Schott frères
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Schott frères has been active since 1968 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €48,586 and a net result of €3,336. Equity is shrinking by ~6.9% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 85% of 267 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.2% (very low).
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Score 2025
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability52▼-42
Solvency100=
Growth32=
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.2%
Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €4,000 at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 5.89 against 46.27 in 2024; short-term debt: 16.9% and cash: 78% of total assets), and 17% of the assets are financed with debt.
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Signals
Five signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
−lowers risk○neutral
lowers risk · Long track record
A company with a long track record statistically fails less often than a young one.
KBO · incorporation dateAge against the risk zone
lowers risk · Lower-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail less often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 58
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Publishing activities (NACE 58)
about 30% fewer bankruptcies
← fewer bankruptcies
more bankruptcies →
lowers risk · Annual accounts: healthy financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a healthy profile in solvency, result and liquidity.
NBB · annual accounts 2025Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
83%
Return on assets
5.7%
Age of the figures
9 mo
lowers risk · Growing equity
Reported equity is higher than in 2023 and did not fall compared with 2024. These amounts do not establish the cause of the change.
NBB · annual accounts 2025Equity per financial year
1819202122232425
2018 to 2025 · latest year €48,586
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 14-07-2026, 17 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filingsDeviation from the deadline
2025
17 d early
2024
38 d early
2023
19 d early
2022
33 d early
2021
61 d early
2020
30 d late
2019
20 d late
← before the deadline
after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector
This company filed its last 7 accounts on average 17 days before the deadline; the sector median for financial year 2024 is 7 days before the deadline, and 37% of the sector filed late.
Checked, nothing found (2)
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. Usually files around 28 June (5 of the last 5 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven monthsPosition in the running window
01-10-2026 today31-12-2026 close31-07-2027 deadline
History
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Financials · fiscal year 2025, abbreviated schema
Equity
€48,586▲ 7.4%
2024 · €45,250
Total assets
€58,522▲ 26.5%
2024 · €46,249
Net result
€3,336▼ 68.0%
2024 · €10,441
Working capital
€48,496▲ 7.2%
2024 · €45,250
Trend over the years
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In per cent
Ratio
In euros
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In per cent
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Ratio
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Untick a line to hide it. Point at a year (or use the arrow keys on the chart) for the exact figures; the table below gives them all.Sector: the middle half (P25 to P75) of NACE 58, Publishing activities, each year against the same schema; no band under 30 filings. Dashed line: the median. Available for Net result, Equity, Total assets, Working capital, Solvency, Current ratio, Return on assets (ROA).
Every figure with its change against the fiscal year before
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unfavourable
Line20212022202320242025
Operating result€12,858▲ 42.1%€9,274▼ 27.9%€10,117▲ 9.1%€14,317▲ 41.5%€4,910▼ 65.7%
Net result€8,901within the sector's middle half▲ 41.7%€6,695within the sector's middle half▼ 24.8%€7,288within the sector's middle half▲ 8.8%€10,441within the sector's middle half▲ 43.3%€3,336within the sector's middle half▼ 68.0%
Equity€100,826within the sector's middle half▲ 16.0%€27,521below the sector's middle half▼ 72.7%€34,809below the sector's middle half▲ 26.5%€45,250below the sector's middle half▲ 30.0%€48,586within the sector's middle half▲ 7.4%
Total assets€104,285below the sector's middle half▲ 7.5%€108,711below the sector's middle half▲ 4.2%€34,816below the sector's middle half▼ 68.0%€46,249below the sector's middle half▲ 32.8%€58,522below the sector's middle half▲ 26.5%
Debt€3,460▼ 65.9%€81,190▲ 2,247%€7▼ 100.0%€1,000▲ 13,667%€9,936▲ 894%
Working capital€100,826within the sector's middle half▲ 16.0%€27,521within the sector's middle half▼ 72.7%€34,809within the sector's middle half▲ 26.5%€45,250within the sector's middle half▲ 30.0%€48,496within the sector's middle half▲ 7.2%
Solvency96.7%above the sector's middle half▲ 7.1pp25.3%within the sector's middle half▼ 71.4pp100.0%above the sector's middle half▲ 74.7pp97.8%above the sector's middle half▼ 2.1pp83.0%above the sector's middle half▼ 14.8pp
Current ratio30.14above the sector's middle half▲ 20.571.34within the sector's middle half▼ 28.8046.27above the sector's middle half5.89above the sector's middle half▼ 40.38
Return on assets (ROA)8.5%within the sector's middle half▲ 2.1pp6.2%within the sector's middle half▼ 2.4pp20.9%above the sector's middle half▲ 14.8pp22.6%above the sector's middle half▲ 1.6pp5.7%within the sector's middle half▼ 16.9pp
Staff (FTE)0.1below the sector's middle half
above
within
below
the middle half (P25 to P75) of NACE 58, Publishing activities, each year against the same schema; no band under 30 filings.
