Summary
Conclusion
the dossier summarised in one paragraphThe computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of DESMECHT is 0.5% (very low). The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €1.36M and a net result of €189k. Equity is growing by ~4.2% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 95% of 76 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The company has been active since 1991 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals.
Based on the State Gazette, CBE and 7 annual accounts.
Signals
2 signals · with evidenceStrong solvency vs sector
Solvency is in the sector's strongest quartile: better than 95% of 76 peers (2025). A comfortable equity buffer.
View the sector comparison Consistently profitable
Positive net result in the two most recent financial years (2024 and 2025).
View the result trend Signals are derived from the filed annual accounts and the sector comparison. No composite score: each signal is separately verifiable at the source.
Trust signals
2 signalsLong-established
Founded in 1991, 35 years in business.
No legal incidents
No bankruptcy, reorganisation or interim measure in the Belgisch Staatsblad, and the KBO register records a normal legal situation.
Administrative Flags
No administrative flags
Bankruptcy probability (12 mo)
Checked model v1 · free for everyone0.5%
Very low
0%0,5%1,5%4%10%≥25%
Higher-failure-rate region
+Long track record
−Annual accounts: healthy financial profile
−
Statistical estimate based on public sources, not credit advice nor a finding of fact. How do we compute this?
Financials
TurnoverNot published (abbreviated filing)
EBIT marginNot published (abbreviated filing)
Net result€189k+14.1%
Working capital€1.34M+2.7%
Annual accounts & ratios
Source: NBB · 2025Annual accounts filed on 08-06-2026 with the NBB · fiscal year 2025 · verkort
Trajectory (indicative)
Projection over 3 fiscal years from the filed annual accounts, not a forecast, the extended trend.
growing
Equity: growth of ~4.2%/year over 7 fiscal years, indicative, assuming unchanged policy.
Solid line = filed figures · dashed = extended trend · area = indicative range.
How do we compute this?
The trend is a robust median of all pairwise slopes between fiscal years (Theil-Sen), so a single odd year cannot hijack the line. For strictly positive series we also fit a log variant (compound annual growth) and keep whichever describes the figures best.
The area around the projection is 1.8 × the median absolute deviation from the trend, widening each year ahead (×1 / ×1.6 / ×2.2), with a minimum of 8% of the last value. It is an indicative range, not a statistical confidence interval.
A series whose deviations exceed 35% of its level is too volatile: we then deliberately show no projection. Every projection assumes unchanged policy and is blind to non-public information (order book, contracts, funding rounds).
Sector comparison
Fiscal year 2025 · NACE 73, Advertising & market research · compared within the same schema type (abbreviated schema)
| Metric | This company | Sector median | Position in the sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solvency | 94.7% | 46.1% | |
| Net result | €189k | €52k | |
| Equity | €1.36M | €279k | |
| Gross operating margin | €445k | €133k | |
| Staff costs | €183k | €272k |
Median and position computed from NBB annual accounts filed by sector peers; own figures from the latest filed accounts.
Sector position over time
Percentile per fiscal year versus peers that filed figures, computed year by year (a year without enough peers is absent).
P95
Stable position over 2020-2025
· n=76-220
P83
Stable position over 2020-2025
· n=76-220
P87
Stable position over 2020-2025
· n=76-220
P75
Stable position over 2020-2025
· n=75-218
Describes the position versus peers, not a forecast.
