Warning lights
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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 6 % of short-term debt in 2023; threshold 65 %.
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Late annual account NBB
Fiscal year 2023 was filed 188 days after the legal deadline.
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Legal situation KBO
Opening faillissement according to the CBE.
Financials
Financial year 2023
Hortus Consulting from Westerlo, company number BE0701945349, closed financial year 2023 with a result of € 4,716 after tax. For that financial year Hortus Consulting recorded a gross margin of € 15,458 and equity of € 51,330. Compared with financial year 2022, the result moved from € -11,069 to € 4,716. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on February 4, 2025.
€ 51,330
▲ 10% vs 2022
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 4,716
▲ still € 11,070 loss in 2022
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2023. Retained profit grew to € 1,330.
People and assets in 2023
€ 237
▼ 68% vs 2022
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2023
€ 324,813
▼ 3% vs 2022
€ 56,353 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 5 years.
€ 33,966
▲ 72% vs 2022
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Change 2022 → 2023 | |
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| Gross margin | € 16,525 | € -4,054 | € 15,458 | ▲ € 19,512 |
| Profit after taxes | € 8,452 | € -11,069 | € 4,716 | ▲ € 15,785 |
| Equity | € 57,683 | € 46,614 | € 51,330 | ▲ 10% |
| Total debts | € 539,432 | € 539,174 | € 551,528 | ▲ 2% |
| Retained profit | € 7,683 | € -3,386 | € 1,330 | ▲ € 4,716 |
| Bank debt | € 368,711 | € 333,927 | € 324,813 | ▼ 3% |
| Balance sheet total | € 597,115 | € 585,787 | € 602,857 | ▲ 3% |
Key figures of Hortus Consulting, fiscal years 2021 to 2023, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.The annual account for fiscal year 2024 has not been filed yet; it was expected before 31 July 2025.
What happened to Hortus Consulting?
What happened at Hortus Consulting in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
Hortus Consulting is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Opening faillissement.
- New annual accounts for financial year 2023: profit of € 4,716. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Westerlo. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 8,452 profit in 2021 to € 4,716 profit in 2023.
Paid € 888 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2021, with € 8,452 profit.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
Behind Hortus Consulting is Wim Aerts. Wim Aerts is also behind 'T KEMPISCH PALLET and Bar Jardin.
Directors
According to the 2023 annual accounts
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Bergveld 120
2260 Westerlo
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0701.945.349
- VAT number
- BE 0701.945.349
- Registered office
- Bergveld 120, 2260 Westerlo
- Names & denominations
- Hortus Consulting
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Opening faillissement
- Start date
- 31 August 2018
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 11 Sept 2026
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