U C B is registered with the CBE as active in: Managementactiviteiten van holdings. Public Limited, started on 26 May 1925, 1 establishment.

What is the address of U C B?

The registered office of U C B is located at Researchdreef 60, 1070 Anderlecht.

Is U C B still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (29 October 2026) U C B is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 26 May 1925.

Is U C B registered on Peppol?

Yes, U C B is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0403053608.

What is the enterprise number of U C B?

The enterprise number of U C B is BE0403053608.

When was U C B founded?

U C B was founded on 26 May 1925.

Who are the directors of U C B?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of U C B are: Maëlys CASTELLA, Ulf WIINBERG, Jan BERGER, Jean-Christophe TELLIER, Rodolfo SAVITZKY, Kay DAVIES, Nefertiti GREENE, Cédric van RIJCKEVORSEL.

Is U C B a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 26 May 1925; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 15 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did U C B make in 2025?

U C B posted a profit after taxes of € 383,401,229 in financial year 2025.

How much does an employee at U C B earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at U C B was € 376,000 in 2025: staff costs of € 77.9 million for 207.2 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does U C B have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, U C B has 207.2 full-time equivalents (FTE).

U C B (Public Limited) - Anderlecht - BE0403053608

Dossier U C B, printed on 29 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0403053608/u-c-b. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

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Financials

Financial year 2025

U C B from Anderlecht, company number BE0403053608, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 383.4 million after tax. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 389.6 million to € 383.4 million. The company is profitable. The buffer is growing. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on May 12, 2026.

What it is worth Growing

€ 9.2 billion

▲ 1% vs 2024

Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.

Profit Healthy

€ 383.4 million

▼ 2% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 2.3 million

▼ 94% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 276.4 million paid out

72 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

207.2

▲ 15.2 vs 2024

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost Staff costs are payroll only. Director pay sits with services and miscellaneous goods: € 67.1 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 77.9 million

▲ 17% vs 2024

€ 376,000 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 1.1 million

▼ 37% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

€ 2.8 billion

▼ 23% vs 2024

Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.

Owed to suppliers

€ 17.4 million

▼ 26% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 95 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 12 million

▲ 14% vs 2024

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Profit after taxes	€ 209,835,695 Profit after taxes 2022: € 209,835,695 First fiscal year in the series	€ 274,117,632 Profit after taxes 2023: € 274,117,632 ▲ 31% vs 2022 (€ 209,835,695) Favourable step	€ 389,632,383 Profit after taxes 2024: € 389,632,383 ▲ 42% vs 2023 (€ 274,117,632) Favourable step	€ 383,401,229 Profit after taxes 2025: € 383,401,229 ▼ 2% vs 2024 (€ 389,632,383) Unfavourable step	▼ 2%
Equity	€ 8,912,700,512 Equity 2022: € 8,912,700,512 First fiscal year in the series	€ 8,927,759,376 Equity 2023: € 8,927,759,376 Unchanged (€ 8,912,700,512) Favourable step	€ 9,053,357,793 Equity 2024: € 9,053,357,793 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 8,927,759,376) Favourable step	€ 9,160,338,136 Equity 2025: € 9,160,338,136 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 9,053,357,793) Favourable step	▲ 1%
Total debts	€ 4,047,570,075 Total debts 2022: € 4,047,570,075 First fiscal year in the series	€ 4,115,881,042 Total debts 2023: € 4,115,881,042 ▲ 2% vs 2022 (€ 4,047,570,075) Unfavourable step	€ 4,108,517,404 Total debts 2024: € 4,108,517,404 Unchanged (€ 4,115,881,042) Favourable step	€ 3,296,841,396 Total debts 2025: € 3,296,841,396 ▼ 20% vs 2024 (€ 4,108,517,404) Favourable step	▼ 20%
Cash	€ 13,632,702 Cash 2022: € 13,632,702 First fiscal year in the series	€ 39,161,262 Cash 2023: € 39,161,262 ▲ 187% vs 2022 (€ 13,632,702) Favourable step	€ 40,076,529 Cash 2024: € 40,076,529 ▲ 2% vs 2023 (€ 39,161,262) Favourable step	€ 2,253,653 Cash 2025: € 2,253,653 ▼ 94% vs 2024 (€ 40,076,529) Unfavourable step	▼ 94%
Land & buildings	€ 27,103,309 Land & buildings 2022: € 27,103,309 First fiscal year in the series	€ 31,676,874 Land & buildings 2023: € 31,676,874 ▲ 17% vs 2022 (€ 27,103,309) Unchanged	€ 30,706,099 Land & buildings 2024: € 30,706,099 ▼ 3% vs 2023 (€ 31,676,874) Unchanged	€ 31,084,232 Land & buildings 2025: € 31,084,232 ▲ 1% vs 2024 (€ 30,706,099) Unchanged	▲ 1%
Retained profit	€ 6,329,641,876 Retained profit 2022: € 6,329,641,876 First fiscal year in the series	€ 6,344,700,740 Retained profit 2023: € 6,344,700,740 Unchanged (€ 6,329,641,876) Favourable step	€ 6,470,299,157 Retained profit 2024: € 6,470,299,157 ▲ 2% vs 2023 (€ 6,344,700,740) Favourable step	€ 6,577,279,500 Retained profit 2025: € 6,577,279,500 ▲ 2% vs 2024 (€ 6,470,299,157) Favourable step	▲ 2%
Dividend	€ 252,318,837 Dividend 2022: € 252,318,837 First fiscal year in the series	€ 259,058,769 Dividend 2023: € 259,058,769 ▲ 3% vs 2022 (€ 252,318,837) Unchanged	€ 264,033,966 Dividend 2024: € 264,033,966 ▲ 2% vs 2023 (€ 259,058,769) Unchanged	€ 276,420,886 Dividend 2025: € 276,420,886 ▲ 5% vs 2024 (€ 264,033,966) Unchanged	▲ 5%
Bank debt	€ 3,625,593,302 Bank debt 2022: € 3,625,593,302 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,650,280,033 Bank debt 2023: € 3,650,280,033 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 3,625,593,302) Unfavourable step	€ 3,623,126,278 Bank debt 2024: € 3,623,126,278 ▼ 1% vs 2023 (€ 3,650,280,033) Favourable step	€ 2,802,386,762 Bank debt 2025: € 2,802,386,762 ▼ 23% vs 2024 (€ 3,623,126,278) Favourable step	▼ 23%
Balance sheet total	€ 12,985,137,144 Balance sheet total 2022: € 12,985,137,144 First fiscal year in the series	€ 13,064,527,571 Balance sheet total 2023: € 13,064,527,571 ▲ 1% vs 2022 (€ 12,985,137,144) Unchanged	€ 13,205,512,692 Balance sheet total 2024: € 13,205,512,692 ▲ 1% vs 2023 (€ 13,064,527,571) Unchanged	€ 12,509,165,232 Balance sheet total 2025: € 12,509,165,232 ▼ 5% vs 2024 (€ 13,205,512,692) Unchanged	▼ 5%
Employees (FTE)	189.5 Employees (FTE) 2022: 189.5 First fiscal year in the series	189.4 Employees (FTE) 2023: 189.4 ▼ 0.1 vs 2022 (189.5) Unchanged	192 Employees (FTE) 2024: 192 ▲ 2.6 vs 2023 (189.4) Unchanged	207.2 Employees (FTE) 2025: 207.2 ▲ 15.2 vs 2024 (192) Unchanged	▲ 15.2

