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Sauter Controls

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Public limited companyfounded 1982active for 44 yearsZuiderlaan 14, 1731 Asse, Belgium17 active companies are registered at this addressKBO/BCE: BE 0422.977.804
Summary

Sauter Controls has been active since 1982 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €859,635 and a net result of €190,899. Equity is growing by about 19% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 61% of 382 sector peers (NACE 28, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is below 0.1% (very low).

Financials · financial year 2025, full format

Turnover
€3.5m▲ 17.0%
2024 · €3.0m
EBIT margin
5.6%▲ 0.4pp
2024 · 5.2%
Net result
€190,899▲ 32.6%
2024 · €143,929
Working capital
€1.2m▲ 67.0%
2024 · €706,467
Trend over the years

2021 to 2025, 5 financial years 2018 to 2025, 8 financial years

The operating result has risen four years in a row; 2025 is 26% above 2024 and is the highest result in the available series.

What the company sold each financial year and what was left of it. A loss stands below the zero line.

Turnover€3.5m 2025 Operating result€0.2m 2025 Net result€0.2m 2025

Use the arrow keys on the chart for the figures per year.

Sector: the middle half of NACE 28, Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified: a quarter of companies sit below it, a quarter above. Each year compared with accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30. Dashed line: the median. Available for Net result, Equity, Total assets, Working capital, Solvency, Current ratio, Return on assets (ROA), Staff (FTE).

Every figure with its change against the financial year before
favourable unfavourable
Line20182019202020212022202320242025
Turnover€1.7m-€1.9m▲ 16.3%€1.9m▼ 2.5%€2.1m▲ 12.2%€2.2m▲ 6.1%€2.5m▲ 11.7%€3.0m▲ 18.2%€3.5m▲ 17.0%
Operating result-€0.1m-€0.02m€0.008m▼ 63.9%€0.03m▲ 289%€0.09m▲ 178%€0.1m▲ 37.2%€0.2m▲ 27.4%€0.2m▲ 26.3%
Net result-€0.1m-€0.007m€19below the sector's middle half▼ 99.7%€0.05mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 265,595%€0.07mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 38.5%€0.1mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 59.9%€0.1mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 28.7%€0.2mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 32.6%
EBIT margin-6.0%-1.2%▲ 7.1pp0.4%▼ 0.7pp1.5%▲ 1.1pp3.9%▲ 2.4pp4.8%▲ 0.9pp5.2%▲ 0.4pp5.6%▲ 0.4pp
Equity€0.3m-€0.3m▲ 2.3%€0.3mbelow the sector's middle half=€0.3mbelow the sector's middle half▲ 17.3%€0.4mbelow the sector's middle half▲ 20.4%€0.5mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 27.1%€0.7mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 27.4%€0.9mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 28.5%
Total assets€1.1m-€1.1m▲ 5.8%€1.1mbelow the sector's middle half▼ 1.2%€0.9mbelow the sector's middle half▼ 18.2%€1.4mbelow the sector's middle half▲ 47.5%€1.3mbelow the sector's middle half▼ 4.3%€1.3mbelow the sector's middle half▲ 2.5%€1.7mbelow the sector's middle half▲ 29.7%
Debt€0.7m-€0.8m▲ 13.9%€0.8m▲ 5.5%€0.6m▼ 30.8%€0.9m▲ 64.0%€0.8m▼ 18.0%€0.7m▼ 14.9%€0.9m▲ 31.2%
Working capital€0.5m-€0.5m▼ 6.5%€0.5mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 1.8%€0.5mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 7.7%€0.5mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 4.4%€0.6mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 22.3%€0.7mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 11.3%€1.2mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 67.0%
Solvency26.5%-25.7%▼ 0.9pp26.0%within the sector's middle half▲ 0.3pp37.3%within the sector's middle half▲ 11.3pp30.4%within the sector's middle half▼ 6.9pp40.3%within the sector's middle half▲ 10.0pp50.2%within the sector's middle half▲ 9.8pp49.7%within the sector's middle half▼ 0.5pp
Current ratio2.14-1.87▼ 0.271.82within the sector's middle half▼ 0.062.47above the sector's middle half▲ 0.661.63within the sector's middle half▼ 0.851.98within the sector's middle half▲ 0.352.17within the sector's middle half▲ 0.193.32above the sector's middle half▲ 1.15
Return on assets (ROA)-11.9%-0.6%▲ 12.5pp0.0%below the sector's middle half▼ 0.6pp5.5%within the sector's middle half▲ 5.5pp5.1%within the sector's middle half▼ 0.3pp8.6%within the sector's middle half▲ 3.5pp10.8%above the sector's middle half▲ 2.2pp11.0%above the sector's middle half▲ 0.2pp
Staff (FTE)9.6-9▼ 6.3%9.8within the sector's middle half▲ 8.9%10.8within the sector's middle half▲ 10.2%9.5below the sector's middle half▼ 12.0%9.9below the sector's middle half▲ 4.2%9.6below the sector's middle half▼ 3.0%9.2within the sector's middle half▼ 4.2%
above within below the middle half of NACE 28, Manufacture of machinery and equipment not elsewhere classified: a quarter of companies sit below it, a quarter above. Each year compared with accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €1.7m
Fixed assets €40,772 ▲ 83.0%
Current assets €1.7m ▲ 28.8%
Equity and liabilities €1.7m
Equity €859,635 ▲ 28.5%
Provisions €7,094 =
Debt €863,083 ▲ 31.2%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 49.3% to 49.9%. Equity and debt are higher.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
€199,961▲
2024 · €157,170
Cash flow
€197,011▲
2024 · €147,594
Quick ratio
3.23▲
2024 · 2.07
Debt to equity
1.00▲
2024 · 0.98
ROE
22.2%▲
2024 · 21.5%
Debt ≤ 1 year
€509,376▼
2024 · €604,694
Income taxes
€1,516▼
2024 · €3,305
Staff costs
€969,432▼
2024 · €1.0m
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.

