McBride
ActiveSummary
McBride has been active since 1950 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €93.3m and a net result of €399,273. Equity remains stable across the filed fiscal years (±0.1% per year). Its solvency ranks better than 55% of 269 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.2% (very low).
Checked score
Score 2025
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability54▼-5
Solvency79▲+1
Growth34▼-15
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.2%
Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €2,000,000 at 30 days only on tighter terms
Liquidity ample (current ratio 1.98 against 1.94 in 2024; short-term debt: 44.2% and cash: 1.3% of total assets), and 46.4% of the assets are financed with debt.
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lowers risk · Long track record
A company with a long track record statistically fails less often than a young one.
KBO · incorporation dateAge against the risk zone
lowers risk · Lower-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail less often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 20
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (NACE 20)
about 43% fewer bankruptcies
← fewer bankruptcies
more bankruptcies →
lowers risk · Annual accounts: healthy financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a healthy profile in solvency, result and liquidity.
NBB · annual accounts 2025Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
53.6%
Return on assets
0.2%
Age of the figures
15 mo
raises risk · Filed more than 90 days late
The financial year that closed on 30-06-2025 was due by 31-01-2026 and was filed on 09-09-2026, 221 days past the deadline. Measured on financial year 2023: companies more than 90 days late are in an abnormal legal state today in 5.61% of cases, against 1.66% across all filers.
NBB · 10 filingsDeviation from the deadline
2025
221 d late
2024
42 d early
2023
56 d early
2022
78 d early
2021
84 d early
2020
93 d early
2019
80 d 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 30 days before the deadline; the sector median for financial year 2024 is 22 days before the deadline, and 27% of the sector filed late.
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neutral · The next deadline is still running
The next financial year closes on 30-06-2026 and is due by 31-01-2027. Nothing is late today.
Companies Code · seven monthsPosition in the running window
30-06-2026 close27-09-2026 today31-01-2027 deadline
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Financials · fiscal year 2025, full schema
In the rankings
#1 employer in Hainaut, Chemicals sector#1 oldest company in Estaimpuis#2 company by total assets in Estaimpuis
Turnover
€318.6m▲ 8.9%
2024 · €292.5m
EBIT margin
-0.5%▼ 1.4pp
2024 · 0.9%
Net result
€399,273▼ 93.1%
2024 · €5.7m
Working capital
€75.0m▲ 0.6%
2024 · €74.6m
Trend over the years
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Every figure with its change against the fiscal year before
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unfavourable
Line20212022202320242025
Turnover€241.3m▼ 9.2%€245.7m▲ 1.8%€304.9m▲ 24.1%€292.5m▼ 4.1%€318.6m▲ 8.9%
Operating result€2.3m▼ 66.8%-€4.4m€4.4m€2.6m▼ 41.8%-€1.7m
Net result€1.9m▼ 61.4%-€4.1m€12.7m€5.7m▼ 54.9%€399,273▼ 93.1%
EBIT margin1.0%▼ 1.7pp-1.8%▼ 2.7pp1.5%▲ 3.2pp0.9%▼ 0.6pp-0.5%▼ 1.4pp
Equity€92.5m▲ 0.3%€88.4m▼ 4.4%€92.7m▲ 4.8%€92.9m▲ 0.3%€93.3m▲ 0.4%
Total assets€160.7m▼ 3.5%€160.0m▼ 0.4%€175.8m▲ 9.9%€176.0m▲ 0.1%€174.0m▼ 1.1%
Debt€63.6m▼ 10.0%€67.9m▲ 6.8%€79.3m▲ 16.8%€79.4m▲ 0.1%€77.0m▼ 3.0%
Working capital€56.2m▲ 1.7%€54.7m▼ 2.7%€74.1m▲ 35.6%€74.6m▲ 0.6%€75.0m▲ 0.6%
Staff (FTE)798▼ 4.4%753▼ 5.6%730▼ 3.1%759▲ 4.0%789▲ 4.0%
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
The operating result turns negative in 2025: a loss of €1.7m after €2.6m in 2024.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €174.0m
Fixed assets
€22.0m ▼ 0.9%
Current assets
€151.9m ▼ 1.2%
Equity and liabilities €174.0m
Equity
€93.3m ▲ 0.4%
Provisions
€3.7m ▼ 0.7%
Debt
€77.0m ▼ 3.0%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total falls from 45.1% to 44.2%. Equity is higher and debt is lower.
