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VAES

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Public limited companyfounded 199134 yrs activeKapelstraat 53, 3900 Pelt, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0446.070.930

VAES has been active since 1991 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €142k and a net result of €20k. Equity is shrinking by ~6.3% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 78% of 7687 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.4% (very low).

Checked score

Score 2025
100 / 100
Excellent▲ +14 vs 2024
The score combines four axes. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability70▲+37
Solvency100=
Growth58=
Stability100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.4% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €14k at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 2.78 against 2.4 in 2024), and 31.3% of the assets are financed with debt.
Credit advice for your own amount and term

Signals

Eight signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
lowers risk+raises riskneutral
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
elevated failure risk from 2 to 8 years 34 years 0 40 y
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 31
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Sector 31
higher
← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →
lowers risk · Lower-risk legal form
Companies with this legal form statistically fail less often than a BV.
KBO · legal form
lowers risk · Annual accounts: healthy financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a healthy profile in solvency, result and liquidity.
NBB · annual accounts 2025
Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
68.7%
Return on assets
9.7%
Age of the figures
8 mo
lowers risk · Growing equity
Equity grew over 2023-2025. Profits are largely retained rather than distributed.
NBB · annual accounts 2025
Equity per financial year
1819202122232425
2018 to 2025 · latest year €142k
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due by 31-07-2026 and was filed on 30-08-2026, 30 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
30 d late
2024
6 d early
2023
14 d late
2022
53 d early
2021
5 d early
2020
19 d early
2019
4 d late
← before the deadline after the deadline →
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.
Companies Code · seven months
Position in the running window
14-09-2026 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

Financials · fiscal year 2025, abbreviated schema

Equity
€142k▲ 11.9%
2024 · €126k
2018: €242k 2019: €236k 2020: €242k 2021: €265k 2022: €271k 2023: €123k 2024: €126k
2018 → 2025
Total assets
€206k▲ 6.1%
2024 · €194k
2018: €267k 2019: €255k 2020: €256k 2021: €281k 2022: €288k 2023: €231k 2024: €194k
2018 → 2025
Net result
€20k▲ 141%
2024 · €8k
2018: €-20k 2019: €-5k 2020: €6k 2021: €22k 2022: €21k 2023: €21k 2024: €8k
2018 → 2025
Working capital
€115k▲ 20.3%
2024 · €95k
2018: €236k 2019: €234k 2020: €205k 2021: €223k 2022: €230k 2023: €87k 2024: €95k
2018 → 2025
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20212022202320242025Trend
Equity€265k-€271k▲ 2.2%€123k▼ 54.5%€126k▲ 2.8%€142k▲ 11.9%
Operating result€23k-€29k▲ 26.5%€29k▲ 1.6%€11k▼ 62.3%€25k▲ 128%
Net result€22k-€21k▼ 4.6%€21k▼ 1.1%€8k▼ 61.0%€20k▲ 141%
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the abbreviated or micro schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€0€10k€20k€30kOperating result 2021: €23k€23kNet result 2021: €22k€22kOperating result 2022: €29k€29kNet result 2022: €21k€21kOperating result 2023: €29k€29kNet result 2023: €21k€21kOperating result 2024: €11k€11kNet result 2024: €8k€8kOperating result 2025: €25k€25kNet result 2025: €20k€20k20212022202320242025
The operating result recovers in 2025; 2025 is 128% above 2024.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €206k
Fixed assets €27k▼ 13.5%
Current assets €179k▲ 9.8%
Equity and liabilities €206k
Equity €142k▲ 11.9%
Debt €65k▼ 4.9%
The debt ratio falls from 34.9% to 31.3%: equity grows while debt is paid down.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
€32k
2024 · €18k
Cash flow
€27k
2024 · €15k
Solvency
68.7%
2024 · 65.1%
Current ratio
2.78
2024 · 2.40
Quick ratio
2.38
2024 · 2.02
Debt / equity
0.46
2024 · 0.54
ROE
14.1%
2024 · 6.5%
ROA
9.7%
2024 · 4.3%
Interest coverage
35.29
2024 · 39.78
Debt
€65k
2024 · €68k
Debt ≤ 1 year
€65k
2024 · €68k
Income taxes
€5k
2024 · €3k
Staff costs
€52k
2024 · €52k
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt / equity.
Filed annual accounts
As filed with the NBB · 2025 against 2024
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€194k€206k
Fixed assets21/28€31k€27k
Tangible fixed assets22/27€31k€27k
Plant, machinery and equipment23€26k€21k
Furniture and vehicles24€3k€4k
Other tangible fixed assets26€2k€2k
Financial fixed assets28€161€161=
Current assets29/58€163k€179k
Stocks and contracts in progress3€26k€25k
Stocks30/36€25k€24k
Contracts in progress37€1k€1k
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€17k€15k
Trade receivables40€8k€8k
Other amounts receivable41€9k€7k
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€120k€137k
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€612€2k
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€194k€206k
Equity10/15€126k€142k
Contributions10/11€62k€62k=
Capital10€62k€62k=
Issued capital100€62k€62k=
Reserves13€64k€80k
Non-distributable reserves130/1€7k€7k=
Legal reserve130€7k€7k=
Distributable reserves133€57k€72k
Amounts payable17/49€68k€65k
Amounts payable within one year42/48€68k€65k
Trade debts44€9k€5k
Suppliers440/4€9k€5k
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€12k€15k
Taxes450/3€3k€8k
Remuneration and social security454/9€8k€7k
Other amounts payable47/48€48k€44k
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3-€21
Income statement Code20242025
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€52k€52k
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€7k€7k
Other operating charges640/8€985€769
Gross operating margin9900€70k€85k
Operating profit (loss)9901€11k€25k
Financial income75/76B€965€903
Recurring financial income75€965€903
Financial charges65/66B€447€916
Recurring financial charges65€447€916
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€11k€25k
Income taxes67/77€3k€5k
Profit (loss) for the period9904€8k€20k
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€8k€20k
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€8k€20k
Transfer from equity791/2€5k-
Transfer to equity691/2€8k€15k
To other reserves6921€8k€15k
Profit to be distributed694/7€5k€5k=
Return on contributions (dividend)694€5k€5k=

