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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 6 to 5.1.
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Busy address KBO
24 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
The Associated Press (Belgium) from Brussel, company number BE0403485059, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 48,435 after tax. For that financial year The Associated Press (Belgium) recorded revenue of € 1.2 million and equity of € 854,556. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 2,087 to € 48,435. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 18, 2026.
€ 854,556
▲ 6% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 48,435
▲ € 46,348 vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 3,032
▼ 32% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Stays in the company
No dividend for 2025. Retained profit grew to € 792,556.
People and assets in 2025
5.1
▼ 0.6 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 765,244
▼ 11% vs 2024
€ 150,000 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.
€ 4,410
▼ 23% 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.
€ 57,519
▲ 25% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 99,444
▼ 14% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 1,138,569 | € 2,209,249 | € 1,240,925 | € 1,225,062 | ▼ 1% |
| Gross margin | € 839,940 | € 1,920,771 | € 913,348 | € 847,271 | ▼ 7% |
| Profit after taxes | € 14,037 | € 40,918 | € 2,087 | € 48,435 | ▲ € 46,348 |
| Equity | € 763,115 | € 804,033 | € 806,121 | € 854,556 | ▲ 6% |
| Total debts | € 193,039 | € 189,506 | € 167,209 | € 163,022 | ▼ 3% |
| Cash | € 4,857 | € 9,917 | € 4,440 | € 3,032 | ▼ 32% |
| Retained profit | € 701,115 | € 742,033 | € 744,121 | € 792,556 | ▲ 7% |
| Balance sheet total | € 956,154 | € 993,539 | € 973,330 | € 1,017,578 | ▲ 5% |
| Employees (FTE) | 7.3 | 6 | 5.7 | 5.1 | ▼ 0.6 |
Key figures of The Associated Press (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 The Associated Press (Belgium)?
What happened at The Associated Press (Belgium) in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- KAREN KAISER stepped down as director. NBB
- BRIDGET FORRESTER stepped down as director. NBB
- JEREMY CARMEL stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 48,435 (▲ € 46,348 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- KAREN KAISER became a director. NBB
- BRIDGET FORRESTER became a director. NBB
- JEREMY CARMEL became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 14,037 profit in 2022 to € 48,435 profit in 2025.
Paid € 79,564 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 48,435 profit.
On average € 166,100 of value added per employee in 2025.
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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 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
JEREMY CARMEL
Director
since 2021 · until 2027
KAREN KAISER
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
BRIDGET FORRESTER
Director
since 2025 · until 2031
Shareholders
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Karel de Grotelaan 1 box 49
1000 Brussel
Karel de Grotelaan 1
1000 Brussel
Active since 1 December 1967
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 24 companies are registered at this address.
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What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0403.485.059
- VAT number
- BE 0403.485.059
- Registered office
- Karel de Grotelaan 1 bus 49, 1000 Brussel
- Names & denominations
- The Associated Press (Belgium)
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 29 December 1967
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- Active · Active since 26 Jan 2026
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