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Qu'ALU

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Public limited companyfounded 20197 yrs activeWoestijnstraat(BOR) 31, 2880 Bornem, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0733.855.874

Qu'ALU has been active since 2019 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €210k and a net result of €26k. Equity is growing by ~21.4% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 22% of 2036 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 1.5% (low).

Checked score

Score 2025
45 / 100
Fair
The score weighs solvency, liquidity and profitability. Bankruptcy probability contributes 35%. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability44▼-11
Solvency47=
Growth78=
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
1.5% Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €9k at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity tight (current ratio 1.16 against 1.26 in 2024; short-term debt: 77.9% and cash: 10.5% of total assets), and 78.2% of the assets are financed with debt.
Credit advice for your own amount and term

Signals

Eight signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
lowers risk+raises riskneutral
raises risk · Limited track record
This company has not been active as long as an established one and statistically fails somewhat more often.
KBO · incorporation date
Age against the risk zone
elevated failure risk from 2 to 8 years 7 years 0 10 y
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 · Lower-risk legal form
Companies with this legal form statistically fail less often than a BV.
KBO · legal form
lowers risk · Annual accounts: healthy financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a healthy profile in solvency, result and liquidity.
NBB · annual accounts 2025
Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
21.8%
Return on assets
2.7%
Age of the figures
9 mo
raises risk · Weak solvency vs sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 22% of 2036 sector peers (2025).
NBB · sector comparison
Position among 2036 sector peers
Solvency
better than 22%
← weakest strongest →
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due by 31-07-2026 and was filed on 31-08-2026, 31 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 · 6 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
31 d late
2024
29 d late
2023
30 d late
2022
31 d late
2021
31 d late
2020
61 d late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
neutral · The next deadline is still running
The next financial year closes on 31-12-2026 and is due by 31-07-2027. Nothing is late today.
Companies Code · seven months
Position in the running window
19-09-2026 today31-12-2026 close31-07-2027 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 2025, full schema

