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WH Smith Belgium

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Private limited companyfounded 2022active for 4 yearsPosthofbrug 10, 2600 Antwerpen, Belgium24 active companies are registered at this addressKBO/BCE: BE 0790.287.902
Summary

The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of WH Smith Belgium is 4.5% (elevated). The 2025 annual accounts show negative equity (-€4.1m) and a net result of -€1.5m. Equity is shrinking by about 53% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 5% of 4,942 sector peers (NACE 47, financial year 2025). The company has been active since 2022 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals.

Overview

Activity
Retail trade
NACE 47610Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals NACE 47621
6 sites
Size
€15.9mturnover 2025
Staff
50.1 FTE
Equity
-€4.1m
Loss
-€1.5m
Financial health
35 Weak Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
4.5%
Structure
Parent
WH Smith Travel Limited · 100%
Accounts on time2 of 3 deeds read
Why 35raises riskLiquidity: current ratio 0.35, cash €116,765Negative equity -€4.1mLoss of €1.5m, the second in a row (financial year 2025)lowers riskFounded in 2022Show the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
35 / 100
Weak
Probability in this band: 4.2% to 15.0%
Financially better than 5% of its sector peers (NACE 47, medium-sized)
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Weak
Solvency 0=
equity -92.7% of total assets
Liquidity 3-2
short-term debt 180.9% · cash 2.6%
Profitability 3+3
return on assets -33.8%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
4.5% Elevated
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

About 5 in 100 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 0.5% (384 companies, NACE 47, medium-sized)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 3.8% 12-2024: 3.7%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 11-2024 01-2025: 3.7%● unchanged vs 12-2024lowest value 02-2025: 3.9%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 01-2025 03-2025: 4.1%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 02-2025 04-2025: 5.0%▲ +0.9 percentage points vs 03-2025 05-2025: 8.0%▲ +3.0 percentage points vs 04-2025 06-2025: 8.0%● unchanged vs 05-2025 07-2025: 8.0%● unchanged vs 06-2025 08-2025: 8.0%● unchanged vs 07-2025 09-2025: 8.0%● unchanged vs 08-2025 10-2025: 8.0%● unchanged vs 09-2025 11-2025: 7.8%▼ -0.2 percentage points vs 10-2025 12-2025: 7.8%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: 7.7%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 12-2025 02-2026: 7.9%▲ +0.2 percentage points vs 01-2026 03-2026: 8.0%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 02-2026 04-2026: 8.8%▲ +0.8 percentage points vs 03-2026highest value 05-2026: 4.6%▼ -4.2 percentage points vs 04-2026 06-2026: 4.6%● unchanged vs 05-2026 07-2026: 4.6%● unchanged vs 06-2026 08-2026: 4.6%● unchanged vs 07-2026 09-2026: 4.6%● unchanged vs 08-2026 10-2026: 4.5%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 09-2026
No credit on open account
Liquidity insufficient (current ratio 0.35, compared with 0.37 in 2024, below 1; short-term debt: 180.9% and cash: 2.6% of total assets), and equity is negative.
How it is calculated

The band follows from the bankruptcy probability, on a scale where 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, medium-sized): better than 2% on solvency, 7% on liquidity, 4% on profitability and 7% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 16-10-2026 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. Negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special status in the KBO, one missing filing or accounts filed more than 90 days late hold it at Fair at most (59); two missing filings, at Weak (44). An ongoing judicial reorganisation or the company's end (bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation) holds it at Critical at most (24).

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Signals

Six signals.
lowers riskraises riskneutral
raises risk · Liquidity: current ratio 0.35, cash €116,765
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Negative equity -€4.1m
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Loss of €1.5m, the second in a row (financial year 2025)
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Founded in 2022
Companies that have existed this long fail less often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
KBO
raises risk · Negative equity
The 2025 annual accounts show negative equity and a net loss.
NBB · annual accounts 2025
Equity per financial year
232425
2023 to 2025 · latest year -€4.1m
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-08-2025 was due by 31-03-2026 and was filed on 31-03-2026, 0 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 3 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
on the day
2024
365 days late
2023
27 days early
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 3 accounts on average 113 days after the deadline; the sector median (NACE 47) for financial year 2024 is on the deadline day, and 47% of those companies filed late.

Searched, nothing found (2)
neutral · Next filing not due yet
The financial year that closed on 31-08-2026 is due by 31-03-2027. Nothing is late today. The company usually files around 31 March (3 of the last 3 filed years within 365 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
31-08-2026 year end16-10-2026 today31-03-2027 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
Searched since incorporation in 2022.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. MiscellaneousDeclaration · Capital contribution ·…
  2. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2025 · full…
  3. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2024 · abbreviated…

Key points

  • Risk: Negative equityfinancial year 2025: debts exceed assets -€4.1m View
  • Risk: 3 loss-making years in a rowloss financial year 2025 -€1.5m View
  • Caution: Among the weakest 5% on solvencysector median 36.2% · 4,942 companies -92.7% View
  • Caution: Equity fell in 2025from -€2.6m to -€4.1m ▼ 57.4% View
  • Controlled by WH Smith Travel Limited 100% View

By topic

Financials

Financial year
2025
Turnover
€15.9m
Loss
-€1.5m
Solvency
-92.7%
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Timeline

Events
6
Since
2024
Next accounts
by 31-03-2027
  1. 31-08-2025Weakest financial year
  2. 01-04-2025Resignation: Robert Moorhead (director)
  3. 04-03-2024Annual accounts filed
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Company details

Sites
6
Legal form
Private limited company
Activity
Retail tradeNACE 47610
Founded
31-08-2022
Year ends
31-08
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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