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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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2023 and 2024.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 38 % of short-term debt in 2024; threshold 65 %.
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Legal situation KBO
Vrijwillige ontbinding – vereffening according to the CBE.
Financials
Financial year 2024
DESIGN METAL from Liège, company number BE0842619895, closed financial year 2024 with a result of € -2,876 after tax. For that financial year DESIGN METAL recorded a gross margin of € -317 and equity of € -1.1 million. Compared with financial year 2023, the result moved from € -76,639 to € -2,876. 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 October 13, 2025.
€ -1.1 million
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -2,876
▲ 96 % less loss than in 2023
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 80,983
▼ 3% vs 2023
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -1.8 million.
People and assets in 2024
€ 158,386
Of which on lease € 158,386.
Debts at end 2024
€ 363,063
€ 158,957 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 1.2 million
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 594,243
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Change 2023 → 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € -52,666 | € -2,005 | € -1,689 | € -317 | ▲ € 1,372 |
| Profit after taxes | € -52,666 | € -3,401 | € -76,639 | € -2,876 | ▲ € 73,763 |
| Equity | € -1,040,963 | € -1,044,363 | € -1,121,002 | € -1,123,878 | |
| Total debts | € 2,283,933 | € 2,283,933 | € 2,358,037 | € 2,358,037 | |
| Cash | € 89,795 | € 86,394 | € 83,859 | € 80,983 | ▼ 3% |
| Retained profit | € -1,758,227 | € -1,761,628 | € -1,838,266 | € -1,841,142 | |
| Bank debt | € 363,063 | € 363,063 | € 363,063 | € 363,063 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 1,242,970 | € 1,239,570 | € 1,237,035 | € 1,234,159 |
Key figures of DESIGN METAL, fiscal years 2021 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 31 July 2026.
What happened to DESIGN METAL?
What happened at DESIGN METAL in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
DESIGN METAL is active according to the CBE. Legal situation: Vrijwillige ontbinding – vereffening.
- New annual accounts for financial year 2024: loss of € 2,876. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 52,666 loss in 2021 to € 2,876 loss in 2024.
Paid € 76,755 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%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
Behind DESIGN METAL are François Ancion and Charlotte Musch. The same people are also behind VAEL. Charlotte Musch is also behind DUFARI.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue des Ecoliers 7
4020 Liège
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 3 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0842.619.895
- VAT number
- BE 0842.619.895
- Registered office
- Rue des Ecoliers 7, 4020 Liège
- Names & denominations
- DESIGN METAL
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Vrijwillige ontbinding – vereffening
- Start date
- 11 January 2012
- Peppol
- Not registered
- Activities · NACE
Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters
Schrijnwerk