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Gent Sign

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Private limited companyfounded 201511 yrs activeKattegaver 5, 9031 Gent, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0607.953.240
Summary

Gent Sign has been active since 2015 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €2.37M and a net result of €644k. Equity is growing by ~42.8% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 88% of 1851 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 1.1% (low).

Checked score

Score 2025
78 / 100
Excellent
The score weighs solvency, liquidity and profitability. Bankruptcy probability contributes 35%. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability96▲+1
Solvency100▲+4
Growth78=
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
1.1% Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €180k at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 5.48 against 3.84 in 2024; short-term debt: 13.7% and cash: 4.7% of total assets), and 20.9% of the assets are financed with debt.
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Signals

Four 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 49
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Sector 49
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
79.1%
Return on assets
21.5%
Age of the figures
18 mo
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
highest failure risk from 2 to 8 years 11 years 0 20 y
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-03-2025 was due by 31-10-2025 and was filed on 28-01-2026, 89 days later. For context: 47% of the Belgian market files late and the whole 1-to-90-day band measures 2.0% abnormal legal state against a 1.66% average. We show this as a fact and do not score it.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
89 d late
2024
21 d late
2023
4 d early
2022
3 d late
2021
27 d late
2020
9 d late
2019
124 d late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
Checked, nothing found (2)
neutral · The next deadline is still running
The next financial year closes on 31-03-2026 and is due by 31-10-2026. Nothing is late today.
Companies Code · seven months
Position in the running window
31-03-2026 close24-09-2026 today31-10-2026 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, abbreviated schema

Equity
€2.37M▲ 37.4%
2024 · €1.72M
2019: €65k 2020: €399k 2021: €648k 2022: €901k 2023: €1.23M 2024: €1.72M
2019 → 2025
Total assets
€2.99M▲ 24.1%
2024 · €2.41M
2019: €577k 2020: €818k 2021: €1.01M 2022: €1.50M 2023: €1.95M 2024: €2.41M
2019 → 2025
Net result
€644k▲ 29.2%
2024 · €498k
2019: €30k 2020: €334k 2021: €249k 2022: €253k 2023: €324k 2024: €498k
2019 → 2025
Working capital
€1.84M▲ 48.1%
2024 · €1.24M
2019: €-40k 2020: €330k 2021: €537k 2022: €575k 2023: €697k 2024: €1.24M
2019 → 2025
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20212022202320242025Trend
Equity€648k-€901k▲ 39.1%€1.23M▲ 36.0%€1.72M▲ 40.7%€2.37M▲ 37.4%
Operating result€381k-€383k▲ 0.4%€490k▲ 28.1%€746k▲ 52.1%€953k▲ 27.8%
Net result€249k-€253k▲ 1.8%€324k▲ 28.0%€498k▲ 53.7%€644k▲ 29.2%
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the abbreviated or micro schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€0€250k€500k€750k€1.00MOperating result 2021: €381k€381kNet result 2021: €249k€249kOperating result 2022: €383k€383kNet result 2022: €253k€253kOperating result 2023: €490k€490kNet result 2023: €324k€324kOperating result 2024: €746k€746kNet result 2024: €498k€498kOperating result 2025: €953k€953kNet result 2025: €644k€644k20212022202320242025€0€250k€500k€750k€1MOperating result 2023: €490k€490kNet result 2023: €324k€324kOperating result 2024: €746k€746kNet result 2024: €498k€498kOperating result 2025: €953k€953kNet result 2025: €644k€644k202320242025
The operating result has risen four years in a row; 2025 is 28% above 2024 and is the highest result in the available series.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €2.99M
Fixed assets €746k ▲ 1.4%
Current assets €2.25M ▲ 34.0%
Equity and liabilities €2.99M
Equity €2.37M ▲ 37.4%
Debt €625k ▼ 9.3%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total falls from 28.5% to 20.9%. Equity is higher and debt is lower.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
€1.04M
2024 · €824k
Cash flow
€727k
2024 · €577k
Current ratio
5.48
2024 · 3.84
Quick ratio
5.45
2024 · 3.81
Debt to equity
0.26
2024 · 0.40
ROE
27.2%
2024 · 28.9%
ROA
21.5%
2024 · 20.7%
Interest coverage
124.65
2024 · 111.07
Debt ≤ 1 year
€410k
2024 · €437k
Debt > 1 year
€208k
2024 · €245k
Income taxes
€301k
2024 · €252k
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2025 against 2024 · 48 lines
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€2.41M€2.99M
Fixed assets21/28€736k€746k
Tangible fixed assets22/27€736k€746k
Land and buildings22€626k€605k
Furniture and vehicles24€110k€141k
Current assets29/58€1.68M€2.25M
Stocks and contracts in progress3€13k€13k=
Stocks30/36€13k€13k=
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€553k€559k
Trade receivables40€553k€559k
Current investments50/53€850k€1.50M
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€228k€142k
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€34k€34k=
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€2.41M€2.99M
Equity10/15€1.72M€2.37M
Contributions10/11€20k€20k=
Outside capital11€20k-
Other1109/19€20k-
Reserves13€1.70M€2.35M
Distributable reserves133€1.70M€2.35M
Profit (loss) carried forward14€970€970=
Amounts payable17/49€688k€625k
Amounts payable after more than one year17€245k€208k
Financial debts170/4€245k€208k
Amounts payable within one year42/48€437k€410k
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€37k€37k
Trade debts44€38k€265k
Suppliers440/4€38k€265k
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€338k€64k
Taxes450/3€338k€64k
Other amounts payable47/48€24k€44k
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€7k€7k=
Income statement Code20242025
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€78k€83k
Other operating charges640/8€5k€3k
Gross operating margin9900€829k€1.04M
Operating profit (loss)9901€746k€953k
Financial income75/76B€12k€43
Recurring financial income75€12k€43
Financial charges65/66B€7k€8k
Recurring financial charges65€7k€8k
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€750k€945k
Income taxes67/77€252k€301k
Profit (loss) for the period9904€498k€644k
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€498k€644k
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€499k€645k
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P€970€970=
Transfer to equity691/2€498k€644k
To other reserves6921€498k€644k