Key figures of U C B, 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 U C B?

What happened at U C B in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

2029 Stefaan HEYLEN stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Jonathan PEACOCK stepped down as director. NBB
2029 Fiona POWRIE stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Ulf WIINBERG stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Rodolfo SAVITZKY stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Nefertiti GREENE stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Dolca THOMAS stepped down as director. NBB
2028 Pierre GURDJIAN stepped down as director. NBB

In short

From € 209.8 million profit in 2022 to € 383.4 million profit in 2025.

Paid € 6 million in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2024, with € 389.6 million profit.

Paid out € 1.1 billion in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

FINANCIERE DE TUBIZE 36.3%

The stake of FINANCIERE DE TUBIZE comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

U C B

UCB (Investments) LTD 100%

UCB Pharma Romania SRL 100%

UCB Pharma SA 100%

UCB Trading (Shanghai) Ltd. 100%

+24

The shares are held by FINANCIERE DE TUBIZE (36.3%). It owns 100% of UCB (Investments) LTD, 100% of UCB Pharma Romania SRL, 100% of UCB Pharma SA, 100% of UCB Trading (Shanghai) Ltd., 100% of UCB Bulgaria EOOD and 100% of UCB Pharma Logistics LLC itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Maëlys CASTELLA

Director

since 2023 · until 2027

Ulf WIINBERG

Director

since 2024 · until 2028

Jan BERGER

Director

since 2023 · until 2027

Jean-Christophe TELLIER

Director

since 2022 · until 2026

Rodolfo SAVITZKY

Director

since 2024 · until 2028

Kay DAVIES

Director

since 2022 · until 2026

Nefertiti GREENE

Director

since 2024 · until 2028

Cédric van RIJCKEVORSEL

Director

since 2022 · until 2026

Stefaan HEYLEN

Director

since 2025 · until 2029

Dolca THOMAS

Director

since 2024 · until 2028

Jonathan PEACOCK

Chairman of the board

since 2025 · until 2029

Pierre GURDJIAN

Director

since 2024 · until 2028

Charles-Antoine JANSSEN

Director

since 2024 · until 2028

Fiona POWRIE

Director

since 2026 · until 2029

Cyril JANSSEN

Director

since 2023 · until 2027

Shareholders

FINANCIERE DE TUBIZE

36.3%

Participations

UCB (Investments) LTD

100%

UCB Pharma Romania SRL

100%

UCB Pharma SA

100%

UCB Trading (Shanghai) Ltd.

100%

UCB Bulgaria EOOD

100%

UCB Pharma Logistics LLC

100%

UCB Pharma A.S. (TURKEY)

100%

UCB Pharma France SAS

100%

UCB Australia Pty. LTD

100%

UCB S.R.O.

100%

UCB DE MEXICO S.A. de C.V.

100%

UCB Japan Co LTD

100%

UCB Pharma S.A. (Spain)

100%

UCB Pharma LLC (Russia)

100%

UCB (Pharma) Ireland LTD

100%

Vedim Sp. z.o.o.

100%

UCB HUNGARY LTD

100%

UCB Pharmaceuticals (Taiwan) Ltd

100%

UCB Korea Co LTD

100%

UCB Manufacturing Ireland Ltd.

100%

UCB Biopharma S.A.

100%

UCB Ventures SA

100%

UCB India Private Ltd

100%

UCB Pharma S.P.A. (Italy)

99.9%

UCB A.E. (Greece)

99.9%

UCB Pharma (Produtos Farmacêuticos) Lda

98.3%

UCB Pharma Sp. z.o.o. (Poland)

78.1%

UCB GMBH

5.2%

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Registered office

Researchdreef 60

1070 Anderlecht

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Company number

0403.053.608

VAT number

BE 0403.053.608

Registered office

Researchdreef 60, 1070 Anderlecht

Names & denominations

U C B

Enterprise type

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Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

26 May 1925

Peppol

Active · Active since 24 Dec 2025

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