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Boondoggle Havas

Active Public limited companyfounded 2000active for 26 yearsHavenkant 6, 3000 LeuvenKBO/BCE: BE 0471.951.421 subsidiary of HAVAS
Part of the group BOLLORE PARTICIPATIONS SE 6 companies in 2 countries
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Lifetime

16 annual accounts with figures on one time axis, 25 filings since 2000
peak €15.9m (2013)
€6.9m▼ 20.5%
lowest -€577,840 (2024)
-€577,840▼ €1.2m
peak €1.5m (2010)
€623,152▼ 48.1%
€2.6m▼ 28.0%
peak 86.4 FTE (2012)
33.7 FTE▲ 0.6%
Board22 names since 2014all names
7 directorsJeanne Briys Barragan and 6 others
Owners7 names in the annual accountsall names
consolidatesBOLLORE GROUP
Documentsfilings and deeds
24-02-2026208 days late
2024financial year
Turnover from €8.7m to €6.9mLoss of €577,840General meeting of 01-06-2023 17-073 directors appointed, 1 resignation 05-07Equity from €1.2m to €623,152Debts from €3.6m to €2.6m

Key points

from the 2024 annual accounts

Equity

€623,152 from €1.5m in 2010

Equity fell by 59% in 14 years.

Result

-€577,840 -€577,840
€615,0002023-€578,0002024

From profit to loss in 2024, after a profit of €614,803 in 2023.

Debts

€2.6m 81% of the balance sheet
Suppliers 37%Taxes and wages 18%Other 45%

Of this, €2.6m falls due within a year.

Staff

33.7 FTE from 86.4 in 2012

Between 2012 and 2024, 61% of the full-time equivalents disappeared.

Filings

25 annual accounts 102 days past the deadline
AprilJune31 JulyOctober200020102020

2025 accounts not filed: deadline was 31-07-2026.

Position in the sector

-€577,840

Lower net result than 95% of companies in advertising and market research. Sector median €24,576 · 1,081 companies.

Checked score

35
Weak
Financially stronger than 10% of small companies in advertising and market research (NACE 73)
Probability in this band: 4.2% to 15.0%
Bankruptcy probability within 12 months
5.0% Elevated
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

The dashed line is the sector median: 0.1% across 722 companies (NACE 73, small).

About 5 in 100 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Last 24 months 12-2024: 3.0% 01-2025: 0.9%▼ -2.1 percentage points vs 12-2024 02-2025: 0.8%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 01-2025 03-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 02-2025lowest value 04-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 03-2025lowest value 05-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 04-2025lowest value 06-2025: 0.8%● unchanged vs 05-2025 07-2025: 1.0%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 06-2025 08-2025: 1.2%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 07-2025 09-2025: 1.4%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 08-2025 10-2025: 1.9%▲ +0.5 percentage points vs 09-2025 11-2025: 1.9%● unchanged vs 10-2025 12-2025: 2.0%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 11-2025 01-2026: 3.2%▲ +1.2 percentage points vs 12-2025 02-2026: 3.2%● unchanged vs 01-2026 03-2026: 4.2%▲ +1.0 percentage point vs 02-2026 04-2026: 4.2%● unchanged vs 03-2026 05-2026: 4.0%▼ -0.2 percentage points vs 04-2026 06-2026: 4.1%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 05-2026 07-2026: 4.0%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 06-2026 08-2026: 4.4%▲ +0.4 percentage points vs 07-2026 09-2026: 4.5%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 08-2026 10-2026: 5.0%▲ +0.5 percentage points vs 09-2026highest value 11-2026: 5.0%● unchanged vs 10-2026highest value

Financial strength
Weak

44-5equity 19.5% of total assets
11-5short-term debt 80.0% · cash 3.7%
0-72return on assets -18.1%

Score breakdown

raises risk
1 financial year not filed after the legal deadline; last filed accounts filed 208 days late; 3 of the last 3 accounts late
Loss of €577,840 (financial year 2024)
Size: turnover €6.9m, 33.7 FTE, total assets €3.2m
Liquidity: current ratio 0.85, cash €116,946
Calculation

The band follows from the bankruptcy probability. 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 (NACE 73, small). It does better than 22% of them on solvency, 8% on liquidity, 2% on profitability and 8% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 09-11-2026 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.

The probability rests on the annual accounts with balance sheet date 31-12-2024.

Of the companies with a bankruptcy probability in the elevated class on 30-06-2025, 6.3% went bankrupt within twelve months.

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

Comparable companies, two years later

In July 2024, 307 companies had the same profile as Boondoggle Havas has now. Each dot is one company, two years later.

88.9%
were still trading
5.2%
stopped another way
4.9%
went bankrupt
  • Small
  • 20 years or older
  • solvency 10 to 30%
  • a loss of 10% of the balance sheet or more

Another 1.0% stopped without a precise date, possibly only after those two years.

That fits the bankruptcy probability of Boondoggle Havas itself: 5.0% within 12 months.

Test of the method

The method was tested on the 497,447 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.

The companies in ten equal groups, from the lowest to the highest expected share
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 307 companies, not a prediction for Boondoggle Havas. 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.

Credit verdict

Credit of up to €21,000 on 30-day terms, only on tighter conditions: elevated estimated bankruptcy probability calls for adjusted credit terms

Liquidity is insufficient, with a current ratio of 0.85 (1.11 in 2023), below 1. Short-term debt is 80% and cash 3.7% of total assets. 80.5% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.

