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format Beratungs GmbH GmbH

Dreieich ·HRB 45194 Offenbach am Main

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Structured data

Parsed, typed and queryable directly through the API.

Overview

Legal form: GmbH
Address: Robert-Bosch-Straße 5
63303 Dreieich
Commercial register: HRB 45194, Offenbach am Main
Registration date: October 7, 2010
Industry: Erbringung von Beratungsleistungen auf dem Gebiet der Informationstechnologie
Unternehmensberatung
Vermittlungstätigkeiten für die Güterbeförderung
Purpose: Beratung und Schulung von Unternehmen und deren Mitarbeitern in den Bereichen Versand, Zoll und Außenwirtschaft

Financials

Total assets 2013

51.201 €

Net income 2013

−26.034 €

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Balance sheet

2013

Assets 51,2 k

Current Assets 96,2 % 49,2 k
Fixed Assets 3,8 % 2,0 k

Liabilities and Equity 51,2 k

Liabilities 299,4 % 153,3 k
Equity 205,2 % −105,1 k
Provisions 5,7 % 2,9 k

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Balance sheet data available for 3 earlier fiscal years.

Profit & loss

2013

Income 576,1 k

Gross profit 43,3 % 249,2 k
Personnel expenses 37,2 % 214,4 k
Other operating expenses 9,4 % 53,9 k
Annual net profit/loss 4,5 % −26,0 k
Ergebnis der gewöhnlichen Geschäftstätigkeit 4,4 % −25,6 k
Interest and similar expenses 1,0 % 5,6 k
Depreciation 0,2 % 979
Other taxes 0,1 % 432

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Authorized representatives

Horst Scharf since 2010 Managing Director

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Ownership & holdings

Shareholders

Format Software Service GmbH DEU 100.0 % 25k €

Ultimate beneficial owners (UBOs)

1 hold ≥ 25%

70.0 % identified 30.0 % unidentified

B****** S***** ≥25% 35.0 %
H**** S***** 20.0 %

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History

2022
15.06.

Exit of position

G***** K****** · Procura
2021
26.11.

Change of address

format Beratungs GmbH
26.11.

Exit of position

C****** A****** · Procura
2020
14.09.

Member entry

G***** K****** · Procura
2019
05.02.

Exit of position

M****** H****** · Managing Director
2011
15.08.

Change of company name

format Beratungs GmbH
15.08.

Change of bylaws

format Beratungs GmbH
12.07.

Member entry

C****** A****** · Procura

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Part 2 / 2

Raw data & documents

Original filings, full-text markdown and PDFs — full content via the API.

Annual statements (full text)

Published reports as markdown — including management report, balance sheet, P&L and appendix.

2013 Jahresabschluss
2012 Jahresabschluss ↓
2011 Jahresabschluss
2010 Jahresabschluss

Previous year — readable in full

Jahresabschluss 2012

Published July 19, 2013 · Source: Bundesanzeiger

format Beratungs GmbH

Dreieich

Jahresabschluss zum Geschäftsjahr vom 01.01.2012 bis zum 31.12.2012

Bilanz

Aktiva

	31.12.2012 EUR	31.12.2011 EUR
A. Anlagevermögen	2.936,00	3.915,00
I. Sachanlagen	2.936,00	3.915,00
B. Umlaufvermögen	18.304,81	10.247,23
I. Forderungen und sonstige Vermögensgegenstände	17.648,52	5.723,54
II. Kassenbestand, Bundesbankguthaben, Guthaben bei Kreditinstituten und Schecks	656,29	4.523,69
Bilanzsumme, Summe Aktiva	21.240,81	14.162,23
Passiva
	31.12.2012 EUR	31.12.2011 EUR
A. Eigenkapital	-79.018,82	-27.174,45
I. gezeichnetes Kapital	25.000,00	25.000,00
II. Verlustvortrag	52.174,45	1.637,89
III. Jahresfehlbetrag	51.844,37	50.536,56
B. Rückstellungen	1.627,00	2.026,00
C. Verbindlichkeiten	98.632,63	39.310,68
Bilanzsumme, Summe Passiva	21.240,81	14.162,23

Bilanz und Anhang zur Offenlegung

1 Anhang

1.1 Allgemeine Angaben

Der Jahresabschluss der format Beratungs GmbH wurde auf der Grundlage der Rechnungslegungsvorschriften des Handelsgesetzbuchs aufgestellt.

Ergänzend zu diesen Vorschriften waren die Regelungen des GmbH-Gesetzes zu beachten.

Die Gesellschaft ist eine kleine Kapitalgesellschaft im Sinne des § 267 Abs. 1 HGB.

Für die Gewinn- und Verlustrechnung wurde das Gesamtkostenverfahren gewählt.

Die Gesellschaft nimmt die für kleine Kapitalgesellschaften geltenden Angabe Erleichterungen der §§ 274a, 276 u. 288 HGB teilweise in Anspruch.

Die Gesellschaft hat von der Befreiungsvorschrift nach § 264 Abs. 1 Satz 4 HGB Gebrauch gemacht und auf die Aufstellung eines Lageberichtes verzichtet.

