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RED CODE

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Public limited companyfounded 199036 yrs activeKwekelaarstraat 3, 1785 Merchtem, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0440.165.412

RED CODE has been active since 1990 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €6.87M and a net result of €186k. Equity remains stable across the filed fiscal years (±1.7% per year). Its solvency ranks better than 92% of 37964 sector peers (fiscal year 2024). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.1% (very low).

Checked score

Score 2024
82 / 100
Excellent
The score weighs solvency, liquidity and profitability. Bankruptcy probability contributes 35%. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2023
Profitability72▲+54
Solvency100=
Growth78▲+26
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.1% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €550k at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 3.71 against 10.52 in 2023; short-term debt: 4.1% and cash: 0.4% of total assets), and 6.9% of the assets are financed with debt.
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Signals

Six signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
lowers riskneutral
lowers risk · Lower-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail less often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 70
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Sector 70
lower
← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →
lowers risk · Long track record
A company with a long track record statistically fails less often than a young one.
KBO · incorporation date
Age against the risk zone
elevated failure risk from 2 to 8 years 36 years 0 40 y
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 2024
Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
93.1%
Return on assets
2.5%
Age of the figures
21 mo
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 29-08-2025, 29 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 · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not confirmed
2024
29 d late
2023
30 d late
2022
31 d late
2021
28 d late
2020
30 d late
2019
92 d late
← before the deadline after the 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 2024, micro schema

Equity
€6.87M▲ 2.8%
2023 · €6.69M
2018: €6.12M 2019: €6.41M 2020: €6.58M 2021: €6.71M 2022: €6.75M 2023: €6.69M
2018 → 2024
Total assets
€7.38M▲ 5.1%
2023 · €7.02M
2018: €6.65M 2019: €6.66M 2020: €6.71M 2021: €7.07M 2022: €7.07M 2023: €7.02M
2018 → 2024
Net result
€186k
2023 · €-67k
2018: €2k 2019: €300k 2020: €5k 2021: €129k 2022: €40k 2023: €-67k
2018 → 2024
Working capital
€823k▼ 16.8%
2023 · €989k
2018: €2.34M 2019: €3.46M 2020: €3.32M 2021: €2.66M 2022: €1.68M 2023: €989k
2018 → 2024
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20202021202220232024Trend
Equity€6.58M-€6.71M▲ 2.0%€6.75M▲ 0.6%€6.69M▼ 1.0%€6.87M▲ 2.8%
Operating result€6k-€158k▲ 2,757%€-113k€-132k▼ 16.5%€170k
Net result€5k-€129k▲ 2,490%€40k▼ 69.2%€-67k€186k
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the micro schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€-200k€-100k€0€100k€200kOperating result 2020: €6k€6kNet result 2020: €5k€5kOperating result 2021: €158k€158kNet result 2021: €129k€129kOperating result 2022: €-113k€-113kNet result 2022: €40k€40kOperating result 2023: €-132k€-132kNet result 2023: €-67k€-67kOperating result 2024: €170k€170kNet result 2024: €186k€186k20202021202220232024
The operating result returns to profit in 2024: €170k after a loss of €132k in 2023, the highest result in the available series.
Balance-sheet composition
2024 in colour, 2023 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €7.38M
Fixed assets €6.26M▲ 5.5%
Current assets €1.13M▲ 3.1%
Equity and liabilities €7.38M
Equity €6.87M▲ 2.8%
Provisions €31k▼ 10.5%
Debt €480k▲ 58.3%
The debt ratio rises from 4.3% to 6.5%. Equity and debt are higher.
Key figures and ratios
2024 value · change against 2023
EBITDA
€300k
2023 · €-18k
Cash flow
€317k
2023 · €46k
Solvency
93.1%
2023 · 95.2%
Current ratio
3.71
2023 · 10.52
Quick ratio
3.71
2023 · 10.52
Debt / equity
0.07
2023 · 0.05
ROE
2.7%
2023 · -1.0%
ROA
2.5%
2023 · -1.0%
Interest coverage
139.57
2023 · -7.26
Debt
€480k
2023 · €303k
Debt ≤ 1 year
€304k
2023 · €104k
Debt > 1 year
€175k
2023 · €199k
Income taxes
€605
2023 · €-275
Staff costs
€49k
2023 · €52k
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 · 2024 against 2023
Balance sheet Code20232024
Assets
Total assets20/58€7.02M€7.38M
Fixed assets21/28€5.93M€6.26M
Tangible fixed assets22/27€2.26M€2.25M
Land and buildings22€2.18M€2.10M
Plant, machinery and equipment23€4k€4k
Furniture and vehicles24€76k€147k
Financial fixed assets28€3.67M€4.01M
Current assets29/58€1.09M€1.13M
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€474k€533k
Trade receivables40€46k€134k
Other amounts receivable41€428k€399k
Current investments50/53€507k€507k=
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€99k€30k
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€13k€56k
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€7.02M€7.38M
Equity10/15€6.69M€6.87M
Contributions10/11€62k€62k=
Capital10€62k€62k=
Issued capital100€62k€62k=
Reserves13€6.62M€6.81M
Non-distributable reserves130/1€17k€17k=
Legal reserve130€17k€17k=
Tax-exempt reserves132€139k€124k
Distributable reserves133€6.47M€6.67M
Provisions and deferred taxes16€35k€31k
Deferred taxes168€35k€31k
Amounts payable17/49€303k€480k
Amounts payable after more than one year17€199k€175k
Financial debts170/4€184k€163k
Other amounts payable178/9€15k€12k
Amounts payable within one year42/48€104k€304k
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€14k€11k
Trade debts44€15k€18k
Suppliers440/4€15k€18k
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€23k€26k
Taxes450/3€9k€20k
Remuneration and social security454/9€14k€6k
Other amounts payable47/48€53k€249k
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€626€1k
Income statement Code20232024
Non-recurring operating income76A-€6k
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€52k€49k
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€113k€131k
Other operating charges640/8€53k€10k
Gross operating margin9900€87k€360k
Operating profit (loss)9901€-132k€170k
Financial income75/76B€63k€16k
Recurring financial income75€63k€16k
Financial charges65/66B€3k€2k
Recurring financial charges65€3k€2k
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€-71k€183k
Transfer from deferred taxes780€4k€4k=
Income taxes67/77€-275€605
Profit (loss) for the period9904€-67k€186k
Transfer from tax-exempt reserves789€228k€14k
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€161k€201k
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€161k€201k
Transfer to equity691/2€161k€201k
To other reserves6921€161k€201k