Key figures and ratios
EBITDA
€3.4m▼
2024 · €7.7m
Cash flow
€5.5m▼
2024 · €10.9m
Current ratio
1.98▲
2024 · 1.94
Quick ratio
1.54▲
2024 · 1.52
Debt to equity
0.83▼
2024 · 0.85
ROE
0.4%▼
2024 · 6.2%
ROA
0.2%▼
2024 · 3.3%
Interest coverage
5.89▼
2024 · 37.71
Debt ≤ 1 year
€76.9m▼
2024 · €79.2m
Income taxes
€1.6m▼
2024 · €1.9m
Staff costs
€54.6m▲
2024 · €50.9m
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.
Peer companies
Historical observationOf the 496 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 0.8% went bankrupt within 24 months and 96% are still going.
- Large
- 20 years or older
- solvency 30% or more
- a profit under 5% of the balance sheet
0.8%
went bankrupt
3.4%
stopped otherwise
96%
still going
For this company itself Checked computes a bankruptcy probability of 0.2% 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 497,058 companies of July 2024 its group's bankruptcy share. Expected: 1.5%; actually bankrupt within 24 months: 1.6%.
| Group | Expected | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| 2 | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| 3 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| 4 | 0.6% | 0.7% |
| 5 | 0.8% | 0.9% |
| 6 | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| 7 | 1.5% | 1.6% |
| 8 | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| 9 | 2.7% | 2.8% |
| 10 | 5.3% | 5.7% |
The rule ranks well: a company that went bankrupt got a higher share than one that kept going in 74% 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 496 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
| Line | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating income70/76A | - | €249.7m | €306.3m | €296.5m | €322.0m | ▲ 8.6% |
| Turnover70 | €241.3m | €245.7m | €304.9m | €292.5m | €318.6m | ▲ 8.9% |
| Change in stocks of work in progress, finished goods and contracts in progress71 | - | €2.3m | -€288,316 | €2.3m | €1.3m | ▼ 41.7% |
| Other operating income74 | - | €1.7m | €1.7m | €1.7m | €2.0m | ▲ 18.8% |
| Non-recurring operating income76A | - | €52,421 | €0 | €0 | - | - |
| Operating charges60/66A | - | €254.1m | €301.9m | €293.9m | €323.7m | ▲ 10.1% |
| Goods for resale, raw materials and consumables60 | - | €175.7m | €210.8m | €191.1m | €213.9m | ▲ 11.9% |
| Purchases600/8 | - | €180.9m | €211.3m | €194.9m | €213.0m | ▲ 9.3% |
| Change in stocks: decrease (increase)609 | - | -€5.2m | -€469,193 | -€3.8m | €832,743 | ▲ 122% |
| Services and other goods61 | - | €25.1m | €35.8m | €43.8m | €48.9m | ▲ 11.6% |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions62 | - | €45.9m | €47.5m | €50.9m | €54.6m | ▲ 7.3% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630 | €7.0m | €6.1m | €5.7m | €5.1m | €5.1m | ▲ 0.2% |
| Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4 | - | €168,885 | €770,753 | €1.6m | €168,563 | ▼ 89.4% |
| Provisions for liabilities and charges: additions (uses and reversals)635/8 | - | -€902,154 | €208,489 | -€104,806 | -€25,455 | ▲ 75.7% |
| Other operating charges640/8 | - | €972,567 | €1.0m | €1.1m | €1.0m | ▼ 1.9% |
| Non-recurring operating charges66A | - | €1.1m | €162,074 | €494,834 | €61,907 | ▼ 87.5% |
| Operating profit (loss)9901 | €2.3m | -€4.4m | €4.4m | €2.6m | -€1.7m | ▼ 165% |