Für das Unternehmen besteht nach § 238 HGB Buchführungspflicht. Es gelten die besonderen Vorschriften des Handelsgesetzbuches für Kapitalgesellschaften.

1.2 Grundsätze zur Bilanzierung und Bewertung

Die Wertansätze in der Bilanz der format Beratungs GmbH zum 31.12.2011 wurden unver-ändert als Bilanzvorträge in neue Rechnung übernommen.

Die Sachanlagen sind zu Anschaffungs- bzw. Herstellungskosten, vermindert um planmäßige Abschreibungen entsprechend der Nutzungsdauer angesetzt. Es kam die lineare Absetzung für Abnutzung zur Anwendung.

Die Kundenforderungen und sonstigen Vermögensgegenstände sind mit dem Nominalbetrag angesetzt.

Die flüssigen Mittel sind in der Höhe ihres Nennwertes angesetzt.

Rechnungsabgrenzungsposten liegen keine vor.

Bei Bildung der Rückstellungen ist den erkennbaren Risiken und ungewissen Verbindlichkeiten angemessen Rechnung getragen worden. Sie sind in der Höhe des notwendigen Erfüllungsbe-trages angesetzt.

Die Verbindlichkeiten werden mit dem jeweiligen Erfüllungsbetrages passiviert.

1.3 Angaben zu einzelnen Posten der Bilanz

Umlaufvermögen

Die Kundenforderungen betragen	15.582,60€
Die sonstigen Forderungen	2.065,92€

Sonstige Rückstellungen

Die sonstigen Rückstellungen enthalten im Wesentlichen die Kosten für die Abschluss- erstellung.

Verbindlichkeiten

Die sonstigen Verbindlichkeiten betragen 97.893,35€.

Die Lieferantenverbindlichkeiten betragen 739,28€.

In den sonstigen Verbindlichkeiten sind Verbindlichkeiten gegenüber verbundenen Unternehmen in Höhe von 67.690,87€ enthalten.

1.4 Sonstige Angaben

Namen der Geschäftsführer

Während des abgelaufenen Geschäftsjahrs wurden die Geschäfte des Unternehmens durch folgende Personen geführt:

Name des ersten Geschäftsführers: Herr/Frau XXX Horst Scharf

Name weiterer Geschäftsführer: Herr Malcolm Howett

Haftungsverhältnisse

Liegen keine vor.

Die Feststellung bzw. Billigung des Jahresabschlusses erfolgte am 8.7.2013.

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Register documents

PDF documents straight from the court register — fetched on demand via the :code endpoint.

Current extract (AD)
Chronological extract (CD)
Structured content (SI, XML)
Shareholders list
Articles of association

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Website content

Structured markdown rendering of the company's public website — perfect for enrichment and AI pipelines.

Website snapshot (auto-discovered) AI

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Live API

GEThandelsregister.ai/api/v1/fetch-organization

?q=0ec17a8b1d7a8371e0ca65463a0569d0

&features=financial_kpi

&features=balance_sheet_accounts

&features=profit_and_loss_account

&features=related_persons

&features=shareholders

&features=ubos

&features=history

&features=annual_financial_statements__html

curl -H 'X-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  "https://handelsregister.ai/api/v1/fetch-organization?q=0ec17a8b1d7a8371e0ca65463a0569d0&features=financial_kpi&features=balance_sheet_accounts&features=profit_and_loss_account&features=related_persons&features=shareholders&features=ubos&features=history&features=annual_financial_statements__html"

# pip install handelsregister
from handelsregister import Handelsregister

client = Handelsregister(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY")  # or set HANDELSREGISTER_API_KEY
organization = client.fetch_organization(
    q="0ec17a8b1d7a8371e0ca65463a0569d0",
    features=[
        "financial_kpi",
        "balance_sheet_accounts",
        "profit_and_loss_account",
        "related_persons",
        "shareholders",
        "ubos",
        "history",
        "annual_financial_statements__html",
    ],
)
print(organization["name"])

// npm install handelsregister
import { Handelsregister } from 'handelsregister';

const client = new Handelsregister('YOUR_API_KEY'); // or set HANDELSREGISTER_API_KEY
const organization = await client.fetchOrganization({
  q: '0ec17a8b1d7a8371e0ca65463a0569d0',
  features: [
    'financial_kpi',
    'balance_sheet_accounts',
    'profit_and_loss_account',
    'related_persons',
    'shareholders',
    'ubos',
    'history',
    'annual_financial_statements__html',
  ],
});
console.log(organization.name);

// npm install handelsregister
const { Handelsregister } = require('handelsregister');

const client = new Handelsregister(process.env.HANDELSREGISTER_API_KEY);
(async () => {
  const organization = await client.fetchOrganization({
    q: '0ec17a8b1d7a8371e0ca65463a0569d0',
    features: [
      'financial_kpi',
      'balance_sheet_accounts',
      'profit_and_loss_account',
      'related_persons',
      'shareholders',
      'ubos',
      'history',
      'annual_financial_statements__html',
    ],
  });
  console.log(organization.name);
})();