The notes to these accounts (10 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

2025
29-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · micro schema · 29 days late
2024
31-12
Financial Back to profitnet €186k
Net result €186k after one loss-making year.
30-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · micro schema · 30 days late
2023
31-12
Financial Weakest financial yearnet €-67k ▼269%
Net result drops to €-67k, the lowest in the series; recovery starts the following year.
31-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · micro schema · 31 days late
2022
28-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · micro schema · 28 days late
2021
30-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · micro schema · 30 days late
2020
31-12
Financial Liquidity doublescurrent ratio 48.07
Current ratio from 20.18 to 48.07; short-term debt falls from €181k to €70k.
31-10
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · micro schema · 92 days late
2019
31-12
Financial Highest result since 2018net €300k ▲11990%
Net result €300k, the highest in the series.
29-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · micro schema · 29 days late
2018
02-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · micro schema · 2 days late
2017
18-01
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema
2016
14-01
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · abbreviated schema
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.

Directors · office · real estate

Directors
8 acts for this company are 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, Merchtem · 1 establishment unit since 1990
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.

Kwekelaarstraat 31785 Merchtem
Ground area
8,042 m²
Building footprint
319 m²
Volume, LiDAR
988 m³
Parcel 23012H0230/00H000, Flanders · tallest building 4.3 m, ±1 floor. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
Kwekelaarstraat 3, 1785 Merchtem
NACE 51421
since 19902.047.483.027
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
23012H0230/00H000 Flanders 8,042 m² 1 · 319 m² 4.3 m · 1 fl.
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Methodology
via registered seat: 1
1 of 1 parcel with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.

Similar companies · same sector, comparable size

Of 82,546 companies in sector 70200 we hold annual accounts for 52,574. 8,986 are within a factor 10 of this equity.See the whole sector

Company data · Crossroads Bank

Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded26-02-1990
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL
46412Wholesale of household textiles and bedding
70200Business and other management consultancy
70220Business consulting
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 34 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.