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Roger Cools

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Public limited companyfounded 199233 yrs activeOostendse Steenweg 259, 8000 Brugge, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0448.529.087

Roger Cools has been active since 1992 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €3.38M and a net result of €142k. Equity is growing by ~4.3% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 95% of 4844 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.3% (very low).

Checked score

Score 2025
85 / 100
Excellent
The score weighs solvency, liquidity and profitability. Bankruptcy probability contributes 35%. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability74▲+1
Solvency100=
Growth52=
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.3% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €280k at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 11.54 against 8.39 in 2024; short-term debt: 3.8% and cash: 18.8% of total assets), and 5.5% of the assets are financed with debt.
Credit advice for your own amount and term

Signals

Seven signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
lowers risk+raises riskneutral
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 33 years 0 40 y
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
94.5%
Return on assets
4%
Age of the figures
9 mo
lowers risk · Lower-risk legal form
Companies with this legal form statistically fail less often than a BV.
KBO · legal form
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 46
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Sector 46
higher
← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due by 31-07-2026 and was filed on 28-07-2026, 3 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
3 d early
2024
16 d early
2023
7 d late
2022
21 d late
2021
5 d early
2020
3 d early
2019
53 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
€142k▲ 13.0%
2024 · €126k
2018: €206k 2019: €226k 2020: €142k 2021: €134k 2022: €69k 2023: €136k 2024: €126k
2018 → 2025
Working capital
€1.42M▼ 27.3%
2024 · €1.95M
2018: €1.76M 2019: €1.94M 2020: €2.13M 2021: €2.27M 2022: €2.27M 2023: €2.20M 2024: €1.95M
2018 → 2025
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20212022202320242025Trend
Equity€2.91M-€2.98M▲ 2.4%€3.12M▲ 4.6%€3.24M▲ 4.0%€3.38M▲ 4.4%
Operating result€181k-€79k▼ 56.3%€207k▲ 161%€186k▼ 9.8%€210k▲ 12.6%
Net result€134k-€69k▼ 48.5%€136k▲ 98.2%€126k▼ 7.6%€142k▲ 13.0%
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€0€100k€200kOperating result 2021: €181k€181kNet result 2021: €134k€134kOperating result 2022: €79k€79kNet result 2022: €69k€69kOperating result 2023: €207k€207kNet result 2023: €136k€136kOperating result 2024: €186k€186kNet result 2024: €126k€126kOperating result 2025: €210k€210kNet result 2025: €142k€142k20212022202320242025
The operating result recovers in 2025; 2025 is 13% above 2024 and is the highest result in the available series.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €3.58M
Fixed assets €2.03M▲ 43.7%
Current assets €1.55M▼ 29.9%
Equity and liabilities €3.58M
Equity €3.38M▲ 4.4%
Provisions €62k▲ 6.9%
Debt €135k▼ 59.0%
The debt ratio falls from 9.0% to 3.8%. Equity is higher and debt is lower.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
€324k
2024 · €298k
Cash flow
€256k
2024 · €237k
Solvency
94.5%
2024 · 89.4%
Current ratio
11.54
2024 · 8.39
Quick ratio
6.30
2024 · 5.87
Debt / equity
0.04
2024 · 0.10
ROE
4.2%
2024 · 3.9%
ROA
4.0%
2024 · 3.5%
Interest coverage
93.06
2024 · 63.44
Debt
€135k
2024 · €328k
Debt ≤ 1 year
€135k
2024 · €264k
Income taxes
€64k
2024 · €56k
Staff costs
€716k
2024 · €682k
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€3.63M€3.58M
Fixed assets21/28€1.41M€2.03M
Tangible fixed assets22/27€1.41M€2.03M
Land and buildings22€1.30M€1.93M
Plant, machinery and equipment23€48k€50k
Furniture and vehicles24€65k€45k
Current assets29/58€2.22M€1.55M
Stocks and contracts in progress3€667k€706k
Stocks30/36€667k€706k
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€367k€176k
Trade receivables40€303k€156k
Other amounts receivable41€64k€20k
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€1.18M€672k
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€3.63M€3.58M
Equity10/15€3.24M€3.38M
Contributions10/11€300k€300k=
Capital10€300k€300k=
Issued capital100€300k€300k=
Reserves13€2.94M€3.08M
Non-distributable reserves130/1€312k€455k
Legal reserve130€50k€50k=
Other1319€262k€405k
Tax-exempt reserves132€70k€70k=
Distributable reserves133€2.56M€2.56M=
Provisions and deferred taxes16€58k€62k
Provisions for liabilities and charges160/5€58k€62k
Pensions and similar obligations160€58k€62k
Amounts payable17/49€328k€135k
Amounts payable after more than one year17€64k-
Financial debts170/4€64k-
Amounts payable within one year42/48€264k€135k
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€75k€64k
Trade debts44€90k€5k
Suppliers440/4€90k€5k
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€51k€4k
Taxes450/3€51k€4k
Other amounts payable47/48€48k€62k
Income statement Code20242025
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€682k€716k
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€111k€114k
Other operating charges640/8€52k€28k
Gross operating margin9900€1.03M€1.07M
Operating profit (loss)9901€186k€210k
Financial charges65/66B€5k€3k
Recurring financial charges65€5k€3k
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€182k€206k
Income taxes67/77€56k€64k
Profit (loss) for the period9904€126k€142k
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€126k€142k
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€126k€142k
Transfer to equity691/2€126k€142k
To other reserves6921€126k€142k
Social balance
Average headcount (FTE)90878.79.3

The notes to these accounts (4 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
28-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · full schema
2025
15-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · abbreviated schema
2024
07-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · abbreviated schema · 7 days late
2023
21-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · abbreviated schema · 21 days late
2022
31-12
Financial Weakest financial yearnet €69k ▼48.5%
Net result drops to €69k, the lowest in the series; recovery starts the following year.
26-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · abbreviated schema
2021
31-12
Financial Liquidity triplescurrent ratio 32.42
Current ratio from 9.51 to 32.42; short-term debt falls from €250k to €72k.
28-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · abbreviated schema
2020
22-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · abbreviated schema · 53 days late
2019
31-12
Financial Highest result since 2018net €226k ▲9.7%
Operating result €322k, net result €226k, both a record.
14-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · abbreviated schema · 14 days late
2018
27-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · abbreviated schema · 27 days late
2017
26-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.

Directors · office · real estate

Directors
5 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, Brugge · 1 establishment unit since 1992
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.

Oostendse Steenweg 2598000 Brugge
Ground area
1,780 m²
Building footprint
46 m²
Volume, LiDAR
124 m³
Parcel 31808L0058/00V000, Flanders · tallest building 3.3 m, ±1 floor. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
ROGER COOLS NV
Oostendse Steenweg 259, 8000 BruggeNACE 5010301
since 19922.059.822.219
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
31808L0058/00V000 Flanders 1,780 m² 1 · 46 m² 3.3 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.

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Company data · Crossroads Bank

Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded28-10-1992
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL
46711Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes)
95311General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes)
50101
50200
47811Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes)
50103
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 33 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.