Peer companies

Historical observation

Of the 31,372 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 0.5% went bankrupt within 24 months and 93.5% are still going.

  • Micro
  • 20 years or older
  • solvency 30% or more
  • a profit of 5% of the balance sheet or more
0.5% went bankrupt
5.9% stopped otherwise
93.5% still going

A further 0.1% stopped, but we cannot tell whether within those 24 months.

For this company itself Checked computes a bankruptcy probability of < 0.1% over twelve months; the group does not contradict it.

How reliable is this rule?

Tested on the year before, without using that year itself: the groups of July 2023 gave each of the 497,474 companies of July 2024 its group's bankruptcy share. Expected: 1.6%; actually bankrupt within 24 months: 1.7%.

The companies in ten equal groups, from lowest to highest expected share.
Group Expected Actual
1 0.2% 0.2%
2 0.3% 0.5%
3 0.5% 0.6%
4 0.7% 0.8%
5 0.9% 1.0%
6 1.3% 1.5%
7 1.6% 1.8%
8 1.8% 1.8%
9 3.0% 3.1%
10 5.6% 6.2%

The rule ranks well: a company that went bankrupt got a higher share than one that kept going in 74.5% of comparisons. The level follows the economy: in a year with more bankruptcies, the actual share is higher than the year before.

An observation about 31,372 comparable companies, not a prediction for this company. The sector does not count: the register keeps no sector for companies that stopped, so it would make the outcome look better than it was.

