Equity
-€35,606
Debts exceed assets in financial year 2024.
NEXT STEPS
Lifetime
10 annual accounts with figures on one time axispeak €231,261 (2022)
€57,633▲ 21.4%
lowest -€68,933 (2023)
€6,774▲ €75,707
peak €56,662 (2016)
-€35,606▲ €6,774
€226,879▼ 13.4%
peak 2.5 FTE (2017)
-not published
Board1 name since 2015
1 directorTILKENS Bernard
Documentsfilings and deeds
21-10-202582 days late
2024micro format
Gross margin from €47,487 to €57,633Back to profit: €6,774Registered office moved from Ixelles to Brussels 30-08Equity from -€42,380 to -€35,606
Key points
from the 2024 annual accountsResult
€6,774 €6,774
Back in profit in 2024, after a loss of €68,933 in 2023.
Debts
€226,879 119% of the balance sheet
Financial debts 0%Suppliers 5%Taxes and wages 88%Other 7%
Of this, €211,879 falls due within a year.
Filings
10 annual accounts 102 days past the deadline
2025 accounts not filed: deadline was 31-07-2026.
At the same address
176 companies
Position in the sector
-€35,606
Less equity than 95% of companies in head offices and management consultancy. Sector median €90,106 · 37,624 companies.
Checked score
32
Weak
Financially stronger than 27% of micro companies in head offices and management consultancy (NACE 70)
Probability in this band: 4.2% to 15.0%
Bankruptcy probability within 12 months
8.3% Elevated
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
The dashed line is the sector median: 0.1% across 48,570 companies (NACE 70, micro).
About 8 in 100 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).
Last 24 months
12-2024: ≥ 25%
01-2025: ≥ 25%● unchanged vs 12-2024
02-2025: ≥ 25%● unchanged vs 01-2025
03-2025: ≥ 25%● unchanged vs 02-2025
04-2025: ≥ 25%● unchanged vs 03-2025highest value
05-2025: ≥ 25%● unchanged vs 04-2025
06-2025: ≥ 25%● unchanged vs 05-2025
07-2025: ≥ 25%● unchanged vs 06-2025
08-2025: ≥ 25%● unchanged vs 07-2025
09-2025: ≥ 25%● unchanged vs 08-2025
10-2025: ≥ 25%● unchanged vs 09-2025
11-2025: 14.7%▼ -15.4 percentage points vs 10-2025
12-2025: 14.7%● unchanged vs 11-2025
01-2026: 14.7%● unchanged vs 12-2025
02-2026: 14.7%● unchanged vs 01-2026
03-2026: 14.5%▼ -0.2 percentage points vs 02-2026
04-2026: 14.4%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 03-2026
05-2026: 13.9%▼ -0.5 percentage points vs 04-2026
06-2026: 13.5%▼ -0.4 percentage points vs 05-2026
07-2026: 14.3%▲ +0.8 percentage points vs 06-2026
08-2026: 15.0%▲ +0.7 percentage points vs 07-2026
09-2026: 10.0%▼ -5.0 percentage points vs 08-2026
10-2026: 8.3%▼ -1.7 percentage points vs 09-2026lowest value
11-2026: 8.3%● unchanged vs 10-2026lowest value
Financial strengthWeak
Score breakdown
raises risk
Judicial reorganisation on record (2 publications, latest 19-09-2023)
Figures for financial year 2024 (filed on 28-10-2025)
Liquidity: current ratio 0.86, cash €1,803
lowers risk
Sector: Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities (NACE 70)
Calculation
The band follows from the bankruptcy probability. 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 70, micro). It does better than 6% of them on solvency, 2% on liquidity, 37% on profitability and 63% on growth.
The bankruptcy probability was computed on 09-11-2026 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.
The probability rests on the annual accounts with balance sheet date 31-12-2024.
Of the companies with a bankruptcy probability in the elevated class on 30-06-2025, 6.3% went bankrupt within twelve months.
Some facts cap the score, however low the probability. With negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special status in the KBO, one missing filing or accounts filed more than 90 days late, the score is Fair at most (59). With two missing filings, it is Weak at most (44). During a judicial reorganisation or at the company's end (bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation), it is Critical at most (24).
Comparable companies, two years later
In July 2024, 1,379 companies had the same profile as NEXT STEPS has now. Each dot stands for 4 companies, two years later.
94.3%
were still trading
3.2%
stopped another way
2.4%
went bankrupt
Another 0.1% stopped without a precise date, possibly only after those two years.
The bankruptcy probability of NEXT STEPS itself is higher: 8.3% within 12 months. It rests on far more data about NEXT STEPS than the profile alone.
Test of the method
The method was tested on the 497,447 companies of July 2024. Each company was given the bankruptcy share of the same profile a year earlier, in July 2023. The expectation was that 1.6% would go bankrupt within 24 months. In fact 1.7% went bankrupt.
| 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% | 0.9% |
| 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% |
A company that went bankrupt had a higher expected share than one that kept going in 74.5% of comparisons. The level depends on the economy. In a year with more bankruptcies than the year before, the actual share is higher than the expected one.
This is an observation about 1,379 companies, not a prediction for NEXT STEPS. The sector does not count, because the KBO no longer lists a sector for a company that has stopped. By sector, mostly the survivors would count, which would paint too rosy a picture.