€260k
+16.8%
far above sector median
€189k
+14.1%
far above sector median
€197k
+15.2%
far above sector median
€1.44M
+3.9%
far above sector median
€1.36M
+2.5%
far above sector median
€1.34M
+2.7%
far above sector median
6
+5.0%
far above sector median
€183k
+14.0%
far above sector median
€84k
+14.2%
far above sector median
€156k
+60.6%
far above sector median
€77k
+36.8%
+21% vs sector
€77k
+36.8%
+21% vs sector
18.47
-23.9%
far above sector median
15.42
-22.9%
far above sector median
94.7%
-1.3%
+127% vs sector
0.06
+33.5%
-96% vs sector
13.9%
+11.3%
-44% vs sector
13.1%
+9.8%
+29% vs sector
286.58
+6.2%
far above sector median
Figures by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | - |
| EBITDA | €260k |
| Net profit | €189k |
| Cash flow | €197k |
| Staff costs | €183k |
| Income taxes | €84k |
| Dividends | €156k |
| Total assets | €1.44M |
| Equity | €1.36M |
| Debt | €77k |
| of which ≤ 1y | €77k |
| of which > 1y | - |
| Working capital | €1.34M |
| Employees (FTE) | 6.3 |
Ratios (computed)
| 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Current ratio | 18.47 |
| Quick ratio | 15.42 |
| Working capital ratio | 93.1% |
| Solvency | 94.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.06 |
| Long-term debt ratio | - |
| Interest coverage | 286.58 |
| Gross margin | - |
| Net margin | - |
| ROA | 13.1% |
| ROE | 13.9% |
| EBITDA margin | - |
| Days sales outstanding | - |
| Days payable outstanding | - |
| Inventory turnover | - |
| Days inventory (DSI) | - |
Balance-sheet composition 2025
Full annual accounts
Filed balance sheet and income statement, exactly as deposited with the NBB.
| Line item | Code | 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Balance sheet, Assets | ||
| TOTAL ASSETS | 20/58 | €1.44M |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €22k |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | €22k |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €1.42M |
| Stocks & contracts in progress | 3 | €234k |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €10k |
| Investments | 50/53 | €466k |
| Cash & bank | 54/58 | €331k |
| Balance sheet, Equity & liabilities | ||
| TOTAL EQUITY & LIABILITIES | 10/49 | €1.44M |
| Equity | 10/15 | €1.36M |
| Contributions / capital | 10/11 | €46k |
| Reserves | 13 | €1.31M |
| Accumulated profits (losses) | 14 | €2k |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €77k |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €77k |
| Trade debts payable within one year | 44 | €42k |
| Income statement | ||
| Gross operating margin | 9900 | €445k |
| Operating result | 9901 | €252k |
| Financial income | 75 | €21k |
| Financial charges | 65 | €909 |
| Result before taxes | 9903 | €273k |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | €84k |
| Net result for the period | 9904 | €189k |
| Result to be appropriated | 9905 | €189k |
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Health barometer
FY 2025 · computed100
/ 100
Excellent
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Directors
Directors & mandates
5 directorsHistoric, not recently confirmed (4)
These mandates remain open in the register but have not been confirmed by a new act in over six years. They do not count as active directors.
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Not recently confirmedlast confirmed in an act from 2015
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Not recently confirmedlast confirmed in an act from 2015
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Not recently confirmedlast confirmed in an act from 2015
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Not recently confirmedlast confirmed in an act from 2015
2 events
- 15-05-2015 Mandate renewed· Director
- 01-01-2012 Appointed· Director
Former directors (1)
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Former- → 19-08-2022
Full appointment history from the Belgian State Gazette. Permanent representatives are shown for corporate directors.
Insolvency mandates
No insolvency mandates (liquidators, administrators) on record for this company.
Legal Structure
| NACE primary | Activiteiten van adviesbureaus op het gebied van public relations en communicatie(73300) |
| Legal form | Private limited company(610) |
| Incorporation | 05-03-1991 |
| Status | Active |
| Postal code | 1000 |
Structure & network
Locations & real estate
Establishment units
1 locationDESMECHT
since 19912.052.087.260
Physical sites registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE).
Parcels2
Ground area440 m²
Buildings2
Building footprint410 m²
Volume (LiDAR)4,084 m³
Tallest building14.7 m · ±4 fl.
Real-estate footprint
Source: CBE × cadastre · address linkingParcels linked to this company through its CBE addresses (seat, establishment units, branches), cross-referenced with the cadastral parcel plan. This shows where the company operates, not a deeds register.
