H.C.E.
ActiveSummary
H.C.E. has been active since 1989 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €2.2m and a net result of €19,081. Equity remains stable across the filed financial years (±0.2% per year). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is below 0.1% (very low).
Financials · financial year 2025, micro format
2021 to 2025, 5 financial years 2018 to 2025, 8 financial years
The operating result recovers in 2025; 2025 is nearly 13 times 2024.
What the company sold each financial year and what was left of it. A loss stands below the zero line.
What the company owns (total assets), how much of it is its own (equity) and how much it owes.
Short-term assets minus short-term debts. Above zero the company can pay its bills in the short term.
How much of each euro of turnover is left from operations (EBIT margin) and what the assets earn (return on assets).
Average staff in full-time equivalents (FTE).
Use the arrow keys on the chart for the figures per year.
Peer companies
Historical observationOf the 14,766 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 0.2% went bankrupt within 24 months and 96.2% are still going.
- Small
- 20 years or older
- solvency 30% or more
- a profit under 5% of the balance sheet
A further 0.1% stopped, but we cannot tell whether within those 24 months.
For this company itself Checked computes a bankruptcy probability of < 0.1% 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%.
| 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 14,766 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.
| Line | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover70 | €246,551 | €266,674 | €250,738 | €261,165 | €284,754 | €275,931 | €267,292 | €278,426 | ▲ 4.2% |
| Goods, raw materials, services and sundry goods60/61 | - | - | - | €135,215 | €125,391 | €157,318 | €157,702 | €129,852 | ▼ 17.7% |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions62 | - | - | - | - | - | - | €27 | - | - |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630 | €70,224 | €64,166 | €73,502 | €75,161 | €72,780 | €67,213 | €78,310 | €95,901 | ▲ 22.5% |
| Provisions for liabilities and charges: additions (uses and reversals)635/8 | - | - | - | €1,074 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other operating charges640/8 | - | - | - | €48,023 | €53,132 | €44,303 | €68,190 | €63,075 | ▼ 7.5% |
| Gross operating margin9900 | €186,388 | €200,255 | €198,685 | €125,950 | €159,363 | €118,612 | €147,833 | €175,636 | ▲ 18.8% |
| Operating profit (loss)9901 | €2,606 | €20,262 | -€67,401 | €1,692 | €33,451 | €7,095 | €1,305 | €16,659 | ▲ 13× |
| Financial income75/76B | - | - | - | €1 | €0 | €1,305 | €3,192 | €4,555 | ▲ 42.7% |
| Recurring financial income75 | €751 | - | - | €1 | €0 | €1,305 | €3,192 | €4,555 | ▲ 42.7% |
| Financial charges65/66B | - | - | - | €217 | €205 | €62 | €215 | €211 | ▼ 1.7% |
| Recurring financial charges65 | €2,154 | €1,540 | €887 | €217 | €205 | €62 | €215 | €211 | ▼ 1.7% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903 | €1,203 | €18,723 | -€68,287 | €1,477 | €33,246 | €8,337 | €4,282 | €21,003 | ▲ 390% |
| Income taxes67/77 | - | €3,006 | - | - | - | - | - | €1,922 | - |
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €1,203 | €15,717 | -€68,287 | €1,477 | €33,246 | €8,337 | €4,282 | €19,081 | ▲ 346% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905 | €1,203 | €15,717 | -€68,287 | €1,477 | €33,246 | €8,337 | €4,282 | €19,081 | ▲ 346% |
| Line | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | |||||||||
| Total assets20/58 | €2.2m | €2.2m | €2.2m | €2.2m | €2.2m | €2.2m | €2.2m | €2.3m | ▲ 1.0% |
| Fixed assets21/28 | €1.4m | €1.3m | €1.3m | €1.2m | €1.2m | €1.2m | €1.2m | €1.1m | ▼ 3.5% |
| Tangible fixed assets22/27 | €1.4m | €1.3m | €1.3m | €1.2m | €1.2m | €1.2m | €1.2m | €1.1m | ▼ 3.5% |
| Land and buildings22 | - | - | - | €1.2m | €1.2m | €1.1m | €1.1m | €1.1m | ▼ 3.2% |
| Plant, machinery and equipment23 | - | - | - | €0.03m | €0.04m | €0.05m | €0.03m | €0.02m | ▼ 16.5% |
