Ranson
ActiveSummary
Ranson has been active since 1975 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €26.25M and a net result of €131k. Equity remains stable across the filed fiscal years (±0.2% per year). Its solvency ranks better than 42% of 4157 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.6% (low).
Checked score
Score 2025
54
/ 100
Fair
The score weighs solvency, liquidity and profitability. Bankruptcy probability contributes 35%. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability44▼-14
Solvency54▼-2
Growth41▼-17
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.6%
Low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €1.4M at 30 days acceptable
Liquidity tight (current ratio 1.38 against 1.46 in 2024; short-term debt: 54.1% and cash: 2.3% of total assets), and 70.9% of the assets are financed with debt.
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Signals
Six signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
−lowers risk+raises risk○neutral
lowers risk · Long track record
A company with a long track record statistically fails less often than a young one.
KBO · incorporation dateAge against the risk zone
lowers risk · Annual accounts: healthy financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a healthy profile in solvency, result and liquidity.
NBB · annual accounts 2025Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
29.1%
Return on assets
0.1%
Age of the figures
9 mo
raises risk · Higher-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail more often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 47
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Sector 47
higher
← fewer bankruptcies
more bankruptcies →
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 02-07-2026, 29 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filingsDeviation from the deadline
2025
29 d early
2024
34 d early
2023
14 d early
2022
27 d early
2021
13 d early
2020
15 d early
2019
24 d early
← before the deadline
after the deadline →
Checked, nothing found (2)
neutral · The next deadline is still running
The next financial year closes on 31-12-2026 and is due by 31-07-2027. Nothing is late today.
Companies Code · seven monthsPosition in the running window
24-09-2026 today31-12-2026 close31-07-2027 deadline
Financials · fiscal year 2025, full schema
Turnover
€218.00M▲ 6.0%
2024 · €205.72M
2018: €131.39M
2019: €125.96M
2021: €160.84M
2022: €185.54M
2023: €199.35M
2024: €205.72M
2018 → 2025
EBIT margin
0.6%▼ 1.3pp
2024 · 1.8%
2018: 0.5%
2019: -1.9%
2021: 1.9%
2022: -0.7%
2023: 0.4%
2024: 1.8%
2018 → 2025
Net result
€131k▼ 95.5%
2024 · €2.89M
2018: €199k
2019: €-2.49M
2021: €2.46M
2022: €-831k
2023: €54k
2024: €2.89M
2018 → 2025
Working capital
€18.62M▲ 0.2%
2024 · €18.58M
2018: €18.48M
2019: €18.90M
2021: €18.48M
2022: €17.50M
2023: €16.27M
2024: €18.58M
2018 → 2025
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise
▼ fall
Line20212022202320242025Trend
Turnover€160.84M-€185.54M▲ 15.4%€199.35M▲ 7.4%€205.72M▲ 3.2%€218.00M▲ 6.0%
Equity€26.18M-€23.95M▼ 8.5%€23.99M▲ 0.2%€26.19M▲ 9.2%€26.25M▲ 0.2%
Operating result€2.99M-€-1.31M€818k€3.77M▲ 360%€1.24M▼ 67.2%
Net result€2.46M-€-831k€54k€2.89M▲ 5,274%€131k▼ 95.5%
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
The operating result falls in 2025; 2025 is 67% below 2024.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €90.32M
Fixed assets
€22.85M ▼ 7.5%
Current assets
€67.48M ▲ 13.8%
Equity and liabilities €90.32M
Equity
€26.25M ▲ 0.2%
Debt
€64.07M ▲ 10.8%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total rises from 68.8% to 70.9%. Equity and debt are higher.
