Skip to content

THE RUBENS

Active
Private limited company (pre-2019)founded 197155 yrs activeReep 9, 9000 Gent, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0408.280.720
Summary

THE RUBENS has been active since 1971 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €9,885 and a net result of -€3,167. Equity is shrinking by ~9.3% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 67% of 14676 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 1.1% (low).

Overview

What they do
Full-service restaurants
NACE 56111NACE 55301Full-service restaurants NACE 56101
#3 oldest company in Ghent, Accommodation and food service sector1 site
How big
€19,903total assets 2025
Equity
€9,885
Loss
-€3,167
Turnover not published (abridged schema)
Financially healthy?
42 Weak Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy chance 12 m
1.1%
Who decides
Accounts filed 27 d late0 of 4 deeds read
Why 42- Higher-failure-rate sector- Annual accounts: weaker financial profile- Persistent losses+ Long track recordFiled after the deadlineShow the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability0=
Solvency75▼-15
Growth32=
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
1.1% Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
No publishable credit limit; credit only on tighter terms
Liquidity ample (current ratio 1.99 against 3.95 in 2024; short-term debt: 50.3% and cash: 1.1% of total assets), but 50.3% of the assets are financed with debt.
Credit check for your own amount and term

Show the recommended maximum : and see how the verdict changes with amount, term and advance.

Signals

Five signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
−lowers risk+raises risk○neutral
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 56
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Food and beverage service activities (NACE 56)
about 206% more bankruptcies
← 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
highest failure risk from 2 to 8 years 55 years 0 60 y
raises risk · Annual accounts: weaker financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a weaker profile in solvency, result or liquidity than companies that stay afloat.
NBB · annual accounts 2025
Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
49.7%
Return on assets
-15.9%
Age of the figures
9 mo
raises risk · Persistent losses
Two consecutive loss-making years (2024 and 2025); equity is also lower. May indicate structural pressure on profitability.
NBB · annual accounts 2025
Net result per financial year
1819202122232425
2018 to 2025 · latest year -€3,167
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due by 31-07-2026 and was filed on 27-08-2026, 27 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
27 d late
2024
14 d early
2023
27 d late
2022
63 d late
2021
31 d late
2020
61 d late
2019
91 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 41 days after the deadline; the sector median for financial year 2024 is 6 days after the deadline, and 53% 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 August (4 of the last 5 filed years within 35 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Position in the running window
02-10-2026 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
  1. Annual accounts filedfiscal year 2025 · micro…
  2. Annual accounts filedfiscal year 2024 · micro…
  3. Annual accounts filedfiscal year 2023 · micro…

Key points

  • Risk: 4 loss-making years in a rowloss fiscal year 2025 -€3,167 View
  • Positive: Oldest company in Ghent, Accommodation and food service…in the Checked rankings #3 View
  • Active since 1971founded 27-04-1971 55 years View

By topic

Financials

Fiscal year
2025
Total assets
€19,903
Loss
-€3,167
Solvency
49.7%
Total assets▼ 1.4%
Net result
20182025
Go to Financials

Timeline

Events
14
Since
2017
Next accounts
by 31-07-2027
  1. 27-08-2026Annual accounts filed
  2. 17-07-2025Annual accounts filed
  3. 27-08-2024Annual accounts filed
Go to Timeline

Company details

Sites
1
Legal form
Private limited company (pre-2019)
Activity
Full-service restaurantsNACE 56111
Founded
27-04-1971
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Not found in the Peppol directory
Go to Company details

Go further with this company

Your own company? See how customers, suppliers and banks see it and what to improve first.

Investigating this company? Keep it with today's facts in a case file.