VAN BORM
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VAN BORM has been active since 1990 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €212,172 and a net result of €13,669. Equity has been growing by about 8.3% per year since 2019. Its solvency ranks better than 95% of 22,726 sector peers (NACE 47, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.1% (very low).
Overview
Overview
Official details
Source: KBO- Status
- Active since 30-10-1990 Normal situation
- Activity
- Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses NACE 47742
- Establishment unit
- 2.050.335.025 9200 Dendermonde, since 20-11-1990
- Financial year end
- 30 September
- Peppol
- Reachable since 03-10-2025
Financial position
- Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
- 0.1%
- Gross margin
- €56,918
- ▲ 13.6%
- Turnover
- ≈ €280,000
- estimated
- Profit
- €13,669
- ▼ 53.7%
- Equity
- €212,172
- ▲ 6.9%
- Total assets
- €231,280
- ▲ 11.8%
Score breakdownraises riskSector: Retail trade (NACE 47)lowers riskLiquidity: current ratio 9.21, cash €59,679Founded in 1990Equity €212,172 (91.7% of total assets)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 47, micro). It does better than 92% of them on solvency, 86% on liquidity, 64% on profitability and 55% on growth.
The bankruptcy probability was computed on 01-11-2026 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.
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 7 accounts on average 4 days after the deadline. In the sector (NACE 47), the median for financial year 2024 was on the deadline day, and 47% of those companies filed late.
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Financials
Financials · financial year 2025, micro format
Annual accounts 2025 filed on 29-04-2026 PDF all 34 filings
2021 to 2025, 5 financial years 2019 to 2025, 7 financial years
The operating result for 2025 is 54% lower than in 2024 and the lowest since 2021.
Turnover is what the company sold, the result is what was left of it. A loss stands below the zero line.
Assets, equity and debt per financial year.
Above zero, the company can pay its short-term debts with what it holds in the short term.
The EBIT margin is the share of each euro of turnover left from operations. The return on assets is what the assets earn.
The higher the solvency, the better the company absorbs a setback.
A ratio above 1 means the short-term assets cover the short-term debts.
Use the arrow keys on the chart for the figures per year.
The sector band is the middle half of the companies in Retail trade (NACE 47). A quarter of them sit below it, a quarter above. Each year counts only accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30. The dashed line is the median. There is a sector band for net result, equity, total assets, working capital, solvency, current ratio and return on assets (ROA).
Securities and guarantees
| Item | 30-09-2021 | 30-09-2022 | 30-09-2023 | 30-09-2024 | 30-09-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortgages, amount registered | €136,341 | €136,341 | - | - | - |
| Carrying value of the mortgaged assets | €53,323 | €52,524 | - | - | - |
Source: notes to the 2021 to 2025 annual accounts (statement of debts and off-balance-sheet rights and commitments)
Investments
| Item | 30-09-2021 | 30-09-2022 | 30-09-2023 | 30-09-2024 | 30-09-2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tangible fixed assets | - | - | - | - | €1,052 |
| Depreciation and write-downs of the year | €11,969 | €7,037 | €3,370 | €3,210 | €2,420 |
Source: notes to the 2021 to 2025 annual accounts (statement of fixed assets)
Subsidies and aid
Flemish government
2024 · 1 entry · €2,000 awarded · €2,000 paidComparable companies
These companies have the same main activity as VAN BORM: retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses (NACE 47742). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €191,000 and €276,000, founded between 1985 and 1993.
