Active BE 0899.059.643Private limited company (pre-2019)Open bankruptcy

METALCHEM/DRS

Kleinhoefstraat 5 ·2440 Geel, Belgium· 18 yrs active

Sector: Overige zakelijke dienstverlening, neg (82990)

Conclusion Checked

A bankruptcy procedure is open for METALCHEM/DRS according to publications in the Belgian State Gazette. The 2022 annual accounts show equity of €9k and a net result of €-53k.

Based on the State Gazette, CBE and 5 annual accounts.

Key figures

Equity	€9k
Net result	€-53k
Better than sector	21%
Active	18 yrs

Snowflake analysis 5 of 5 axes measured · computed by Checked

10 / 100

Fragile profile, watch health in particular.

All 5 axes are computed from data Checked has read.

Health 0

Profitability 0

Solvency 20

Growth 32

Stability 0

Bankruptcy probability (12 mo) Checked model v1 · free

Bankruptcy opened

A bankruptcy procedure is already open, a probability score is no longer meaningful. See the insolvency timeline for the state of the procedure.

Risk Assessment rule-based

50 / 100

High riskRegister: open bankruptcy

This score counts publications in the Belgian State Gazette only. The KBO register additionally records legal situation 050 for this company; it does not feed the figure above.

Components

· Open bankruptcy (+50)

Trust signals 2 signals

Register: open bankruptcy

The KBO register records legal situation 050 for this company. This is today's state according to the register itself; the register carries no start date.

Open bankruptcy

Active bankruptcy procedure in the Belgisch Staatsblad. Claims are handled by the appointed curator.

Administrative Flags0 events

No strikeouts found in the KBO publications we processed. That series starts in 2021 and has gaps, so this is not a confirmation that there is nothing.

Health barometer FY 2022 · computed

0 / 100 Critical

050100

Computed from 4 of the 6 factors this model weighs. The rest cannot be derived from the filed figures, or need a prior year to compare against.

Unlock the full score breakdown, per-year score history and the indicative credit limit from Kantoor S.

See plans →

Computed by Checked from the NBB filing for FY 2022 and an insolvency signal from the Belgian State Gazette. Indicative, not credit advice.

Financial overview10 NBB filings

Annual accounts filed on 22-12-2023 with the NBB · fiscal year 2022 · micro

Operating resultNet result

Sector comparison

Fiscal year 2022 · NACE 82 · compared within the same schema type (micro schema)

Metric	This company	Sector median	Position in the sector
Solvency	10.3%	47.6%	better than 21% of 1763 sector peers
Net result	€-53k	€14k	better than 5% of 1759 sector peers
Equity	€9k	€28k	better than 28% of 1765 sector peers
Gross operating margin	€-37k	€30k	better than 5% of 1757 sector peers
Total assets	€85k	€76k	better than 55% of 1764 sector peers

Median and position computed from NBB annual accounts filed by sector peers; own figures from the latest filed accounts.

Net profit

€-53k

-70.2% 18-22

Total assets

€85k

-76.8% 18-22

Equity

€9k

-85.8% 18-22

Working capital

€6k

-89.4% 18-22

Income taxes

€-89

- 18-22

Debt

€76k

-74.9% 18-22

Debt ≤ 1y

€76k

-74.9% 18-22

Current ratio

1.08

-9.4% 18-22

Quick ratio

1.08

-9.4% 18-22

Solvency

10.3%

-39.0% 18-22

Debt / equity

8.75

+76.9% 18-22

ROE

-605.8%

-1101.0% 18-22

ROA

-62.1%

-632.3% 18-22

Figures by fiscal year

Highlight YoY changes (±10%)

Fiscal year	2022
Deposit	micro
Revenue	-
EBITDA	-
Net profit	€-53k
Cash flow	-
Staff costs	-
Income taxes	-
Dividends	-
Total assets	€85k
Equity	€9k
Debt	€76k
of which ≤ 1y	€76k
of which > 1y	-
Working capital	€6k
Employees (FTE)	-

