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GDW Security

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Public limited companyfounded 198639 yrs activeHaachtsesteenweg 56, 1831 Machelen (Brab.), BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0429.563.114

GDW Security has been active since 1986 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €2.02M and a net result of €1.09M. Equity is growing by ~4.5% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 53% of 7426 sector peers (fiscal year 2024). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.5% (very low).

Checked score

Score 2024
94 / 100
Excellent▼ -6 vs 2023
The score combines four axes. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2023
Profitability100=
Solvency83▼-11
Growth78=
Stability100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.5% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €190k at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 1.68 against 1.89 in 2023), but 54.3% of the assets are financed with debt.
Credit advice for your own amount and term

Signals

Six signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
lowers risk+raises riskneutral
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 43
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Sector 43
higher
← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →
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 39 years 0 40 y
lowers risk · Lower-risk legal form
Companies with this legal form statistically fail less often than a BV.
KBO · legal form
lowers risk · Annual accounts: healthy financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a healthy profile in solvency, result and liquidity.
NBB · annual accounts 2024
Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
45.7%
Return on assets
24.6%
Age of the figures
20 mo
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 06-07-2025, 25 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not confirmed
2024
25 d early
2023
on the day
2022
31 d late
2021
39 d early
2020
1 d early
2019
9 d early
← 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 2024, abbreviated schema

Equity
€2.02M▲ 1.8%
2023 · €1.98M
2018: €1.30M 2019: €1.57M 2020: €1.91M 2021: €1.97M 2022: €1.98M 2023: €1.98M
2018 → 2024
Total assets
€4.41M▲ 16.3%
2023 · €3.79M
2018: €2.36M 2019: €2.98M 2020: €3.38M 2021: €3.51M 2022: €3.33M 2023: €3.79M
2018 → 2024
Net result
€1.09M▲ 64.7%
2023 · €659k
2018: €338k 2019: €334k 2020: €455k 2021: €316k 2022: €435k 2023: €659k
2018 → 2024
Working capital
€1.41M▼ 7.5%
2023 · €1.52M
2018: €952k 2019: €1.16M 2020: €1.45M 2021: €1.51M 2022: €1.47M 2023: €1.52M
2018 → 2024
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20202021202220232024Trend
Equity€1.91M-€1.97M▲ 3.5%€1.98M▲ 0.2%€1.98M▲ 0.2%€2.02M▲ 1.8%
Operating result€507k-€422k▼ 16.9%€566k▲ 34.2%€874k▲ 54.4%€1.38M▲ 58.4%
Net result€455k-€316k▼ 30.6%€435k▲ 37.6%€659k▲ 51.6%€1.09M▲ 64.7%
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the abbreviated schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€0€500k€1.00M€1.50MOperating result 2020: €507k€507kNet result 2020: €455k€455kOperating result 2021: €422k€422kNet result 2021: €316k€316kOperating result 2022: €566k€566kNet result 2022: €435k€435kOperating result 2023: €874k€874kNet result 2023: €659k€659kOperating result 2024: €1.38M€1.38MNet result 2024: €1.09M€1.09M20202021202220232024
After the dip in 2021 the operating result has climbed three years in a row; 2024 is 58% above 2023 and is the highest year so far.
Balance-sheet composition
2024 in colour, 2023 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €4.41M
Fixed assets €925k▲ 68.3%
Current assets €3.48M▲ 7.5%
Equity and liabilities €4.41M
Equity €2.02M▲ 1.8%
Debt €2.39M▲ 32.1%
The debt ratio rises from 47.7% to 54.3%: debt grows faster than equity.
Key figures and ratios
2024 value · change against 2023
EBITDA
€1.62M
2023 · €1.10M
Cash flow
€1.32M
2023 · €884k
Solvency
45.7%
2023 · 52.3%
Current ratio
1.68
2023 · 1.89
Quick ratio
1.55
2023 · 1.74
Debt / equity
1.19
2023 · 0.91
ROE
53.8%
2023 · 33.3%
ROA
24.6%
2023 · 17.4%
Interest coverage
136.88
2023 · 53.20
Debt
€2.39M
2023 · €1.81M
Debt ≤ 1 year
€2.07M
2023 · €1.72M
Debt > 1 year
€313k
2023 · €92k
Income taxes
€339k
2023 · €213k
Staff costs
€2.84M
2023 · €2.74M
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 · 2024 against 2023
Balance sheet Code20232024
Assets
Total assets20/58€3.79M€4.41M
Fixed assets21/28€549k€925k
Intangible fixed assets21€39k€30k
Tangible fixed assets22/27€508k€893k
Land and buildings22€108k€99k
Plant, machinery and equipment23€9k€9k
Furniture and vehicles24€363k€612k
Other tangible fixed assets26€28k€173k
Financial fixed assets28€2k€2k=
Current assets29/58€3.24M€3.48M
Stocks and contracts in progress3€248k€276k
Stocks30/36€248k€276k
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€788k€918k
Trade receivables40€596k€744k
Other amounts receivable41€192k€174k
Current investments50/53€1.84M€1.79M
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€340k€456k
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€29k€49k
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€3.79M€4.41M
Equity10/15€1.98M€2.02M
Contributions10/11€85k€85k=
Capital10€85k€85k=
Issued capital100€85k€85k=
Reserves13€1.90M€1.93M
Non-distributable reserves130/1€68k€68k=
Legal reserve130€68k€68k=
Distributable reserves133€1.83M€1.86M
Amounts payable17/49€1.81M€2.39M
Amounts payable after more than one year17€92k€313k
Financial debts170/4€92k€313k
Amounts payable within one year42/48€1.72M€2.07M
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€122k€152k
Financial debts43€62k-
Other loans439€62k-
Trade debts44€460k€368k
Suppliers440/4€460k€368k
Advances received on contracts in progress46€112k€170k
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€307k€332k
Taxes450/3€1k€2k
Remuneration and social security454/9€305k€331k
Other amounts payable47/48€655k€1.05M
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3-€6k
Income statement Code20232024
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€2.74M€2.84M
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€225k€235k
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4€-1k€1k
Other operating charges640/8€8k€8k
Gross operating margin9900€3.84M€4.46M
Operating profit (loss)9901€874k€1.38M
Financial income75/76B€19k€51k
Recurring financial income75€19k€51k
Financial charges65/66B€21k€12k
Recurring financial charges65€21k€12k
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€872k€1.42M
Income taxes67/77€213k€339k
Profit (loss) for the period9904€659k€1.09M
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€659k€1.09M
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€659k€1.09M
Transfer to equity691/2€4k€35k
To other reserves6921€4k€35k
Profit to be distributed694/7€655k€1.05M
Return on contributions (dividend)694€605k€950k
Directors or managers695€50k-
Employees696-€100k
Social balance
Average headcount (FTE)908734.936.3