| Furniture and vehicles24 | - | - | - | €0.002m | €0.001m | €473 | €0.001m | €371 | ▼ 34.2% |
| Financial fixed assets28 | €50 | €50 | €50 | €50 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Current assets29/58 | €0.9m | €0.9m | €0.9m | €0.9m | €1.0m | €1.1m | €1.1m | €1.1m | ▲ 5.8% |
| Amounts receivable within one year40/41 | €0.03m | €0.009m | €0.03m | €0.04m | €0.05m | €0.05m | €0.07m | €0.06m | ▼ 4.9% |
| Trade receivables40 | - | - | - | €0.03m | €0.04m | €0.05m | €0.06m | €0.05m | ▼ 15.0% |
| Other amounts receivable41 | - | - | - | €0.01m | €0.005m | €391 | €0.001m | €0.007m | ▲ 677% |
| Cash at bank and in hand54/58 | €0.8m | €0.9m | €0.9m | €0.9m | €1.0m | €1.0m | €1.0m | €1.1m | ▲ 6.2% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income490/1 | - | - | - | €0.003m | €0.003m | €0.004m | €0.005m | €0.009m | ▲ 66.4% |
| Equity and liabilities | |||||||||
| Total equity and liabilities10/49 | €2.2m | €2.2m | €2.2m | €2.2m | €2.2m | €2.2m | €2.2m | €2.3m | ▲ 1.0% |
| Equity10/15 | €2.2m | €2.2m | €2.1m | €2.1m | €2.2m | €2.2m | €2.2m | €2.2m | ▲ 0.9% |
| Contributions10/11 | €0.8m | €0.8m | €0.8m | €0.8m | €0.8m | €0.8m | €0.8m | €0.8m | = |
| Capital10 | - | - | - | €0.8m | €0.8m | €0.8m | €0.8m | €0.8m | = |
| Issued capital100 | - | - | - | €0.8m | €0.8m | €0.8m | €0.8m | €0.8m | = |
| Reserves13 | €0.2m | €0.2m | €0.2m | €0.2m | €0.2m | €0.2m | €0.2m | €0.2m | = |
| Non-distributable reserves130/1 | - | - | - | €0.08m | €0.08m | €0.08m | €0.08m | €0.08m | = |
| Legal reserve130 | - | - | - | €0.08m | €0.08m | €0.08m | €0.08m | €0.08m | = |
| Distributable reserves133 | - | - | - | €0.1m | €0.1m | €0.1m | €0.1m | €0.1m | = |
| Profit (loss) carried forward14 | €1.2m | €1.2m | €1.2m | €1.2m | €1.2m | €1.2m | €1.2m | €1.2m | ▲ 1.6% |
| Provisions and deferred taxes16 | €0.03m | €0.02m | €0.006m | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Amounts payable17/49 | €0.03m | €0.02m | €0.1m | €0.02m | €0.03m | €0.03m | €0.06m | €0.06m | ▲ 6.6% |
| Amounts payable after more than one year17 | €0.003m | €0.003m | €0.003m | €0.004m | €0.007m | €0.008m | €0.008m | €0.008m | = |
| Other amounts payable178/9 | - | - | - | €0.004m | €0.007m | €0.008m | €0.008m | €0.008m | = |
| Amounts payable within one year42/48 | €0.03m | €0.02m | €0.1m | €0.01m | €0.03m | €0.03m | €0.05m | €0.05m | ▲ 7.7% |
| Trade debts44 | €0.02m | €0.006m | €0.06m | €0.01m | €0.03m | €0.03m | €0.05m | €0.05m | ▲ 7.7% |
| Suppliers440/4 | - | - | - | €0.01m | €0.03m | €0.03m | €0.05m | €0.05m | ▲ 7.7% |
| Line | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €1,203 | €15,717 | -€68,287 | €1,477 | €33,246 | €8,337 | €4,282 | €19,081 | ▲ 346% |
| + Depreciation and write-downs630 | €70,224 | €64,166 | €73,502 | €75,161 | €72,780 | €67,213 | €78,310 | €95,901 | ▲ 22.5% |
| Operating cash flow (approximation) | €71,427 | €79,882 | €5,215 | €76,637 | €106,026 | €75,551 | €82,593 | €114,982 | ▲ 39.2% |
| Investment in fixed assets (approximation) | - | -€8,663 | -€28,933 | -€28,477 | -€24,854 | -€21,460 | -€78,734 | -€55,504 | ▲ 29.5% |
| Change in cash | - | €75,807 | €20,528 | -€49,471 | €90,792 | €54,221 | €6,217 | €62,904 | ▲ 912% |
Simplified and derived: a Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement, so these rows come from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.
Latest 10 of 37 filings with the National Bank
| Financial year | Type | Filed | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31-12-2025 | micro format | 08-06-2026 | 2026-00143562 |
| 31-12-2024 | micro format | 19-06-2025 | 2025-00153438 |
| 31-12-2023 | micro format | 19-07-2024 | 2024-00269183 |
| 31-12-2022 | micro format | 29-06-2023 | 2023-00186622 |
| 31-12-2021 | micro format | 03-06-2022 | 2022-20046327 |
| 31-12-2020 | micro format | 24-08-2021 | 2021-52200466 |
| 31-12-2019 | micro format | 13-08-2020 | 2020-41300327 |
| 31-12-2018 | full format | 14-08-2019 | 2019-47000505 |
| 31-12-2017 | full format | 03-08-2018 | 2018-43600528 |
| 31-12-2016 | full format | 14-08-2017 | 2017-43400576 |
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