HL
ActiveFinancials · financial year 2025, micro format
Annual accounts 2025 filed on 11-03-2026 PDF all 5 filings
Turnover
≈ €400,000
Estimated: probably between €340,000 and €470,000
Total assets
€1.5m▼ 4.0%
2024 · €1.5m
Net result
€52,282▼ 41.0%
2024 · €88,553
Working capital
-€62,698▼ 41.8%
2024 · -€44,229
Multi-year overview
2021 to 2025, 5 financial yearsOperating result
€115,170
▼ 29.7%
2025
20212025
Net result
€52,282
▼ 41.0%
2025
middle half of the sector
20212025
Equity
€211,727
▼ 9.8%
2025
middle half of the sector
20212025
Total assets
€1.5m
▼ 4.0%
2025
highest quarter of the sector
20212025
Debt
€1.3m
▼ 2.9%
2025
20212025
Working capital
-€62,698
▼ 41.8%
2025
lowest quarter of the sector
20212025
Solvency
14.3%
▼ 0.9pp
2025
lowest quarter of the sector
20212025
Current ratio
0.66
▼ 0.10
2025
lowest quarter of the sector
20212025
Return on assets (ROA)
3.5%
▼ 2.2pp
2025
middle half of the sector
20212025
Every figure per financial year
Every figure with its change against the financial year before
favourable
unfavourable
Line20212022202320242025
Operating result€0.1m-€0.09m▼ 13.2%€0.03m▼ 66.9%€0.2m▲ 467%€0.1m▼ 29.7%
Net result€0.07mabove the sector's middle half-€0.07mabove the sector's middle half▼ 8.8%€0.005mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 92.1%€0.09mabove the sector's middle half▲ 16×€0.05mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 41.0%
Equity€0.08mwithin the sector's middle half-€0.1mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 88.3%€0.2mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 3.7%€0.2mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 55.3%€0.2mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 9.8%
Total assets€0.3mwithin the sector's middle half-€0.4mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 15.8%€1.6mabove the sector's middle half▲ 314%€1.5mabove the sector's middle half▼ 2.3%€1.5mabove the sector's middle half▼ 4.0%
Debt€0.3m-€0.2m▼ 6.5%€1.4m▲ 505%€1.3m▼ 8.4%€1.3m▼ 2.9%
Working capital€0.03mwithin the sector's middle half-€0.07mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 125%-€0.1mbelow the sector's middle half-€0.04mbelow the sector's middle half▲ 69.4%-€0.06mbelow the sector's middle half▼ 41.8%
Solvency23.5%below the sector's middle half-38.2%within the sector's middle half▲ 14.7pp9.6%below the sector's middle half▼ 28.7pp15.2%below the sector's middle half▲ 5.6pp14.3%below the sector's middle half▼ 0.9pp
Current ratio1.34within the sector's middle half-1.78within the sector's middle half▲ 0.440.27below the sector's middle half▼ 1.510.76below the sector's middle half▲ 0.490.66below the sector's middle half▼ 0.10
Return on assets (ROA)22.8%within the sector's middle half-17.9%within the sector's middle half▼ 4.8pp0.3%below the sector's middle half▼ 17.6pp5.7%within the sector's middle half▲ 5.4pp3.5%within the sector's middle half▼ 2.2pp
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within
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The sector band is the middle half of the companies in Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities (NACE 70). A quarter of them sit below it, a quarter above. Each year counts only accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30.
The operating result for 2025 is 30% lower than in 2024.
Turnover and EBIT margin are not published. The micro format does not require them. The turnover shown is an estimate from the gross margin.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €1.5m
Fixed assets
€1.4m ▼ 3.0%
Current assets
€119,605 ▼ 13.5%
Equity and liabilities €1.5m
Equity
€211,727 ▼ 9.8%
Debt
€1.3m ▼ 2.9%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 84.8% to 85.7%. Equity and debt are lower.
