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B Fest

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Public limited companyfounded 1995Gaston Crommenlaan 8, 9050 Gent, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0455.838.731

A bankruptcy procedure is open for B Fest according to publications in the Belgian State Gazette; curator: PIETER HUYGHE.

Summary

The 2024 annual accounts show negative equity (€-2.30M) and a net result of €-2.35M.

Signals

Four signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
+raises riskneutral
raises risk · Negative equity
The 2024 annual accounts show negative equity and a net loss.
NBB · annual accounts 2024
Equity per financial year
181920212224
2018 to 2024 · latest year €-2.30M
raises risk · Register: open bankruptcy
The KBO register records the legal situation: open bankruptcy. This is today's state according to the register itself; the register carries no start date.
KBO · legal situation
raises risk · Open bankruptcy
Active bankruptcy procedure in the Belgisch Staatsblad. Claims are handled by the appointed curator.
Belgian State Gazette
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 30-09-2024 was due by 30-04-2025 and was filed on 02-06-2025, 33 days later. For context: 47% of the Belgian market files late and the whole 1-to-90-day band measures 2.0% abnormal legal state against a 1.66% average. We show this as a fact and do not score it.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2024
33 d late
2022
25 d early
2021
108 d early
2020
136 d early
2019
98 d early
2018
44 d early
2017
49 d early
← before the deadline after the deadline →
Checked, nothing found (1)
neutral · 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, abbreviated schema

Equity
€-2.30M
2022 · €53k
2018: €252k 2019: €320k 2020: €12k 2021: €33k 2022: €53k
2018 → 2024
Total assets
€2.54M▼ 29.9%
2022 · €3.62M
2018: €2.39M 2019: €2.81M 2020: €2.15M 2021: €2.75M 2022: €3.62M
2018 → 2024
Net result
€-2.35M
2022 · €21k
2018: €13k 2019: €68k 2020: €-908k 2021: €21k 2022: €21k
2018 → 2024
Working capital
€-2.04M▼ 373%
2022 · €-431k
2018: €275k 2019: €39k 2020: €-51k 2021: €-285k 2022: €-431k
2018 → 2024
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20192020202120222024Trend
Equity€320k-€12k▼ 96.3%€33k▲ 178%€53k▲ 63.2%€-2.30M
Operating result€21k-€-880k€51k€32k▼ 36.9%€-2.31M
Net result€68k-€-908k€21k€21k▼ 1.3%€-2.35M
Turnover and EBIT margin not published: the abbreviated schema does not require them.
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€-3.00M€-2.00M€-1.00M€0Operating result 2019: €21k€21kNet result 2019: €68k€68kOperating result 2020: €-880k€-880kNet result 2020: €-908k€-908kOperating result 2021: €51k€51kNet result 2021: €21k€21kOperating result 2022: €32k€32kNet result 2022: €21k€21kOperating result 2024: €-2.31M€-2.31MNet result 2024: €-2.35M€-2.35M20192020202120222024€-3M€-2M€-1M€0Operating result 2021: €51k€51kNet result 2021: €21k€21kOperating result 2022: €32k€32kNet result 2022: €21k€21kOperating result 2024: €-2.31M€-2.3MNet result 2024: €-2.35M€-2.4M202120222024
The operating result is €-2.31M in 2024, compared with €32k in 2022. Comparable figures for the intervening years are unavailable.
Balance-sheet composition
2024 in colour, 2022 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €2.54M
Fixed assets €525k ▼ 47.0%
Current assets €2.01M ▼ 23.5%
Key figures and ratios
2024 value · change against 2022
EBITDA
€-1.66M
2022 · €377k
Cash flow
€-1.70M
2022 · €365k
Solvency
-90.7%
2022 · 1.5%
Current ratio
0.50
2022 · 0.86
Debt to equity
-2.10
2022 · 66.77
ROA
-92.8%
2022 · 0.6%
Interest coverage
-16.16
2022 · 13.76
Debt
€4.84M
2022 · €3.57M
Debt ≤ 1 year
€4.05M
2022 · €3.06M
Debt > 1 year
€591k
2022 · €413k
Income taxes
€2k
2022 · €1k
Staff costs
€1.07M
2022 · €475k
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2024 against 2022 · 58 lines
Balance sheet Code20222024
Assets
Total assets20/58€3.62M€2.54M
Fixed assets21/28€990k€525k
Intangible fixed assets21€155k€42k
Tangible fixed assets22/27€829k€482k
Plant, machinery and equipment23€609k€216k
Furniture and vehicles24€65k€35k
Leasing and similar rights25€98k€195k
Other tangible fixed assets26€58k€36k
Financial fixed assets28€5k€335
Current assets29/58€2.63M€2.01M
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€2.44M€1.88M
Trade receivables40€1.47M€1.26M
Other amounts receivable41€970k€618k
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€35k€6k
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€154k€127k
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€3.62M€2.54M
Equity10/15€53k€-2.30M
Contributions10/11€718k€718k=
Capital10€718k€718k=
Issued capital100€718k€718k=
Reserves13€202k€202k=
Non-distributable reserves130/1€12k€12k=
Legal reserve130€12k€12k=
Distributable reserves133€190k€190k=
Profit (loss) carried forward14€-866k€-3.22M
Amounts payable17/49€3.57M€4.84M
Amounts payable after more than one year17€413k€591k
Financial debts170/4€413k€591k
Amounts payable within one year42/48€3.06M€4.05M
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€192k€383k
Financial debts43€587k€499k
Credit institutions430/8€587k€499k
Trade debts44€1.85M€3.05M
Suppliers440/4€1.85M€3.05M
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€75k€121k
Taxes450/3€21k€9k
Remuneration and social security454/9€54k€112k
Other amounts payable47/48€359k€0
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€93k€195k
Income statement Code20222024
Non-recurring operating income76A€40k€42k
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€475k€1.07M
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€345k€653k
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4-€-5k
Other operating charges640/8€9k€33k
Non-recurring operating charges66A€16k€388k
Gross operating margin9900€877k€-177k
Operating profit (loss)9901€32k€-2.31M
Financial income75/76B€17k€66k
Recurring financial income75€17k€66k
Financial charges65/66B€27k€103k
Recurring financial charges65€27k€103k
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€22k€-2.35M
Income taxes67/77€1k€2k
Profit (loss) for the period9904€21k€-2.35M
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€21k€-2.35M
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€-866k€-3.22M
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P€-887k€-866k
Social balance
Average headcount (FTE)90878.510.2