Annual accounts
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2025 against 2024 · 76 lines
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€1.3m€1.7m▲
Fixed assets21/28€0.02m€0.04m▲
Intangible fixed assets21€0.007m€0.006m▼
Tangible fixed assets22/27€0.007m€0.03m▲
Plant, machinery and equipment23€0.002m€0.01m▲
Furniture and vehicles24€0.005m€0.01m▲
Financial fixed assets28€0.008m€0.008m=
Other financial fixed assets284/8€0.008m€0.008m=
Amounts receivable and cash guarantees285/8€0.008m€0.008m=
Current assets29/58€1.3m€1.7m▲
Stocks and contracts in progress3€0.06m€0.04m▼
Stocks30/36€0.02m€0.02m▼
Goods purchased for resale34€0.02m€0.02m▼
Contracts in progress37€0.04m€0.03m▼
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€0.8m€1.2m▲
Trade receivables40€0.8m€1.1m▲
Other amounts receivable41€0.007m€0.007m▲
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€0.4m€0.5m▲
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€0.01m€0.02m▲
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€1.3m€1.7m▲
Equity10/15€0.7m€0.9m▲
Contributions10/11€0.4m€0.4m=
Capital10€0.4m€0.4m=
Issued capital100€0.4m€0.4m=
Reserves13€0.06m€0.07m▲
Non-distributable reserves130/1€0.03m€0.04m▲
Legal reserve130€0.03m€0.04m▲
Tax-exempt reserves132€0.03m€0.03m=
Profit (loss) carried forward14€0.2m€0.4m▲
Provisions and deferred taxes16€0.007m€0.007m=
Provisions for liabilities and charges160/5€0.007m€0.007m=
Pensions and similar obligations160€0.007m€0.007m=
Amounts payable17/49€0.7m€0.9m▲
Amounts payable after more than one year17€0-
Financial debts170/4€0-
Other loans174€0-
Amounts payable within one year42/48€0.6m€0.5m▼
Trade debts44€0.4m€0.3m▼
Suppliers440/4€0.4m€0.3m▼
Advances received on contracts in progress46-€0.002m
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€0.2m€0.2m▲
Taxes450/3€0.05m€0.1m▲
Remuneration and social security454/9€0.2m€0.1m▼
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€0.05m€0.4m▲
Income statement Code20242025
Operating income70/76A€2.9m€3.5m▲
Turnover70€3.0m€3.5m▲
Change in stocks of work in progress, finished goods and contracts in progress71-€0.07m-€0.01m▲
Other operating income74€0.03m€0.03m▼
Operating charges60/66A€2.8m€3.3m▲
Goods for resale, raw materials and consumables60€1.3m€1.7m▲
Purchases600/8€1.2m€1.7m▲
Change in stocks: decrease (increase)609€0.04m€0.007m▼
Services and other goods61€0.5m€0.6m▲
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€1.0m€1.0m▼
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€0.004m€0.006m▲
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4-€0.04m€0▲
Provisions for liabilities and charges: additions (uses and reversals)635/8€0.004m€0▼
Other operating charges640/8€0.002m€0.02m▲
Operating profit (loss)9901€0.2m€0.2m▲
Financial income75/76B€0€0.003m▲
Recurring financial income75€0€0.003m▲
Other financial income752/9€0€0.003m▲
Financial charges65/66B€0.006m€0.004m▼
Recurring financial charges65€0.006m€0.004m▼
Debt charges650€0.001m€0▼
Other financial charges652/9€0.005m€0.004m▼
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€0.1m€0.2m▲
Income taxes67/77€0.003m€0.002m▼
Taxes670/3€0.003m€0.002m▼
Profit (loss) for the period9904€0.1m€0.2m▲
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€0.1m€0.2m▲
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€0.2m€0.4m▲
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P€0.1m€0.2m▲
Transfer to equity691/2€0.007m€0.003m▼
To the legal reserve6920€0.007m€0.003m▼
Social balance sheet
Average headcount (FTE)90879.69.2▼

