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SPERO

Inactive
KBO/BCE: BE 0690.610.207

SPERO was declared bankrupt on 21-10-2021 (Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen, afdeling Antwerpen); the bankruptcy was closed for insufficient assets by judgment of 16-04-2024, published in the Belgian State Gazette on 25-04-2024.

Summary

Inactive; last annual accounts for fiscal year 2020.

Signals

Three signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
○neutral
neutral · Prior bankruptcy
Earlier bankruptcy on record in the Belgian State Gazette, no current open procedure.
Belgian State Gazette
neutral · No filing for years
The last filed financial year closed on 31-12-2020. Since then, 5 financial years are missing. This points to a standstill, not an imminent failure.
NBB · 3 filings
Position against the passed deadline
31-12-2021 close31-07-2022 deadline27-09-2026 today
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2020 was due by 31-07-2021 and was filed on 30-09-2021, 61 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 · 3 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
not confirmed
2024
not filed
2023
not filed
2022
not filed
2021
not filed
2020
61 d late
2019
24 d late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filings

This company filed its last 2 accounts on average 43 days after the deadline; the Belgian median for financial year 2024 is 4 days before the deadline, and 38% of all filings were late.

Checked, nothing found (1)
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

History

Total assets rose from EUR 68,305 in 2018 to EUR 154,335 in 2020 and headcount from 2 to 2.6 full-time equivalents.1 On 21 October 2021 SPERO was declared bankrupt; the bankruptcy was closed on 16 April 2024.23

  1. 1National Bank, annual accounts 2018 and 2020
  2. 2Belgian State Gazette, 27-10-2021
  3. 3Belgian State Gazette, 25-04-2024

Financials · fiscal year 2020, micro schema

Source amounts without an identifiable currency are assumed to be EUR.

Equity
€29,453▲ 41.4%
2019 · €20,830
Total assets
€154,335▲ 28.2%
2019 · €120,352
Net result
€8,623▲ 16.2%
2019 · €7,421
Working capital
€21,649▲ 518%
2019 · €3,506
Trend over the years