Turnover
Not included in this filing
EBIT margin
Not included in this filing
Net result
€26k▼ 37.7%
2024 · €42k
2020: €-5k 2021: €37k 2022: €44k 2023: €4k 2024: €42k
2020 → 2025
Working capital
€123k▼ 28.6%
2024 · €173k
2020: €-21k 2021: €-22k 2022: €68k 2023: €112k 2024: €173k
2020 → 2025
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20212022202320242025Trend
Equity€94k-€138k▲ 47.3%€142k▲ 2.8%€184k▲ 29.4%€210k▲ 14.2%
Operating result€54k-€88k▲ 64.1%€32k▼ 63.2%€90k▲ 177%€76k▼ 14.8%
Net result€37k-€44k▲ 20.3%€4k▼ 91.2%€42k▲ 973%€26k▼ 37.7%
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€0€25k€50k€75k€100kOperating result 2021: €54k€54kNet result 2021: €37k€37kOperating result 2022: €88k€88kNet result 2022: €44k€44kOperating result 2023: €32k€32kNet result 2023: €4k€4kOperating result 2024: €90k€90kNet result 2024: €42k€42kOperating result 2025: €76k€76kNet result 2025: €26k€26k20212022202320242025
The operating result falls in 2025; 2025 is 15% below 2024.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €961k
Fixed assets €89k▲ 506%
Current assets €872k▲ 5.4%
Equity and liabilities €961k
Equity €210k▲ 14.2%
Debt €751k▲ 14.2%
The debt ratio stays at 78.2%.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
€101k
2024 · €113k
Cash flow
€50k
2024 · €65k
Solvency
21.8%=
2024 · 21.8%
Current ratio
1.16
2024 · 1.26
Quick ratio
0.99
2024 · 1.01
Debt / equity
3.58=
2024 · 3.58
ROE
12.4%
2024 · 22.7%
ROA
2.7%
2024 · 5.0%
Interest coverage
2.57
2024 · 3.66
Debt
€751k
2024 · €658k
Debt ≤ 1 year
€749k
2024 · €654k
Income taxes
€11k
2024 · €17k
Staff costs
€176k
2024 · €163k
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 · 2025 against 2024
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€842k€961k
Fixed assets21/28€15k€89k
Tangible fixed assets22/27€15k€89k
Plant, machinery and equipment23€13k€78k
Furniture and vehicles24€175-
Other tangible fixed assets26€1k€90
Assets under construction and advance payments27-€11k
Current assets29/58€827k€872k
Stocks and contracts in progress3€163k€129k
Stocks30/36€120k€116k
Contracts in progress37€43k€13k
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€543k€641k
Trade receivables40€543k€641k
Other amounts receivable41€0-
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€49k€101k
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€71k€892
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€842k€961k
Equity10/15€184k€210k
Contributions10/11€62k€62k=
Capital10€62k€62k=
Issued capital100€62k€62k=
Reserves13€6k€6k=
Non-distributable reserves130/1€6k€6k=
Legal reserve130€6k€6k=
Profit (loss) carried forward14€116k€142k
Amounts payable17/49€658k€751k
Amounts payable within one year42/48€654k€749k
Financial debts43€250k€275k
Credit institutions430/8€250k€275k
Trade debts44€329k€396k
Suppliers440/4€329k€396k
Advances received on contracts in progress46€0-
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€62k€78k
Taxes450/3€30k€43k
Remuneration and social security454/9€32k€35k
Other amounts payable47/48€14k-
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€4k€3k
Income statement Code20242025
Non-recurring operating income76A€5k€1k
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€163k€176k
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€23k€24k
Other operating charges640/8€491€1k
Gross operating margin9900€276k€278k
Operating profit (loss)9901€90k€76k
Financial income75/76B€22-
Recurring financial income75€22-
Financial charges65/66B€31k€39k
Recurring financial charges65€31k€39k
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€59k€37k
Income taxes67/77€17k€11k
Profit (loss) for the period9904€42k€26k
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€42k€26k
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€116k€142k
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P€74k€116k
Social balance
Average headcount (FTE)90872.82.8=

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

Next filing, fiscal year 2026, expected by 31-07-2027
2026
31-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · full schema · 31 days late
2025
31-12
Financial Equity above €200kEq €210k ▲14.2%
5 profitable years in a row build equity to €210k.
29-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · abbreviated schema · 29 days late
2024
31-12
Financial Equity above €150kEq €184k ▲29.4%
4 profitable years in a row build equity to €184k.
30-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · abbreviated schema · 30 days late
2023
31-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · abbreviated schema · 31 days late
2022
31-12
Financial Highest result since 2020net €44k ▲20.3%
Net result €44k, the highest in the series.
31-12
Financial Equity above €100kEq €138k ▲47.3%
2 profitable years in a row build equity to €138k.
31-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · abbreviated schema · 31 days late
2021
31-12
Financial Back to profitnet €37k
Net result €37k after one loss-making year.
30-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · abbreviated schema · 61 days late
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.

Directors · office · real estate

Directors
1 act for this company is 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, Bornem · 1 establishment unit since 2019
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.

Woestijnstraat(BOR) 312880 Bornem
Ground area
2.0 ha
Building footprint
1.4 ha
Volume, LiDAR
128,588 m³
2 parcels, Flanders · tallest building 48.0 m, ±2 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
Qu'ALU
Wijngaardveld 16-18, 9300 AalstManufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
since 20192.292.922.226
2 parcels
Flanders 2 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
41303D0069/00C000 Flanders 1.6 ha 1 · 1.2 ha 48.0 m · 2 fl.
12007C0507/00A000 Flanders 4,556 m² 1 · 2,255 m² 7.2 m · 2 fl.
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Methodology
via registered seat: 1 · via establishment units: 1
2 of 2 parcels with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.

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Company data · Crossroads Bank

Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded09-09-2019
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL
25120Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
43320Joinery installation
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 6 filingsAddress and cadastre registers

Data from official sources, last processed on 18-09-2026. Scores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.