The notes to these accounts (52 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Operating income70/76A---€2.2m€2.1m€2.6m€2.9m€3.5m▲ 19.4%
Turnover70€1.7m€1.9m€1.9m€2.1m€2.2m€2.5m€3.0m€3.5m▲ 17.0%
Change in stocks of work in progress, finished goods and contracts in progress71---€0.06m-€0.1m€0.1m-€0.07m-€0.01m▲ 86.7%
Other operating income74---€0.02m€0.01m€0.02m€0.03m€0.03m▼ 4.9%
Operating charges60/66A---€2.2m€2.0m€2.5m€2.8m€3.3m▲ 19.1%
Goods for resale, raw materials and consumables60---€0.9m€0.8m€1.2m€1.3m€1.7m▲ 35.6%
Purchases600/8---€0.9m€0.8m€1.1m€1.2m€1.7m▲ 39.5%
Change in stocks: decrease (increase)609---€0.001m-€0.01m€0.09m€0.04m€0.007m▼ 83.6%
Services and other goods61---€0.3m€0.4m€0.4m€0.5m€0.6m▲ 14.9%
Remuneration, social security and pensions62---€0.9m€0.9m€1.0m€1.0m€1.0m▼ 4.9%
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€0.01m€0.01m€0.007m€0.006m€0.005m€0.004m€0.004m€0.006m▲ 66.8%
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4----€0.02m-€0.009m-€0.1m-€0.04m€0-
Provisions for liabilities and charges: additions (uses and reversals)635/8------€0.004m€0▼ 100%
Other operating charges640/8---€375€24€0.03m€0.002m€0.02m▲ 664%
Operating profit (loss)9901-€0.1m€0.02m€0.008m€0.03m€0.09m€0.1m€0.2m€0.2m▲ 26.3%
Financial income75/76B---€0.03m--€0€0.003m▲ 28,191,700%
Recurring financial income75--€294€0.03m--€0€0.003m▲ 28,191,700%
Other financial income752/9---€0.03m--€0€0.003m▲ 28,191,700%
Financial charges65/66B---€0.01m€0.02m€0.007m€0.006m€0.004m▼ 32.2%
Recurring financial charges65€0.03m€0.02m€0.008m€0.01m€0.02m€0.007m€0.006m€0.004m▼ 32.2%
Debt charges650€0.004m€0.005m€0.005m€0.004m€0.003m€0.005m€0.001m€0▼ 100%
Other financial charges652/9---€0.007m€0.01m€0.002m€0.005m€0.004m▼ 19.2%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903-€0.1m€0.007m€195€0.05m€0.07m€0.1m€0.1m€0.2m▲ 30.7%
Income taxes67/77€0.002m€178€176-€0.001m€0.002m€0.003m€0.002m▼ 54.1%
Taxes670/3----€0.001m€0.002m€0.003m€0.002m▼ 54.1%
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€0.1m€0.007m€19€0.05m€0.07m€0.1m€0.1m€0.2m▲ 32.6%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905-€0.1m€0.007m€19€0.05m€0.07m€0.1m€0.1m€0.2m▲ 32.6%
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€1.1m€1.1m€1.1m€0.9m€1.4m€1.3m€1.3m€1.7m▲ 29.7%
Fixed assets21/28€0.05m€0.04m€0.005m€0.01m€0.01m€0.02m€0.02m€0.04m▲ 83.0%
Intangible fixed assets21--€0.003m€0.002m€0.001m€0.001m€0.007m€0.006m▼ 18.3%
Tangible fixed assets22/27€0.02m€0.008m€0.001m€0.008m€0.01m€0.007m€0.007m€0.03m▲ 305%
Plant, machinery and equipment23------€0.002m€0.01m▲ 728%
Furniture and vehicles24---€0.008m€0.01m€0.007m€0.005m€0.01m▲ 152%
Financial fixed assets28€0.03m€0.03m---€0.008m€0.008m€0.008m=
Other financial fixed assets284/8-----€0.008m€0.008m€0.008m=
Amounts receivable and cash guarantees285/8-----€0.008m€0.008m€0.008m=
Current assets29/58€1.0m€1.1m€1.1m€0.9m€1.3m€1.3m€1.3m€1.7m▲ 28.8%
Stocks and contracts in progress3€0.09m€0.03m€0.02m€0.1m€0.03m€0.2m€0.06m€0.04m▼ 27.9%
Stocks30/36---€0.02m€0.03m€0.04m€0.02m€0.02m▼ 28.5%
Goods purchased for resale34---€0.02m€0.03m€0.04m€0.02m€0.02m▼ 28.5%
Contracts in progress37---€0.1m-€0.1m€0.04m€0.03m▼ 27.5%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€0.7m€0.7m€0.8m€0.5m€0.9m€0.7m€0.8m€1.2m▲ 41.9%
Trade receivables40---€0.5m€0.9m€0.7m€0.8m€1.1m▲ 42.2%
