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M.E. - CONCEPT

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Private limited company (pre-2019)founded 1998active for 27 yearsHoveniersstraat 7, 9050 Gent, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0464.430.357
Summary

M.E. - CONCEPT has been active since 1998 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €33,681 and a net result of -€3,039. Equity is shrinking by about 5.5% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 95% of 924 sector peers (NACE 56, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.8% (low).

Overview

Activity
Cafés and bars
NACE 56301
1 site
Size
€17,364turnover 2025
Equity
€33,681
Loss
-€3,039
Financial health
70 Healthy Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
0.8%
Structure
Accounts filed 49 days late0 of 1 deed read
Why 70raises riskLatest accounts 49 days late; 3 of the last 3 lateSector: Food and beverage service activities (NACE 56)lowers riskLiquidity: cash €17,646Founded in 1998Show the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
70 / 100
Healthy
Probability in this band: 0.55% to 1.5%
Financially better than 66% of its sector peers (NACE 56, micro)
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Strong
Solvency 100=
equity 100.0% of total assets
Liquidity 100=
cash 52.4%
Profitability 5+5
return on assets -9.0%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.8% Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

About 8 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 1.8% (23,718 companies, NACE 56, micro)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 0.6% 12-2024: 0.6%● unchanged vs 11-2024 01-2025: 0.6%● unchanged vs 12-2024 02-2025: 0.6%● unchanged vs 01-2025 03-2025: 0.6%● unchanged vs 02-2025 04-2025: 0.6%● unchanged vs 03-2025 05-2025: 0.6%● unchanged vs 04-2025 06-2025: 0.6%● unchanged vs 05-2025lowest value 07-2025: 0.6%● unchanged vs 06-2025 08-2025: 0.6%● unchanged vs 07-2025 09-2025: 0.7%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 08-2025 10-2025: 0.9%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 09-2025 11-2025: 0.9%● unchanged vs 10-2025 12-2025: 0.9%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: 0.9%● unchanged vs 12-2025 02-2026: 0.9%● unchanged vs 01-2026 03-2026: 0.9%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: 0.9%● unchanged vs 03-2026 05-2026: 0.9%● unchanged vs 04-2026highest value 06-2026: 0.9%● unchanged vs 05-2026 07-2026: 0.9%● unchanged vs 06-2026 08-2026: 0.9%● unchanged vs 07-2026 09-2026: 0.9%● unchanged vs 08-2026 10-2026: 0.8%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 09-2026
Credit of up to €1,500 on 30-day terms is acceptable
cash: 52.4% of total assets, and 0% 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 (NACE 56, micro): better than 94% on solvency, 99% on liquidity, 19% on profitability and 53% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 14-10-2026 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 · Latest accounts 49 days late; 3 of the last 3 late
NBB · filings
lowers risk · Liquidity: cash €17,646
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Sector: Food and beverage service activities (NACE 56)
KBO
lowers risk · Founded in 1998
Companies that have existed this long fail less often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
KBO
raises risk · Persistent losses
Two consecutive loss-making years (2024 and 2025); equity is also lower. May indicate structural pressure on profitability.
NBB · annual accounts 2025
Net result per financial year
1819202122232425
2018 to 2025 · latest year -€3,039
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due by 31-07-2026 and was filed on 18-09-2026, 49 days later. Nearly half (47%) of Belgian companies file late; of those that file 1 to 90 days late, 2.0% are now bankrupt, dissolved or in another special legal status, against 1.66% of all filers. A delay like this does not count in the score.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
49 days late
2024
58 days late
2023
75 days late
2022
72 days late
2021
79 days late
2020
53 days late
2019
83 days late
← 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 67 days after the deadline; the sector median (NACE 56) for financial year 2024 is 6 days after the deadline, and 53% 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 11 October (5 of the last 5 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
14-10-2026 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. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2024 · micro…
  3. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2023 · micro…

Financials · financial year 2025, full format

2025 annual accounts filed late (49 days) Filed on 18 September 2026, deadline 31 July 2026 (7 months after the close on 31 December 2025, Companies Code art. 3:10). Source: NBB, 2026-00515937.

Turnover
€17,364▲ 14.8%
2024 · €15,130
EBIT margin
-16.1%▲ 19.5pp
2024 · -35.6%
Net result
-€3,039▲ 45.7%
2024 · -€5,593
Working capital
€36,368▼ 12.8%
2023 · €41,713
Trend over the years

2021 to 2025, 5 financial years 2018 to 2025, 8 financial years

The operating result stays negative: a loss of €2,794 in 2025 against €5,388 in 2024; the loss shrinks.

What the company sold each financial year and what was left of it. A loss stands below the zero line.

