Equity
E & S RECYCLING paid out €1.1m in dividends. That is 798% of the 2025 profit.
E & S RECYCLING paid out €1.1m in dividends. That is 798% of the 2025 profit.
The accounts state no turnover.
€5.2m of the debts are secured on the company's own assets. In 2021 that was €1.3m.
Short-term debts rose from €138,672 to €1.3m.
The last five annual accounts were filed 1 to 23 days before the end of the period.
Larger balance sheet than 91% of companies in waste collection and treatment. Sector median €2.0m · 259 companies.
The dashed line is the sector median: 0.3% across 200 companies (NACE 38, small).
About 4 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).
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 38, small). It does better than 14% of them on solvency, 60% on liquidity, 53% on profitability and 4% on growth.
The bankruptcy probability was computed on 07-11-2026 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 31-12-2025.
Of the companies with a bankruptcy probability in the very low class on 30-06-2025, 0.1% 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).
Liquidity is insufficient, with a current ratio of 0.3 (1.93 in 2024), below 1. Short-term debt is 16.1% and cash 2.7% of total assets. 88.6% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
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The scores and ratios are Checked's own calculations, not a credit decision.
The company filed its last 7 accounts on average 15 days before the deadline. In the sector (NACE 38), the median for financial year 2024 was 8 days before the deadline, and 32% of those companies filed late.
Shares in 1 company, SMITZ & CO
Board & ownership| Company | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E & S RECYCLING Eeklo | €8.0m | €263,564 | 11.4% | - |
| SENERGHO Hooglede | €5.8m | €182,172 | 29.1% | 1.3 |
| BC Limoges Esneux | €3.4m | €378,540 | 19.6% | 2 |
| VINDEVOGEL INVEST Oudenaarde | €6.6m | €951,235 | 42.1% | - |
| WALLONIE RECYCLAGE Houffalize | €3.9m | €285,923 | 13.0% | - |
| Devagro Transport Waregem | €2.3m | €564,315 | 3.4% | 6.5 |
| BIO STERCO Hooglede | €1.5m | €270,432 | 17.4% | - |
These companies have the same main activity as E & S RECYCLING: waste collection, recovery and disposal activities (NACE 38330). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €1.5m and €6.6m, founded between 2003 and 2010.
E & S RECYCLING files the abbreviated format. That format states no turnover. The gross margin rose from €1,082 in 2010 to €263,564 in 2025.
SANEL RECYCLING holds all the shares.
Sources: KBO register, filings at the National Bank, Belgian Official Gazette. Click a figure with a dotted line for the item and the filing.
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