Skip to content

LIGNA

Active
Private limited companyfounded 199531 yrs activeBroekstraat 18, 1880 Kapelle-op-den-Bos, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0455.854.369

LIGNA has been active since 1995 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €200k and a net result of €22k. Equity is growing by ~4.2% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 92% of 4355 sector peers (fiscal year 2024). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.2% (very low).

Checked score

Score 2024
93 / 100
Excellent
The score weighs solvency, liquidity and profitability. Bankruptcy probability contributes 35%. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2023
Profitability81=
Solvency100▲+1
Growth78=
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.2% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €18k at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 9.32 against 3.24 in 2023; short-term debt: 9.4% and cash: 76.4% of total assets), and 9.4% of the assets are financed with debt.
Credit advice for your own amount and term

Signals

Four signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
lowers riskneutral
lowers risk · Lower-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail less often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 74
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Sector 74
lower
← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →
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
elevated failure risk from 2 to 8 years 31 years 0 40 y
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 27-06-2025, 34 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not confirmed
2024
34 d early
2023
33 d early
2022
35 d early
2021
41 d early
2020
19 d early
2019
19 d late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
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

Equity
€200k▲ 4.4%
2023 · €192k
2018: €156k 2019: €184k 2020: €201k 2021: €219k 2022: €224k 2023: €192k
2018 → 2024
Total assets
€221k▼ 15.0%
2023 · €260k
2018: €186k 2019: €195k 2020: €240k 2021: €251k 2022: €251k 2023: €260k
2018 → 2024
Net result
€22k▼ 13.8%
2023 · €26k
2018: €14k 2019: €28k 2020: €35k 2021: €37k 2022: €21k 2023: €26k
2018 → 2024
Working capital
€172k▲ 13.0%
2023 · €152k
2018: €54k 2019: €97k 2020: €134k 2021: €171k 2022: €183k 2023: €152k
2018 → 2024
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20202021202220232024Trend
Equity€201k-€219k▲ 9.0%€224k▲ 2.2%€192k▼ 14.5%€200k▲ 4.4%
Operating result€51k-€53k▲ 4.7%€31k▼ 41.4%€39k▲ 25.4%€36k▼ 8.2%
Net result€35k-€37k▲ 5.4%€21k▼ 42.1%€26k▲ 20.8%€22k▼ 13.8%
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the micro schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€0€20k€40k€60kOperating result 2020: €51k€51kNet result 2020: €35k€35kOperating result 2021: €53k€53kNet result 2021: €37k€37kOperating result 2022: €31k€31kNet result 2022: €21k€21kOperating result 2023: €39k€39kNet result 2023: €26k€26kOperating result 2024: €36k€36kNet result 2024: €22k€22k20202021202220232024
The operating result falls in 2024; 2024 is 8% below 2023.
Balance-sheet composition
2024 in colour, 2023 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €221k
Fixed assets €28k▼ 28.7%
Current assets €193k▼ 12.5%
Equity and liabilities €221k
Equity €200k▲ 4.4%
Debt €21k▼ 69.6%
The debt ratio falls from 26.1% to 9.4%. Equity is higher and debt is lower.
Key figures and ratios
2024 value · change against 2023
EBITDA
€55k
2023 · €57k
Cash flow
€42k
2023 · €44k
Solvency
90.6%
2023 · 73.9%
Current ratio
9.32
2023 · 3.24
Quick ratio
9.32
2023 · 3.24
Debt / equity
0.10
2023 · 0.35
ROE
11.1%
2023 · 13.4%
ROA
10.1%
2023 · 9.9%
Interest coverage
14.44
2023 · 22.76
Debt
€21k
2023 · €68k
Debt ≤ 1 year
€21k
2023 · €68k
Income taxes
€10k
2023 · €11k
Staff costs
€21
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt / equity.
Filed annual accounts
As filed with the NBB · 2024 against 2023
Balance sheet Code20232024
Assets
Total assets20/58€260k€221k
Fixed assets21/28€40k€28k
Tangible fixed assets22/27€40k€28k
Land and buildings22€21k€6k
Plant, machinery and equipment23€7k€5k
Furniture and vehicles24€11k€18k
Current assets29/58€220k€193k
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€16k€19k
Trade receivables40€15k€19k
Other amounts receivable41€942-
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€198k€169k
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€6k€5k
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€260k€221k
Equity10/15€192k€200k
Contributions10/11€19k€19k=
Reserves13€173k€182k
Non-distributable reserves130/1€2k-
Reserves not available under the articles1311€2k-
Distributable reserves133€171k€182k
Amounts payable17/49€68k€21k
Amounts payable within one year42/48€68k€21k
Trade debts44€3k€3k
Suppliers440/4€3k€3k
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€6k€3k
Taxes450/3€6k€1k
Remuneration and social security454/9-€2k
Other amounts payable47/48€59k€15k
Income statement Code20232024
Non-recurring operating income76A€3k-
Remuneration, social security and pensions62-€21
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€18k€19k
Other operating charges640/8€665€1k
Gross operating margin9900€58k€56k
Operating profit (loss)9901€39k€36k
Financial income75/76B€0€0
Recurring financial income75€0€0
Financial charges65/66B€3k€4k
Recurring financial charges65€3k€4k
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€36k€32k
Income taxes67/77€11k€10k
Profit (loss) for the period9904€26k€22k
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€26k€22k
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€26k€22k
Transfer from equity791/2€58k€14k
Transfer to equity691/2€26k€22k
To other reserves6921€26k€22k
Profit to be distributed694/7€58k€14k
Return on contributions (dividend)694€58k€14k