Ratios (computed)

	2022
Current ratio	1.08
Quick ratio	1.08
Working capital ratio	7.4%
Solvency	10.3%
Debt / equity	8.75
Long-term debt ratio	-
Interest coverage	-
Gross margin	-
Net margin	-
ROA	-62.1%
ROE	-605.8%
EBITDA margin	-
Days sales outstanding	-
Days payable outstanding	-
Inventory turnover	-
Days inventory (DSI)	-

Balance-sheet composition 2022

Assets

Fixed assets €2k · 2.9% Current assets €83k · 97.1%

Equity & liabilities

Equity €9k · 10.3% Debt €76k · 89.8%

Full annual accounts

Filed balance sheet and income statement, exactly as deposited with the NBB.

Line item	Code	2022
Balance sheet, Assets
TOTAL ASSETS	20/58	€85k
Fixed assets	21/28	€2k
Financial fixed assets	28	€2k
Current assets	29/58	€83k
Amounts receivable within one year	40/41	€11k
Investments	50/53	€38k
Cash & bank	54/58	€34k
Balance sheet, Equity & liabilities
TOTAL EQUITY & LIABILITIES	10/49	€85k
Equity	10/15	€9k
Contributions / capital	10/11	€10k
Reserves	13	€2k
Accumulated profits (losses)	14	€-3k
Amounts payable	17/49	€76k
Amounts payable within one year	42/48	€76k
Trade debts payable within one year	44	€76k
Income statement
Gross operating margin	9900	€-37k
Operating result	9901	€-52k
Financial income	75	€23
Financial charges	65	€715
Result before taxes	9903	€-53k
Net result for the period	9904	€-53k
Result to be appropriated	9905	€-53k

You're seeing the latest fiscal year only. Unlock 4 prior years (figures + ratios) with a paid plan. See plans →

Ratios computed by Checked.

Directors & mandates 1 directors

Former directors (1)

Maria Christine Vivienne van Maanen
Daily management
State Gazette act 22121625 (13-10-2022)

Former
- → 30-04-2022

Full appointment history from the Belgian State Gazette. Permanent representatives are shown for corporate directors.This list is read straight from this company's published acts, not from the officer register.

Directors & mandates2 persons

Role	Name	Tenure	Source
Curator	BRAM VANGEEL DIESTSEWEG 155, 2440 GEEL- ↔ Also on 56 other cases	28-10-2025 → present	Belgian State Gazette
Curator	TOON BELMANS DIESTSEWEG 155, 2440 GEEL	28-10-2025 → present	Belgian State Gazette

Legal Structure

NACE primary	Overige zakelijke dienstverlening, neg(82990)
Legal form	Private limited company (pre-2019)(015)
Incorporation	12-06-2008
Status	Active
Postal code	2440
First BS signal	03-11-2025
Latest BS signal	03-11-2025

Establishment units 1 location

Kleinhoefstraat 5, 2440 Geel

Holdings

since 20082.172.018.555

Physical sites registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE).

Real-estate footprint Source: CBE × cadastre

Parcels linked to this company through its CBE addresses (seat, establishment units, branches), cross-referenced with the cadastral parcel plan. This shows where the company operates, not a deeds register.

Flanders 1 (100%)

Parcel (capakey)	Region	Area	Buildings	Height / fl.
13376G0389/00P000	Flanders	1.1 ha	1 · 3,240 m²	5.8 m · 2 fl.

Methodology

via registered seat: 1

1 of 1 parcels with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.

Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.

Updates 13 events

A single timeline of everything that happened to this company, publications, insolvency and lifecycle events, administrative changes and filed annual accounts.