Key figures and ratios
EBITDA
€3.49M▼
2024 · €6.14M
Cash flow
€2.38M▼
2024 · €5.26M
Current ratio
1.38▼
2024 · 1.46
Quick ratio
0.74▼
2024 · 0.82
Debt to equity
2.44▲
2024 · 2.21
ROE
0.5%▼
2024 · 11.0%
ROA
0.1%▼
2024 · 3.4%
Interest coverage
4.03▼
2024 · 5.76
Debt ≤ 1 year
€48.86M▲
2024 · €40.73M
Debt > 1 year
€14.72M▼
2024 · €16.39M
Income taxes
€149k▲
2024 · €-125k
Staff costs
€17.29M▲
2024 · €15.95M
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 · 2025 against 2024 · 88 lines
Balance sheet
Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€83.99M€90.32M▲
Fixed assets21/28€24.69M€22.85M▼
Intangible fixed assets21€61k€46k▼
Tangible fixed assets22/27€24.62M€22.79M▼
Land and buildings22€21.33M€19.81M▼
Plant, machinery and equipment23€1.87M€1.78M▼
Furniture and vehicles24€590k€454k▼
Leasing and similar rights25€10k-
Other tangible fixed assets26€816k€747k▼
Financial fixed assets28€10k€10k=
Other financial fixed assets284/8€10k€10k=
Amounts receivable and cash guarantees285/8€10k€10k=
Current assets29/58€59.31M€67.48M▲
Amounts receivable after more than one year29€3.79M€3.18M▼
Other amounts receivable291€3.79M€3.18M▼
Stocks and contracts in progress3€26.01M€31.24M▲
Stocks30/36€26.01M€31.24M▲
Goods purchased for resale34€26.01M€30.50M▲
Advance payments36-€740k
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€28.72M€30.89M▲
Trade receivables40€23.50M€22.94M▼
Other amounts receivable41€5.23M€7.94M▲
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€628k€2.11M▲
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€148k€56k▼
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€83.99M€90.32M▲
Equity10/15€26.19M€26.25M▲
Contributions10/11€2.35M€2.35M=
Capital10€2.32M€2.32M=
Issued capital100€2.32M€2.32M=
Outside capital11€34k€34k=
Other1109/19€34k€34k=
Reserves13€23.84M€23.90M▲
Non-distributable reserves130/1€240k€240k=
Legal reserve130€232k€232k=
Reserves not available under the articles1311€8k€8k=
Tax-exempt reserves132€154k€154k=
Distributable reserves133€23.45M€23.51M▲
Amounts payable17/49€57.80M€64.07M▲
Amounts payable after more than one year17€16.39M€14.72M▼
Financial debts170/4€16.39M€14.72M▼
Credit institutions173€16.39M€14.72M▼
Amounts payable within one year42/48€40.73M€48.86M▲
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€1.68M€1.67M▼
Financial debts43€18.15M€18.21M▲
Credit institutions430/8€18.15M€18.21M▲
Trade debts44€12.60M€24.45M▲
Suppliers440/4€12.60M€24.45M▲
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€2.17M€3.23M▲
Taxes450/3€61k€372k▲
Remuneration and social security454/9€2.11M€2.86M▲
Other amounts payable47/48€6.13M€1.31M▼
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€682k€488k▼
Income statement
Code20242025
Operating income70/76A€207.05M€220.02M▲
Turnover70€205.72M€218.00M▲
Other operating income74€1.18M€1.41M▲
Non-recurring operating income76A€161k€612k▲
Operating charges60/66A€203.29M€218.79M▲
Goods for resale, raw materials and consumables60€166.78M€177.85M▲
Purchases600/8€167.22M€182.41M▲
Change in stocks: decrease (increase)609€-441k€-4.56M▼
Services and other goods61€17.55M€20.60M▲
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€15.95M€17.29M▲
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€2.37M€2.25M▼
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4€-107k€252k▲
Other operating charges640/8€718k€539k▼
Non-recurring operating charges66A€25k€3k▼
Operating profit (loss)9901€3.77M€1.24M▼
Financial income75/76B€597k€1.09M▲
Recurring financial income75€597k€1.09M▲
Income from current assets751€39k€75k▲
Other financial income752/9€558k€1.02M▲
Financial charges65/66B€1.60M€2.05M▲
Recurring financial charges65€1.60M€2.05M▲
Debt charges650€1.07M€865k▼
Other financial charges652/9€529k€1.19M▲
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€2.77M€280k▼
Income taxes67/77€-125k€149k▲
Taxes670/3€240k€149k▼
Tax adjustments and reversals of tax provisions77€365k€14▼
Profit (loss) for the period9904€2.89M€131k▼
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€2.89M€131k▼
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€2.89M€131k▼
Transfer to equity691/2€2.20M€61k▼
To the legal reserve6920€78k-
To other reserves6921€2.12M€61k▼
Profit to be distributed694/7€692k€70k▼
Directors or managers695€692k€70k▼
Social balance
Average headcount (FTE)9087230.2236.1▲
The notes to these accounts (95 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.
Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones
Next filing, fiscal year 2026, expected by
2026
02-07
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · full schema
2025
27-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · full schema
2024
31-12
Financial
Highest result since 2018net €2.89M ▲5274%
Operating result €3.77M, net result €2.89M, both a record.
31-12
Financial
Equity above €25MEq €26.19M ▲9.2%
2 profitable years in a row build equity to €26.19M.
17-07
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · full schema
2023
31-12
Financial
Back to profitnet €54k
Net result €54k after one loss-making year.
04-07
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · full schema
2022
18-07
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · full schema
2021
31-12
Financial
Back to profitnet €2.46M
Net result €2.46M after one loss-making year.
31-12
Financial
Equity above €25MEq €26.18M ▲11.4%
Equity rises from €23.51M to €26.18M.
16-07
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · full schema
2020
07-07
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · full schema
Show earlier events
2019
31-12
Financial
Weakest financial yearnet €-2.49M ▼1351%
Net result drops to €-2.49M, the lowest in the series; recovery starts the following year.
27-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · full schema
2018
14-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · full schema
2017
27-06
NBB filing
Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2016 · full schema
Financial milestoneNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.
Directors · office · real estate
Directors
24 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, Harelbeke · 6 establishment units since 1997
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.
Generaal Deprezstraat 48530 HarelbekeGround area
3.8 ha
Building footprint
1.8 ha
Volume, LiDAR
149,681 m³
6 parcels, Flanders · tallest building 15.7 m, ±4 floors. Linked by address, not a title deed.
6 establishment units
RANSON PRODUCTIE
since 19972.177.193.803
RANSHOP
since 19982.177.190.041
RANSON BRU
since 20032.177.190.338
RANSON HOESELT
since 20082.177.192.516
RANSON
since 20192.290.822.175
RANSON ANTWERPEN
since 20202.297.572.781
6 parcels
Flanders
6
(100%)
| Parcel (capakey) | Region | Area | Buildings | Height / fl. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73032G0295/00P000 | Flanders | 1.0 ha | 1 · 6,256 m² | 14.8 m · 4 fl. |
| 34322B0453/00E002 | Flanders | 7,596 m² | - | - |
| 34353B0076/00R003 | Flanders | 7,397 m² | 1 · 6,960 m² | 15.7 m · 3 fl. |
| 11050A0046/00W000 | Flanders | 5,420 m² | 1 · 1,586 m² | - |
| 23026A0123/00W000 | Flanders | 4,920 m² | 1 · 1,903 m² | 7.2 m |
| 34013A1167/00G000 | Flanders | 2,356 m² | 1 · 928 m² | 9.0 m · 2 fl. |
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Methodology
via registered seat: 1 · via establishment units: 5
6 of 6 parcels with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.
Public money · subsidies and aid
Flemish government
2022 to 2025 · 10 entries · 39,415 EUR awarded · 34,889 EUR paid| Year | Entries | awarded | paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 14,052 EUR | 14,052 EUR |
| 2024 | 2 | 1,661 EUR | 8,449 EUR |
| 2023 | 2 | 9,092 EUR | 9,092 EUR |
| 2022 | 2 | 14,610 EUR | 3,296 EUR |
Schemes
Vlaamse ondersteuningspremie (VOP) voor werkgevers (uitdovend stelsel)
Ecologiepremie+
Individueel Maatwerk
Vlaams opleidingsverlof (VOV)
Recognitions · licences · registrations
Food safety, FASFC
6 sitesKortrijk2.177.193.803
Harelbeke2.290.822.175
Bilzen-Hoeselt2.177.192.516
Dilbeek2.177.190.338
Show 2 more sites
Harelbeke2.177.190.041
Wijnegem2.297.572.781
Legal Entity Identifier
549300DNYEDBUD7DCU66
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Company data · Crossroads Bank
Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded24-02-1975
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
46389Wholesale of other food products
47120Other non-specialised retail sale
46360Wholesale trade
10890Manufacture of food products
47241Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets)
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 49 filingsAddress and cadastre registers
Scores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.