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HARD ELEC

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Private limited companyfounded 200125 yrs activeRue du Vicinal 42, 6960 Manhay, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0474.339.797
Summary

The annual accounts of HARD ELEC for fiscal year 2024 show a net loss of 85% of the equity at the start of that year. The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €5k and a net result of €-25k. Equity is shrinking by ~19.3% per year and would, assuming unchanged policy, indicatively turn negative around fiscal year 2026. Its solvency ranks better than 10% of 36375 sector peers (fiscal year 2024). The company has been active since 2001 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 1.2% (low).

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Score 2024
Axes · tick = 2023
Profitability1▼-73
Solvency28▼-12
Growth32▼-26
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
1.2% Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
No publishable credit limit; credit only on tighter terms
Net loss of at least half of total assets or of the equity at the start of the financial year.
Liquidity short (current ratio 0.75 against 1.14 in 2023; short-term debt: 54.4% and cash: 6.6% of total assets), and 97.4% of the assets are financed with debt.
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Signals

Six signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
−lowers risk+raises risk○neutral
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
Specialised construction activities (NACE 43)
about 85% more bankruptcies
← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →
raises risk · Annual accounts: weaker financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a weaker profile in solvency, result or liquidity than companies that stay afloat.
NBB · annual accounts 2024
Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
2.6%
Return on assets
-14.2%
Age of the figures
21 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 25 years 0 30 y
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate region
In this region companies fail more often than in the rest of the country.
KBO · registered office
raises risk · Weak solvency vs sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 10% of 36375 sector peers (2024).
NBB · sector comparison
Position among 36375 sector peers
Solvency
better than 10%
← weakest strongest →
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 30-09-2025, 61 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
not confirmed
2024
61 d late
2023
69 d late
2022
70 d late
2021
77 d late
2020
23 d late
2019
10 d late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
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

