TRACE
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The annual accounts of TRACE for financial year 2025 show a net loss of 74% of the equity at the start of that year. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €40,729 and a net result of -€115,746. Equity fluctuates too strongly from year to year to read a trend from it. Its solvency ranks better than 19% of 239 sector peers (NACE 72, financial year 2025). The association has been active since 2017 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is below 0.1% (very low).
Overview
Overview
Official details
Source: KBO- Status
- Active since 02-03-2017 Normal situation
- Registered office
- 45 active companies are registered at this address 4 started in the 12 months before. Source: KBO register, as of 5 November 2026.
- Activity
- Other research and development on natural sciences NACE 72109and 1 other
- Establishment unit
- 2.263.522.120 3001 Leuven, since 01-04-2017
- Financial year end
- 31 December
- Peppol
- Reachable since 03-10-2025
Board and ownership
- Proesmans MarcDirector
- Van Dun PaulDirector
- Van Gool LucDirector
Financial position
- Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
- < 0.1%
- Turnover
- €753,768
- ▼ 33.0%
- Deficit
- €115,746
- Equity
- €40,729
- ▼ 74.0%
- Total assets
- €536,152
- ▼ 22.6%
- Employees on 31-12-2025
- 8
- =
Score breakdownraises riskCapped at 59: a net loss of at least half of total assets or of the equity at the start of the financial yearLoss of €115,746 (financial year 2025)lowers riskLegal form: non-profit associationLiquidity: current ratio 1.07, cash €273,040Sector: Scientific research and development (NACE 72)Show the evidence
Checked score
Fewer than 1 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).
Calculation
The band follows from the bankruptcy probability. 10 more points roughly halve it.
| 75-100 | Excellent | under 0.55% |
| 60-74 | Healthy | 0.55% to 1.5% |
| 45-59 | Fair | 1.5% to 4.2% |
| 25-44 | Weak | 4.2% to 15.0% |
| 0-24 | Critical | over 15.0% |
Where the company stands within its band depends half on the bankruptcy probability and half on how it does against its sector peers (NACE 72, micro). It does better than 22% of them on solvency, 28% on liquidity, 10% on profitability and 12% on growth.
The bankruptcy probability was computed on 04-11-2026 by the bankruptcy model of 2 October 2026, which learns from Belgian bankruptcies and reads the registers, the annual accounts and the Belgian Official Gazette.
The probability rests on the annual accounts with balance sheet date 31-12-2025.
Of the companies with a bankruptcy probability in the very low class on 30-06-2025, 0.1% went bankrupt within twelve months.
Some facts cap the score, however low the probability. With negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special status in the KBO, one missing filing or accounts filed more than 90 days late, the score is Fair at most (59). With two missing filings, it is Weak at most (44). During a judicial reorganisation or at the company's end (bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation), it is Critical at most (24).
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Signals
The company filed its last 6 accounts on average 43 days before the deadline. In the sector (NACE 72), the median for financial year 2024 was 13 days before the deadline, and 32% of those companies filed late.
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Financials
Financials · financial year 2025, full format
Annual accounts 2025 filed on 28-07-2026 at the NBB all 6 filings
Every figure per financial year
The operating result for 2025 is a loss of €115,548, after a profit of €145,554 in 2024. It is the lowest result since 2020.