Key figures and ratios
EBITDA
€218,682▼
2024 · €285,958
Cash flow
€155,793▼
2024 · €210,587
Debt to equity
5.99▲
2024 · 5.56
ROE
24.7%▼
2024 · 37.7%
Interest coverage
5.17▼
2024 · 6.70
Debt ≤ 1 year
€182,303▼
2024 · €182,567
Debt > 1 year
€1.1m▼
2024 · €1.1m
Income taxes
€20,575▼
2024 · €32,709
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls, as with debt or debt to equity.
Investments
| Item | 30-09-2021 | 30-09-2022 | 30-09-2023 | 30-09-2024 | 30-09-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tangible fixed assets | €244,883 | €117,381 | €1.4m | - | €105,290 |
| Depreciation and write-downs of the year | €39,992 | €61,045 | €70,023 | €122,035 | €103,512 |
Source: notes to the 2021 to 2025 annual accounts (statement of fixed assets)
Annual accounts
| Line | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630 | €39,992 | €61,045 | €70,023 | €122,035 | €103,512 | ▼ 15.2% |
| Other operating charges640/8 | €473 | €183 | €175,399 | €14,029 | €14,952 | ▲ 6.6% |
| Non-recurring operating charges66A | - | €4,813 | - | - | €939 | - |
| Gross operating margin9900 | €141,131 | €153,429 | €274,347 | €299,987 | €234,573 | ▼ 21.8% |
| Operating profit (loss)9901 | €100,666 | €87,388 | €28,925 | €163,923 | €115,170 | ▼ 29.7% |
| Financial income75/76B | - | - | €30 | - | - | - |
| Recurring financial income75 | - | - | €30 | - | - | - |
| Financial charges65/66B | €1,458 | €3,060 | €21,905 | €42,661 | €42,314 | ▼ 0.8% |
| Recurring financial charges65 | €1,458 | €3,060 | €21,905 | €42,661 | €42,314 | ▼ 0.8% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903 | €99,208 | €84,328 | €7,050 | €121,261 | €72,856 | ▼ 39.9% |
| Income taxes67/77 | €24,315 | €16,006 | €1,681 | €32,709 | €20,575 | ▼ 37.1% |
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €74,893 | €68,322 | €5,369 | €88,553 | €52,282 | ▼ 41.0% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905 | €74,893 | €68,322 | €5,369 | €88,553 | €52,282 | ▼ 41.0% |
| Line | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | ||||||
| Total assets20/58 | €0.3m | €0.4m | €1.6m | €1.5m | €1.5m | ▼ 4.0% |
| Fixed assets21/28 | €0.2m | €0.2m | €1.5m | €1.4m | €1.4m | ▼ 3.0% |
| Tangible fixed assets22/27 | €0.2m | €0.2m | €1.5m | €1.4m | €1.4m | ▼ 3.0% |
| Land and buildings22 | - | - | €1.4m | €1.3m | €1.3m | ▼ 3.8% |
| Plant, machinery and equipment23 | €0.1m | €0.09m | €0.05m | €0.02m | €0.004m | ▼ 76.1% |
| Furniture and vehicles24 | €0.1m | €0.1m | €0.1m | €0.07m | €0.09m | ▲ 33.1% |
| Current assets29/58 | €0.1m | €0.2m | €0.05m | €0.1m | €0.1m | ▼ 13.5% |
| Amounts receivable within one year40/41 | €0.06m | €0.02m | €0.001m | €0.02m | €89 | ▼ 99.6% |
| Trade receivables40 | €0.06m | €0.01m | - | - | - | - |
| Other amounts receivable41 | €87 | €0.001m | €0.001m | €0.02m | €89 | ▼ 99.6% |
| Cash at bank and in hand54/58 | €0.07m | €0.1m | €0.04m | €0.1m | €0.1m | ▼ 6.3% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income490/1 | €139 | €0.001m | €0.01m | €0.003m | €0.01m | ▲ 367% |
| Equity and liabilities | ||||||
| Total equity and liabilities10/49 | €0.3m | €0.4m | €1.6m | €1.5m | €1.5m | ▼ 4.0% |
| Equity10/15 | €0.08m | €0.1m | €0.2m | €0.2m | €0.2m | ▼ 9.8% |
| Contributions10/11 | €0.003m | €0.003m | €0.003m | €0.003m | €0.003m | = |
| Reserves13 | €0.07m | €0.1m | €0.1m | €0.2m | €0.2m | ▼ 9.9% |
| Distributable reserves133 | €0.07m | €0.1m | €0.1m | €0.2m | €0.2m | ▼ 9.9% |
