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MERT

Inactive
KBO/BCE: BE 0676.539.861

MERT was declared bankrupt on 15-02-2022 (Ondernemingsrechtbank Gent, afdeling Gent); the bankruptcy was closed for insufficient assets by judgment of 30-05-2023, published in the Belgian State Gazette on 05-06-2023.

Summary

Inactive; last annual accounts for fiscal year 2018.

Signals

Three signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
○neutral
neutral · Prior bankruptcy
Earlier bankruptcy on record in the Belgian State Gazette, no current open procedure.
Belgian State Gazette
neutral · No filing for years
The last filed financial year closed on 31-12-2018. Since then, 7 financial years are missing. This points to a standstill, not an imminent failure.
NBB · 2 filings
Position against the passed deadline
31-12-2019 close31-07-2020 deadline27-09-2026 today
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2018 was due by 31-07-2019 and was filed on 29-08-2019, 29 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 · 2 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not confirmed
2024
not filed
2023
not filed
2022
not filed
2021
not filed
2020
not filed
2019
not filed
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filings

The Belgian median for financial year 2024 is 4 days before the deadline, and 38% of all filings were late.

Checked, nothing found (1)
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

History

MERT has filed 2 sets of annual accounts, the latest for fiscal year 2018.1 On 15 February 2022 the company was declared bankrupt; the bankruptcy was closed on 30 May 2023.23

  1. 1National Bank, annual accounts 2018
  2. 2Belgian State Gazette, 02-03-2022
  3. 3Belgian State Gazette, 05-06-2023

Financials · fiscal year 2018, micro schema

Equity
€30,494
Total assets
€217,601
Net result
€25,642
Working capital
€25,459

Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the micro schema does not require them.

Balance-sheet composition
Assets €217,601
Fixed assets €19,309
Current assets €198,291
Equity and liabilities €217,601
Equity €30,494
Debt €187,106
Debt finances 86.0% of the balance-sheet total.
Key figures and ratios
2018 value
EBITDA
€44,034
Cash flow
€32,623
Current ratio
1.15
Debt to equity
0.47
ROE
84.1%
ROA
11.8%
Debt ≤ 1 year
€172,832
Debt > 1 year
€14,275
Income taxes
€10,190
Annual accounts
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2018 · 24 lines
Balance sheet Code2018
Assets
Total assets20/58€217,601
Fixed assets21/28€19,309
Intangible fixed assets21€786
Tangible fixed assets22/27€18,524
Current assets29/58€198,291
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€167,752
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€1
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€217,601
Equity10/15€30,494
Contributions10/11€6,200
Reserves13€25,642
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€1,348
Amounts payable17/49€187,106
Amounts payable after more than one year17€14,275
Amounts payable within one year42/48€172,832
Trade debts44€43,616
Income statement Code2018
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€6,981
Gross operating margin9900€44,584
Operating profit (loss)9901€37,053
Recurring financial charges65€1,221
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€35,832
Income taxes67/77€10,190
Profit (loss) for the period9904€25,642
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€25,642
Line2018
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€6,981
Gross operating margin9900€44,584
Operating profit (loss)9901€37,053
Recurring financial charges65€1,221
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€35,832
Income taxes67/77€10,190
Profit (loss) for the period9904€25,642
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€25,642
Line2018
Assets
Total assets20/58€217,601
Fixed assets21/28€19,309
Intangible fixed assets21€786
Tangible fixed assets22/27€18,524
Current assets29/58€198,291
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€167,752
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€1
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€217,601
Equity10/15€30,494
Contributions10/11€6,200
Reserves13€25,642
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€1,348
Amounts payable17/49€187,106
Amounts payable after more than one year17€14,275
Amounts payable within one year42/48€172,832
Trade debts44€43,616
Line2018
Profit (loss) for the period9904€25,642
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€6,981
Operating cash flow (approximation)€32,623

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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Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones

2023
05-06
Bankruptcy Bankruptcy closure (insufficient assets)
Ondernemingsrechtbank Gent, afdeling Gent · event 30-05-2023
2022
02-03
Bankruptcy Opening
Ondernemingsrechtbank Gent, afdeling Gent · event 15-02-2022
2019
29-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · micro schema · 29 days late
06-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · micro schema · 371 days late
SignalNBB filing
0 of 3 acts read
About the unread acts

We know of 3 Belgian State Gazette acts for this company. None of them has been read yet: what they contain is neither established nor disproved here.

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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

Insolvency mandates

1 mandate
Role Name Tenure
Curator SERGE VAN EEGHEM
ZUIDSTATIONSTRAAT 34-36, 9000 GENT
15-02-2022 → 30-05-2023