Financials
Financial year 2025
Sofina from Brussel, company number BE0403219397, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 101.3 million after tax. For that financial year Sofina recorded revenue of € 3.4 million and equity of € 4.5 billion. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 1.4 billion to € 101.3 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 June 10, 2026.
€ 4.5 billion
▲ 13% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 101.3 million
▼ 93% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 18.4 million
▼ 58% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 132.2 million paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
48.2
▼ 0.3 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 28.6 million
▲ 11% vs 2024
€ 593,200 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.
€ 258,312
▼ 29% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 1.3 billion
▲ 86% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 4 million
▲ 26% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 61 days on average.
€ 14.1 million
▲ 28% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 5,583,607 | € 2,923,121 | € 1,954,597 | € 3,421,739 | ▲ 75% |
| Profit after taxes | € -281,225,385 | € 321,074,466 | € 1,417,232,039 | € 101,278,371 | ▼ 93% |
| Equity | € 2,463,929,444 | € 2,671,428,182 | € 3,970,432,453 | € 4,485,023,471 | ▲ 13% |
| Total debts | € 992,404,510 | € 872,275,007 | € 971,357,318 | € 1,460,106,708 | ▲ 50% |
| Cash | € 140,303,744 | € 112,908,598 | € 44,238,479 | € 18,375,910 | ▼ 58% |
| Land & buildings | € 8,346,420 | € 7,894,904 | € 7,443,389 | € 6,991,874 | ▼ 6% |
| Retained profit | € 2,379,685,563 | € 2,587,187,810 | € 3,886,195,590 | € 3,855,236,672 | ▼ 1% |
| Dividend | € 110,291,946 | € 113,572,219 | € 118,224,259 | € 132,237,289 | ▲ 12% |
| Bank debt | € 695,294,887 | € 696,076,513 | € 696,861,163 | € 1,297,644,550 | ▲ 86% |
| Balance sheet total | € 3,459,922,858 | € 3,545,608,889 | € 4,943,520,460 | € 5,946,704,054 | ▲ 20% |
| Employees (FTE) | 47.7 | 49.4 | 48.5 | 48.2 | ▼ 0.3 |
Key figures of Sofina, 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 Sofina?
What happened at Sofina in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Catherine Madame Soubie stepped down as director. NBB
- Anja Madame Langenbucher stepped down as director. NBB
- Laura Madame Cioli stepped down as director. NBB
- Harold Monsieur Boël stepped down as director. NBB
- Charlotte Madame Strömberg stepped down as director. NBB
- Nicolas Monsieur Boël stepped down as director. NBB
- Laurent Comte de Meeûs d'Argenteuil stepped down as director. NBB
- Gwill Madame York stepped down as director. NBB
In short
From € 281.2 million loss in 2022 to € 101.3 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 28,093 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 1.4 billion profit.
Paid out € 474.3 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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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
The shares are held by Société de Participations Industrielles SA (24.8%), Union Financière Boël SA (22.4%) and Mobilière et Immobilière du Centre SA (7.4%). It owns 100% of SOFINA US, 100% of SOFINA CAPITAL, 100% of SOFINA LONDON, 100% of SOFINA INVEST SA, 100% of SOFINA ASIA and 100% of SOFINA VENTURES itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Nicolas Monsieur Boël
Director
since 2024 · until 2027
Dominique Monsieur Lancksweert
Chairman of the board
since 2021 · until 2026
Laurent Comte de Meeûs d'Argenteuil
Director
since 2024 · until 2027
Gwill Madame York
Director
since 2024 · until 2027
Felix Monsieur Goblet d'Alviella
Director
since 2023 · until 2026
Laura Madame Cioli
Director
since 2024 · until 2028
Harold Monsieur Boël
Managing director
since 2025 · until 2028
Michèle Madame Sioen
Director
since 2022 · until 2026
Leslie Monsieur Teo
Director
since 2023 · until 2026
Charlotte Madame Strömberg
Vice-chairman of the board
since 2024 · until 2028
Rajeev Monsieur Vasudeva
Director
since 2023 · until 2026
Catherine Madame Soubie
Director
since 2025 · until 2029
Anja Madame Langenbucher
Director
since 2025 · until 2029
Shareholders
Participations
SOFINA US
100%
SOFINA CAPITAL
100%
SOFINA LONDON
100%
SOFINA INVEST SA
100%
SOFINA ASIA
100%
100%
MxBEE
26.6%
M.M.C.
19.8%
Proeduca Altus, S.A
17.2%
15.5%
Lancelot UK HoldCo
15.2%
M. CHAPOUTIER
14.2%
SPARTOO
13.3%
Salto System, SL
12.2%
11.1%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Nijverheidsstraat 31
1040 Brussel
Napelsstraat 38
1050 Elsene
Active since 1 December 1956
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Details
- Company number
- 0403.219.397
- VAT number
- BE 0403.219.397
- Registered office
- Nijverheidsstraat 31, 1040 Brussel
- Names & denominations
- Sofina
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 28 December 1956
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 22 Aug 2025
- Activities · NACE
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