Turnover€17,364 2025 Operating result-€2,794 2025 Net result-€3,039 2025

Use the arrow keys on the chart for the figures per year.

Sector: the middle half of NACE 56, Food and beverage service activities: a quarter of companies sit below it, a quarter above. Each year compared with accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30. Dashed line: the median. Available for Net result, Equity, Total assets, Working capital, Solvency, Current ratio, Return on assets (ROA).

Every figure with its change against the financial year before
favourable unfavourable
Line20182019202020212022202320242025
Turnover€18,075€15,130▼ 16.3%€17,364▲ 14.8%
Operating result€6,499--€6,105€7,189€6,653▼ 7.5%-€10,931-€1,266▲ 88.4%-€5,388▼ 326%-€2,794▲ 48.1%
Net result€6,181--€6,219€4,839within the sector's middle half€6,443within the sector's middle half▲ 33.1%-€11,146below the sector's middle half-€1,488within the sector's middle half▲ 86.6%-€5,593below the sector's middle half▼ 276%-€3,039within the sector's middle half▲ 45.7%
EBIT margin-7.0%-35.6%▼ 28.6pp-16.1%▲ 19.5pp
Equity€49,883-€43,664▼ 12.5%€49,855within the sector's middle half▲ 14.2%€54,946within the sector's middle half▲ 10.2%€43,800within the sector's middle half▼ 20.3%€42,312within the sector's middle half▼ 3.4%€36,719within the sector's middle half▼ 13.2%€33,681within the sector's middle half▼ 8.3%
Total assets€53,288-€46,747▼ 12.3%€52,209within the sector's middle half▲ 11.7%€59,587within the sector's middle half▲ 14.1%€44,455below the sector's middle half▼ 25.4%€42,347below the sector's middle half▼ 4.7%€36,942below the sector's middle half▼ 12.8%€33,681below the sector's middle half▼ 8.8%
Debt€3,405-€3,083▼ 9.5%€2,354▼ 23.6%€4,641▲ 97.2%€655▼ 85.9%€35▼ 94.7%€223▲ 537%
Working capital€46,082-€43,664▼ 5.2%€50,089above the sector's middle half▲ 14.7%€54,946above the sector's middle half▲ 9.7%€42,954above the sector's middle half▼ 21.8%€41,713above the sector's middle half▼ 2.9%€36,368within the sector's middle half▼ 12.8%
Solvency93.6%-93.4%▼ 0.2pp95.5%above the sector's middle half▲ 2.1pp92.2%above the sector's middle half▼ 3.3pp98.5%above the sector's middle half▲ 6.3pp99.9%above the sector's middle half▲ 1.4pp99.4%above the sector's middle half▼ 0.5pp100.0%above the sector's middle half▲ 0.6pp
Current ratio14.53-15.16▲ 0.6324.63above the sector's middle half▲ 9.4612.84above the sector's middle half▼ 11.7966.58above the sector's middle half▲ 53.74
Return on assets (ROA)11.6%--13.3%▼ 24.9pp9.3%within the sector's middle half▲ 22.6pp10.8%within the sector's middle half▲ 1.5pp-25.1%below the sector's middle half▼ 35.9pp-3.5%within the sector's middle half▲ 21.6pp-15.1%below the sector's middle half▼ 11.6pp-9.0%below the sector's middle half▲ 6.1pp
above within below the middle half of NACE 56, Food and beverage service activities: a quarter of companies sit below it, a quarter above. Each year compared with accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €33,681
Fixed assets €103 ▼ 70.7%
Current assets €33,578 ▼ 8.2%
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
-€2,546▲
2024 · -€5,140
Cash flow
-€2,791▲
2024 · -€5,345
ROE
-9.0%▲
2024 · -15.2%
Interest coverage
-10.39▲
2024 · -25.07
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.

Peer companies

Historical observation

Of the 12,321 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 0.7% went bankrupt within 24 months and 90.3% are still going.

  • Micro
  • 20 years or older
  • solvency 30% or more
  • a small loss
0.7% went bankrupt
8.6% stopped otherwise
90.3% still going

A further 0.5% stopped, but we cannot tell whether within those 24 months.

For this company itself Checked computes a bankruptcy probability of 0.8% over twelve months; the group does not contradict it.

How reliable is this rule?

Tested on the year before, without using that year itself: the groups of July 2023 gave each of the 497,470 companies of July 2024 its group's bankruptcy share. Expected: 1.6%; actually bankrupt within 24 months: 1.7%.

The companies in ten equal groups, from lowest to 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% 1.0%
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%

The rule ranks well: a company that went bankrupt got a higher share than one that kept going in 74.5% of comparisons. The level follows the economy: in a year with more bankruptcies, the actual share is higher than the year before.

