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HET ANKER

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Public limited companyfounded 1905active for 121 yearsGuido Gezellelaan 49, 2800 Mechelen, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0400.793.706
Summary

HET ANKER has been active since 1905 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €4.4m and a net result of €519,228. Equity is shrinking by about 5.7% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 36% of 103 sector peers (NACE 11, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.5% (low).

Overview

Activity
Manufacture of beer
NACE 11050Hotels and similar accommodation NACE 55100
Oldest company in Belgium, Beverages sector3 sites
Size
€18.8mturnover 2025
Staff
94.8 FTE
Equity
€4.4m
Profit
€519,228
Financial health
82 Excellent Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
0.5%
Structure
Parent
RICAREL · 100%
Holdings
2
Accounts 2 days early4 of 16 deeds read
Why 82raises riskLiquidity: current ratio 1.22, cash €275,841, halvedEquity €4.4m (22.8% of total assets)Size: turnover €18.8m, 94.8 FTE, total assets €19.2mlowers riskLegal form: public limited companyShow the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
82 / 100
Excellent
Probability in this band: under 0.55%
Financially better than 51% of its sector peers (all companies)
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Average
Solvency 48+5
equity 22.8% of total assets
Liquidity 39-1
short-term debt 29.9% · cash 1.4%
Profitability 77+1
return on assets 2.7%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.5% Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

About 5 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 0.2% (20 companies, NACE 11, medium-sized)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 0.4% 12-2024: 0.4%● unchanged vs 11-2024 01-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 12-2024 02-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 01-2025lowest value 03-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 02-2025lowest value 04-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 03-2025lowest value 05-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 04-2025 06-2025: 0.4%● unchanged vs 05-2025 07-2025: 0.5%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 06-2025 08-2025: 0.5%● unchanged vs 07-2025 09-2025: 0.5%● unchanged vs 08-2025 10-2025: 0.5%● unchanged vs 09-2025 11-2025: 0.5%● unchanged vs 10-2025 12-2025: 0.5%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: 0.5%● unchanged vs 12-2025 02-2026: 0.5%● unchanged vs 01-2026 03-2026: 0.5%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: 0.5%● unchanged vs 03-2026 05-2026: 0.5%● unchanged vs 04-2026 06-2026: 0.5%● unchanged vs 05-2026 07-2026: 0.5%● unchanged vs 06-2026 08-2026: 0.5%● unchanged vs 07-2026highest value 09-2026: 0.5%● unchanged vs 08-2026highest value 10-2026: 0.5%● unchanged vs 09-2026highest value
Credit of up to €350,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity tight (current ratio 1.22, compared with 1.0 in 2024, below the usual 1.5; short-term debt: 29.9% and cash: 1.4% of total assets), and 77.2% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
How it is calculated

The band follows from the bankruptcy probability, on a scale where 10 more points roughly halve it:

75-100 Excellent under 0.55%
60-74 Healthy 0.55% to 1.5%
45-59 Fair 1.5% to 4.2%
25-44 Weak 4.2% to 15.0%
0-24 Critical over 15.0%

Where the company stands within its band depends half on the bankruptcy probability and half on how it does against its sector peers (all companies): better than 36% on solvency, 41% on liquidity, 78% on profitability and 51% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 23-10-2026 by the bankruptcy model of 2 October 2026, which learns from Belgian bankruptcies and reads the registers, the annual accounts and the Belgian Official Gazette.

Some facts cap the score, however low the probability. Negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special status in the KBO, one missing filing or accounts filed more than 90 days late hold it at Fair at most (59); two missing filings, at Weak (44). An ongoing judicial reorganisation or the company's end (bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation) holds it at Critical at most (24).

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Signals

Six signals.
lowers riskraises riskneutral
raises risk · Liquidity: current ratio 1.22, cash €275,841, halved
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Equity €4.4m (22.8% of total assets)
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Legal form: public limited company
KBO
raises risk · Size: turnover €18.8m, 94.8 FTE, total assets €19.2m
Companies of this size fail more often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Growing equity
Reported equity is higher than in 2023 and did not fall compared with 2024. These amounts do not establish the cause of the change.
NBB · annual accounts 2025
Equity per financial year
1819202122232425
2018 to 2025 · latest year €4.4m
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 29-07-2026, 2 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
2 days early
2024
64 days early
2023
75 days early
2022
53 days early
2021
76 days early
2020
50 days early
2019
35 days early
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 7 accounts on average 51 days before the deadline; the sector median (NACE 11) for financial year 2024 is 2 days before the deadline, and 43% of those companies filed late.

Searched, nothing found (2)
neutral · Next filing not due yet
The next financial year closes on 31-12-2026 and is due by 31-07-2027. Nothing is late today. The company usually files around 28 May (4 of the last 5 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
24-10-2026 today31-12-2026 year end31-07-2027 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
Searched since 2021.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2025 · full…
  2. Highest result from 2018 to 2025net €519,228 ▲404%
  3. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2024 · full…

Key points

  • Positive: Result rose in 2025from €103,006 to €519,228 ▲ 404% View
  • Positive: Oldest company in Belgium, Beverages sectorin the Checked rankings No. 1 View
  • Positive: Filed on time since financial year 2018accounts within the deadline every year 8 years View
  • Controlled by RICARELultimately: BROUWERIJ L. HUYGHE 100% View
  • Active since 1905founded 19-01-1905 121 years View
  • Flemish supportawarded from 2022 to 2025 €248,318 View

By topic

Financials

Financial year
2025
Turnover
€18.8m
Profit
€519,228
Solvency
22.8%
Turnover▼ 2.1%
Net result
20182025
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Board & ownership

Board
3 members
Parent
RICAREL · 100%
  • Alexandre De LaetDirector
  • Jean De LaetDirector
  • RICARELManaging director
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Timeline

Events
56
Since
1978
Next accounts
by 31-07-2027
  1. 28-04-2025Amendment of the articles
  2. 28-01-2025Resignations: William Leclef, BNP Paribas Fortis Private…
  3. 31-12-2024Back to profit
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Company details

Sites
3
Legal form
Public limited company
Activity
Manufacture of beerNACE 11050
Founded
19-01-1905
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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Articles of association

Provisions read
39
Annual meeting
Last Wednesday of May at 18:00
Purpose
“Het vervaardigen en de verkoop in het groot en in het klein van bier en alle andere…” (deed in Dutch)
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