van Houtum

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Private limited companyfounded 20206 yrs activeGenelaar 3, 2450 Meerhout, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0751.666.955

van Houtum has been active since 2020 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2024 annual accounts show equity of €47k and a net result of €45k. Equity is growing by ~61.2% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 34% of 19904 sector peers (fiscal year 2024). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.2% (very low).

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Checked score

Score 2024

91 / 100

Excellent▼ -9 vs 2023

The score combines four axes. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.

Axes · tick = 2023

Profitability100=

Solvency92▼-7

Growth78=

Stability100

Bankruptcy probability, 12 months

0.2% Very low

0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

Credit up to €5k at 30 days acceptable

Liquidity ample (current ratio 1.89 against 4.25 in 2023), but 50.4% of the assets are financed with debt.

How do we compute the score and the probability?

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Signals

Four signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.

−lowers risk+raises risk○neutral

Lower-failure-rate sector

In this sector companies fail less often than the Belgian average.

Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 86

Relative position

BE, all sectors

reference

Sector 86

lower

← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →

Limited track record

This company has not been active as long as an established one and statistically fails somewhat more often.

KBO · incorporation date

Age against the risk zone

Latest accounts filed on time

The financial year that closed on 31-12-2024 was due by 31-07-2025 and was filed on 24-06-2025, 37 days ahead of the deadline.

NBB · 5 filings

Deviation from the deadline

2025

not confirmed

2024

37 d early

2023

35 d early

2022

34 d early

2021

44 d early

2020

40 d early

← before the deadline after the deadline →

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 2024, micro schema

Equity

€47k▼ 52.1%

2023 · €98k

2020: €7k 2021: €38k 2022: €66k 2023: €98k

2020 → 2024

Total assets

€94k▼ 41.6%

2023 · €161k

2020: €35k 2021: €72k 2022: €153k 2023: €161k

2020 → 2024

Net result

€45k▲ 42.3%

2023 · €31k

2020: €4k 2021: €33k 2022: €28k 2023: €31k

2020 → 2024

Working capital

€16k▼ 74.0%

2023 · €60k

2020: €308 2021: €30k 2022: €21k 2023: €60k

2020 → 2024

Multi-year overview

Every figure with its change against the year before

▲ rise ▼ fall

Line20202021202220232024Trend

Equity€7k-€38k▲ 487%€66k▲ 72.0%€98k▲ 47.3%€47k▼ 52.1%

Operating result€6k-€42k▲ 630%€37k▼ 12.3%€42k▲ 13.6%€58k▲ 36.9%

Net result€4k-€33k▲ 651%€28k▼ 12.9%€31k▲ 9.9%€45k▲ 42.3%

Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the micro schema does not require them.

Result per fiscal year

Operating resultNet result

After the dip in 2022 the operating result has climbed two years in a row; 2024 is 37% above 2023 and is the highest year so far.

Balance-sheet composition

2024 in colour, 2023 as the grey bar beneath

Assets €94k

64.9%

35.1%

Fixed assets €61k▼ 26.4%

Current assets €33k▼ 57.8%

Equity and liabilities €94k

49.6%

50.4%

Equity €47k▼ 52.1%

Debt €47k▼ 25.7%

The debt ratio rises from 39.6% to 50.4%: equity shrinks faster than debt is paid down.