Financials · fiscal year 2024, micro schema

Turnover
€113k
EBIT margin
3.3%
Net result
€-25k
2023 · €8k
2018: €2k 2019: €380▼ -80.8% vs 2018 2020: €-12k▼ -3304% vs 2019 2021: €-1k▲ +90.7% vs 2020 2022: €-19k▼ -1583% vs 2021 2023: €8k▲ +141% vs 2022highest in 7 years 2024: €-25k▼ -429% vs 2023lowest in 7 years
2018 → 2024
Working capital
€-25k
2023 · €12k
2018: €49k 2019: €51k▲ +3.2% vs 2018highest in 7 years 2020: €18k▼ -64.7% vs 2019 2021: €8k▼ -55.5% vs 2020 2022: €-14k▼ -271% vs 2021 2023: €12k▲ +187% vs 2022 2024: €-25k▼ -309% vs 2023lowest in 7 years
2018 → 2024
Trend over the years
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20202021202220232024Trend
Equity€43k-€41k▼ 2.7%€22k▼ 45.9%€30k▲ 34.5%€5k▼ 84.5% 2020: €43khighest in 5 years 2021: €41k▼ -2.7% vs 2020 2022: €22k▼ -45.9% vs 2021 2023: €30k▲ +34.5% vs 2022 2024: €5k▼ -84.5% vs 2023lowest in 5 years
Operating result€-9k-€2k€-17k€12k€-25k 2020: €-9k 2021: €2k▲ +120% vs 2020 2022: €-17k▼ -980% vs 2021 2023: €12k▲ +173% vs 2022highest in 5 years 2024: €-25k▼ -305% vs 2023lowest in 5 years
Net result€-12k-€-1k▲ 90.7%€-19k▼ 1,583%€8k€-25k 2020: €-12k 2021: €-1k▲ +90.7% vs 2020 2022: €-19k▼ -1583% vs 2021 2023: €8k▲ +141% vs 2022highest in 5 years 2024: €-25k▼ -429% vs 2023lowest in 5 years
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the micro schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€-30k€-20k€-10k€0€10kOperating result 2020: €-9k€-9kNet result 2020: €-12k€-12kOperating result 2021: €2k€2kNet result 2021: €-1k€-1kOperating result 2022: €-17k€-17kNet result 2022: €-19k€-19kOperating result 2023: €12k€12kNet result 2023: €8k€8kOperating result 2024: €-25k€-25kNet result 2024: €-25k€-25k20202021202220232024€-30k€-20k€-10k€0€10kOperating result 2022: €-17k€-17kNet result 2022: €-19k€-19kOperating result 2023: €12k€12kNet result 2023: €8k€7.7kOperating result 2024: €-25k€-25kNet result 2024: €-25k€-25k202220232024
The operating result turns negative in 2024: a loss of €25k after €12k in 2023, the lowest result in the available series.
Balance-sheet composition
2024 in colour, 2023 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €179k
Fixed assets €106k ▼ 0.9%
Current assets €72k ▼ 24.6%
Equity and liabilities €179k
Equity €5k ▼ 84.5%
Debt €174k ▲ 0.5%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 85.2% to 97.4%. Equity is lower and debt is higher.
Key figures and ratios
2024 value · change against 2023
EBITDA
€-6k▼
2023 · €30k
Cash flow
€-6k▼
2023 · €26k
Current ratio
0.75▼
2023 · 1.14
Debt to equity
37.29▲
2023 · 5.74
ROE
-545.6%▼
2023 · 25.7%
ROA
-14.2%▼
2023 · 3.8%
Interest coverage
-10.59▼
2023 · 7.18
Debt ≤ 1 year
€97k▲
2023 · €84k
Debt > 1 year
€77k▼
2023 · €89k
Income taxes
€5▼
2023 · €227
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 · 2024 against 2023 · 42 lines
Balance sheet Code20232024
Assets
Total assets20/58€203k€179k▼
Fixed assets21/28€107k€106k▼
Tangible fixed assets22/27€107k€106k▼
Land and buildings22€80k€73k▼
Plant, machinery and equipment23€4k€6k▲
Furniture and vehicles24€24k€27k▲
Current assets29/58€96k€72k▼
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€51k€47k▼
Trade receivables40€32k€32k▲
Other amounts receivable41€19k€15k▼
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€30k€12k▼
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€15k€13k▼
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€203k€179k▼
Equity10/15€30k€5k▼
Contributions10/11€19k€19k=
Reserves13€9k€9k=
Non-distributable reserves130/1€2k€2k=
Reserves not available under the articles1311€2k€2k=
Tax-exempt reserves132€7k€7k=
Profit (loss) carried forward14€3k€-23k▼
Amounts payable17/49€173k€174k▲
Amounts payable after more than one year17€89k€77k▼
Financial debts170/4€89k€77k▼
Amounts payable within one year42/48€84k€97k▲
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€14k€12k▼
Trade debts44€34k€31k▼
Suppliers440/4€34k€31k▼
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€76-
Taxes450/3€76-
Other amounts payable47/48€36k€54k▲
Income statement Code20232024
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€18k€19k▲
Other operating charges640/8€24k€2k▼
Gross operating margin9900€54k€-4k▼
Operating profit (loss)9901€12k€-25k▼
Financial charges65/66B€4k€538▼
Recurring financial charges65€4k€538▼
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€8k€-25k▼
Income taxes67/77€227€5▼
Profit (loss) for the period9904€8k€-25k▼
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€8k€-25k▼
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€3k€-23k▼
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P€-5k€3k▲