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

Next filing, fiscal year 2026, expected by 31-10-2026
2026
28-01
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · abbreviated schema · 89 days late
2025
31-03
Financial Highest result since 2019net €644k ▲29.2%
Operating result €953k, net result €644k, both a record.
31-03
Financial Equity above €2MEq €2.37M ▲37.4%
7 profitable years in a row build equity to €2.37M.
2024
21-11
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · micro schema · 21 days late
2023
27-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · micro schema
31-03
Financial Equity above €1MEq €1.23M ▲36%
5 profitable years in a row build equity to €1.23M.
2022
03-11
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · micro schema · 3 days late
2021
27-11
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · micro schema · 27 days late
31-03
Financial Equity above €500kEq €648k ▲62.4%
3 profitable years in a row build equity to €648k.
2020
09-11
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · micro schema · 9 days late
31-03
Financial Liquidity doublescurrent ratio 1.87
Current ratio from 0.91 to 1.87; short-term debt falls from €450k to €381k.
31-03
Financial Equity above €200kEq €399k ▲514%
2 profitable years in a row build equity to €399k.
Show earlier events
03-03
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · abbreviated schema · 124 days late
2018
28-11
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · micro schema · 28 days late
2017
08-11
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · micro schema · 8 days late
2016
30-11
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema · 30 days late
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.

Directors · office · real estate

Directors
3 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, Gent · 1 establishment unit since 2015
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.

Kattegaver 59031 Gent
Ground area
1,117 m²
Building footprint
165 m²
Parcel 44017D0101/00D000, Flanders. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
Gent Sign
Kattegaver 5, 9031 GentManufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
since 20152.243.705.317
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
44017D0101/00D000 Flanders 1,117 m² 1 · 165 m² -
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.

Similar companies · same sector, comparable size

Of 12,604 companies in sector 49410 we hold annual accounts for 8,202. 2,767 are within a factor 10 of this equity. The 5 above are the closest to it. See the whole sector

Company data · Crossroads Bank

Identification
Legal formPrivate limited company
Founded24-03-2015
Fiscal year end31-03
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
49410Freight transport by road
43212Electrical installation work in industrial facilities
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 10 filingsAddress and cadastre registers

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