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Esperanto

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Vereniging van OCMW'sfounded 2002active for 23 yearsChaussée de Couvin(CH) 36, 6460 Chimay, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0409.507.769
Summary

Esperanto has the legal form “Vereniging van OCMW's” in the KBO; Checked does not compute a bankruptcy probability for it. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €148,944 and a net result of -€29,334. Equity is shrinking by about 4.3% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 18% of 687 sector peers (NACE 87, financial year 2025). The company has been active since 2002 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals.

Overview

Activity
Residential care activities
NACE 87991
5th largest employer in Chimay3 sites
Size
€1.5mtotal assets 2025
Staff
61.5 FTE
Equity
€148,944
Loss
-€29,334
Financial health
66 Healthy Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy probability: legal form outside the model
Structure
Accounts 31 days early2 of 16 deeds read
Signalsraises riskWeak solvency vs sectorlowers riskGrowing equityneutralLatest accounts filed on timeShow the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
66 / 100
Healthy▲ +25 on 2024
Without a bankruptcy probability: score from the figures alone
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Strong
Solvency 35-1
equity 9.8% of total assets
Liquidity 81+11
short-term debt 39.7% · cash 46.1%
Profitability 66+51
return on assets -1.9%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months

The KBO gives the legal form as “Vereniging van OCMW's”. We show no bankruptcy probability for it: the model is built on companies and gives no reliable figure for this form.

Credit of up to €9,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 1.67, compared with 1.23 in 2024, above the usual 1.5; short-term debt: 39.7% and cash: 46.1% of total assets), but 90.2% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
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Signals

Three signals.
lowers riskraises riskneutral
raises risk · Weak solvency vs sector
Solvency (equity / total assets) is in the sector's weakest quartile: better than 18% of 687 sector peers (2025).
NBB · sector comparison
Position among 687 sector peers
Solvency
better than 18%
← weakest strongest →
lowers risk · Growing equity
Reported equity is higher than in 2023 and did not fall compared with 2024. These amounts do not establish the cause of the change.
NBB · annual accounts 2025
Equity per financial year
1819202122232425
2018 to 2025 · latest year €148,944
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 30-06-2026, 31 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
31 days early
2024
35 days early
2023
35 days early
2022
60 days early
2021
34 days early
2020
65 days early
2019
49 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 44 days before the deadline; the sector median (NACE 87) for financial year 2024 is 27 days before the deadline, and 25% 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 27 June (5 of the last 5 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
16-10-2026 today31-12-2026 year end31-07-2027 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
Searched since 2021.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2025 · full…
  2. Resignation: Wiels Valérie (director)Appointment: Larcin Joël (director)
  3. Appointments: Nathalie CHOMY, Sophie VAN LANGENDICJK…Resignations: Eric BIARD, Frédéric PIRAUX…

Key points

  • Risk: 6 loss-making years in a rowloss financial year 2025 -€29,334 View
  • Caution: Among the weakest 19% on solvencysector median 46.3% · 687 companies 9.8% View
  • Caution: Board changedlatest change 30-01-2026 · 1 in office 1 joined · 1 left View
  • Wallonia-Brussels supportpaid from 2021 to 2025 €12.7m View
  • Positive: Filed on time since financial year 2018accounts within the deadline every year 8 years View

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Financials

Financial year
2025
Total assets
€1.5m
Loss
-€29,334
Solvency
9.8%
Total assets▲ 15.3%
Net result
20182025
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Timeline

Events
25
Since
2007
Next accounts
by 31-07-2027
  1. 26-06-2025Annual accounts filed
  2. 31-12-2024Weakest financial year
  3. 31-12-2024Equity above €100,000
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Company details

Sites
3
Legal form
Vereniging van OCMW's
Activity
Residential care activitiesNACE 87991
Founded
23-12-2002
Year ends
31-12
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