The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of PROTEA BIOPHARMA NV is 7.4% (elevated). For PROTEA BIOPHARMA NV, at least two annual filings are missing. The 2023 annual accounts show negative equity (-€999,054) and a net result of -€44,940. Equity has been shrinking by about 23% per year since 2018. Its solvency ranks better than 6% of 591 sector peers (NACE 72, financial year 2023). The company has been active since 2009 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals.
Signalsraises riskFigures for financial year 2023 (filed on 06-09-2024)2 financial years not filed after the legal deadline; last filed accounts filed 29 days late; 1 of the last 3 accounts lateLiquidity: current ratio 1.23, cash €3,072Two or more financial years not filed2023 accounts filed 29 days latelowers riskSector: Scientific research and development (NACE 72)Show the evidence
Bankruptcy probability
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Checked score
The higher the Checked score (0 to 100), the smaller the chance that the company goes bankrupt within twelve months. That chance sets the band, from Critical to Excellent, and within the band how the company does against its sector peers counts too. With a low score, agree a shorter payment term, an advance or security.
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Bankruptcy probability: Elevated
Filing: At least two annual filings are missing
Financial strength, FY 2023 · tick: 2022
Financial strength
Financial strength measures the balance sheet and the results with three figures out of 100 from the latest annual accounts: solvency, liquidity and profitability. It does not directly set the Checked score's band. How the company does against its sector peers on these and on growth does count for its place within the band.
Weak
Solvency0=
equity -76.9% of total assets
Liquidity50=
short-term debt 4.1% · cash 0.2%
Profitability14+14
return on assets -3.5%
Bankruptcy probability within 12 months
Bankruptcy probability
It is the chance that the company goes bankrupt within twelve months, estimated from the registers, the annual accounts and the Belgian Official Gazette. At 0.2%, about 2 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt. The higher it is, the shorter the payment term to agree.
7.4%Elevated
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
About 7 in 100 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).
Sector median 0.1% (935 companies, NACE 72, micro)
Last 24 months12-2024: 1.0%01-2025: 1.0%● unchanged vs 12-202402-2025: 1.0%● unchanged vs 01-202503-2025: 0.9%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 02-202504-2025: 0.9%● unchanged vs 03-2025lowest value05-2025: 0.9%● unchanged vs 04-202506-2025: 0.9%● unchanged vs 05-202507-2025: 1.0%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 06-202508-2025: 2.2%▲ +1.2 percentage points vs 07-202509-2025: 2.6%▲ +0.4 percentage points vs 08-202510-2025: 3.5%▲ +0.9 percentage points vs 09-202511-2025: 3.8%▲ +0.3 percentage points vs 10-202512-2025: 4.4%▲ +0.6 percentage points vs 11-202501-2026: 5.5%▲ +1.1 percentage points vs 12-202502-2026: 5.5%● unchanged vs 01-202603-2026: 5.5%● unchanged vs 02-202604-2026: 5.0%▼ -0.5 percentage points vs 03-202605-2026: 5.0%● unchanged vs 04-202606-2026: 5.0%● unchanged vs 05-202607-2026: 5.1%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 06-202608-2026: 6.7%▲ +1.6 percentage points vs 07-202609-2026: 6.7%● unchanged vs 08-202610-2026: 7.4%▲ +0.7 percentage points vs 09-2026highest value11-2026: 7.4%● unchanged vs 10-2026highest value
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raises risk · Two or more financial years not filed
Since the financial year that closed on 31-12-2024, 2 financial years are missing at the National Bank. A company this far behind goes bankrupt within the year nineteen times as often as a punctual filer.
31-12-2024 year end31-07-2025 deadline02-11-2026 today
raises risk · 2023 accounts filed 29 days late
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2023 was due by 31-07-2024 and was filed on 29-08-2024, 29 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.
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector
The company filed its last 5 accounts on average 64 days after the deadline. In the sector (NACE 72), the median for financial year 2024 was 13 days before the deadline, and 32% of those companies filed late.
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neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
That holds for every publication since 2021.
KBO publications
Key points
Risk: Negative equitydebts exceed assets in financial year 2023-€999,054View
Risk: 6 loss-making years in a rowloss in financial year 2023-€44,940View
Caution: Less equity than 95% of companies in research and developmentsector median €142,252 · 593 companies-€999,054View
Positive: Result rose in 2023different schema filed▲ 81.6%View
Recent changes
· Gazette deedRegistered office moved from Diegem to AsseResignations: HERBOTS Carine (director and chair of the board) and CABRI Jan (director)
· Gazette deedAppointment: Anna CLOOF (director)
· Gazette deedAppointment: HERBOTS Carine (director)Reappointments: DECONINCK Frank, ROELANT Chris and CABRI Jan · Resignation: ROELANT Chris (director)
These companies have the same main activity as PROTEA BIOPHARMA NV: research and development on biotechnology (NACE 72101). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €394,000 and €2.1m, founded between 2004 and 2017.