The notes to these accounts (25 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

2026
11-08
Bankruptcy Opening
Ondernemingsrechtbank Gent, afdeling Gent · B FEST NV GASTON CROM- MENLAAN 8, 9050 GENTBRUGGE · event 05-08-2026
2025
02-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · abbreviated schema · 33 days late
2024
30-09
Financial Weakest financial yearnet €-2.35M ▼11480%
Net result drops to €-2.35M, the lowest in the series.
2023
06-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · abbreviated schema
2022
14-04
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · abbreviated schema
2021
31-12
Financial Back to profitnet €21k
Net result €21k after one loss-making year.
17-03
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · abbreviated schema
2020
24-04
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · abbreviated schema
2019
31-12
Financial Highest result since 2018net €68k ▲437%
Net result €68k, the highest in the series.
17-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · abbreviated schema
2018
12-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · abbreviated schema
2017
24-07
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · abbreviated schema
Show earlier events
2016
28-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · full schema
29-04
State Gazette act General meeting · Legal-form conversion
Net-asset statement · Director resignation
2015
26-05
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2014 · full schema
SignalFinancial milestoneState Gazette actNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.

Directors · office · real estate

Directors
12 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, Gent · 1 establishment unit since 1995
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.

Gaston Crommenlaan 89050 Gent
Ground area
1.9 ha
Building footprint
1,241 m²
Volume, LiDAR
19,773 m³
Parcel 44032A0472/00R003, Flanders · tallest building 18.8 m, ±5 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
B FEST
Gaston Crommenlaan 8, 9050 GentEmployment placement agencies
since 19952.073.031.837
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
44032A0472/00R003 Flanders 1.9 ha 1 · 1,241 m² 18.8 m · 5 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.

Insolvency mandates

1 mandate
Role Name Tenure
Curator PIETER HUYGHE
SAVAANSTRAAT 72, 9000 GENT-
05-08-2026present

Public money · subsidies and aid

Flemish government

2022 to 2025 · 5 entries · 54,850 EUR awarded · 54,850 EUR paid
Year Entries awardedpaid
2025 1 353 EUR353 EUR
2024 1 7,227 EUR7,311 EUR
2023 1 84 EUR0 EUR
2022 2 47,186 EUR47,186 EUR
Schemes
Globalisatiemechanisme (stopgezet)
1 entry · 46,250 EUR · 46,250 EUR paid · Fonds voor Innoveren en Ondernemen
Subsidie voor opleiding en advies voor kmo's en zelfstandigen (kmo-portefeuille)
4 entries · 8,600 EUR · 8,600 EUR paid · Fonds voor Innoveren en Ondernemen

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Company data · Crossroads Bank

Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded01-07-1995
Fiscal year end30-09
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
93299Other amusement and recreation activities
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 28 filingsAddress and cadastre registers

Scores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.

Contact details

2 entries
Website:www.twice.be
Enterprise
E-mail:info@twice.be
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