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Zero Waste Europe

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Int'l non-profit associationfounded 2015active for 11 yearsHandelsstraat 31, 1000 Brussel, Belgium64 active companies are registered at this addressKBO/BCE: BE 0597.908.295
Summary

The annual accounts of Zero Waste Europe for financial year 2025 show a net loss of 50% of the equity at the start of that year. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €230,869 and a net result of -€234,515. Equity is growing by about 31% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 9% of 317 sector peers (NACE 94, financial year 2025). The association has been active since 2015 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency signals. The CBE does carry 1 administrative register entry (see administrative flags). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is below 0.1% (very low).

Financials · financial year 2025, abbreviated format

Turnover
€93,900▼ 42.7%
2024 · €163,914
EBIT margin
Not meaningful: turnover is only a small part of operating income
Net result
-€234,515
2024 · €87,639
Working capital
€2.2m▼ 36.4%
2024 · €3.4m
Trend over the years

2021 to 2025, 5 financial years 2018 to 2025, 8 financial years

The operating result turns negative in 2025: a loss of €201,476 after €95,277 in 2024, the lowest result in the available series.

What the company sold each financial year and what was left of it. A loss stands below the zero line.

Turnover€0.09m 2025 Operating result-€0.2m 2025 Net result-€0.2m 2025

Use the arrow keys on the chart for the figures per year.

Sector: the middle half of NACE 94, Activities of membership organisations: a quarter of companies sit below it, a quarter above. Each year compared with accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30. Dashed line: the median. Available for Net result, Equity, Total assets, Working capital, Solvency, Current ratio, Return on assets (ROA), Staff (FTE).

Every figure with its change against the financial year before
favourable unfavourable
Line20182019202020212022202320242025
Turnover€0.01m€0.05m▲ 300%€0.2m▲ 224%€0.09m▼ 42.7%
Operating result€0.02m-€0.04m▲ 126%€0.09m▲ 121%€0.1m▲ 10.0%€0.07m▼ 24.1%€0.08m▲ 7.0%€0.1m▲ 23.2%-€0.2m
Net result€0.02m-€0.04m▲ 100%€0.08mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 107%€0.09mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 10.5%€0.07mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 25.1%€0.07mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 7.3%€0.09mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 19.2%-€0.2mbelow the sector's middle half
Equity€0.02m-€0.06m▲ 187%€0.1mbelow the sector's middle half▲ 135%€0.2mbelow the sector's middle half▲ 63.5%€0.3mbelow the sector's middle half▲ 29.1%€0.4mbelow the sector's middle half▲ 24.2%€0.5mbelow the sector's middle half▲ 23.2%€0.2mbelow the sector's middle half▼ 50.4%
Total assets€0.9m-€1.4m▲ 56.5%€3.5mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 147%€4.2mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 21.5%€4.3mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 2.2%€5.2mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 20.2%€4.7mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 10.3%€2.8mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 39.6%
Debt€0.9m-€1.3m▲ 53.4%€3.3m▲ 147%€4.0m▲ 19.7%€4.0m▲ 0.6%€4.8m▲ 19.9%€4.2m▼ 13.0%€2.6m▼ 38.4%
Working capital€0.6m-€1.1m▲ 83.9%€2.5mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 133%€3.4mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 35.5%€3.1mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 6.7%€3.8mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 22.7%€3.4mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 11.5%€2.2mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 36.4%
Solvency2.4%-4.4%▲ 2.0pp4.1%below the sector's middle half▼ 0.2pp5.6%below the sector's middle half▲ 1.4pp7.1%below the sector's middle half▲ 1.5pp7.3%below the sector's middle half▲ 0.2pp10.0%below the sector's middle half▲ 2.7pp8.2%below the sector's middle half▼ 1.8pp
Current ratio2.90-4.25▲ 1.363.54within the sector's middle half▼ 0.715.01within the sector's middle half▲ 1.473.72within the sector's middle half▼ 1.293.96within the sector's middle half▲ 0.243.78within the sector's middle half▼ 0.184.50within the sector's middle half▲ 0.72
Return on assets (ROA)2.2%-2.8%▲ 0.6pp2.4%within the sector's middle half▼ 0.5pp2.2%within the sector's middle half▼ 0.2pp1.6%within the sector's middle half▼ 0.6pp1.4%within the sector's middle half▼ 0.2pp1.9%within the sector's middle half▲ 0.5pp-8.4%below the sector's middle half▼ 10.2pp
Staff (FTE)9-12▲ 33.3%16.1within the sector's middle half▲ 34.2%21.2within the sector's middle half▲ 31.7%24.9within the sector's middle half▲ 17.5%23.9within the sector's middle half▼ 4.0%23.9within the sector's middle half=21.9within the sector's middle half▼ 8.4%
above within below the middle half of NACE 94, Activities of membership organisations: a quarter of companies sit below it, a quarter above. Each year compared with accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €2.8m
Fixed assets €20,780 ▲ 15.3%
Current assets €2.8m ▼ 39.8%
Equity and liabilities €2.8m
Equity €230,869 ▼ 50.4%
Debt €2.6m ▼ 38.4%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 90.0% to 91.8%. Equity and debt are lower.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
-€197,319▼
2024 · €101,139
Cash flow
-€230,358▼
2024 · €93,500
Debt to equity
11.16▲
2024 · 8.99
ROE
-101.6%▼
2024 · 18.8%
Interest coverage
-5.00▼
2024 · 12.41
Debt ≤ 1 year
€619,007▼
2024 · €1.2m
Staff costs
€1.8m▼
2024 · €1.9m
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.