An observation about 12,321 comparable companies, not a prediction for this company. The sector does not count: the register keeps no sector for companies that stopped, so it would make the outcome look better than it was.

Annual accounts
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2025 against 2024 · 35 lines
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€36,942€33,681▼
Fixed assets21/28€351€103▼
Tangible fixed assets22/27€351€103▼
Furniture and vehicles24€351€103▼
Current assets29/58€36,591€33,578▼
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€19,289€15,932▼
Trade receivables40€2,541-
Other amounts receivable41€16,748€15,932▼
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€17,302€17,646▲
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€36,942€33,681▼
Equity10/15€36,719€33,681▼
Contributions10/11€18,592€18,592=
Capital10€18,592€18,592=
Issued capital100€18,592€18,592=
Reserves13€23,720€18,128▼
Non-distributable reserves130/1€1,859€1,859=
Legal reserve130€1,859€1,859=
Distributable reserves133€21,861€16,269▼
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€5,593-€3,039▲
Amounts payable17/49€223-
Amounts payable within one year42/48€223-
Trade debts44€223-
Suppliers440/4€223-
Income statement Code20242025
Turnover70€15,130€17,364▲
Goods, raw materials, services and sundry goods60/61€19,563€19,910▲
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€248€248=
Other operating charges640/8€705-
Gross operating margin9900-€4,435-€2,546▲
Operating profit (loss)9901-€5,388-€2,794▲
Financial charges65/66B€205€245▲
Recurring financial charges65€205€245▲
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903-€5,593-€3,039▲
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€5,593-€3,039▲
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905-€5,593-€3,039▲
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906-€5,593-€3,039▲

The notes to these accounts (3 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Turnover70-----€18,075€15,130€17,364▲ 14.8%
Goods, raw materials, services and sundry goods60/61---€74,811€56,494€18,397€19,563€19,910▲ 1.8%
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€3,801€3,801---€248€248€248=
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4----€144----
Other operating charges640/8---€1,061€924€696€705--
Gross operating margin9900€10,300-€2,304€8,248€7,714-€9,863-€322-€4,435-€2,546▲ 42.6%
Operating profit (loss)9901€6,499-€6,105€7,189€6,653-€10,931-€1,266-€5,388-€2,794▲ 48.1%
Financial income75/76B----€11----
Recurring financial income75----€11----
Financial charges65/66B---€210€226€222€205€245▲ 19.5%
Recurring financial charges65€318€114€230€210€226€222€205€245▲ 19.5%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€6,181-€6,219€6,959€6,443-€11,146-€1,488-€5,593-€3,039▲ 45.7%
Income taxes67/77--€2,120------
Profit (loss) for the period9904€6,181-€6,219€4,839€6,443-€11,146-€1,488-€5,593-€3,039▲ 45.7%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€6,181-€6,219€4,839€6,443-€11,146-€1,488-€5,593-€3,039▲ 45.7%
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€53,288€46,747€52,209€59,587€44,455€42,347€36,942€33,681▼ 8.8%
Fixed assets21/28€3,801---€846€599€351€103▼ 70.7%
Tangible fixed assets22/27€3,801---€846€599€351€103▼ 70.7%
Furniture and vehicles24----€846€599€351€103▼ 70.7%
Current assets29/58€49,487€46,747€52,209€59,587€43,609€41,748€36,591€33,578▼ 8.2%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€25,756€25,413€19,220€32,328€21,824€20,848€19,289€15,932▼ 17.4%
Trade receivables40---€15,682€6,685€1,330€2,541--
Other amounts receivable41---€16,646€15,139€19,518€16,748€15,932▼ 4.9%
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€23,731€21,334€32,989€27,259€21,785€20,900€17,302€17,646▲ 2.0%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€53,288€46,747€52,209€59,587€44,455€42,347€36,942€33,681▼ 8.8%
Equity10/15€49,883€43,664€49,855€54,946€43,800€42,312€36,719€33,681▼ 8.3%
Contributions10/11€18,592€18,592€18,592€18,592€18,592€18,592€18,592€18,592=
Capital10---€18,592€18,592€18,592€18,592€18,592=
Issued capital100---€18,592€18,592€18,592€18,592€18,592=
Reserves13€25,110€31,291€26,424€29,911€34,495€25,208€23,720€18,128▼ 23.6%
Non-distributable reserves130/1---€1,859-€1,859€1,859€1,859=
Legal reserve130---€1,859-€1,859€1,859€1,859=
Distributable reserves133---€28,052€34,495€23,349€21,861€16,269▼ 25.6%
Profit (loss) carried forward14€6,181-€6,219€4,839€6,443-€11,146-€1,488-€5,593-€3,039▲ 45.7%
Investment grants15----€1,859----
Amounts payable17/49€3,405€3,083€2,354€4,641€655€35€223--
Amounts payable after more than one year17--€234------
Amounts payable within one year42/48€3,405€3,083€2,120€4,641€655€35€223--
Trade debts44---€458€440€35€223--
Suppliers440/4---€458€440€35€223--
Taxes, remuneration and social security45---€4,183€215----
Taxes450/3---€4,183€215----
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904€6,181-€6,219€4,839€6,443-€11,146-€1,488-€5,593-€3,039▲ 45.7%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€3,801€3,801---€248€248€248=
Operating cash flow (approximation)€9,982-€2,418€4,839€6,443-€11,146-€1,240-€5,345-€2,791▲ 47.8%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)------€1€0€0-
Change in cash--€2,397€11,655-€5,730-€5,474-€885-€3,598€344-

