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Active BE 0467.277.110Public limited company

OPTELEC

Baron Ruzettelaan 29 ·8310 Brugge, Belgium· 26 yrs active
Sector: Detailhandel in corrigerende brillen, lenzen en zonnebrillen (47742)
Conclusion Checked

The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability of OPTELEC is 0.5% (very low). The company has been active since 1999 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. No processed annual-account figures are available; this conclusion rests on registry and State Gazette data only.

Based on State Gazette and CBE data.
Key figures
Active 26 yrs
Board 2
Locations 1
Publications 11
Bankruptcy probability (12 mo) Checked model v1 · free
0.5% Very low
0%0,5%1,5%4%10%≥25%
Long track record −Higher-failure-rate sector +Lower-risk legal form −

Statistical estimate based on public sources, not credit advice nor a finding of fact. How do we compute this?

Risk Assessment rule-based
0 / 100
Low risk
Trust signals 2 signals
Long-established
Founded in 1999, 26 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 Flags0 events
No strikeouts found in the KBO publications we processed. That series starts in 2021 and has gaps, so this is not a confirmation that there is nothing.
Financial overview10 NBB filings
Financials being processed
NBB has 10 filing(s) on record for this company, latest fiscal year 2024 (verkort). The annual accounts are being processed.
Filings on record
Fiscal year Type Filed Reference
31-12-2024 verkort 25-06-2025 2025-00212330
31-12-2023 verkort 25-07-2024 2024-00290690
31-12-2022 verkort 01-06-2023 2023-00111801
31-12-2021 verkort 28-06-2022 2022-20158578
31-12-2020 verkort 02-06-2021 2021-16700238
31-12-2019 verkort 25-06-2020 2020-20500526
31-12-2018 verkort 21-06-2019 2019-21700462
31-12-2017 volledig 08-06-2018 2018-16800278
31-12-2016 volledig 18-07-2017 2017-34000135
31-12-2015 volledig 20-06-2016 2016-19600299
Directors & mandates 7 directors
Current directors & mandates
  • James Robert Ciminera
    Director
    State Gazette act 22041222 (30-03-2022)
    Current
    30-03-2022 → present
  • Ben Kofflard
    Director
    State Gazette act 23071380 (01-06-2023)
    Current
    16-07-2020 → present
    7 events
    • 01-06-2023 Appointed· Director
    • 01-06-2023 Appointed· Managing director
    • 16-07-2020 Resigned· Bestuurder, gedelegeerd bestuurder
    • 16-07-2020 Appointed· Bestuurder, gedelegeerd bestuurder
    • 22-09-2015 Appointed· Managing director
    • 22-09-2015 Appointed· Director
    • 22-09-2015 Resigned· Managing director
Historic, not recently confirmed (2)
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.
  • Philip Vervaeck
    Permanente vertegenwoordiger
    State Gazette act 18100411 (28-06-2018)
    Not recently confirmed
    last confirmed in an act from 2018
    2 events
    • 28-06-2018 Appointed· Permanente vertegenwoordiger
    • 22-09-2015 Appointed· Permanente vertegenwoordiger
  • Thomas J. Tiernan
    Director
    State Gazette act 17001244 (03-01-2017)
    Not recently confirmed
    last confirmed in an act from 2017
Former directors (3)
  • Thomas Tiernan
    Director
    State Gazette act 22041222 (30-03-2022)
    Former
    - → 30-03-2022
  • Maarten Bosch
    Director
    State Gazette act 14169784 (15-09-2014)
    Former
    15-09-2014 → 03-01-2017
    2 events
    • 03-01-2017 Resigned· Director
    • 15-09-2014 Appointed· Director
  • van Schaik Michiel
    Director
    State Gazette act 14169784 (15-09-2014)
    Former
    - → 15-09-2014
Full appointment history from the Belgian State Gazette. Permanent representatives are shown for corporate directors.This list is read straight from this company's published acts, not from the officer register.
Statutory auditor 3 auditor
Statutory auditor IRE/IBR number Tenure
BV BDO Bedrijfsrevisoren BVCurrent
Statutory auditor
 - 09-05-2025 → present
Show 2 earlier auditors
BDO Bedrijfsrevisoren Burg. Ven. CVBA
Statutory auditor
succeeded by Bruno Claeys in 2021
 - 22-09-2015 → 15-12-2021
Bruno Claeys
Statutory auditor
succeeded by BV BDO Bedrijfsrevisoren BV in 2025
 - 15-12-2021 → 09-05-2025
Appointed statutory auditor from the Belgian State Gazette. The IRE/IBR number refers to the register of the Institute of Registered Auditors.
Legal Structure
NACE primary Detailhandel in corrigerende brillen, lenzen en zonnebrillen(47742)
Legal form Public limited company(014)
Incorporation17-11-1999
StatusActive
Postal code8310
Establishment units 1 location
NV Optelec
Baron Ruzettelaan 29, 8310 BruggeVervaardiging van orthopedische artikelen en prothesen
since 19992.101.897.057
Physical sites registered in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE).
Real-estate footprint Source: CBE × cadastre

Parcels 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.

Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
31434C0040/00N000 Flanders 2,131 m² 1 · 648 m² 20.7 m · 5 fl.
Methodology
via registered seat: 1
1 of 1 parcels with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.
Updates 21 events

A single timeline of everything that happened to this company, publications, insolvency and lifecycle events, administrative changes and filed annual accounts.

2025
25-06-2025
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · verkort
09-05-2025
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
2024
25-07-2024
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · verkort
2023
04-12-2023
State Gazette act Statutes amendment
v3.2
01-06-2023
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · verkort
01-06-2023
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
2022
28-06-2022
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · verkort
30-03-2022
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
2021
15-12-2021
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
02-06-2021
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · verkort
2020
16-07-2020
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
25-06-2020
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · verkort
2019
21-06-2019
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · verkort
2018
28-06-2018
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
08-06-2018
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · volledig
2017
18-07-2017
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · volledig
03-01-2017
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
2016
20-06-2016
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2015 · volledig
2015
22-09-2015
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
2014
15-09-2014
State Gazette act Director changes
v3.2
2012
17-01-2012
State Gazette act Capital & shares
v3.2
Belgian State Gazette reading coverage 0 of 15 acts read

We know of 15 Belgian State Gazette acts for this company. None of them has been read yet: what they contain is neither established nor disproved here.

Belgisch Staatsblad, acts 11 acts
Capital history · 1
17-01-2012
v3.2
All acts · 11 updated 1 year ago
2025
09-05-2025 BV BDO Bedrijfsrevisoren BV appointed as statutory auditor Director changes
  • BV BDO Bedrijfsrevisoren BV, Commissaris
Summary: v3.2
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2023
04-12-2023 Articles of association amended Statutes amendment
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01-06-2023 2 directors appointed Director changes
  • Ben Kofflard, Bestuurder
  • Ben Kofflard, Gedelegeerd bestuurder
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2022
30-03-2022 1 director appointed, 1 resigning Director changes
  • James Robert Ciminera, Bestuurder
  • Thomas Tiernan, Bestuurder
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2021
15-12-2021 Bruno Claeys appointed as statutory auditor Director changes
  • Bruno Claeys, Commissaris
Summary: v3.2
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2020
16-07-2020 1 director appointed, 1 resigning Director changes
  • Ben Kofflard, Bestuurder, gedelegeerd bestuurder
  • Ben Kofflard, Bestuurder, gedelegeerd bestuurder
Summary: v3.2
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2018
28-06-2018 2 directors appointed Director changes
  • BDO Bedrijfsrevisoren Burg. Ven. CVBA, Commissaris
  • Philip Vervaeck, Permanente vertegenwoordiger
Summary: v3.2
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2017
03-01-2017 1 director appointed, 1 resigning Director changes
  • Thomas J. Tiernan, Bestuurder
  • Maarten Bosch, Bestuurder
Summary: v3.2
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2015
22-09-2015 4 directors appointed, 1 resigning Director changes
  • BDO Bedrijfsrevisoren Burg. Ven. CVBA, Commissaris
  • Philip Vervaeck, Permanente vertegenwoordiger
  • Ben Kofflard, Gedelegeerd bestuurder
  • Ben Kofflard, Bestuurder
  • Ben Kofflard, Gedelegeerd bestuurder
Summary: v3.2
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2014
15-09-2014 1 director appointed, 1 resigning Director changes
  • Maarten Bosch, Bestuurder
  • van Schaik Michiel, Bestuurder
Summary: v3.2
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2012
17-01-2012 Transaction in capital or shares Capital & shares
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Credit advice verdict per customer and amount

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Based on official sources (NBB, CBE, State Gazette). Indicative, not credit advice.
Company registry (CBE) Crossroads Bank
Activities
Detailhandel in ICT-apparatuur47400Detailhandel in computers, randapparatuur en software in gespecialiseerde winkels47410Detailhandel in corrigerende brillen, lenzen en zonnebrillen47742Detailhandel in fotografische en optische artikelen en in precisieinstrumenten in gespecialiseerde winkels47782Gespecialiseerde detailhandel in optische en fotografische artikelen, foto- en filmapparatuur, optische en precisie-instrumenten52485Gespecialiseerde detailhandel in kantoormachines en -meubelen, computers en standaardprogrammatuur en telecommunicatieapparatuur52487Vervaardiging van meet-, controle- en navigatie-instrumenten en -apparatuur26510Vervaardiging van meet-, controle- en navigatie-instrumenten en -apparatuur26510Vervaardiging van niet-elektrische meet-, regel- en controleapparatuur en van niet-elektrische navigatieapparatuur33202
Primary activity highlighted.
Names & trade names
Legal nameNL OPTELEC
Registered office
Baron Ruzettelaan 29
8310 Brugge, Belgium
Official data from the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE). Available for every registered company.
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