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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 17 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO BELGIUM from Dilbeek, company number BE0402018577, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 7.1 million after tax. For that financial year BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO BELGIUM recorded revenue of € 1.1 billion and equity of € 76.9 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 14.8 million to € 7.1 million. The company is profitable. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on June 10, 2026.
€ 76.9 million
▼ 2% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 7.1 million
▼ 52% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 8 million paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
90.2
▼ 2.6 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 18.1 million
▲ 13% vs 2024
€ 200,500 per full-time equivalent. Payroll staff only. What the director pays themselves is already netted into the gross margin and is not shown separately in the accounts.
€ 208,598
▼ 24% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 38.6 million
▲ 242% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 13 days on average.
€ 216 million
▼ 37% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 1,038,583,431 | € 1,102,179,014 | € 1,155,035,242 | € 1,103,286,740 | ▼ 4% |
| Profit after taxes | € 8,042,960 | € 14,396,126 | € 14,844,576 | € 7,106,951 | ▼ 52% |
| Equity | € 401,314,913 | € 77,373,539 | € 78,037,715 | € 76,863,866 | ▼ 2% |
| Total debts | € 263,699,346 | € 633,304,491 | € 367,464,013 | € 262,980,209 | ▼ 28% |
| Cash | € 267,944 | € 0 | € 0 | - | |
| Retained profit | € 70,332,391 | € 16,209,396 | € 16,873,572 | € 15,699,723 | ▼ 7% |
| Dividend | € 7,000,000 | € 68,181,621 | € 14,000,000 | € 8,000,000 | ▼ 43% |
| Balance sheet total | € 673,749,422 | € 724,455,243 | € 459,375,087 | € 352,924,300 | ▼ 23% |
| Employees (FTE) | 92.9 | 91.8 | 92.8 | 90.2 | ▼ 2.6 |
Key figures of BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO BELGIUM, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 31 July 2027.
What happened to BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO BELGIUM?
What happened at BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO BELGIUM in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Thomas DAENENS stepped down as director. NBB
- Christophe MICHELET stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 7.1 million (▼ 52% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Christophe MICHELET became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Brussel. KBO
- Thomas DAENENS became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- New establishment in Dilbeek. KBO
In short
From € 8 million profit in 2022 to € 7.1 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 23.5 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 14.8 million profit.
Paid out € 97.2 million in dividends to the owners in total.
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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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Management
The shares are held by Weston Investment Company Ltd (100%) and British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd (0%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Thomas DAENENS
Director
since 2018 · until 2027
Christophe MICHELET
Director
since 2024 · until 2027
Shareholders
Weston Investment Company Ltd
100%
British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd
0%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Nieuwe Gentsesteenweg 21
1702 Dilbeek
Aarlenstraat 80
1040 Brussel
Active since 29 March 2022
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Details
- Company number
- 0402.018.577
- VAT number
- BE 0402.018.577
- Registered office
- Nieuwe Gentsesteenweg 21, 1702 Dilbeek
- Names & denominations
- BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO BELGIUM
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 15 March 1929
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2026
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