Brussels
2
(100%)
| Parcel (capakey) | Region | Area | Buildings | Height / fl. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21812N0317/00D000 | Brussels | 347 m² | 1 · 317 m² | 14.7 m · 4 fl. |
| 21812N0319/00C000 | Brussels | 94 m² | 1 · 94 m² | 11.7 m · 3 fl. |
Methodology
via registered seat: 1 · via establishment units: 1
2 of 2 parcels with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.
Publications
Lifecycle & Insolvency Signals
No insolvency signals in the Belgian State Gazette
Belgisch Staatsblad · acts
6 acts Capital history · 1
02-08-2019
v3.2
All acts · 6
updated 2 months ago
2026
09-06-2026 General meeting · Officer resignation · Officer appointment · Permanent representative
- Filing: 2026-06-02 · DESMECHT
- General meeting: 2026-05-04 · DESMECHT
- Officer resignation: date: 2026-05-04, role: niet-statutaire bestuurder · ELLEN DESMECHT
- Officer appointment: date: 2026-05-04, role: niet-statutaire bestuurder, duration: onbepaalde duur, compensation: onbezoldigd · BV Desmecom
- Permanent representative: date: 2026-05-04, role: vaste vertegenwoordiger, description: belast met de uitvoering van zijn bestuursmandaat in naam en voor rekening van de rechtspersoon · ELLEN DESMECHT
- Approval: description: benoeming door de rechtspersoon Desmecom BV van ELLEN DESMECHT als zijn vaste vertegenwoordiger · DESMECHT
- Board meeting: 2026-04-03 · DESMECHT
- Officer resignation: date: 2026-05-04, role: persoon belast met dagelijks bestuur · ELLEN DESMECHT
- Officer appointment: date: 2026-05-04, role: persoon belast met dagelijks bestuur, duration: onbepaalde duur, compensation: onbezoldigd · BV Desmecom
- Permanent representative: date: 2026-05-04, role: vaste vertegenwoordiger, description: belast met de uitvoering van zijn bestuursmandaat in naam en voor rekening van de rechtspersoon · ELLEN DESMECHT
- Approval: description: benoeming door de rechtspersoon Desmecom BV van ELLEN DESMECHT als zijn vaste vertegenwoordiger · DESMECHT
- Power of attorney: date: 2026-05-04, description: volmacht aan accountant voor onbepaalde tijd en tot aan de uitdrukkelijke herroeping, voor wat betreft de acties nodig voor de uitvoering en verwerking en publicatie van de beslissingen van deze vergadering · DESMECHT
- Power of attorney: date: 2026-05-04, description: gevolmachtigde aangestelde lasthebber voor de publicatie van de beslissingen van deze vergadering · NV Axis Finance
- Publication: 2026-06-09
- Act object: Benoemingen - Ontslagen
Summary:
General meeting · Officer resignation · Officer appointment · Permanent representative
2023
30-03-2023 VAN DEN BOSSCHE Marie Lutgardis resigns as director
2019
02-08-2019 Capital decrease of €15,668.63 to €46,331.37
2018
14-05-2018 Articles of association amended
Summary:
v3.2
2015
10-07-2015 4 reappointed
- DESMECHT Hugo, Gedelegeerd bestuurder
- VANDEN BOSSCHE Marie-Lutgardis, Bestuurder
- DESMECHT Ellen, Bestuurder
- VITSE Niels, Bestuurder
Summary:
v3.2
2012
31-01-2012 Niels Vitse appointed as director
Analysis
Snowflake analysis
financial profile on 5 axes89
/ 100
Exceptional profile, strong across almost every axis.
Health
100
Profitability
69
Solvency
100
Growth
78
Stability
100
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Names & trade names
| Legal nameNL | DESMECHT |
Registered office
Sint-Katelijneplein 9
1000 Brussel, Belgium
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