The notes to these accounts (5 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

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Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones

Next filing, fiscal year 2026, expected by 31-07-2027
2026
30-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · abbreviated schema · 30 days late
2025
25-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · micro schema
2024
14-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · micro schema · 14 days late
2023
08-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · micro schema
2022
26-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · micro schema
2021
31-12
Financial Highest result since 2018net €22k ▲287%
Net result €22k, the highest in the series.
12-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · micro schema
2020
31-12
Financial Back to profitnet €6k
Net result €6k after 2 loss-making years.
04-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · micro schema · 4 days late
2019
22-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · micro schema · 22 days late
2018
28-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · micro schema
2017
10-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · micro schema
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.

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
Registered office, Pelt · 1 establishment unit since 1992
establishment The establishment unit on the map
Cannot be placed on the map

This address could not be matched to a point in the Belgian address register (BOSA BEST). The address below comes straight from the Crossroads Bank.

Kapelstraat 533900 Pelt
Ground area
582 m²
Parcel 72029B0918/00M000, Flanders. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
VAES NV
Kapelstraat 53, 3900 PeltManufacture of chemicals and chemical products
since 19922.055.827.797
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
72029B0918/00M000 Flanders 582 m² - -
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Methodology
via registered seat: 1
1 of 1 parcel with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.

Similar companies · same sector, comparable size

Of 1,496 companies in sector 31004 we hold annual accounts for 614. 462 are within a factor 10 of this equity.See the whole sector

Company data · Crossroads Bank

Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded31-12-1991
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL
31004Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture
36141
43320Joinery installation
45421
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 34 filingsAddress and cadastre registers

Data from official sources, last processed on 14-09-2026. Scores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.