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the abbreviated schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
The operating result falls in 2025; 2025 is 66% below 2024 and is the lowest result in the available series.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €58,522
Fixed assets
€107
Current assets
€58,415
Equity and liabilities €58,522
Equity
€48,586 ▲ 7.4%
Debt
€9,936 ▲ 894%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 2.2% to 17.0%. Equity and debt are higher.
Key figures and ratios
Debt to equity
0.20▲
2024 · 0.02
ROE
6.9%▼
2024 · 23.1%
Debt ≤ 1 year
€9,919▲
2024 · €1,000
Income taxes
€1,158▼
2024 · €3,480
Staff costs
€9,217
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.
Peer companies
Historical observationOf the 31,371 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 0.5% went bankrupt within 24 months and 93% 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%
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 0.2% 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 497,341 companies of July 2024 its group's bankruptcy share. Expected: 1.6%; actually bankrupt within 24 months: 1.7%.
| 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% 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 31,371 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
| Line | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remuneration, social security and pensions62 | - | - | - | - | €9,217 | - |
| Other operating charges640/8 | €532 | €460 | €499 | €513 | €528 | ▲ 2.8% |
| Gross operating margin9900 | €13,390 | €9,734 | €10,617 | €14,830 | €14,654 | ▼ 1.2% |
| Operating profit (loss)9901 | €12,858 | €9,274 | €10,117 | €14,317 | €4,910 | ▼ 65.7% |
| Financial charges65/66B | €724 | €354 | €400 | €395 | €416 | ▲ 5.3% |
| Recurring financial charges65 | €724 | €354 | €400 | €395 | €416 | ▲ 5.3% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903 | €12,135 | €8,920 | €9,717 | €13,922 | €4,494 | ▼ 67.7% |
| Income taxes67/77 | €3,234 | €2,225 | €2,429 | €3,480 | €1,158 | ▼ 66.7% |
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €8,901 | €6,695 | €7,288 | €10,441 | €3,336 | ▼ 68.0% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905 | €8,901 | €6,695 | €7,288 | €10,441 | €3,336 | ▼ 68.0% |
| Line | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | ||||||
| Total assets20/58 | €104,285 | €108,711 | €34,816 | €46,249 | €58,522 | ▲ 26.5% |
| Fixed assets21/28 | - | - | - | - | €107 | - |
| Financial fixed assets28 | - | - | - | - | €107 | - |
| Current assets29/58 | €104,285 | €108,711 | €34,816 | €46,249 | €58,415 | ▲ 26.3% |
| Amounts receivable within one year40/41 | €1,398 | €2,650 | €2,458 | €1,646 | €12,626 | ▲ 667% |
| Trade receivables40 | €1,398 | €1,874 | €1,887 | €1,646 | €10,784 | ▲ 555% |
| Other amounts receivable41 | - | €775 | €571 | €0 | €1,842 | - |
| Cash at bank and in hand54/58 | €101,906 | €106,061 | €32,358 | €44,604 | €45,659 | ▲ 2.4% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income490/1 | €981 | €0 | - | - | €130 | - |
| Equity and liabilities | ||||||
| Total equity and liabilities10/49 | €104,285 | €108,711 | €34,816 | €46,249 | €58,522 | ▲ 26.5% |
| Equity10/15 | €100,826 | €27,521 | €34,809 | €45,250 | €48,586 | ▲ 7.4% |
| Contributions10/11 | €20,000 | €20,000 | €20,000 | €20,000 | €20,000 | = |
| Reserves13 | €3,319 | €3,319 | €3,319 | €3,319 | €3,319 | = |
| Non-distributable reserves130/1 | €2,000 | €2,000 | €0 | - | - | - |
| Reserves not available under the articles1311 | €2,000 | €2,000 | €0 | - | - | - |
| Tax-exempt reserves132 | €1,175 | €1,175 | €1,175 | €1,175 | €1,175 | = |
| Distributable reserves133 | €144 | €144 | €2,144 | €2,144 | €2,144 | = |
| Profit (loss) carried forward14 | €77,507 | €4,202 | €11,490 | €21,931 | €25,268 | ▲ 15.2% |
| Amounts payable17/49 | €3,460 | €81,190 | €7 | €1,000 | €9,936 | ▲ 894% |