| Amounts payable17/49 | €0.3m | €0.2m | €1.4m | €1.3m | €1.3m | ▼ 2.9% |
| Amounts payable after more than one year17 | €0.1m | €0.1m | €1.2m | €1.1m | €1.1m | ▼ 3.4% |
| Financial debts170/4 | €0.1m | €0.1m | €1.2m | €1.1m | €1.1m | ▼ 3.4% |
| Amounts payable within one year42/48 | €0.09m | €0.09m | €0.2m | €0.2m | €0.2m | ▼ 0.1% |
| Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42 | €0.06m | €0.07m | €0.1m | €0.1m | €0.09m | ▼ 14.1% |
| Trade debts44 | €0.002m | €0.003m | €0.002m | €0.006m | €0.001m | ▼ 82.6% |
| Suppliers440/4 | €0.002m | €0.003m | €0.002m | €0.006m | €0.001m | ▼ 82.6% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security45 | €0.03m | €0.02m | €0.003m | - | €0.007m | - |
| Taxes450/3 | €0.02m | €0.02m | €0.002m | - | €0.007m | - |
| Remuneration and social security454/9 | €0.002m | €0.002m | €0.002m | - | - | - |
| Other amounts payable47/48 | €0.002m | €0.002m | €0.06m | €0.07m | €0.08m | ▲ 19.1% |
| Accrued charges and deferred income492/3 | €0.03m | - | €0.003m | €0.008m | €0.008m | ▲ 0.1% |
| Line | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €0.07m | €0.07m | €0.005m | €0.09m | €0.05m | ▼ 41.0% |
| + Depreciation and write-downs630 | €0.04m | €0.06m | €0.07m | €0.1m | €0.1m | ▼ 15.2% |
| Operating cash flow (approximation) | €0.1m | €0.1m | €0.08m | €0.2m | €0.2m | ▼ 26.0% |
| Investment in fixed assets (approximation) | - | -€0.07m | -€1.4m | €0 | -€0.06m | - |
| Change in cash | - | €0.08m | -€0.1m | €0.07m | -€0.007m | - |
A Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement. These rows are therefore an approximation, derived from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.
Historical observation
In July 2024, 2,372 companies had the same profile as HL has now. Two years later, 96.6% were still going and 1.8% had gone bankrupt.
- Small
- 5 to 10 years old
- solvency 10 to 30%
- a profit under 5% of the balance sheet
96.6%
was still going
1.4%
stopped otherwise
1.8%
went bankrupt
Another 0.2% stopped without a precise date, possibly only after those two years.
The bankruptcy probability of HL itself is lower: 0.1% within 12 months. It rests on far more data about HL than the profile alone.
Test of the method
The method was tested on the 497,446 companies of July 2024. Each company was given the bankruptcy share of the same profile a year earlier, in July 2023. The expectation was that 1.6% would go bankrupt within 24 months. In fact 1.7% went bankrupt.
| 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% |
A company that went bankrupt had a higher expected share than one that kept going in 74.5% of comparisons. The level depends on the economy. In a year with more bankruptcies than the year before, the actual share is higher than the expected one.
This is an observation about 2,372 companies, not a prediction for HL. The sector does not count, because the KBO no longer lists a sector for a company that has stopped. By sector, mostly the survivors would count, which would paint too rosy a picture.
Filings with the National Bank (5)
| Financial year | Type | Filed | Reference | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-09-2025 | micro format | 11-03-2026 | 2026-00052372 | |
| 30-09-2024 | micro format | 01-04-2025 | 2025-00060073 | |
| 30-09-2023 | micro format | 25-04-2024 | 2024-00071058 | |
| 30-09-2022 | micro format | 02-05-2023 | 2023-00076425 | |
| 30-09-2021 | micro format | 26-04-2022 | 2022-20010183 |