The notes to these accounts (7 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Download as CSV

Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones

2025
27-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · micro schema
2024
31-12
Financial Liquidity triplescurrent ratio 9.32
Current ratio from 3.24 to 9.32; short-term debt falls from €68k to €21k.
31-12
Financial Equity above €200kEq €200k ▲4.4%
7 profitable years in a row build equity to €200k.
28-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · micro schema
2023
26-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · micro schema
2022
20-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · micro schema
2021
31-12
Financial Highest result since 2018net €37k ▲5.4%
Operating result €53k, net result €37k, both a record.
12-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · micro schema
2020
31-12
Financial Equity above €200kEq €201k ▲9.3%
3 profitable years in a row build equity to €201k.
19-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · micro schema · 19 days late
2019
31-12
Financial Liquidity triplescurrent ratio 9.60
Current ratio from 2.83 to 9.60; short-term debt falls from €30k to €11k.
09-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · micro schema
2018
13-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · micro schema
2017
10-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · micro schema · 10 days late
2016
11-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · abbreviated schema
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.

Directors · office · real estate

Directors
1 act for this company is 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, Kapelle-op-den-Bos · 1 establishment unit since 1995
establishment The establishment unit on the map
Cannot be placed on the map

This address could not be matched to a point in the Belgian address register (BOSA BEST). The address below comes straight from the Crossroads Bank.

Broekstraat 181880 Kapelle-op-den-Bos
Ground area
1,114 m²
Building footprint
116 m²
Volume, LiDAR
793 m³
Parcel 23067A0293/00K000, Flanders · tallest building 9.9 m, ±2 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
Broekstraat 18, 1880 Kapelle-op-den-Bos
NACE 74141
since 19952.072.976.112
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
23067A0293/00K000 Flanders 1,114 m² 1 · 116 m² 9.9 m · 2 fl.
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Methodology
via registered seat: 1
1 of 1 parcel with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.

Similar companies · same sector, comparable size

Of 4,530 companies in sector 74301 we hold annual accounts for 719. 552 are within a factor 10 of this equity.See the whole sector

Company data · Crossroads Bank

Identification
Legal formPrivate limited company
Founded01-09-1995
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL
74300Other professional, scientific and technical activities
74301Translation services
74852
73300Public relations and communication consultancy
79901Tourist information services
82100Office administrative and support services
85599Other education
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 29 filingsAddress and cadastre registers

Data from official sources, last processed on 22-09-2026. Scores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.