| Amounts payable within one year42/48 | €3,460 | €81,190 | €7 | €1,000 | €9,919 | ▲ 892% |
| Trade debts44 | €226 | €1,190 | €7 | €519 | €3,926 | ▲ 656% |
| Suppliers440/4 | €226 | €1,190 | €7 | €519 | €3,926 | ▲ 656% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security45 | €3,234 | €0 | - | €480 | €5,281 | ▲ 999% |
| Taxes450/3 | €3,234 | €0 | - | €480 | €1,797 | ▲ 274% |
| Remuneration and social security454/9 | - | - | - | - | €3,485 | - |
| Other amounts payable47/48 | - | €80,000 | €0 | - | €711 | - |
| Accrued charges and deferred income492/3 | - | - | - | - | €17 | - |
| Line | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €8,901 | €6,695 | €7,288 | €10,441 | €3,336 | ▼ 68.0% |
| Operating cash flow (approximation) | €8,901 | €6,695 | €7,288 | €10,441 | €3,336 | ▼ 68.0% |
| Change in cash | - | €4,155 | -€73,703 | €12,245 | €1,055 | ▼ 91.4% |
Simplified and derived: a Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement, so these rows come from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.
Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones
Next filing, fiscal year 2026, expected by
2026
14-07
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · abbreviated schema
2025
31-12
Financial
Weakest financial yearnet €3,336 ▼68%
Net result drops to €3,336, the lowest in the series.
23-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · abbreviated schema
2024
12-07
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · abbreviated schema
2023
31-12
Financial
Liquidity times 3582current ratio 4795.59
Current ratio from 1.34 to 4795.59; short-term debt falls from €81,190 to €7.
28-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · abbreviated schema
2022
31-05
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · abbreviated schema
2021
31-12
Financial
Liquidity triplescurrent ratio 30.14
Current ratio from 9.58 to 30.14; short-term debt falls from €10,134 to €3,460.
31-12
Financial
Equity above €100,000Eq €100,826 ▲16%
4 profitable years in a row build equity to €100,826.
30-08
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · abbreviated schema · 30 days late
2020
20-08
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · abbreviated schema · 20 days late
2019
31-12
Financial
Liquidity doublescurrent ratio 10.45
Current ratio from 4.39 to 10.45; short-term debt falls from €18,901 to €8,535.
Show earlier events
21-08
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · abbreviated schema · 21 days late
2018
23-08
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · micro schema · 23 days late
2017
29-08
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema · 29 days late
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
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Location & real-estate footprint
Registered office, Kortrijk · 1 establishment unit since 1961
Ground area
2,779 m²
Building footprint
39 m²
Parcel 34022E0689/00W002, Flanders. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
SCHOTT FRERES
since 19612.002.835.412
1 parcel
Flanders
1
(100%)
| Parcel (capakey) | Region | Area | Buildings | Height / fl. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34022E0689/00W002 | Flanders | 2,779 m² | 1 · 39 m² | 0.0 m |
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Good to know
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 details
Identification
Legal formPrivate limited company
Founded01-01-1968
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
58190Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing
46499Wholesale of other household goods
47690Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods
E-invoicing
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Peppol ID
0208:0403538905
Also
9925:BE0403538905
Registered
05-09-2026
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