The notes to these accounts (6 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Accounts by statement
Line20202021202220232024Change
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€0€20k€24k€18k€19k▲ 6.5%
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4--€385---
Other operating charges640/8-€1k€1k€24k€2k▼ 92.1%
Gross operating margin9900€-7k€23k€9k€54k€-4k▼ 107%
Operating profit (loss)9901€-9k€2k€-17k€12k€-25k▼ 305%
Financial income75/76B-€54€541---
Recurring financial income75€1€54€541---
Financial charges65/66B-€3k€3k€4k€538▼ 87.2%
Recurring financial charges65€3k€3k€3k€4k€538▼ 87.2%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€-12k€-897€-19k€8k€-25k▼ 420%
Income taxes67/77€-100€234-€227€5▼ 97.7%
Profit (loss) for the period9904€-12k€-1k€-19k€8k€-25k▼ 429%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€-12k€-1k€-19k€8k€-25k▼ 429%
Line20202021202220232024Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€186k€208k€194k€203k€179k▼ 12.1%
Fixed assets21/28€140k€161k€146k€107k€106k▼ 0.9%
Intangible fixed assets21€0€0----
Tangible fixed assets22/27€140k€161k€146k€107k€106k▼ 0.9%
Land and buildings22-€93k€86k€80k€73k▼ 8.4%
Plant, machinery and equipment23-€1k€6k€4k€6k▲ 57.2%
Furniture and vehicles24-€67k€54k€24k€27k▲ 14.7%
Leasing and similar rights25-€0----
Other tangible fixed assets26-€0----
Current assets29/58€45k€47k€48k€96k€72k▼ 24.6%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€10k€17k€19k€51k€47k▼ 7.0%
Trade receivables40-€17k€13k€32k€32k▲ 1.0%
Other amounts receivable41-€725€6k€19k€15k▼ 20.3%
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€15k€12k€13k€30k€12k▼ 61.3%
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1-€18k€15k€15k€13k▼ 9.8%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€186k€208k€194k€203k€179k▼ 12.1%
Equity10/15€43k€41k€22k€30k€5k▼ 84.5%
Contributions10/11€0€19k€19k€19k€19k=
Reserves13€9k€9k€9k€9k€9k=
Non-distributable reserves130/1-€2k€2k€2k€2k=
Reserves not available under the articles1311-€2k€2k€2k€2k=
Tax-exempt reserves132-€7k€7k€7k€7k=
Profit (loss) carried forward14€15k€14k€-5k€3k€-23k▼ 984%
Amounts payable17/49€143k€167k€171k€173k€174k▲ 0.5%
Amounts payable after more than one year17€116k€127k€110k€89k€77k▼ 13.6%
Financial debts170/4-€127k€110k€89k€77k▼ 13.6%
Amounts payable within one year42/48€27k€39k€62k€84k€97k▲ 15.5%
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42-€23k€19k€14k€12k▼ 13.1%
Trade debts44€15k€14k€36k€34k€31k▼ 10.8%
Suppliers440/4-€14k€36k€34k€31k▼ 10.8%
Taxes, remuneration and social security45-€0-€76--
Taxes450/3-€0-€76--
Other amounts payable47/48-€2k€7k€36k€54k▲ 52.2%
Line20202021202220232024Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904€-12k€-1k€-19k€8k€-25k▼ 429%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€0€20k€24k€18k€19k▲ 6.5%
Operating cash flow (approximation)€-12k€19k€5k€26k€-6k▼ 124%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)-€-41k€-9k€20k€-18k▼ 190%
Change in cash-€-3k€1k€17k€-19k▼ 209%

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

2025
30-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · micro schema · 61 days late
2024
31-12
Financial Weakest financial yearnet €-25k
Net result drops to €-25k, the lowest in the series.
08-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · micro schema · 69 days late
2023
31-12
Financial Back to profitnet €8k
Net result €8k after 3 loss-making years.
09-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · micro schema · 70 days late
2022
16-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · micro schema · 77 days late
2021
23-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · micro schema · 23 days late
2020
10-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · micro schema · 10 days late
2019
21-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · micro schema · 21 days late
2018
31-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · micro schema · 92 days late
2017
22-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · micro schema
2016
19-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · full schema · 19 days late
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
0 of 4 acts read
About the unread acts

We know of 4 Belgian State Gazette acts for this company. None of them has been read yet: what they contain is neither established nor disproved here.

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Directors · office · real estate

Directors
4 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, Manhay · 1 establishment unit since 2001
seat establishment The establishment unit on the map
Ground area
1,562 m²
Building footprint
235 m²
2 parcels, Wallonia. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
Samrée 61, 6982 La Roche-en-Ardenne
Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified
since 20012.094.378.864
2 parcels
Wallonia 2 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
83046A0649/00G002 Wallonia 1,058 m² 1 · 235 m² -
83051A2027/00R000indicative Wallonia 504 m² - -
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Good to know
1 of 2 parcels with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.

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Identification & contact

Identification
Legal formPrivate limited company
Founded15-03-2001
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
43211General electrical installation work
41001General construction of residential buildings

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