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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Latest 10 of 25 filings with the National Bank
Financial year Type Filed Reference
31-12-2025 full format 18-09-2026 2026-00515937
31-12-2024 micro format 27-09-2025 2025-00506827
31-12-2023 micro format 14-10-2024 2024-00505715
31-12-2022 micro format 11-10-2023 2023-00482172
31-12-2021 micro format 18-10-2022 2022-20464859
31-12-2020 micro format 22-09-2021 2021-68000006
31-12-2019 abbreviated format 22-10-2020 2020-62500368
31-12-2018 micro format 24-09-2019 2019-65400418
31-12-2017 micro format 27-09-2018 2018-65800524
31-12-2016 abbreviated format 28-09-2017 2017-64100248

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Similar companies · same sector, comparable size

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Public contracts: No European public contracts awarded found since October 2016. Contracts below the EU thresholds are not in TED.

Directors

Directors
No directors read yet: 0 of 1 Gazette act processed. See the directors and other office holders in the KBO →

Owners and capital

Owners

No owners or capital events in the accounts and acts we read.

History

On 23 October 1998, M.E. - CONCEPT was incorporated.1 Turnover went from €18,075 in 2023 to €17,364 in 2025.2

  1. 1KBO register
  2. 2National Bank, annual accounts 2023 and 2025

Acts, filings and financial milestones

Next filing, financial year 2026, expected by 31-07-2027
2026
18-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2025 · full format · 49 days late
2025
27-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2024 · micro format · 58 days late
2024
14-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2023 · micro format · 75 days late
2023
31-12
Financial Liquidity more than 17 timescurrent ratio 1192.80
Current ratio from 66.58 to 1192.80; short-term debt falls from €655 to €35.
11-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2022 · micro format · 72 days late
2022
31-12
Financial Weakest financial yearnet -€11,146
Net result drops to -€11,146, the lowest in the series; recovery starts the following year.
31-12
Financial Liquidity more than 5 timescurrent ratio 66.58
Current ratio from 12.84 to 66.58; short-term debt falls from €4,641 to €655.
18-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2021 · micro format · 79 days late
2021
31-12
Financial Highest result from 2018 to 2025net €6,443 ▲33.1%
Net result €6,443, the highest in the series.
22-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2020 · micro format · 53 days late
2020
31-12
Financial Back to profitnet €4,839
Net result €4,839 after one loss-making year.
22-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2019 · abbreviated format · 83 days late
Show earlier events
2019
24-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2018 · micro format · 55 days late
2018
27-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2017 · micro format · 58 days late
2017
28-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
financial year 2016 · abbreviated format · 59 days late
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the financial year-end date, not the filing date.Of the 25 annual accounts filed, the latest 10 are here; all 25 are under Financials.
0 of 1 deed read
About the unread acts

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Register details

Identification
Legal formPrivate limited company (pre-2019)
Founded23-10-1998
Financial year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
56301Cafés and bars
E-invoicing
Reachable via Peppol
Peppol ID 0208:0464430357
Also 9925:BE0464430357
Registered 12-06-2025

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Register as of 14 October 2026 · Peppol Directory

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Environmental permits: No permit applications found in Flanders. Brussels and Wallonia do not publish the applicant.

Sites & property

Location & real-estate footprint
Registered office, Gent · 1 establishment unit since 1999
registered office establishment The establishment unit on the map
Ground area
267 m²
Building footprint
259 m²
Building volume
747 m³
2 parcels, Flanders · tallest building 12.9 m. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
M.E. - CONCEPT
Krijgsgasthuisstraat 176, 9000 GentAgents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products
since 1999unit no. 2.090.417.603
2 parcels
Flanders 2 (100%)
Cadastral parcel Region Area Buildings Height / floors
44032A0177/00G007 Flanders 182 m² 1 · 182 m² -
44806F0348/00X000 Flanders 85 m² 1 · 77 m² 12.9 m · 4
How the parcels are linked
Good to know
Both parcels match the address exactly.