Staff
| Item | 31-12-2021 | 31-12-2022 | 31-12-2023 | 31-12-2024 | 31-12-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employees at the balance-sheet date | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| full-time | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| part-time | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| in full-time equivalents | 5.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 |
| Average over the year, in full-time equivalents | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.8 |
| On a permanent contract | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Joined | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Left | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
Source: social balance sheet in the 2021 to 2025 annual accounts
Investments
| Item | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tangible fixed assets | €10,083 | €10,809 | €1,615 | €1,574 | €6,378 |
| Depreciation and write-downs of the year | €19,754 | €8,256 | €7,400 | €5,121 | €5,411 |
Source: notes to the 2021 to 2025 annual accounts (statement of fixed assets)
Subsidies and aid
Federal government
2024 to 2025 · 2 entries · €371,781 in total| Year | Department | Transactions | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Defence | 1 | €123,927 |
| 2024 | Defence | 1 | €247,854 |
| Line | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover70 | €0.6m | €0.7m | €0.8m | €1.0m | €1.1m | €0.8m | ▼ 33.0% |
| Goods, raw materials, services and sundry goods60/61 | - | €0.2m | €0.2m | €0.2m | €0.2m | €0.2m | ▲ 7.1% |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions62 | - | €0.6m | €0.8m | €0.9m | €0.9m | €1.0m | ▲ 5.7% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630 | €0.02m | €0.02m | €0.008m | €0.007m | €0.005m | €0.005m | ▲ 5.7% |
| Gross operating margin9900 | €0.5m | €0.7m | €0.8m | €0.9m | €1.1m | €0.9m | ▼ 19.0% |
| Operating profit (loss)9901 | -€0.09m | €384 | €439 | €0.01m | €0.1m | -€0.1m | - |
| Financial income75/76B | - | - | - | €13 | - | - | - |
| Recurring financial income75 | - | - | - | €13 | - | - | - |
| Financial charges65/66B | - | €126 | €143 | €0.001m | €198 | €199 | ▲ 0.1% |
| Recurring financial charges65 | €133 | €126 | €143 | €0.001m | €198 | €199 | ▲ 0.1% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903 | -€0.09m | €259 | €296 | €0.01m | €0.1m | -€0.1m | - |
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | -€0.09m | €259 | €296 | €0.01m | €0.1m | -€0.1m | - |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905 | -€0.09m | €259 | €296 | €0.01m | €0.1m | -€0.1m | - |
| Line | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | |||||||
| Total assets20/58 | €137,232 | €136,356 | €178,740 | €217,927 | €692,404 | €536,152 | ▼ 22.6% |
| Formation expenses20 | €0 | €0 | €0 | - | - | - | - |
| Fixed assets21/28 | €23,708 | €14,038 | €16,591 | €10,806 | €7,259 | €8,227 | ▲ 13.3% |
| Tangible fixed assets22/27 | €23,708 | €14,038 | €16,591 | €10,806 | €7,259 | €8,227 | ▲ 13.3% |
| Plant, machinery and equipment23 | - | - | €943 | €741 | €540 | €338 | ▼ 37.3% |
| Furniture and vehicles24 | - | €14,038 | €15,648 | €10,065 | €6,720 | €7,889 | ▲ 17.4% |
| Current assets29/58 | €113,524 | €122,318 | €162,149 | €207,121 | €685,144 | €527,925 | ▼ 22.9% |
| Amounts receivable within one year40/41 | €2,931 | €51,197 | €130,845 | €80,527 | €616,634 | €243,310 | ▼ 60.5% |
| Trade receivables40 | - | €51,197 | €130,724 | €80,527 | €616,634 | €243,310 | ▼ 60.5% |
| Other amounts receivable41 | - | - | €121 | - | - | - | - |
| Cash at bank and in hand54/58 | €109,161 | €69,847 | €28,578 | €123,383 | €57,461 | €273,040 | ▲ 375% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income490/1 | - | €1,274 | €2,727 | €3,210 | €11,049 | €11,575 | ▲ 4.8% |
| Equity and liabilities | |||||||
| Total equity and liabilities10/49 | €137,232 | €136,356 | €178,740 | €217,927 | €692,404 | €536,152 | ▼ 22.6% |
| Equity10/15 | €455 | €714 | €1,010 | €11,120 | €156,476 | €40,729 | ▼ 74.0% |
| Reserves13 | - | €714 | €1,010 | €11,120 | €156,476 | €40,729 | ▼ 74.0% |
| Amounts payable17/49 | €136,777 | €135,642 | €177,730 | €206,807 | €535,928 | €495,422 | ▼ 7.6% |
| Amounts payable within one year42/48 | €136,777 | €135,642 | €177,730 | €206,807 | €288,074 | €495,422 | ▲ 72.0% |
| Trade debts44 | €40,074 | €16,276 | €34,802 | €17,866 | €55,694 | €61,390 | ▲ 10.2% |