Peer companies

Historical observation

Of the 912 companies that looked in July 2024 the way this one looks now, 2.4% went bankrupt within 24 months and 95% are still going.

  • Small
  • 10 to 20 years old
  • solvency under 10%
  • a small loss
2.4% went bankrupt
2.1% stopped otherwise
95% still going

A further 0.2% stopped, but we cannot tell whether within those 24 months.

For this company itself Checked computes a lower bankruptcy probability: < 0.1% over twelve months. The score reads more about this company than the group's four characteristics; both figures are right about what they measure.

How reliable is this rule?

Tested on the year before, without using that year itself: the groups of July 2023 gave each of the 497,468 companies of July 2024 its group's bankruptcy share. Expected: 1.6%; actually bankrupt within 24 months: 1.7%.

The companies in ten equal groups, from lowest to highest expected share.
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% 1.0%
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%

The rule ranks well: a company that went bankrupt got a higher share than one that kept going in 74% of comparisons. The level follows the economy: in a year with more bankruptcies, the actual share is higher than the year before.

An observation about 912 comparable companies, not a prediction for this company. The sector does not count: the register keeps no sector for companies that stopped, so it would make the outcome look better than it was.

Annual accounts
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2025 against 2024 · 47 lines
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€4.7m€2.8m▼
Fixed assets21/28€0.02m€0.02m▲
Tangible fixed assets22/27€0.005m€0.008m▲
Furniture and vehicles24€0.005m€0.008m▲
Financial fixed assets28€0.01m€0.01m=
Current assets29/58€4.6m€2.8m▼
Amounts receivable after more than one year29€0.08m€0.05m▼
Trade receivables290€0-
Other amounts receivable291€0.08m€0.05m▼
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€3.1m€1.8m▼
Trade receivables40€0.08m€0.08m▼
Other amounts receivable41€3.0m€1.7m▼
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€1.4m€1.0m▼
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€0.01m€0.03m▲
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€4.7m€2.8m▼
Equity10/15€0.5m€0.2m▼
Contributions10/11€50€50=
Capital10€50€50=
Reserves13€0.5m€0.5m=
Profit (loss) carried forward14--€0.2m
Amounts payable17/49€4.2m€2.6m▼
Amounts payable within one year42/48€1.2m€0.6m▼
Trade debts44€0.04m€0.04m▲
Suppliers440/4€0.04m€0.04m▲
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€0.2m€0.2m▲
Remuneration and social security454/9€0.2m€0.2m▲
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€3.0m€2.0m▼
Income statement Code20242025
Turnover70€0.2m€0.09m▼
Membership fees, donations, legacies and grants73€5.1m€4.5m▼
Non-recurring operating income76A-€0.001m
Goods, raw materials, services and sundry goods60/61€3.2m€2.6m▼
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€1.9m€1.8m▼
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€0.006m€0.004m▼
Other operating charges640/8€338-
Non-recurring operating charges66A-€0.4m
Gross operating margin9900€2.0m€2.0m▼
Operating profit (loss)9901€0.1m-€0.2m▼
Financial income75/76B€0.001m€0.006m▲
Recurring financial income75€0.001m€0.006m▲
Financial charges65/66B€0.008m€0.04m▲
Recurring financial charges65€0.008m€0.04m▲
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€0.09m-€0.2m▼
Profit (loss) for the period9904€0.09m-€0.2m▼
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€0.09m-€0.2m▼
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€0.09m-€0.2m▼
Addition to contributions691€0.09m-
Social balance sheet
Average headcount (FTE)908723.921.9▼