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    "legal_form": "<string>",
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        "city": "<string>",
        "county": "<string>",
        "state": "<string>",
        "country": "<ISO country>",
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            "document_html": "<string>"
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                        "<string>"
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                        {
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                                "<string>"
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                            "effective_from": "<string>",
                            "effective_to": null
                        }
                    ]
                },
                "role_representation_scheme": {
                    "current": [
                        "<string>"
                    ],
                    "history": [
                        {
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                                "<string>"
                            ],
                            "effective_from": "<string>",
                            "effective_to": null
                        }
                    ]
                }
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                "entity_id": null,
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                            "effective_from": "<string>",
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                        }
                    ]
                },
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                        "<string>"
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                            "country": "<ISO country>"
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                                "name": "<string>",
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                "name": "<string>",
                "legal_form": "<string>",
                "address": {
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                    "street": "<string>",
                    "postal_code": "<string>",
                    "city": "<string>",
                    "county": "<string>",
                    "state": "<string>",
                    "country": "<ISO country>",
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                        "longitude": "<float>"
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                        "entity_id": "<32-char hex>",
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                    "currency": "<ISO currency>",
                    "kind": "<string>"
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                "effective_from": "<string>",
                "effective_to": null
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        ]
    },
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                    "de": "<string>"
                }
            },
            "start_date": "<ISO date>",
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                    "organization": {
                        "name": "<string>"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    ]
}

Base fields

entity_id string

Stable handelsregister.ai identifier (32-char hex string).

name string

Registered legal name of the entity.

status enum

ACTIVE, TERMINATED, DISSOLVED or INSOLVENT.

legal_form string

Legal form (GmbH, AG, KG, …) when available.

address object

Postal address with street, house_number, postal_code, city, county, state, country and coordinates.

registration object

registration_date date

Initial entry into the commercial register (ISO date).

purpose string

Stated business purpose (Unternehmensgegenstand).

representation_scheme object

General representation scheme: { current: [...], history: [...] } with effective_from/effective_to per version.

capital object

Registered capital: { current, history }. current carries amount, currency and kind (STAMMKAPITAL, GRUNDKAPITAL, HAFTSUMME, GENEHMIGTES_KAPITAL, BEDINGTES_KAPITAL, VARIABLES_KAPITAL — open enum); each history entry has value, effective_from and effective_to (null = still in force). change_amount on a history entry is unsigned and does not always equal the difference between two consecutive amounts, so derive increases and decreases from the amounts. Partnerships and other entities without registered capital return current: null and an empty history.

contact_data object

website, phone_number and email when available.

industry_classification object

Industry codes per WZ2008 and WZ2025 with labels.

keywords array<string>

Keywords derived from the business purpose.

products_and_services array<string>

Product and service descriptions when available.

history array<object>

Chronological log of all register changes (name, seat, capital, representation, …).

features=financial_kpi

financial_kpi array<object>

Per fiscal year: revenue, employees, active_total (balance-sheet total), net_income, material_expenses, personnel_expenses.

features=balance_sheet_accounts

balance_sheet_accounts array<object>

Per fiscal year: hierarchical balance-sheet line items from the published annual statement.

features=profit_and_loss_account

profit_and_loss_account array<object>

Per fiscal year: hierarchical profit-and-loss line items.

features=related_persons

related_persons object

Authorized representatives: { current: [...], past: [...] } — managing directors, board members, signatories. Each person carries organization_representation_scheme and role_representation_scheme (current scheme + history).

features=shareholders

shareholders object

Shareholders: { total_capital, entries: [...], history: { current_as_of, past: [...] } }. Each entry carries shareholder, contribution, contribution_ratio and role; history.past delivers previous shareholder lists with an as_of date. total_capital, contribution and contribution_ratio may be null (e.g. for partnerships).

features=ubos

ubos object

Ultimate beneficial owners: { beneficial_owners, unresolved_beneficial_owners, coverage } as recorded in the transparency register.

features=shareholdings

shareholdings object

Stakes this entity holds in others: { holdings: { current: [...] }, summary }. Each holding links another organization by entity_id.

features=publications

publications array<object>

Official commercial-register publications (date, title, full text).

features=annual_financial_statements__html

annual_financial_statements__html array<object>

Published annual statements with document_html (rendered HTML), document_type, document_title, document_date, language and year.

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Key figures Revenue, employee count, total assets, net income — per fiscal year.
Authorized representatives Current and former managing directors, board members, signatories — with roles and date ranges.
Publications Official commercial register publications including date and full text.
Gesellschafter Current shareholder structure with stakes and contributions.
Wirtschaftlich Berechtigte (UBOs) Ultimate beneficial owners as recorded in the German transparency register.
Beteiligungen Stakes this company holds in other entities.
Bilanz Full balance sheet line items from published annual statements.
Gewinn- und Verlustrechnung P&L line items per fiscal year.
Jahresabschlüsse (HTML) Published annual financial statements rendered as HTML.
Insolvenzbekanntmachungen Notices from the official insolvency registers.
News Recent mentions of the company from external news sources.

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