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Signals

Six signals.
raises risk
raises risk · 1 financial year not filed after the legal deadline; last filed accounts filed 208 days late; 3 of the last 3 accounts late
NBB · filings
raises risk · Loss of €577,840 (financial year 2024)
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Size: turnover €6.9m, 33.7 FTE, total assets €3.2m
Companies of this size fail more often. How much that weighs depends on the rest of the company's profile.
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Liquidity: current ratio 0.85, cash €116,946
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Annual accounts not filed
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due at the National Bank by 31-07-2026. Nothing is on record, 102 days later.
NBB · 10 filings
Position against the passed deadline
31-12-2025 year end31-07-2026 deadline10-11-2026 today
raises risk · 2024 accounts filed 208 days late
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 24-02-2026, 208 days past the deadline. Measured on financial year 2023: of the companies more than 90 days late, 5.61% are now bankrupt, dissolved or in another special legal status, against 1.66% of all filers.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not filed
2024
208 days late
2023
149 days late
2022
70 days late
2021
12 days late
2020
104 days late
2019
6 days late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

The company filed its last 6 accounts on average 92 days after the deadline. In the sector (NACE 73), the median for financial year 2024 was 6 days before the deadline, and 36% of those companies filed late.

Searched, nothing found (1)
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
That holds for every publication since 2021.
KBO publications

Board and ownership

and 1 other

Shares in 2 companies, PROVIDENCE and H Advisors Brussels

Board & ownership

Recent changes

1 director resigning, 4 reappointments Reappointments: Alberto CANTELI SUAREZ, Arturo CARRANZA MUÑOZ DE LUNA, HITCHCOX and Christian de la Villehuchet · Permanent representative: Stijn Cox · Resignation: Jeanne Briys-Barragan · General meeting of 20-02-2026 · Gazette deed
Registered in the Peppol Directory Reachable for e-invoices through 0208:0471951421
4 directors reappointed, 1 statutory auditor reappointed Alberto Canteli, Arturo Carranza Muñoz Luna, HITCHCOX, Christian de la Villehuchet and Deloitte Bedrijfsrevisoren/Réviseurs d'Entreprises (statutory auditor) · Permanent representative: Stijn Cox · General meeting of 20-12-2024 · Gazette deed
General meeting of 01-06-2023 Gazette deed
All 49 events

Comparable companies

same main activity, similar in size and age
Company
Boondoggle Havas Leuven €6.9m -7.6% 19.5% 33.7
SPORTIZON Vilvoorde €10.9m 17.1% 7.0% 21.6
Promo Sapiens Zaventem €7.4m 9.6% 49.5% 49.6
SEMETIS Hoeilaart €13.3m 6.4% 26.4% 38.8
HEAD OFFICE Herent €5.3m 2.3% 0.4% 17.5
MORTIERBRIGADE Schaerbeek €13.7m 4.1% 8.3% 21.3
RCA Hasselt €14.7m -1.6% 13.8% 51.2
-10%0%10%20%€5m€50m€500mBoondoggle HavasEBIT margin

Grey: the largest companies of the sector (advertising and market research (NACE 73)), without their names. Blue: the sector peers from the table.

These companies have the same main activity as Boondoggle Havas: advertising agencies (NACE 73110). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €3.4m and €5.5m, founded between 1989 and 2009.

Official details

Source: KBO
Status
Active since 23-05-2000Normal situation
Activity
Advertising agenciesNACE 73110and 4 others
Joint committee
200Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers · annual accounts 2024
Establishment unit
2.099.629.4353000 Leuven, since 27-06-2000
Financial year end
31 December
Peppol
Reachable since 27-03-2026
Company details

Annual accounts 2024

€3.2m▼ 36.0%
Employeeson 31-12-2024
29▼ 32.6%
Filing
Filed on 24-02-2026
Financials

Insights on Boondoggle Havas

Boondoggle Havas has existed since 2000. Turnover fell from €12.3m in 2011 to €6.9m in 2024 and staff from 68 to 33.7 full-time equivalents.

Turnover has fallen every year since 2021.

Sources: KBO register, filings at the National Bank, Belgian Official Gazette. Click a figure with a dotted line for the item and the filing.

Key facts about Boondoggle Havas

What is the company number of Boondoggle Havas?
The company number of Boondoggle Havas is 0471.951.421. The VAT number is the same number with BE in front: BE 0471.951.421.
Where is Boondoggle Havas based?
The registered office is at Havenkant 6, 3000 Leuven.Company details
What does Boondoggle Havas do?
According to the KBO register, the main activity is advertising agencies (NACE 73110).
What is the legal form of Boondoggle Havas?
Boondoggle Havas is a public limited company (NV).
When was Boondoggle Havas founded?
Boondoggle Havas was founded on 23-05-2000.
Is Boondoggle Havas still active?
Yes, Boondoggle Havas is an active enterprise in the KBO register.
How many employees does Boondoggle Havas have?
Boondoggle Havas had an average of 33.7 full-time equivalents in financial year 2024, according to the filed annual accounts.Financials
Which joint committee does Boondoggle Havas fall under?
In its 2024 annual accounts, Boondoggle Havas states joint committee 200 (Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers).
What is the turnover of Boondoggle Havas?
The turnover of Boondoggle Havas was €6.9m in financial year 2024, according to the filed annual accounts.
Is Boondoggle Havas profitable?
In financial year 2024, Boondoggle Havas made a loss of €577,840.
Where can I find the annual accounts of Boondoggle Havas?
Boondoggle Havas filed 25 annual accounts with the National Bank of Belgium, the latest for financial year 2024.

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