| Financial income75/76B | - | €1.2m | €11.4m | €5.6m | €4.6m | ▼ 17.5% |
| Recurring financial income75 | €1.0m | €1.2m | €3.5m | €5.6m | €4.6m | ▼ 17.5% |
| Income from current assets751 | - | €1.1m | €3.2m | €5.3m | €4.4m | ▼ 15.5% |
| Other financial income752/9 | - | €54,581 | €387,103 | €304,505 | €148,269 | ▼ 51.3% |
| Non-recurring financial income76B | - | - | €7.8m | €0 | - | - |
| Financial charges65/66B | - | €330,506 | €802,764 | €480,817 | €866,727 | ▲ 80.3% |
| Recurring financial charges65 | €343,095 | €330,506 | €802,764 | €480,817 | €866,727 | ▲ 80.3% |
| Debt charges650 | €96,754 | €87,695 | €544,685 | €204,169 | €583,770 | ▲ 186% |
| Other financial charges652/9 | - | €242,811 | €258,079 | €276,648 | €282,957 | ▲ 2.3% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903 | €3.0m | -€3.5m | €15.0m | €7.7m | €2.0m | ▼ 73.4% |
| Transfer from deferred taxes780 | - | €8,342 | €4,065 | €596 | - | - |
| Income taxes67/77 | €1.2m | €562,244 | €2.3m | €1.9m | €1.6m | ▼ 14.7% |
| Taxes670/3 | - | €562,244 | €2.3m | €1.9m | €1.6m | ▼ 14.7% |
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €1.9m | -€4.1m | €12.7m | €5.7m | €399,273 | ▼ 93.1% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905 | €1.9m | -€4.1m | €12.7m | €5.7m | €399,273 | ▼ 93.1% |
| Line | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | ||||||
| Total assets20/58 | €160.7m | €160.0m | €175.8m | €176.0m | €174.0m | ▼ 1.1% |
| Fixed assets21/28 | €40.9m | €37.4m | €22.5m | €22.2m | €22.0m | ▼ 0.9% |
| Intangible fixed assets21 | €0 | €0 | €0 | €0 | - | - |
| Tangible fixed assets22/27 | €28.9m | €25.4m | €22.5m | €22.2m | €22.0m | ▼ 0.9% |
| Land and buildings22 | - | €3.7m | €3.4m | €3.0m | €2.9m | ▼ 5.7% |
| Plant, machinery and equipment23 | - | €21.0m | €18.6m | €17.4m | €18.4m | ▲ 5.7% |
| Furniture and vehicles24 | - | €682,812 | €532,085 | €812,325 | €771,053 | ▼ 5.1% |
| Assets under construction and advance payments27 | - | €0 | - | €980,514 | €0 | ▼ 100% |
| Financial fixed assets28 | €12.0m | €12.0m | €10,025 | €10,025 | €10,025 | = |
| Affiliated companies280/1 | - | €12.0m | €0 | €0 | - | - |
| Participating interests280 | - | €12.0m | €0 | €0 | - | - |
| Other financial fixed assets284/8 | - | €10,025 | €10,025 | €10,025 | €10,025 | = |
| Amounts receivable and cash guarantees285/8 | - | €10,025 | €10,025 | €10,025 | €10,025 | = |
| Current assets29/58 | €119.8m | €122.5m | €153.3m | €153.8m | €151.9m | ▼ 1.2% |
| Stocks and contracts in progress3 | €22.0m | €29.4m | €28.8m | €33.3m | €33.7m | ▲ 1.0% |
| Stocks30/36 | - | €29.4m | €28.8m | €33.3m | €33.7m | ▲ 1.0% |
| Raw materials and consumables30/31 | - | €18.8m | €18.7m | €19.7m | €18.7m | ▼ 5.2% |
| Work in progress32 | - | €1.6m | €1.1m | €1.6m | €798,454 | ▼ 51.2% |
| Finished goods33 | - | €8.1m | €8.1m | €9.8m | €12.0m | ▲ 22.0% |
| Goods purchased for resale34 | - | €934,054 | €991,054 | €2.2m | €2.2m | ▲ 2.4% |
| Advance payments36 | - | €15,646 | €0 | €0 | - | - |
| Amounts receivable within one year40/41 | €87.8m | €91.3m | €100.7m | €118.8m | €115.7m | ▼ 2.7% |
| Trade receivables40 | - | €23.5m | €23.8m | €22.6m | €19.3m | ▼ 14.7% |
| Other amounts receivable41 | - | €67.8m | €76.9m | €96.3m | €96.4m | ▲ 0.2% |