| Company | Founded | Total assets | Equity | Gross margin | Turnover | Net result | Financial year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAN BORM Dendermonde | 1990 | €231,280 | €212,172 | €56,918 | - | €13,669 | 2025 |
| OPTIEK DE FERM Brasschaat | 1989 | €246,753 | €169,598 | €55,300 | - | €521 | 2025 |
| OPTIQUE FURNAL Les Bons Villers | 1987 | €225,202 | €100,551 | €61,792 | €328,587 | -€5,907 | 2025 |
| LA BOUTIQUE PHOTO Ukkel | 1985 | €236,898 | €61,274 | €62,671 | - | €10,889 | 2025 |
| Opticien VANDIEST Sint-Genesius-Rode | 1989 | €275,020 | €249,894 | €61,981 | - | €19,777 | 2025 |
| OPTIC 2012 Antwerpen | 1989 | €275,822 | €264,072 | €52,609 | - | €29,464 | 2025 |
| COBALT OPTICAL FRAMES Hamme (Vl.) | 1993 | €191,033 | €180,271 | €55,788 | - | €23,493 | 2025 |
They were chosen from the 1,186 other active companies with that main activity and annual accounts from the past two years. All companies with this main activity
Companies with the same profile, two years later
Historical observationIn July 2024, 31,368 companies had the same profile as VAN BORM has now. Two years later, 0.5% had gone bankrupt and 93.5% were still going.
- Micro
- 20 years or older
- solvency 30% or more
- a profit of 5% of the balance sheet or more
Another 0.1% stopped without a precise date, possibly only after those two years.
That fits the bankruptcy probability of VAN BORM itself: 0.1% within 12 months.
Test of the method
The method was tested on the 497,445 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 31,368 companies, not a prediction for VAN BORM. 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.
| Line | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630 | €18,977 | €17,149 | €11,969 | €7,037 | €3,370 | €3,210 | €2,420 | ▼ 24.6% |
| Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | €31,504 | - |
| Other operating charges640/8 | - | - | €2,183 | €2,581 | €2,496 | €2,422 | €2,495 | ▲ 3.0% |
| Gross operating margin9900 | €57,198 | €43,322 | €52,304 | €41,659 | €39,949 | €50,122 | €56,918 | ▲ 13.6% |
| Operating profit (loss)9901 | €36,694 | €24,121 | €38,153 | €32,041 | €34,082 | €44,491 | €20,499 | ▼ 53.9% |
| Financial income75/76B | - | - | €701 | €618 | €1,451 | €1,196 | €1,862 | ▲ 55.7% |
| Recurring financial income75 | €480 | €424 | €401 | €618 | €1,451 | €1,196 | €1,862 | ▲ 55.7% |
| Non-recurring financial income76B | - | - | €300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Financial charges65/66B | - | - | €2,758 | €2,319 | €1,627 | €1,642 | €1,909 | ▲ 16.3% |
| Recurring financial charges65 | €8,403 | €3,952 | €2,758 | €2,319 | €1,627 | €1,642 | €1,909 | ▲ 16.3% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903 | €28,772 | €27,793 | €36,096 | €30,339 | €33,906 | €44,045 | €20,452 | ▼ 53.6% |
| Income taxes67/77 | €2,527 | €3,084 | €5,084 | €3,473 | €6,290 | €14,538 | €6,783 | ▼ 53.3% |
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €26,244 | €24,709 | €31,012 | €26,866 | €27,616 | €29,507 | €13,669 | ▼ 53.7% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905 | €26,244 | €24,709 | €31,012 | €26,866 | €27,616 | €29,507 | €13,669 | ▼ 53.7% |
| Line | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assets | ||||||||
| Total assets20/58 | €232,315 | €214,007 | €194,432 | €201,689 | €190,198 | €206,915 | €231,280 | ▲ 11.8% |
| Fixed assets21/28 | €95,322 | €82,191 | €70,222 | €63,185 | €59,815 | €56,605 | €55,236 | ▼ 2.4% |
| Tangible fixed assets22/27 | €95,322 | €82,191 | €70,222 | €63,185 | €59,815 | €56,605 | €55,236 | ▼ 2.4% |
| Land and buildings22 | - | - | €53,323 | €52,524 | €51,734 | €50,944 | €50,944 | = |