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Every figure with its change against the fiscal year before
favourable unfavourable
Line201820192020
Operating result€20,078-€20,078=€12,771▼ 36.4%
Net result€7,421-€7,421=€8,623▲ 16.2%
Equity€13,621-€20,830▲ 52.9%€29,453▲ 41.4%
Total assets€68,305-€120,352▲ 76.2%€154,335▲ 28.2%
Debt€54,684-€99,522▲ 82.0%€124,882▲ 25.5%
Working capital-€19,708-€3,506€21,649▲ 518%
Staff (FTE)2-2.4▲ 20.0%2.6▲ 8.3%
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the micro schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€0€10,000€20,000Operating result 2018: €20,078€20,078Net result 2018: €7,421€7,421Operating result 2019: €20,078€20,078Net result 2019: €7,421€7,421Operating result 2020: €12,771€12,771Net result 2020: €8,623€8,623201820192020€0€10,000€20,000Operating result 2018: €20,078€20,100Net result 2018: €7,421€7,420Operating result 2019: €20,078€20,100Net result 2019: €7,421€7,420Operating result 2020: €12,771€12,800Net result 2020: €8,623€8,620201820192020
The operating result falls in 2020; 2020 is 36% below 2019 and is the lowest result in the available series.
Balance-sheet composition
2020 in colour, 2019 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €168,758
Fixed assets €36,749 =
Current assets €132,009 ▲ 57.9%
Equity and liabilities €154,335
Equity €29,453 ▲ 41.4%
Debt €124,882 ▲ 25.5%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total falls from 82.7% to 80.9%. Equity and debt are higher.
Key figures and ratios
2020 value · change against 2019
EBITDA
€36,961▼
2019 · €44,268
Cash flow
€32,812▲
2019 · €31,611
Current ratio
1.20▲
2019 · 1.04
Debt to equity
0.66▼
2019 · 0.93
ROE
29.3%▼
2019 · 35.6%
ROA
5.6%▼
2019 · 6.2%
Debt ≤ 1 year
€110,360▲
2019 · €80,098
Debt > 1 year
€19,424=
2019 · €19,424
Income taxes
€1,971▼
2019 · €10,812
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.
Annual accounts
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2020 against 2019 · 30 lines
Balance sheet Code20192020
Assets
Total assets20/58€120,352€154,335▲
Formation expenses20€0€0=
Fixed assets21/28€36,749€36,749=
Intangible fixed assets21€0€0=
Tangible fixed assets22/27€36,749€36,749=
Financial fixed assets28€0€0=
Current assets29/58€83,603€132,009▲
Stocks and contracts in progress3€0€0=
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€83,603€103,297▲
Current investments50/53€0€0=
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€8,933€28,712▲
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€120,352€154,335▲
Equity10/15€20,830€29,453▲
Contributions10/11€6,200-
Reserves13€14,360€23,253▲
Profit (loss) carried forward14€270€270=
Amounts payable17/49€99,522€124,882▲
Amounts payable after more than one year17€19,424€19,424=
Amounts payable within one year42/48€80,098€110,360▲
Trade debts44€12,184€34,073▲
Income statement Code20192020
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€24,190€24,190=
Gross operating margin9900€158,789€158,789=
Operating profit (loss)9901€20,078€12,771▼
Recurring financial income75€2,284€5,506▲
Recurring financial charges65€4,440€4,440=
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€18,234€10,313▼
Income taxes67/77€10,812€1,971▼
Profit (loss) for the period9904€7,421€8,623▲
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€7,421€8,623▲
Appropriation of the result
Return on contributions (dividend)694€0€0=
Line201820192020Change
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€11,783€24,190€24,190=
Gross operating margin9900€130,742€158,789€158,789=
Operating profit (loss)9901€20,078€20,078€12,771▼ 36.4%
Recurring financial income75€22€2,284€5,506▲ 141%
Recurring financial charges65€1,866€4,440€4,440=
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€18,234€18,234€10,313▼ 43.4%
Income taxes67/77€10,812€10,812€1,971▼ 81.8%
Profit (loss) for the period9904€7,421€7,421€8,623▲ 16.2%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€7,421€7,421€8,623▲ 16.2%
Line201820192020Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€68,305€120,352€154,335▲ 28.2%
Formation expenses20€0€0€0-
Fixed assets21/28€33,330€36,749€36,749=
Intangible fixed assets21€0€0€0-
Tangible fixed assets22/27€33,330€36,749€36,749=
Financial fixed assets28€0€0€0-
Current assets29/58€34,975€83,603€132,009▲ 57.9%
Stocks and contracts in progress3€0€0€0-
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€26,042€83,603€103,297▲ 23.6%
Current investments50/53€0€0€0-
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€8,933€8,933€28,712▲ 221%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€68,305€120,352€154,335▲ 28.2%
Equity10/15€13,621€20,830€29,453▲ 41.4%
Contributions10/11€6,200€6,200--
Reserves13€7,360€14,360€23,253▲ 61.9%
Profit (loss) carried forward14€61€270€270=
Amounts payable17/49€54,684€99,522€124,882▲ 25.5%
Amounts payable after more than one year17-€19,424€19,424=
Amounts payable within one year42/48€54,684€80,098€110,360▲ 37.8%
Trade debts44€10,705€12,184€34,073▲ 180%
Line201820192020Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904€7,421€7,421€8,623▲ 16.2%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€11,783€24,190€24,190=
Operating cash flow (approximation)€19,205€31,611€32,812▲ 3.8%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)--€27,609-€24,190▲ 12.4%
Change in cash-€0€19,779-

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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Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones

2024
25-04
Bankruptcy Bankruptcy closure (insufficient assets)
Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen, afdeling Antwerpen · event 16-04-2024
2021
27-10
Bankruptcy Opening
Ondernemingsrechtbank Antwerpen, afdeling Antwerpen · event 21-10-2021
30-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · micro schema · 61 days late
2020
31-12
Financial Highest result since 2018net €8,623 ▲16.2%
Net result €8,623, the highest in the series.
24-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · micro schema · 24 days late
2019
18-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · micro schema · 49 days late
SignalFinancial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
0 of 5 acts read
About the unread acts

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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

Insolvency mandates

1 mandate
Role Name Tenure
Curator MARC KIPS
PALEISSTRAAT 24, 2018 ANTWERPEN 1-
21-10-2021 → 16-04-2024