2025

03-11-2025

Bankruptcy Opening

Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen, afdeling Turnhout · METALCHEM/DRS BV KLEIN- HOEFSTRAAT 5, 2440 GEEL · event 28-10-2025

2023

22-12-2023

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2022 · micro

2022

04-11-2022

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2021 · micro

13-10-2022

State Gazette act Director changes

15-04-2022

State Gazette act Director changes

2021

20-12-2021

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2020 · micro

2020

30-10-2020

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2019 · micro

2019

12-08-2019

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2018 · micro

2018

30-08-2018

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2017 · micro

2017

29-09-2017

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2016 · micro

2016

31-08-2016

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2015 · verkort

2015

28-08-2015

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2014 · verkort

2014

30-09-2014

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2013 · verkort

Lifecycle & Insolvency Signals1 events

03-11-2025

Bankruptcy Opening

Date: 28-10-2025 · Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen, afdeling Turnhout · METALCHEM/DRS BV KLEIN- HOEFSTRAAT 5, 2440 GEEL · Publications in State Gazette ↗

Time machine, BS events + macro context 2021, 2026

Macro context

2020-Q2/Q3 COVID lockdown

2022 energy crisis

2023-2024 ECB rate hikes

Legend

Bankruptcy

Interim / reorg

KBO event

Belgisch Staatsblad, acts 2 acts

All acts · 2 updated 3 years ago

2022

13-10-2022 Maria Christine Vivienne van Maanen resigns as daily management Director changes

