
Schemes
Vlaams opleidingsverlof (VOV)
2 entries · 341 EUR · 341 EUR paid · Departement Werk en Sociale Economie

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Company data · Crossroads Bank

Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded23-12-1976
Fiscal year end31-12
Abbreviation NL FTG
Activities, NACEBEL
47120Other non-specialised retail sale
47192Retail trade
52121
46496Wholesale trade
51476
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 49 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.