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Signals from the annual accounts, the CBE and the Official Gazette, each with its threshold and source. No score, no verdict.
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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 3 of the last 3 fiscal years.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 0 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
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Late annual account NBB
Fiscal year 2024 was filed 333 days after the legal deadline.
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Annual account missing NBB
Fiscal year 2025 was expected before 30 January 2026 and has not been filed.
Financials
Financial year 2024
F.I.L. from Gent, company number BE0422524080, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € 474 after tax. For that financial year F.I.L. recorded a gross margin of € 23,542 and equity of € -76,282. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € 984 to € 474. The company is profitable. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on December 29, 2025.
€ -76,282
▲ € 474 vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 474
▼ 52% vs 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 115
▼ 97% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2024. Retained profit grew to € -94,874.
Debts at end 2024
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
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| Gross margin | € 39,044 | € 26,139 | € 23,542 | ▼ 10% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,162 | € 984 | € 474 | ▼ 52% |
| Equity | € -77,740 | € -76,756 | € -76,282 | ▲ € 474 |
| Total debts | € 863,363 | € 840,574 | € 807,773 | ▼ 4% |
| Cash | - | € 4,522 | € 115 | ▼ 97% |
| Land & buildings | € 85,664 | € 75,844 | € 66,025 | ▼ 13% |
| Retained profit | € -96,332 | € -95,348 | € -94,874 | |
| Bank debt | € 15,698 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 785,623 | € 763,818 | € 731,491 | ▼ 4% |
Key figures of F.I.L., fiscal years 2022 to 2024, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2025 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 30 January 2026.
What happened to F.I.L.?
What happened at F.I.L. in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: profit of € 474 (▼ 52% vs 2023). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Gent. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 1,162 profit in 2022 to € 474 profit in 2024.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 1,162 profit.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Katwilgenstraat 4
9032 Gent
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0422.524.080
- VAT number
- BE 0422.524.080
- Registered office
- Katwilgenstraat 4, 9032 Gent
- Names & denominations
- F.I.L.
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 23 March 1982
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jul 2026
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