Maria Christine Vivienne van Maanen, Dagelijks bestuur

Original publication ↗

Technical details

{
  "events": [
    {
      "kind": "director_out",
      "role": "dagelijks_bestuur",
      "person": {
        "rrn": null,
        "name": "Maria Christine Vivienne van Maanen",
        "address": null,
        "birth_date": null,
        "profession": null,
        "birth_place": null
      },
      "reason": "de_plein_droit_dissolution",
      "subkind": null,
      "via_org": null,
      "statutory": "statutair",
      "compensated": null,
      "effective_date": "2022-04-30",
      "evidence_quote": "",
      "decharge_status": null,
      "mandate_duration": {
        "kind": "until_date",
        "value": "2022-04-30"
      },
      "rep_rotation_new_rep": null,
      "rep_rotation_old_rep": null,
      "effective_date_qualifier": "immediate"
    },
    {
      "kind": "decharge_granted",
      "role": "dagelijks_bestuur",
      "person": {
        "rrn": null,
        "name": "Maria Christine Vivienne van Maanen",
        "address": null,
        "birth_date": null,
        "profession": null,
        "birth_place": null
      },
      "reason": null,
      "subkind": null,
      "via_org": null,
      "statutory": "statutair",
      "compensated": null,
      "effective_date": null,
      "evidence_quote": "",
      "decharge_status": "granted",
      "mandate_duration": null,
      "rep_rotation_new_rep": null,
      "rep_rotation_old_rep": null,
      "effective_date_qualifier": null
    },
    {
      "kind": "substantive_delegation",
      "role": "vaste_vertegenwoordiger",
      "person": {
        "rrn": null,
        "name": "Klaas Thibaut",
        "address": "Medialaan 28B, 1800 Vilvoorde",
        "birth_date": null,
        "profession": "advocaat",
        "birth_place": null
      },
      "reason": null,
      "subkind": "additional",
      "via_org": null,
      "statutory": "statutair",
      "compensated": null,
      "effective_date": null,
      "evidence_quote": "",
      "decharge_status": null,
      "mandate_duration": {
        "kind": "indefinite",
        "value": null
      },
      "rep_rotation_new_rep": null,
      "rep_rotation_old_rep": null,
      "effective_date_qualifier": null
    },
    {
      "kind": "substantive_delegation",
      "role": "vaste_vertegenwoordiger",
      "person": {
        "rrn": null,
        "name": "Alexandre Coulon",
        "address": "Medialaan 28B, 1800 Vilvoorde",
        "birth_date": null,
        "profession": "advocaat",
        "birth_place": null
      },
      "reason": null,
      "subkind": "additional",
      "via_org": null,
      "statutory": "statutair",
      "compensated": null,
      "effective_date": null,
      "evidence_quote": "",
      "decharge_status": null,
      "mandate_duration": {
        "kind": "indefinite",
        "value": null
      },
      "rep_rotation_new_rep": null,
      "rep_rotation_old_rep": null,
      "effective_date_qualifier": null
    },
    {
      "kind": "substantive_delegation",
      "role": "vaste_vertegenwoordiger",
      "person": {
        "rrn": null,
        "name": "Matteo De Grauwe",
        "address": "Medialaan 28B, 1800 Vilvoorde",
        "birth_date": null,
        "profession": "advocaat",
        "birth_place": null
      },
      "reason": null,
      "subkind": "additional",
      "via_org": null,
      "statutory": "statutair",
      "compensated": null,
      "effective_date": null,
      "evidence_quote": "",
      "decharge_status": null,
      "mandate_duration": {
        "kind": "indefinite",
        "value": null
      },
      "rep_rotation_new_rep": null,
      "rep_rotation_old_rep": null,
      "effective_date_qualifier": null
    },
    {
      "kind": "substantive_delegation",
      "role": "vaste_vertegenwoordiger",
      "person": {
        "rrn": null,
        "name": "Adriaan de Leeuw",
        "address": "Brusselsesteenweg 66, 1860 Meise",
        "birth_date": null,
        "profession": null,
        "birth_place": null
      },
      "reason": null,
      "subkind": "additional",
      "via_org": {
        "kbo": "0474.966.438",
        "name": "Ad-Ministerie BV",
        "address": "Brusselsesteenweg 66, 1860 Meise",
        "country": "BE",
        "legal_form": "BV"
      },
      "statutory": "statutair",
      "compensated": null,
      "effective_date": null,
      "evidence_quote": "",
      "decharge_status": null,
      "mandate_duration": {
        "kind": "indefinite",
        "value": null
      },
      "rep_rotation_new_rep": null,
      "rep_rotation_old_rep": null,
      "effective_date_qualifier": null
    }
  ],
  "notary": {
    "name": null,
    "firm_city": null,
    "firm_name": null,
    "office_city": null,
    "is_associated": false
  },
  "act_meta": {
    "language": "mixed",
    "pub_date": null,
    "filing_date": "2022-09-20",
    "act_kind_objet": "Onderwerp akte:"
  },
  "decisions": [
    {
      "body": "enig_aandeelhouder_schriftelijk",
      "date": "2022-09-20",
      "unanimous": null
    }
  ],
  "is_correction": false,
  "subject_company": {
    "kbo": "0899.059.643",
    "name_full": "METALCHEM/DRS",
    "legal_form": "BV"
  },
  "publication_proxy": {
    "kind": "org",
    "org_kbo": "0474.966.438",
    "org_name": "Ad-Ministerie BV",
    "person_name": null,
    "org_rep_person_name": "Adriaan de Leeuw",
    "person_role_at_subject": null
  },
  "co_filed_documents": [],
  "corrected_publication_numac": null
}

15-04-2022 2 directors appointed Director changes

Grant Thornton Bedrijfsrevisoren CV, Commissaris
Gunther Loits, Vaste vertegenwoordiger