| Cash at bank and in hand54/58 | €9.8m | €1.7m | €23.5m | €1.2m | €2.2m | ▲ 77.1% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income490/1 | - | €124,335 | €214,732 | €335,896 | €381,579 | ▲ 13.6% |
| Equity and liabilities | ||||||
| Total equity and liabilities10/49 | €160.7m | €160.0m | €175.8m | €176.0m | €174.0m | ▼ 1.1% |
| Equity10/15 | €92.5m | €88.4m | €92.7m | €92.9m | €93.3m | ▲ 0.4% |
| Contributions10/11 | €80.6m | €80.6m | €80.6m | €80.6m | €80.6m | = |
| Capital10 | - | €80.6m | €80.6m | €80.6m | €80.6m | = |
| Issued capital100 | - | €80.6m | €80.6m | €80.6m | €80.6m | = |
| Reserves13 | €11.8m | €11.8m | €12.0m | €12.2m | €12.6m | ▲ 3.3% |
| Non-distributable reserves130/1 | - | €7.7m | €8.1m | €8.1m | €8.1m | = |
| Legal reserve130 | - | €7.7m | €8.1m | €8.1m | €8.1m | = |
| Tax-exempt reserves132 | - | €3.1m | €3.1m | €3.1m | €3.1m | = |
| Distributable reserves133 | - | €1.1m | €822,687 | €1.1m | €1.5m | ▲ 37.3% |
| Profit (loss) carried forward14 | - | -€4.1m | €0 | €0 | - | - |
| Investment grants15 | - | €71,401 | €59,205 | €57,240 | €57,240 | = |
| Provisions and deferred taxes16 | €4.5m | €3.6m | €3.8m | €3.7m | €3.7m | ▼ 0.7% |
| Provisions for liabilities and charges160/5 | - | €3.6m | €3.8m | €3.7m | €3.7m | ▼ 0.7% |
| Pensions and similar obligations160 | - | €233,966 | €214,311 | €161,295 | €132,955 | ▼ 17.6% |
| Environmental obligations163 | - | €3.1m | €3.4m | €3.3m | €3.3m | ▼ 0.8% |
| Other liabilities and charges164/5 | - | €249,955 | €206,883 | €201,833 | €231,833 | ▲ 14.9% |
| Deferred taxes168 | - | €4,661 | €596 | €0 | - | - |
| Amounts payable17/49 | €63.6m | €67.9m | €79.3m | €79.4m | €77.0m | ▼ 3.0% |
| Amounts payable within one year42/48 | €63.6m | €67.9m | €79.2m | €79.2m | €76.9m | ▼ 2.9% |
| Financial debts43 | - | €7.6m | €5.5m | €7.1m | €5.8m | ▼ 17.6% |
| Credit institutions430/8 | - | €919,717 | €743,696 | €7.1m | €5.8m | ▼ 17.6% |
| Other loans439 | - | €6.7m | €4.8m | €0 | - | - |
| Trade debts44 | €42.9m | €51.4m | €53.5m | €54.9m | €61.4m | ▲ 11.8% |
| Suppliers440/4 | - | €51.4m | €53.5m | €54.9m | €61.4m | ▲ 11.8% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security45 | - | €8.8m | €11.6m | €11.7m | €9.7m | ▼ 17.1% |
| Taxes450/3 | - | €710,358 | €2.0m | €2.0m | €64,712 | ▼ 96.8% |
| Remuneration and social security454/9 | - | €8.1m | €9.6m | €9.7m | €9.6m | ▼ 0.5% |
| Other amounts payable47/48 | - | €2,860 | €8.5m | €5.5m | €1,974 | ▼ 100.0% |
| Accrued charges and deferred income492/3 | - | €55,483 | €154,550 | €160,035 | €61,373 | ▼ 61.7% |
| Line | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €1.9m | -€4.1m | €12.7m | €5.7m | €399,273 | ▼ 93.1% |
| + Depreciation and write-downs630 | €7.0m | €6.1m | €5.7m | €5.1m | €5.1m | ▲ 0.2% |
| Operating cash flow (approximation) | €8.8m | €2.0m | €18.4m | €10.9m | €5.5m | ▼ 49.1% |
| Investment in fixed assets (approximation) | - | -€2.6m | €9.3m | -€4.8m | -€4.9m | ▼ 1.8% |
| Change in cash | - | -€8.1m | €21.8m | -€22.3m | €955,049 | ▲ 104% |
Simplified and derived: a Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement, so these rows come from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.
Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones
Next filing, fiscal year 2026, expected by
2026
09-09
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · full schema · 221 days late
2024
20-12
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · full schema
2023
06-12
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · full schema
30-06
Financial
Back to profitnet €12.7m
Net result €12.7m after one loss-making year.
2022
14-11
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · full schema
30-06
Financial
Weakest financial yearnet -€4.1m
Net result drops to -€4.1m, the lowest in the series; recovery starts the following year.
2021
08-11
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · full schema
2020
30-10
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · full schema
2019
12-11
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · full schema
2018
12-11
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · full schema
2017
26-10
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · full schema
2016
08-11
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · full schema
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
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Directors · office · real estate
Directors
35 acts for this company are 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, Estaimpuis · 3 establishment units since 2006
Ground area
11.6 ha
Building footprint
4.4 ha
Volume, LiDAR
312,395 m³
2 parcels, Flanders, Wallonia · tallest building 10.7 m, ±2 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
3 establishment units
McBRIDE
since 20062.151.511.171
McBRIDE
since 20062.151.511.468
McBRIDE
since 20062.151.511.963
2 parcels
Flanders
1
(50%)
Wallonia
1
(50%)
| Parcel (capakey) | Region | Area | Buildings | Height / fl. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33302A0142/00Y000 | Flanders | 11.5 ha | 1 · 4.4 ha | 10.7 m · 2 fl. |
| 57027A0613/00P000 | Wallonia | 379 m² | 1 · 101 m² | - |
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Good to know
2 of 2 parcels with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.
Structure & network
Owners and holdings
2 ownersChain of control
- McBride S.A.S.FR
- McBride
Highest known parent: McBride S.A.S. (France). The sources do not say who stands above it.
Owners 2
- McBride S.A.S.FRparentSourceown accounts 30-06-202599.99%
- MCBRIDE PLCGB0.01%
Holdings 0
The accounts to 30-06-2025 list no holdings, and no other source names one.
According to the annual accounts to 30-06-2025 of McBride and those of the other companies, the acts in the Belgian Gazette and the LEI register. The register of ultimate beneficial owners (UBO) is not public: who ultimately stands behind a natural person or a foreign parent is not stated here. A company that does not fill in these statements, or need not, is missing.
Connections & network
No current directors or connected companies found in the register.
Public money · subsidies and aid
Flemish government
2022 to 2025 · 8 entries · 73,614 EUR awarded · 73,614 EUR paid| Year | Entries | awarded | paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 12,574 EUR | 12,574 EUR |
| 2024 | 2 | 20,892 EUR | 20,892 EUR |
| 2023 | 2 | 27,884 EUR | 27,884 EUR |
| 2022 | 2 | 12,264 EUR | 12,264 EUR |
Recognitions · licences · registrations
Dual-learning approval
3 endedElektromecanicien (vwo)
Elektromecanicien duaal (so)
Elektromechanische technieken duaal (so)
Legal Entity Identifier
213800ISDB5S3K5CIK37
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BE 0449.046.553
Seraing · Eq €16.4m
Of 156 companies in sector 20411 we hold annual accounts for 45. 7 are within a factor 10 of this equity. The 5 above are the closest to it. See the whole sector
Identification & contact
Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded30-06-1950
Fiscal year end30-06
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
20411Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
20420Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
46150Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware
46450Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics
E-invoicing
Reachable via Peppol
Peppol ID
0208:0403984016
Also
9925:BE0403984016
Registered
29-12-2025
Register as of 27 September 2026 · Peppol Directory
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