The notes to these accounts (16 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

2025
06-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · abbreviated schema
2024
31-12
Financial Highest result since 2018net €1.09M ▲64.7%
Operating result €1.38M, net result €1.09M, both a record.
31-12
Financial Equity above €2MEq €2.02M ▲1.8%
7 profitable years in a row build equity to €2.02M.
31-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · abbreviated schema
2023
31-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · abbreviated schema · 31 days late
2022
22-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · abbreviated schema
2021
31-12
Financial Weakest financial yearnet €316k ▼30.6%
Net result drops to €316k, the lowest in the series; recovery starts the following year.
30-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · abbreviated schema
2020
22-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · abbreviated schema
2019
04-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · abbreviated schema
2018
23-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · abbreviated schema
2017
11-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema · 11 days late
2016
15-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · abbreviated schema
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.

Directors · office · real estate

Directors
11 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, Machelen (Brab.) · 1 establishment unit since 1986
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.

Haachtsesteenweg 561831 Machelen (Brab.)
Ground area
1,937 m²
Building footprint
301 m²
Volume, LiDAR
1,542 m³
Parcel 23015A0267/00C003, Flanders · tallest building 8.5 m, ±2 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
GDW Security
Haachtsesteenweg 56, 1831 Machelen (Brab.)NACE 45310
since 19862.035.098.206
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
23015A0267/00C003 Flanders 1,937 m² 1 · 300 m² 8.5 m · 2 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 2025 · 4 entries · 11,019 EUR awarded · 10,333 EUR paid
Year Entries awardedpaid
2025 1 2,037 EUR1,066 EUR
2024 1 1,714 EUR3,529 EUR
2023 1 4,115 EUR2,585 EUR
2022 1 3,153 EUR3,153 EUR
Schemes
Subsidie voor opleiding en advies voor kmo's en zelfstandigen (kmo-portefeuille)
4 entries · 11,019 EUR · 10,333 EUR paid · Fonds voor Innoveren en Ondernemen

Recognitions · licences · registrations

Recognised contractor

4 categories
GDW Security NV35390
category P1, class 5 · category P2, class 3 · category P3, class 3 · category S1, class 3
decision 07-11-2024

Similar companies · same sector, comparable size

Of 22,729 companies in sector 43211 we hold annual accounts for 10,274. 2,865 are within a factor 10 of this equity.See the whole sector

Company data · Crossroads Bank

Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded02-10-1986
Fiscal year end31-12
Abbreviation NL G.D.W.
Activities, NACEBEL
43211General electrical installation work
45310
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 38 filingsAddress and cadastre registers

Data from official sources, last processed on 13-09-2026. Scores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.