Key figures and ratios

2024 value · change against 2023

EBITDA

€79k▲

2023 · €64k

Cash flow

€67k▲

2023 · €54k

Solvency

49.6%▼

2023 · 60.4%

Current ratio

1.89▼

2023 · 4.25

Quick ratio

1.89▼

2023 · 4.25

Debt / equity

1.02▲

2023 · 0.65

ROE

95.4%▲

2023 · 32.1%

ROA

47.3%▲

2023 · 19.4%

Interest coverage

36.12▲

2023 · 23.20

Debt

€47k▼

2023 · €64k

Debt ≤ 1 year

€17k▼

2023 · €18k

Debt > 1 year

€30k▼

2023 · €45k

Income taxes

€11k▲

2023 · €8k

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 · 2024 against 2023

Balance sheet Code20232024

Assets

Total assets20/58€161k€94k▼

Fixed assets21/28€83k€61k▼

Tangible fixed assets22/27€83k€61k▼

Plant, machinery and equipment23€10k€7k▼

Furniture and vehicles24€73k€54k▼

Current assets29/58€78k€33k▼

Amounts receivable within one year40/41€19k€13k▼

Trade receivables40€0€4k▲

Other amounts receivable41€19k€9k▼

Cash at bank and in hand54/58€58k€19k▼

Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€1k€1k▼

Equity and liabilities

Total equity and liabilities10/49€161k€94k▼

Equity10/15€98k€47k▼

Contributions10/11€3k€3k=

Reserves13€95k€44k▼

Distributable reserves133€95k€44k▼

Profit (loss) carried forward14€0€0=

Amounts payable17/49€64k€47k▼

Amounts payable after more than one year17€45k€30k▼

Financial debts170/4€45k€30k▼

Amounts payable within one year42/48€18k€17k▼

Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€15k€15k▲

Trade debts44€846€280▼

Suppliers440/4€846€280▼

Taxes, remuneration and social security45€3k€867▼

Taxes450/3€3k€867▼

Other amounts payable47/48€0€859▲

Income statement Code20232024

Non-recurring operating income76A€0-

Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€22k€22k▼

Other operating charges640/8€3k€753▼

Gross operating margin9900€67k€80k▲

Operating profit (loss)9901€42k€58k▲

Financial income75/76B€462€719▲

Recurring financial income75€462€719▲

Financial charges65/66B€3k€2k▼

Recurring financial charges65€3k€2k▼

Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€40k€56k▲

Income taxes67/77€8k€11k▲

Profit (loss) for the period9904€31k€45k▲

Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€31k€45k▲

Appropriation of the result

Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€31k€45k▲

Transfer from equity791/2-€95k

Transfer to equity691/2€31k€44k▲

To other reserves6921€31k€44k▲

Profit to be distributed694/7€0€95k▲

Return on contributions (dividend)694€0€95k▲

The notes to these accounts (6 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

All 8Financial 3Filings 5

2025

24-06

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2024 · micro schema

2024

31-12

Financial Highest result since 2020net €45k ▲42.3%

Operating result €58k, net result €45k, both a record.

26-06

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2023 · micro schema

2023

31-12

Financial Liquidity doublescurrent ratio 4.25

Current ratio from 1.78 to 4.25; short-term debt falls from €27k to €18k.

27-06

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2022 · micro schema

2022

17-06

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2021 · micro schema

2021

31-12

Financial Liquidity doublescurrent ratio 2.15

Current ratio from 1.02 to 2.15.

21-06

NBB filing Annual accounts filed

fiscal year 2020 · micro schema

Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.

Directors · office · real estate

Directors

3 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, Meerhout · 1 establishment unit since 2020

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.

Genelaar 32450 Meerhout

Ground area

2,181 m²

Building footprint

117 m²

Volume, LiDAR

579 m³

Parcel 13462C1442/00B000, Flanders · tallest building 8.5 m, ±2 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.

1 establishment unit

van Houtum

Genelaar 3, 2450 MeerhoutManufacture of chemicals and chemical products

since 20202.305.409.391

1 parcel

Flanders 1 (100%)

Parcel (capakey)	Region	Area	Buildings	Height / fl.
13462C1442/00B000	Flanders	2,180 m²	1 · 116 m²	8.5 m · 2 fl.

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.

Public money · subsidies and aid

Flemish government

2025 · 1 entry · 1,140 EUR awarded · 1,140 EUR paid

Year	Entries	awarded	paid
2025	1	1,140 EUR	1,140 EUR

Schemes

Subsidie voor opleiding en advies voor kmo's en zelfstandigen (kmo-portefeuille)

1 entry · 1,140 EUR · 1,140 EUR paid · Fonds voor Innoveren en Ondernemen

Similar companies · same sector, comparable size

Merelbeke-Melle · Eq €46k

Welkenraedt · Eq €46k

Of 10,458 companies in sector 86995 we hold annual accounts for 883. 676 are within a factor 10 of this equity.See the whole sector

Company data · Crossroads Bank

Identification

Legal formPrivate limited company

Founded31-07-2020

Fiscal year end31-12

Activities, NACEBEL

86909Human health activities

86995Nutrition and dietetics services

Sources

Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 5 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.