Other amounts receivable41---€0.01m-€0.005m€0.007m€0.007m▲ 12.0%
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€0.2m€0.3m€0.2m€0.2m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.5m▲ 9.3%
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1---€0.03m-€0.009m€0.01m€0.02m▲ 138%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€1.1m€1.1m€1.1m€0.9m€1.4m€1.3m€1.3m€1.7m▲ 29.7%
Equity10/15€0.3m€0.3m€0.3m€0.3m€0.4m€0.5m€0.7m€0.9m▲ 28.5%
Contributions10/11€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m=
Capital10---€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m=
Issued capital100---€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m€0.4m=
Reserves13€0.05m€0.05m€0.05m€0.05m€0.05m€0.06m€0.06m€0.07m▲ 4.3%
Non-distributable reserves130/1---€0.02m€0.02m€0.03m€0.03m€0.04m▲ 8.0%
Legal reserve130---€0.02m€0.02m€0.03m€0.03m€0.04m▲ 8.0%
Tax-exempt reserves132---€0.03m€0.03m€0.03m€0.03m€0.03m=
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€0.1m-€0.1m-€0.1m-€0.08m-€0.008m€0.1m€0.2m€0.4m▲ 80.2%
Provisions and deferred taxes16€0.1m€0.06m€0.003m€0.003m€0.003m€0.003m€0.007m€0.007m=
Provisions for liabilities and charges160/5---€0.003m€0.003m€0.003m€0.007m€0.007m=
Pensions and similar obligations160---€0.003m€0.003m€0.003m€0.007m€0.007m=
Amounts payable17/49€0.7m€0.8m€0.8m€0.6m€0.9m€0.8m€0.7m€0.9m▲ 31.2%
Amounts payable after more than one year17€0.2m€0.2m€0.2m€0.2m€0.1m€0.1m€0--
Financial debts170/4---€0.2m€0.1m€0.1m€0--
Other loans174---€0.2m€0.1m€0.1m€0--
Amounts payable within one year42/48€0.5m€0.6m€0.6m€0.4m€0.8m€0.7m€0.6m€0.5m▼ 15.8%
Trade debts44€0.4m€0.4m€0.5m€0.2m€0.6m€0.5m€0.4m€0.3m▼ 25.4%
Suppliers440/4---€0.2m€0.6m€0.5m€0.4m€0.3m▼ 25.4%
Advances received on contracts in progress46----€0.03m--€0.002m-
Taxes, remuneration and social security45---€0.2m€0.2m€0.2m€0.2m€0.2m▲ 0.6%
Taxes450/3---€0.03m€0.07m€0.01m€0.05m€0.1m▲ 86.1%
Remuneration and social security454/9---€0.1m€0.1m€0.2m€0.2m€0.1m▼ 26.9%
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3---€0.007m€0.01m€0.02m€0.05m€0.4m▲ 568%
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904-€128,724€6,688€19€50,482€69,904€111,797€143,929€190,899▲ 32.6%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€12,890€9,649€7,487€6,335€4,561€3,863€3,664€6,112▲ 66.8%
Operating cash flow (approximation)-€115,834€16,337€7,506€56,817€74,465€115,660€147,594€197,011▲ 33.5%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)--€0€26,557-€11,091-€5,948-€8,535-€10,207-€24,601▼ 141%
Change in cash-€143,349-€92,824-€6,669€145,708€68,002-€15,069€40,038-

Simplified and derived: a Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement, so these rows come from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.

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Public contracts

1 award · 2025
PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF CLIMATE SYSTEMS GZS100,150:CASE SUITE: PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND AUTOMATIC CONTROLS OF CLIMATE SYSTEMS GZS100- 150 CASE SUITE
buyer: Authority Contracting of the European School MolRepair and maintenance servicesawarded 17-01-2025€16,0001 tenderTED 39172-2025

Source: TED (Tenders Electronic Daily), Publications Office of the European Union. Values as the buyer published them; for a framework agreement, a ceiling.