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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 4 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2023 and 2023.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 0 % of short-term debt in 2023; threshold 65 %.
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Late annual account NBB
Fiscal year 2023 was filed 299 days after the legal deadline.
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Legal situation KBO
Vrijwillige ontbinding – vereffening according to the CBE.
Financials
Financial year 2023
METAPHORE from Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, company number BE0835109226, closed financial year 2023 with a result of € -4.3 million after tax. For that financial year METAPHORE recorded a gross margin of € -20,040 and equity of € -8.8 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -2.5 million to € -4.3 million. The company made a loss. 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 May 26, 2025.
€ -8.8 million
▼ € 4.3 million vs 2023
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -4.3 million
▼ 76 % more loss than in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -10.8 million.
People and assets in 2023
≈ 1
No payroll staff. One director, so that person most likely runs the business.
Debts at end 2023
€ 6.8 million
▲ 8% vs 2023
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 114,331
▲ 268% vs 2023
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 44,596
▲ 2% vs 2023
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2023 | Change 2023 → 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 703,338 | - | - | - | |
| Gross margin | - | - | € -48,417 | € -20,040 | ▲ € 28,377 |
| Profit after taxes | € -6,313,467 | € -2,427,999 | € -2,451,878 | € -4,305,649 | ▼ € 1.9 million |
| Equity | € 431,830 | € -1,996,169 | € -4,448,047 | € -8,753,696 | ▼ € 4.3 million |
| Total debts | € 7,731,409 | € 7,665,175 | € 8,184,492 | € 8,750,696 | ▲ 7% |
| Cash | € 100 | - | - | - | |
| Retained profit | € -1,568,170 | € -3,996,169 | € -6,448,047 | € -10,753,696 | ▼ € 4.3 million |
| Bank debt | € 5,351,912 | € 5,649,030 | € 6,270,763 | € 6,798,256 | ▲ 8% |
| Balance sheet total | € 8,164,739 | € 5,670,505 | € 3,737,944 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
Key figures of METAPHORE, 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 METAPHORE?
What happened at METAPHORE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
METAPHORE is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Vrijwillige ontbinding – vereffening.
- New annual accounts for financial year 2023: loss of € 2.5 million. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Yves Lecot became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 6.3 million loss in 2021 to € 4.3 million loss in 2023.
Paid € 2,340 in corporate taxes since 2021.
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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%
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Management
Behind METAPHORE is Yves Lecot. The shares are held by Fondatio Privée Famille André Leruth FP (100%) and André Leruth (0.5%). It owns 100% of CRC MANAGEMENT AG (Liquidation), 100% of ONE BY ONE CHINA LTD ( Failitte), 100% of METAPHOR ITALY SRL ( Failitte), 82% of IMMOBILIARE RUE DE FRANCE and YUNPAI GARMENT (SHANGHAI) CO.,LIMITED (Failitte) itself.
Directors
According to the 2023 annual accounts
Yves Lecot
Liquidator
Also active at: COMPTAFID BENELUX, FIDUCIAIRE LECOT, PRIVATE STICHTING USHUAÏA
since 2023
Shareholders
André Leruth
0.5%
Participations
CRC MANAGEMENT AG (Liquidation)
100%
ONE BY ONE CHINA LTD ( Failitte)
100%
METAPHOR ITALY SRL ( Failitte)
100%
IMMOBILIARE RUE DE FRANCE
82%
YUNPAI GARMENT (SHANGHAI) CO.,LIMITED (Failitte)
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Edmond Machtenslaan 180
1080 Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
Edmond Machtenslaan 180 box 100
1080 Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
Active since 4 April 2011
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What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0835.109.226
- VAT number
- BE 0835.109.226
- Registered office
- Edmond Machtenslaan 180, 1080 Sint-Jans-Molenbeek
- Names & denominations
- METAPHORE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Vrijwillige ontbinding – vereffening
- Start date
- 4 April 2011
- Peppol
- Not registered