Original publication ↗

Technical details

{
  "events": [
    {
      "kind": "commissaris_in",
      "role": "commissaris",
      "person": {
        "rrn": null,
        "name": "Grant Thornton Bedrijfsrevisoren CV",
        "address": null,
        "birth_date": null,
        "profession": null,
        "birth_place": null
      },
      "reason": null,
      "subkind": "renewal",
      "via_org": null,
      "statutory": null,
      "compensated": null,
      "effective_date": "2021-12-31",
      "evidence_quote": "BEVESTIGT dat Grant Thornton Bedrijfsrevisoren CV, werd benoemd als commissaris van de Vennootschap voor een termijn van drie jaar vanaf het boekjaar eindigend op 31 december 2021.",
      "decharge_status": null,
      "mandate_duration": {
        "kind": "n_years",
        "value": "3"
      },
      "rep_rotation_new_rep": null,
      "rep_rotation_old_rep": null,
      "effective_date_qualifier": null
    },
    {
      "kind": "decharge_granted",
      "role": "commissaris",
      "person": {
        "rrn": null,
        "name": "Grant Thornton Bedrijfsrevisoren CV",
        "address": null,
        "birth_date": null,
        "profession": null,
        "birth_place": null
      },
      "reason": null,
      "subkind": null,
      "via_org": null,
      "statutory": null,
      "compensated": null,
      "effective_date": null,
      "evidence_quote": "",
      "decharge_status": "granted",
      "mandate_duration": null,
      "rep_rotation_new_rep": null,
      "rep_rotation_old_rep": null,
      "effective_date_qualifier": null
    },
    {
      "kind": "delegation_dagelijks_bestuur_in",
      "role": "vaste_vertegenwoordiger",
      "person": {
        "rrn": null,
        "name": "Gunther Loits",
        "address": null,
        "birth_date": null,
        "profession": "erkend bedrijfsrevisor",
        "birth_place": null
      },
      "reason": null,
      "subkind": null,
      "via_org": null,
      "statutory": null,
      "compensated": null,
      "effective_date": null,
      "evidence_quote": "De commissaris heeft Gunther Loits, erkend bedrijfsrevisor, aangesteld als vertegenwoordiger.",
      "decharge_status": null,
      "mandate_duration": null,
      "rep_rotation_new_rep": null,
      "rep_rotation_old_rep": null,
      "effective_date_qualifier": null
    },
    {
      "kind": "substantive_delegation",
      "role": "advocaat",
      "person": {
        "rrn": null,
        "name": "Klaas Thibaut",
        "address": null,
        "birth_date": null,
        "profession": "advocaat",
        "birth_place": null
      },
      "reason": null,
      "subkind": null,
      "via_org": null,
      "statutory": null,
      "compensated": null,
      "effective_date": null,
      "evidence_quote": "BESLUIT een bijzondere volmacht te verlenen aan Klaas Thibaut, Cody Demuytere, Matteo De Grauwe en elke andere advocaat of medewerker van het kantoor Quinz",
      "decharge_status": null,
      "mandate_duration": null,
      "rep_rotation_new_rep": null,
      "rep_rotation_old_rep": null,
      "effective_date_qualifier": null
    },
    {
      "kind": "substantive_delegation",
      "role": "advocaat",
      "person": {
        "rrn": null,
        "name": "Cody Demuytere",
        "address": null,
        "birth_date": null,
        "profession": "advocaat",
        "birth_place": null
      },
      "reason": null,
      "subkind": null,
      "via_org": null,
      "statutory": null,
      "compensated": null,
      "effective_date": null,
      "evidence_quote": "BESLUIT een bijzondere volmacht te verlenen aan Klaas Thibaut, Cody Demuytere, Matteo De Grauwe en elke andere advocaat of medewerker van het kantoor Quinz",
      "decharge_status": null,
      "mandate_duration": null,
      "rep_rotation_new_rep": null,
      "rep_rotation_old_rep": null,
      "effective_date_qualifier": null
    },
    {
      "kind": "substantive_delegation",
      "role": "advocaat",
      "person": {