| Suppliers440/4 | - | €16,276 | €34,802 | €17,866 | €55,694 | €61,390 | ▲ 10.2% |
| Advances received on contracts in progress46 | - | - | - | - | - | €199,661 | - |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security45 | - | €119,365 | €142,928 | €188,941 | €232,380 | €234,372 | ▲ 0.9% |
| Taxes450/3 | - | €31,230 | €31,984 | €58,256 | €32,992 | €97,334 | ▲ 195% |
| Remuneration and social security454/9 | - | €88,136 | €110,944 | €130,685 | €199,388 | €137,038 | ▼ 31.3% |
| Accrued charges and deferred income492/3 | - | - | - | - | €247,854 | - | - |
| Line | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | -€89,144 | €259 | €296 | €10,109 | €145,356 | -€115,746 | - |
| + Depreciation and write-downs630 | €24,958 | €19,754 | €8,256 | €7,400 | €5,121 | €5,411 | ▲ 5.7% |
| Operating cash flow (approximation) | -€64,185 | €20,012 | €8,553 | €17,509 | €150,477 | -€110,336 | - |
| Investment in fixed assets (approximation) | - | -€10,083 | -€10,809 | -€1,615 | -€1,574 | -€6,378 | ▼ 305% |
| Change in cash | - | -€39,314 | -€41,269 | €94,806 | -€65,922 | €215,579 | - |
A Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement. These rows are therefore an approximation, derived from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.
Historical observation
In July 2024, 646 companies had the same profile as TRACE has now. Two years later, 86.1% were still going and 7.3% had gone bankrupt.
- Micro
- 5 to 10 years old
- solvency under 10%
- a loss of 10% of the balance sheet or more
Another 0.9% stopped without a precise date, possibly only after those two years.
The bankruptcy probability of TRACE itself is lower: < 0.1% within 12 months. It rests on far more data about TRACE than the profile alone.
Test of the method
The method was tested on the 497,446 companies of July 2024. Each company was given the bankruptcy share of the same profile a year earlier, in July 2023. The expectation was that 1.6% would go bankrupt within 24 months. In fact 1.7% went bankrupt.
| 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% | 0.9% |
| 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% |
A company that went bankrupt had a higher expected share than one that kept going in 74.5% of comparisons. The level depends on the economy. In a year with more bankruptcies than the year before, the actual share is higher than the expected one.
This is an observation about 646 companies, not a prediction for TRACE. The sector does not count, because the KBO no longer lists a sector for a company that has stopped. By sector, mostly the survivors would count, which would paint too rosy a picture.
Filings with the National Bank (6)
| Financial year | Type | Filed | Reference | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31-12-2025 | full format | 28-07-2026 | 2026-00369764 | |
| 31-12-2024 | abbreviated format | 01-07-2025 | 2025-00230549 | |
| 31-12-2023 | abbreviated format | 13-06-2024 | 2024-00130166 | |
| 31-12-2022 | abbreviated format | 19-06-2023 | 2023-00141186 | |
| 31-12-2021 | abbreviated format | 18-05-2022 | 2022-20029522 | |
| 31-12-2020 | abbreviated format | 31-05-2021 | 2021-16300177 |
Board & ownership
Directors
Owners and capital
Owners
This non-profit association has no shareholders or capital.
Mandate history
- Board
- mandate already running before its first mention
| Name | Functions and periods |
|---|---|
| Proesmans Marc |
|
| Van Dun Paul |
|
| Van Gool Luc |
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Network & group
TRACE shares no director with another company.
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Connections & network
3 current directorsThe network starts from the directors of TRACE. Every other company they run is a node.
Timeline
Deeds, filings and financial milestones
Sources:Publications in the Belgian Official GazetteFilings with the National Bank
History
Company details
Register details
Identity
KBO recordRegistered office and establishments
Activities
NACEBEL 2025Codes under NACEBEL 2008
Invoicing and payment
Financial year and general meeting
Accounts at the NBBSites & property
Buildings and parcels at the address
| Cadastral parcel | Region | Area | Buildings | Height / floors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24040C0005/00F000 | Flanders | 8,837 m² | 1 · 2,096 m² | 8.1 m · 2 |