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MERAL

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Private limited companyfounded 201016 yrs activeBanneuxstraat 25, 3500 Hasselt, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0823.402.811

MERAL has been active since 2010 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €157k and a net result of €15k. Equity is growing by ~19.9% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 94% of 36377 sector peers (fiscal year 2024). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.9% (low).

Checked score

Score 2024
86 / 100
Excellent▼ -14 vs 2023
The score combines four axes. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2023
Profitability46▼-26
Solvency100=
Growth78=
Stability100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.9% Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €14k at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 10.0 against 3.23 in 2023), and 9.9% 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 risk+raises riskneutral
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 43
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Sector 43
higher
← 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 16 years 0 20 y
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 27-08-2025, 27 days later. For context: 47% of the Belgian market files late and the whole 1-to-90-day band measures 2.0% abnormal legal state against a 1.66% average. We show this as a fact and do not score it.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not confirmed
2024
27 d late
2023
27 d late
2022
24 d late
2021
2 d early
2020
30 d late
2019
68 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
€157k▲ 10.2%
2023 · €143k
2018: €11k 2019: €31k 2020: €83k 2021: €104k 2022: €122k 2023: €143k
2018 → 2024
Total assets
€175k▼ 13.7%
2023 · €202k
2018: €34k 2019: €50k 2020: €127k 2021: €172k 2022: €184k 2023: €202k
2018 → 2024
Net result
€15k▼ 29.1%
2023 · €21k
2018: €1k 2019: €19k 2020: €53k 2021: €21k 2022: €18k 2023: €21k
2018 → 2024
Working capital
€152k▲ 15.0%
2023 · €132k
2018: €9k 2019: €29k 2020: €65k 2021: €82k 2022: €106k 2023: €132k
2018 → 2024
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20202021202220232024Trend
Equity€83k-€104k▲ 24.7%€122k▲ 17.7%€143k▲ 16.9%€157k▲ 10.2%
Operating result€53k-€26k▼ 52.0%€26k▲ 2.4%€27k▲ 3.4%€19k▼ 29.7%
Net result€53k-€21k▼ 61.0%€18k▼ 10.8%€21k▲ 12.5%€15k▼ 29.1%
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: €53k€53kNet result 2020: €53k€53kOperating result 2021: €26k€26kNet result 2021: €21k€21kOperating result 2022: €26k€26kNet result 2022: €18k€18kOperating result 2023: €27k€27kNet result 2023: €21k€21kOperating result 2024: €19k€19kNet result 2024: €15k€15k20202021202220232024
The operating result falls in 2024; 2024 is 30% below 2023 and is the lowest year so far.
Balance-sheet composition
2024 in colour, 2023 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €175k
Fixed assets €6k▼ 46.3%
Current assets €169k▼ 11.8%
Equity and liabilities €175k
Equity €157k▲ 10.2%
Debt €17k▼ 71.1%
The debt ratio falls from 29.5% to 9.9%: equity grows while debt is paid down.
Key figures and ratios
2024 value · change against 2023
EBITDA
€24k
2023 · €32k
Cash flow
€20k
2023 · €26k
Solvency
90.1%
2023 · 70.5%
Current ratio
10.00
2023 · 3.23
Quick ratio
9.55
2023 · 3.15
Debt / equity
0.11
2023 · 0.42
ROE
9.3%
2023 · 14.4%
ROA
8.4%
2023 · 10.2%
Interest coverage
77.99
2023 · 105.33
Debt
€17k
2023 · €60k
Debt ≤ 1 year
€17k
2023 · €59k
Income taxes
€7k
2023 · €10k
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€202k€175k
Fixed assets21/28€11k€6k
Tangible fixed assets22/27€11k€6k
Furniture and vehicles24€5k€590
Other tangible fixed assets26€6k€5k
Current assets29/58€191k€169k
Stocks and contracts in progress3€4k€7k
Stocks30/36€4k€7k
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€3k€6k
Trade receivables40€883€3k
Other amounts receivable41€2k€3k
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€183k€155k
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€1k€245
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€202k€175k
Equity10/15€143k€157k
Contributions10/11€12k€12k=
Reserves13€131k€145k
Non-distributable reserves130/1€2k€2k=
Reserves not available under the articles1311€2k€2k=
Distributable reserves133€129k€144k
Profit (loss) carried forward14€-436€-436=
Amounts payable17/49€60k€17k
Amounts payable within one year42/48€59k€17k
Trade debts44€333€707
Suppliers440/4€333€707
Advances received on contracts in progress46-€5k
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€21k€8k
Taxes450/3€21k€5k
Remuneration and social security454/9-€3k
Other amounts payable47/48€38k€2k
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€348€348=
Income statement Code20232024
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€5k€5k
Other operating charges640/8€1k€879
Gross operating margin9900€33k€25k
Operating profit (loss)9901€27k€19k
Financial income75/76B€3k€3k
Recurring financial income75€3k€3k
Financial charges65/66B€307€311
Recurring financial charges65€307€311
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€30k€21k
Income taxes67/77€10k€7k
Profit (loss) for the period9904€21k€15k
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€21k€15k
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€20k€14k
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P€-436€-436=
Transfer to equity691/2€21k€15k
To other reserves6921€21k€15k

The notes to these accounts (6 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

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Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones

2025
27-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · micro schema · 27 days late
2024
31-12
Financial Liquidity triplescurrent ratio 10.00
Current ratio from 3.23 to 10.00; short-term debt falls from €59k to €17k.
31-12
Financial Equity above €150kEq €157k ▲10.2%
7 profitable years in a row build equity to €157k.
27-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · micro schema · 27 days late
2023
24-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · micro schema · 24 days late
2022
29-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · micro schema
2021
31-12
Financial Equity above €100kEq €104k ▲24.7%
4 profitable years in a row build equity to €104k.
30-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · micro schema · 30 days late
2020
31-12
Financial Highest result since 2018net €53k ▲173%
Operating result €53k, net result €53k, both a record.
07-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · micro schema · 68 days late
2019
16-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · micro schema · 16 days late
2018
09-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · micro schema · 9 days late
2017
09-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · micro schema · 9 days late
2016
06-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · abbreviated schema · 6 days late
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.

Directors · office · real estate

Directors
3 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, Hasselt · 1 establishment unit since 2010
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.

Banneuxstraat 253500 Hasselt
Ground area
306 m²
Building footprint
233 m²
Volume, LiDAR
1,174 m³
Parcel 71322A0490/00V003, Flanders · tallest building 10.1 m, ±1 floor. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
Meral bvba
Banneuxstraat 25, 3500 HasseltManufacture of textiles
since 20102.186.474.723
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
71322A0490/00V003 Flanders 305 m² 1 · 233 m² 10.1 m · 1 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 4,060 companies in sector 43240 we hold annual accounts for 1,616. 1,321 are within a factor 10 of this equity.See the whole sector

Company data · Crossroads Bank

Identification
Legal formPrivate limited company
Founded24-02-2010
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL
43240Other construction installation
43299Specialised construction activities
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 15 filingsAddress and cadastre registers

Data from official sources, last processed on 12-09-2026. Scores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.