        "rrn": null,
        "name": "Matteo De Grauwe",
        "address": null,
        "birth_date": null,
        "profession": "advocaat",
        "birth_place": null
      },
      "reason": null,
      "subkind": null,
      "via_org": null,
      "statutory": null,
      "compensated": null,
      "effective_date": null,
      "evidence_quote": "BESLUIT een bijzondere volmacht te verlenen aan Klaas Thibaut, Cody Demuytere, Matteo De Grauwe en elke andere advocaat of medewerker van het kantoor Quinz",
      "decharge_status": null,
      "mandate_duration": null,
      "rep_rotation_new_rep": null,
      "rep_rotation_old_rep": null,
      "effective_date_qualifier": null
    },
    {
      "kind": "substantive_delegation",
      "role": "advocaat",
      "person": null,
      "reason": null,
      "subkind": null,
      "via_org": {
        "kbo": null,
        "name": "Quinz",
        "address": "Medialaan 28B, 1800 Vilvoorde",
        "country": "BE",
        "legal_form": null
      },
      "statutory": null,
      "compensated": null,
      "effective_date": null,
      "evidence_quote": "BESLUIT een bijzondere volmacht te verlenen aan Klaas Thibaut, Cody Demuytere, Matteo De Grauwe en elke andere advocaat of medewerker van het kantoor Quinz",
      "decharge_status": null,
      "mandate_duration": null,
      "rep_rotation_new_rep": null,
      "rep_rotation_old_rep": null,
      "effective_date_qualifier": null
    },
    {
      "kind": "substantive_delegation",
      "role": "administrateur_d\u00E9l\u00E9gu\u00E9",
      "person": {
        "rrn": null,
        "name": "Adriaan de Leeuw",
        "address": null,
        "birth_date": null,
        "profession": null,
        "birth_place": null
      },
      "reason": null,
      "subkind": null,
      "via_org": {
        "kbo": null,
        "name": "Ad-Ministerie BV",
        "address": "Brusselsesteenweg 66, 1860 Meise",
        "country": "BE",
        "legal_form": "BV"
      },
      "statutory": null,
      "compensated": null,
      "effective_date": null,
      "evidence_quote": "BESLUIT een bijzondere volmacht te verlenen aan Klaas Thibaut, Cody Demuytere, Matteo De Grauwe en elke andere advocaat of medewerker van het kantoor Quinz",
      "decharge_status": null,
      "mandate_duration": null,
      "rep_rotation_new_rep": null,
      "rep_rotation_old_rep": null,
      "effective_date_qualifier": null
    }
  ],
  "notary": {
    "name": null,
    "firm_city": null,
    "firm_name": null,
    "office_city": "Turnhout",
    "is_associated": false
  },
  "act_meta": {
    "language": "nl",
    "pub_date": null,
    "filing_date": "2022-04-06",
    "act_kind_objet": "Onderwerp akte:"
  },
  "decisions": [
    {
      "body": "enig_aandeelhouder_schriftelijk",
      "date": "2022-02-28",
      "unanimous": true
    }
  ],
  "is_correction": false,
  "subject_company": {
    "kbo": "0899.059.643",
    "name_full": "METALCHEM/DRS",
    "legal_form": "BV"
  },
  "publication_proxy": {
    "kind": "org",
    "org_kbo": null,
    "org_name": "Ad-Ministerie BV",
    "person_name": null,
    "org_rep_person_name": "Adriaan de Leeuw",
    "person_role_at_subject": null
  },
  "co_filed_documents": [],
  "corrected_publication_numac": null
}

Credit advice verdict per customer and amount

Company registry (CBE) Crossroads Bank

Activities

Overige zakelijke dienstverlening, n.e.g.82990Overige zakelijke dienstverlening, neg82990

Primary activity highlighted.

Names & trade names

Legal nameNL

METALCHEM/DRS

Registered office

Kleinhoefstraat 5

2440 Geel, Belgium

Official data from the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE). Available for every registered company.

Similar companies Comparable size · 2,966 of 24,486 companies in this sector with filed accounts

FoodyCa BE 1002.369.294 · Hove

Borreman BE 0765.357.021 · Brasschaat

Mr. DBQ BE 1000.725.937 · Kortrijk

GREEN JERSEY BE 0801.837.830 · Berloz

VAN ASK BE 0782.651.626 · Balen