Credit verdict
No credit on open account
Liquidity is insufficient, with a current ratio of 0.86 (0.89 in 2023), below 1. Short-term debt is 110.8% and cash 0.9% of total assets. Equity is negative.
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Signals
Seven signals.
lowers riskraises risk
raises risk · Weak solvency compared with the sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 8% of 37582 sector peers (2024).
NBB · sector comparisonPosition among 37582 sector peers
Solvency
better than 8%
← weakest
strongest →
raises risk · Annual accounts not filed
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due at the National Bank by 31-07-2026. Nothing is on record, 102 days later.
NBB · 10 filingsPosition against the passed deadline
31-12-2025 year end31-07-2026 deadline10-11-2026 today
raises risk · 2024 accounts filed 82 days late
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 21-10-2025, 82 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 filingsDeviation from the deadline
2025
not filed
2024
82 days late
2023
81 days late
2022
71 days late
2021
31 days late
2020
24 days late
2019
102 days late
← before the deadline
after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector
The company filed its last 6 accounts on average 65 days after the deadline. In the sector (NACE 70), the median for financial year 2024 was 9 days before the deadline, and 32% of those companies filed late.
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Recent changes
Registered office moved from Ixelles to Brussels
New registered office: 500 boite 218, Avenue Louise 1050 Bruxelles · Previous registered office: Avenue Louise 367, 1050 Ixelles · General meeting of 22-07-2024 · Gazette deed
Plan homologation
Enterprise Court of Walloon Brabant · judgment of 11-09-2023 · Judicial reorganisation
Judicial reorganisation opened
Enterprise Court of Walloon Brabant · collective agreement · judgment of 17-04-2023 · Judicial reorganisation
Registered in the Peppol Directory
Reachable for e-invoices through 0208:0563786071
Comparable companies
same main activity, similar in size and age| Company | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEXT STEPS Ixelles | €191,274 | €57,633 | -18.6% | - |
| MCT GLOBAL CONSULTING SPRL-S Ixelles | €188,038 | €52,540 | 35.5% | - |
| ID DECO Ixelles | €167,542 | €60,817 | 49.9% | - |
| ONE to ONE Corporate Finance Benelux Brussels | €229,967 | €57,753 | 71.9% | - |
| OGAMI Brussels | €181,372 | €67,902 | 70.4% | - |
| JLP CONSULT Etterbeek | €205,240 | €56,472 | 20.2% | - |
| ALÈTHEIA CONSULTING Uccle | €217,900 | €58,877 | 9.4% | - |
These companies have the same main activity as NEXT STEPS: business and other management consultancy (NACE 70200). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €168,000 and €230,000, founded between 2014 and 2016.
Official details
Source: KBO- Status
- Active since 08-10-2014Normal situation
- Registered office
- 178 active companies are registered at this address13 started in the 12 months before. Source: KBO register, as of 9 November 2026.
- Activity
- Business and other management consultancyNACE 70200and 1 other
- Joint committee
- 200Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers · annual accounts 2021
- Establishment units
- 2.236.715.6741050 Ixelles, since 02-10-2014
- 2.235.285.1231301 Wavre, since 08-10-2014
- Financial year end
- 31 December
- Peppol
- Reachable since 20-11-2020
Annual accounts 2024
- ≈ €120,000estimated
- €191,274▼ 12.9%
- ≈ 1.1 FTEestimated
- Filing
- Filed on 21-10-2025
Insights on NEXT STEPS
NEXT STEPS files the micro format. That format states no turnover. The gross margin rose from €48,625 in 2015 to €57,633 in 2024.
Sources: KBO register, filings at the National Bank, Belgian Official Gazette. Click a figure with a dotted line for the item and the filing.
Key facts about NEXT STEPS
- What is the company number of NEXT STEPS?
- The company number of NEXT STEPS is 0563.786.071. The VAT number is the same number with BE in front: BE 0563.786.071.
- Where is NEXT STEPS based?
- The registered office is at Louizalaan 500, 1050 Ixelles.Company details
- What does NEXT STEPS do?
- According to the KBO register, the main activity is business and other management consultancy (NACE 70200).
- What is the legal form of NEXT STEPS?
- NEXT STEPS is a private limited company (pre-2019) (BVBA).
- When was NEXT STEPS founded?
- NEXT STEPS was founded on 08-10-2014.
- Is NEXT STEPS still active?
- Yes, NEXT STEPS is an active enterprise in the KBO register.
- How many employees does NEXT STEPS have?
- NEXT STEPS had an average of 1.3 full-time equivalents in financial year 2023, according to the filed annual accounts.Financials
- Which joint committee does NEXT STEPS fall under?
- In its 2021 annual accounts, NEXT STEPS states joint committee 200 (Auxiliary committee for white-collar workers).
- What is the turnover of NEXT STEPS?
- The turnover in financial year 2024 is ≈ €120,000. This figure is estimated from the gross margin of €57,633 and 120 comparable companies (NACE 70200). It probably lies between €89,000 and €150,000.
- Is NEXT STEPS profitable?
- In financial year 2024, NEXT STEPS made a profit of €6,774.
- Where can I find the annual accounts of NEXT STEPS?
- NEXT STEPS filed 10 annual accounts with the National Bank of Belgium, the latest for financial year 2024.
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