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Willems Bakeries

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Private limited companyfounded 1965active for 61 yearsNieuwendorpe 33, 9900 Eeklo, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0401.006.413
Summary

Willems Bakeries has been active since 1965 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €88.8m and a net result of €12.2m. Equity is growing by about 45% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 91% of 781 sector peers (NACE 10, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is below 0.1% (very low).

Overview

Activity
Manufacture of rusks, biscuits and preserved pastry goods
NACE 10720
Largest company by total assets in Eeklo, Manufacturing sector2 sites
Size
€104.5mturnover 2025
Staff
167.4 FTE
Equity
€88.8m
Profit
€12.2m
Financial health
98 Excellent Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
< 0.1%
Structure
Parent
LOTUS BAKERIES · 100%
Accounts 74 days early4 of 19 deeds read
Why 98raises riskSector: Manufacture of food products (NACE 10)lowers riskLiquidity: current ratio 4.57, cash €64.5mFounded in 1965Equity €88.8m (83.7% of total assets)Show the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
98 / 100
Excellent
Probability in this band: under 0.55%
Financially better than 83% of its sector peers (NACE 10, medium-sized)
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Strong
Solvency 100=
equity 83.7% of total assets
Liquidity 96=
short-term debt 16.3% · cash 60.9%
Profitability 85-5
return on assets 11.5%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
< 0.1% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

Fewer than 1 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 0.3% (226 companies, NACE 10, medium-sized)
Last 24 months 11-2024: < 0.1%highest value 12-2024: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 11-2024highest value 01-2025: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 12-2024highest value 02-2025: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 01-2025 03-2025: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 02-2025 04-2025: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 03-2025 05-2025: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 04-2025 06-2025: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 05-2025 07-2025: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 06-2025 08-2025: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 07-2025 09-2025: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 08-2025 10-2025: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 09-2025 11-2025: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 10-2025 12-2025: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 12-2025 02-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 01-2026 03-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 03-2026lowest value 05-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 04-2026 06-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 05-2026 07-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 06-2026 08-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 07-2026 09-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 08-2026 10-2026: < 0.1%● unchanged vs 09-2026
Credit of up to €8,650,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 4.57, compared with 4.7 in 2024, above the usual 1.5; short-term debt: 16.3% and cash: 60.9% of total assets), and 16.3% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
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 10, medium-sized): better than 94% on solvency, 99% on liquidity, 90% on profitability and 48% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 17-10-2026 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

Five signals.
lowers riskraises riskneutral
lowers risk · Liquidity: current ratio 4.57, cash €64.5m
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · Sector: Manufacture of food products (NACE 10)
KBO
lowers risk · Founded in 1965
Companies that have existed this long fail less often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
KBO
lowers risk · Equity €88.8m (83.7% of total assets)
NBB · annual accounts
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due by 31-07-2026 and was filed on 18-05-2026, 74 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
74 days early
2024
66 days early
2023
62 days early
2022
70 days early
2021
69 days early
2020
60 days early
2019
77 days early
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 7 accounts on average 68 days before the deadline; the sector median (NACE 10) for financial year 2024 is 4 days before the deadline, and 38% of those companies filed late.

Searched, nothing found (2)
neutral · Next filing not due yet
The next financial year closes on 31-12-2026 and is due by 31-07-2027. Nothing is late today. The company usually files around 23 May (5 of the last 5 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
18-10-2026 today31-12-2026 year end31-07-2027 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
Searched since 2021.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. Amendment of the articles · Legal-form…Name change
  2. Resignation: Grymonpré Pieter (director)Appointment: Maes Jeroen (director) ·…
  3. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2025 · full…

Key points

  • Positive: Largest company by total assets in Eeklo, Manufacturing sectorin the Checked rankings No. 1 View
  • Caution: Board changedlatest change 25-06-2026 · 1 in office 1 joined · 1 left View
  • Positive: Filed on time since financial year 2018accounts within the deadline every year 8 years View
  • Positive: 8 profitable years in a rowprofit 2025: €12.2m 8 years View
  • Controlled by LOTUS BAKERIES 100% View
  • Active since 1965founded 13-01-1965 61 years View

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Financials

Financial year
2025
Turnover
€104.5m
Profit
€12.2m
Solvency
83.7%
Turnover▼ 2.2%
Net result
20182025
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Timeline

Events
57
Since
1978
Next accounts
by 31-07-2027
  1. 15-07-2025Appointment: Deloitte Bedrijfsrevisoren (statutory auditor)
  2. 26-05-2025Annual accounts filed
  3. 31-12-2024Highest result from 2018 to 2025
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Company details

Sites
2
Legal form
Private limited company
Activity
Manufacture of rusks, biscuits and preserved pastry goodsNACE 10720
Founded
13-01-1965
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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