The notes to these accounts (8 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Turnover70----€0.01m€0.05m€0.2m€0.09m▼ 42.7%
Membership fees, donations, legacies and grants73---€3.3m€4.3m€4.5m€5.1m€4.5m▼ 11.5%
Non-recurring operating income76A---€0.002m€152--€0.001m-
Goods, raw materials, services and sundry goods60/61---€2.0m€2.6m€2.6m€3.2m€2.6m▼ 19.7%
Remuneration, social security and pensions62---€1.2m€1.7m€1.9m€1.9m€1.8m▼ 6.6%
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€0.003m€0.005m€0.005m€0.007m€0.009m€0.007m€0.006m€0.004m▼ 29.1%
Other operating charges640/8-----€70€338--
Non-recurring operating charges66A---€0.001m---€0.4m-
Gross operating margin9900€0.5m€0.6m€0.9m€1.3m€1.8m€2.0m€2.0m€2.0m▼ 1.0%
Operating profit (loss)9901€0.02m€0.04m€0.09m€0.1m€0.07m€0.08m€0.1m-€0.2m-
Financial income75/76B----€35€44€0.001m€0.006m▲ 1,158%
Recurring financial income75€113€45€69-€35€44€0.001m€0.006m▲ 1,158%
Financial charges65/66B---€0.004m€0.004m€0.004m€0.008m€0.04m▲ 384%
Recurring financial charges65€0.002m€0.002m€0.004m€0.004m€0.004m€0.004m€0.008m€0.04m▲ 384%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€0.02m€0.04m€0.08m€0.09m€0.07m€0.07m€0.09m-€0.2m-
Profit (loss) for the period9904€0.02m€0.04m€0.08m€0.09m€0.07m€0.07m€0.09m-€0.2m-
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€0.02m€0.04m€0.08m€0.09m€0.07m€0.07m€0.09m-€0.2m-
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€0.9m€1.4m€3.5m€4.2m€4.3m€5.2m€4.7m€2.8m▼ 39.6%
Fixed assets21/28€0.01m€0.01m€0.02m€0.02m€0.02m€0.04m€0.02m€0.02m▲ 15.3%
Tangible fixed assets22/27€0.007m€0.008m€0.01m€0.01m€0.01m€0.005m€0.005m€0.008m▲ 51.7%
Furniture and vehicles24---€0.01m€0.01m€0.005m€0.005m€0.008m▲ 51.7%
Financial fixed assets28€0.007m€0.006m€0.006m€0.006m€0.01m€0.03m€0.01m€0.01m=
Current assets29/58€0.9m€1.4m€3.5m€4.2m€4.3m€5.1m€4.6m€2.8m▼ 39.8%
Amounts receivable after more than one year29------€0.08m€0.05m▼ 33.3%
Trade receivables290------€0--
Other amounts receivable291------€0.08m€0.05m▼ 33.3%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€0.3m€0.7m€1.9m€1.8m€2.9m€3.8m€3.1m€1.8m▼ 44.0%
Trade receivables40---€75-€0.05m€0.08m€0.08m▼ 2.5%
Other amounts receivable41---€1.8m€2.9m€3.8m€3.0m€1.7m▼ 45.1%
Current investments50/53---€0-----
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€0.6m€0.7m€1.6m€2.3m€1.4m€1.3m€1.4m€1.0m▼ 32.7%
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1---€0.02m€0.02m€0.01m€0.01m€0.03m▲ 129%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€0.9m€1.4m€3.5m€4.2m€4.3m€5.2m€4.7m€2.8m▼ 39.6%
Equity10/15€0.02m€0.06m€0.1m€0.2m€0.3m€0.4m€0.5m€0.2m▼ 50.4%
Contributions10/11------€50€50=
Capital10------€50€50=
Reserves13---€0.2m€0.3m€0.4m€0.5m€0.5m=
Profit (loss) carried forward14-€0.004m-------€0.2m-
Amounts payable17/49€0.9m€1.3m€3.3m€4.0m€4.0m€4.8m€4.2m€2.6m▼ 38.4%
Amounts payable within one year42/48€0.3m€0.3m€1.0m€0.8m€1.2m€1.3m€1.2m€0.6m▼ 49.5%
Trade debts44€0.1m€0.06m€0.03m€0.05m€0.08m€0.1m€0.04m€0.04m▲ 0.2%
Suppliers440/4---€0.05m€0.08m€0.1m€0.04m€0.04m▲ 0.2%
Taxes, remuneration and social security45---€0.2m€0.3m€0.3m€0.2m€0.2m▲ 0.6%
Taxes450/3---€0.02m€0.05m€0.06m---
Remuneration and social security454/9---€0.2m€0.2m€0.3m€0.2m€0.2m▲ 0.6%
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3---€3.1m€2.9m€3.5m€3.0m€2.0m▼ 33.8%
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904€20,000€40,000€82,783€91,500€68,563€73,537€87,639-€234,515-
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€2,869€4,543€5,426€6,975€8,687€7,481€5,861€4,157▼ 29.1%
Operating cash flow (approximation)€22,869€44,543€88,209€98,475€77,249€81,018€93,500-€230,358-
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)--€4,337-€7,583-€11,701-€12,088-€20,459€13,162-€6,921-
Change in cash-€111,594€926,035€750,455-€938,582-€113,509€124,599-€462,397-

Simplified and derived: a Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement, so these rows come from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.

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