| Plant, machinery and equipment23 | - | - | €16,899 | €10,661 | €8,081 | €5,661 | €4,293 | ▼ 24.2% |
| Current assets29/58 | €136,994 | €131,816 | €124,210 | €138,504 | €130,384 | €150,311 | €176,043 | ▲ 17.1% |
| Stocks and contracts in progress3 | €107,067 | €109,579 | €99,222 | €99,935 | €97,809 | €101,306 | €55,852 | ▼ 44.9% |
| Stocks30/36 | - | - | €99,222 | €99,935 | €97,809 | €101,306 | €55,852 | ▼ 44.9% |
| Amounts receivable within one year40/41 | €51 | €1,200 | - | €26,277 | €17,066 | €32,594 | €58,153 | ▲ 78.4% |
| Other amounts receivable41 | - | - | - | €26,277 | €17,066 | €32,594 | €58,153 | ▲ 78.4% |
| Cash at bank and in hand54/58 | €27,053 | €14,422 | €22,836 | €10,110 | €13,335 | €14,264 | €59,679 | ▲ 318% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income490/1 | - | - | €2,152 | €2,182 | €2,173 | €2,146 | €2,359 | ▲ 9.9% |
| Equity and liabilities | ||||||||
| Total equity and liabilities10/49 | €232,315 | €214,007 | €194,432 | €201,689 | €190,198 | €206,915 | €231,280 | ▲ 11.8% |
| Equity10/15 | €129,494 | €142,203 | €155,215 | €164,081 | €168,996 | €198,503 | €212,172 | ▲ 6.9% |
| Contributions10/11 | €11,163 | - | €11,163 | €11,163 | €11,163 | €11,163 | €11,163 | = |
| Reserves13 | €35,787 | €48,487 | €61,487 | €70,287 | €75,187 | €104,687 | €118,356 | ▲ 13.1% |
| Non-distributable reserves130/1 | - | - | €3,787 | €3,787 | - | - | - | - |
| Reserves not available under the articles1311 | - | - | €3,787 | €3,787 | - | - | - | - |
| Tax-exempt reserves132 | - | - | €12,500 | €12,500 | €12,500 | €12,500 | €12,500 | = |
| Distributable reserves133 | - | - | €45,200 | €54,000 | €62,687 | €92,187 | €105,856 | ▲ 14.8% |
| Profit (loss) carried forward14 | €82,543 | €82,552 | €82,564 | €82,631 | €82,646 | €82,653 | €82,653 | = |
| Amounts payable17/49 | €102,822 | €71,804 | €39,218 | €37,608 | €21,202 | €8,412 | €19,107 | ▲ 127% |
| Amounts payable after more than one year17 | €15,249 | €9,267 | €3,132 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Financial debts170/4 | - | - | €3,132 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Amounts payable within one year42/48 | €81,745 | €60,444 | €35,484 | €37,555 | €21,202 | €8,412 | €19,107 | ▲ 127% |
| Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42 | - | - | €6,433 | €3,132 | - | - | - | - |
| Trade debts44 | €5,049 | €19,182 | €3,040 | €13,332 | €5,880 | €3,012 | €11,404 | ▲ 279% |
| Suppliers440/4 | - | - | €3,040 | €13,332 | €5,880 | €3,012 | €11,404 | ▲ 279% |
| Advances received on contracts in progress46 | - | - | - | - | - | €850 | €850 | = |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security45 | - | - | €3,964 | €3,092 | €3,321 | €4,550 | €6,854 | ▲ 50.6% |
| Taxes450/3 | - | - | €3,964 | €3,092 | €3,321 | €4,550 | €6,854 | ▲ 50.6% |
| Other amounts payable47/48 | - | - | €22,047 | €18,000 | €12,000 | - | - | - |
| Accrued charges and deferred income492/3 | - | - | €602 | €53 | - | - | - | - |
| Line | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profit (loss) for the period9904 | €26,244 | €24,709 | €31,012 | €26,866 | €27,616 | €29,507 | €13,669 | ▼ 53.7% |
| + Depreciation and write-downs630 | €18,977 | €17,149 | €11,969 | €7,037 | €3,370 | €3,210 | €2,420 | ▼ 24.6% |
| Operating cash flow (approximation) | €45,221 | €41,858 | €42,981 | €33,903 | €30,986 | €32,717 | €16,089 | ▼ 50.8% |
| Investment in fixed assets (approximation) | - | -€4,018 | €0 | €0 | €0 | €0 | -€1,052 | - |
| Change in cash | - | -€12,631 | €8,414 | -€12,726 | €3,225 | €929 | €45,415 | ▲ 49× |
A Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement. These rows are therefore an approximation, derived from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.
Latest 10 of 34 filings with the National Bank
| Financial year | Type | Filed | Reference | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-09-2025 | micro format | 29-04-2026 | 2026-00093519 | |
| 30-09-2024 | micro format | 15-05-2025 | 2025-00094839 | |
| 30-09-2023 | micro format | 18-04-2024 | 2024-00065389 | |
| 30-09-2022 | micro format | 28-04-2023 | 2023-00077830 | |
| 30-09-2021 | micro format | 28-04-2022 | 2022-20016414 | |
| 30-09-2020 | micro format | 29-04-2021 | 2021-12700039 | |
| 30-09-2019 | micro format | 29-05-2020 | 2020-13800174 | |
| 30-09-2018 | micro format | 18-04-2019 | 2019-10400156 | |
| 30-09-2017 | micro format | 04-04-2018 | 2018-09200297 | |
| 30-09-2016 | abbreviated format | 05-04-2017 | 2017-09000070 |
Board & ownership
Directors
Owners and capital
Capital transactions
- 04-07-2023 Converted to unavailable equity
- 04-07-2023 Converted to available equity
Mandate history
- Board
- began earlier
| Name | Functions and periods |
|---|---|
| Vincent LUTGENS |
|
| VAN BORM Stefan Hendrik August |
|
Network & group
VAN BORM shares no director with another company.
Connections & network
1 current directorThe network starts from the directors of VAN BORM. Every other company they run is a node.
Timeline
Acts, filings and financial milestones
29-12
Gazette deed
Resignation: Stefan VAN BORM (statutory director)Director discharge · Power of attorney4 points ▸
- Director resignation, Stefan VAN BORM (statutory director)
- Director discharge, Stefan VAN BORM
- Other provision, “bestuurder, bezoldiging bestuurder” (deed in Dutch)
- Power of attorney, Sophie VAN dER BIEST
11-02
Gazette deed
Appointment: Vincent LUTGENS (director)2 points ▸
- General meeting, 02-01-2025
- Director appointment, Vincent LUTGENS (director (not named in the articles))
04-07
Gazette deed
Change of role: VAN BORM Stefan Hendrik August, from statutair zaakvoerder van bvba to statutory directorAmendment of the articles · Capital conversion · Capital11 points ▸
- Director appointment, VAN BORM Stefan Hendrik August (statutory director), mentioned 2 times in the deed
- General meeting, 29-06-2023
- Amendment of the articles, mentioned 2 times in the deed
- Capital conversion, “statutair onbeschikbare eigen vermogensrekening” (deed in Dutch)
- Capital conversion, “beschikbaar voor uitkering” (deed in Dutch)
- Capital
- Power of attorney, Sophie VAN dER BIEST
- Director resignation, VAN BORM Stefan Hendrik August (statutair zaakvoerder van bvba)
- Director appointment, VAN BORM Stefan Hendrik August (statutair bestuurder van bv)
- Director discharge, VAN BORM Stefan Hendrik August (statutory manager)
- Registered office clause, “9200 Dendermonde,Brusselsestraat 70” (deed in Dutch)
Show earlier events
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
Codes under NACEBEL 2003
Text of the purpose
“Kleinhandel in optische artikelen en apparaten, precisie- en laboratorium-instrumenten alsmede het onderhoud en de herstelling ervan; alle activiteiten die kaderen in het beroep van opticien-brillenmaker, en dit in de meest uitgebreide zin van het woord.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42006D0206/00Z000 | Flanders | 150 m² | 1 · 80 m² | 12.6 m · 2 |