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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2024.
Financials
Financial year 2025
DARGAUD - LOMBARD from Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel), company number BE0403501390, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 5.8 million after tax. For that financial year DARGAUD - LOMBARD recorded revenue of € 50.4 million and equity of € 56.5 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 5.1 million to € 5.8 million. 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 June 26, 2026.
€ 56.5 million
▲ 4% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 5.8 million
▲ 15% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 110,757
▼ 62% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 3.5 million paid out
60 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to Dargaud SA (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
50.8
▼ 1.3 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 4.5 million
▲ 2% vs 2024
€ 87,900 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.
€ 69,915
▼ 20% 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.
€ 21.9 million
▼ 12% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 209 days on average.
€ 2.1 million
▲ 23% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 64,804,176 | € 59,145,985 | € 56,611,104 | € 50,401,068 | ▼ 11% |
| Profit after taxes | € 11,251,176 | € 4,926,448 | € 5,072,694 | € 5,845,945 | ▲ 15% |
| Equity | € 51,229,582 | € 52,767,099 | € 54,252,747 | € 56,524,108 | ▲ 4% |
| Total debts | € 38,555,466 | € 33,634,002 | € 30,192,759 | € 27,624,438 | ▼ 9% |
| Cash | € 49,375 | € 94,051 | € 291,976 | € 110,757 | ▼ 62% |
| Land & buildings | € 1,499,171 | € 1,470,074 | € 1,474,497 | € 1,434,240 | ▼ 3% |
| Retained profit | € 48,029,582 | € 49,567,099 | € 51,052,747 | € 53,324,108 | ▲ 4% |
| Dividend | € 3,054,870 | € 3,329,025 | € 3,524,850 | € 3,524,850 | |
| Bank debt | € 2,600,000 | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 89,884,101 | € 86,401,100 | € 84,445,506 | € 84,166,546 | |
| Employees (FTE) | 49.3 | 51.6 | 52.1 | 50.8 | ▼ 1.3 |
Key figures of DARGAUD - LOMBARD, 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 DARGAUD - LOMBARD?
What happened at DARGAUD - LOMBARD in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- François Pernot stepped down as director. NBB
- Vincent Montagne stepped down as director. NBB
- Claude de Saint Vincent stepped down as director. NBB
- André Querton stepped down as director. NBB
- Dargaud SA stepped down as director. NBB
- Christel Hoolans stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 5.8 million (▲ 15% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Christel Hoolans became a director. NBB
In short
From € 11.3 million profit in 2022 to € 5.8 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 8.1 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 11.3 million profit.
Paid out € 13.4 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The shares are held by Dargaud SA (100%). It owns 13.9% of Belgian Heroes itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2017 · until 2028
Vincent Montagne
Director
Also active at: Graton Editeur, EDITIONS DUPUIS, Studio E.P. Jacobs, MEDIA-PARTICIPATIONS, Media Services Belgique, GEDIT EDITIONS, STUDIO BOULE & BILL, SOFFIA-MP
since 2016 · until 2028
Claude de Saint Vincent
Director
Also active at: Graton Editeur, EDITIONS DUPUIS, Studio E.P. Jacobs, MDS Benelux, STUDIO BOULE & BILL, BELVISION
since 1997 · until 2028
André Querton
Director
Also active at: Graton Editeur, EDITIONS DUPUIS, STUDIO BOULE & BILL, FONDS BAILLET LATOUR
since 2016 · until 2028
since 2016 · until 2028
Christel Hoolans
Personne déléguée à la gestion journalière
since 2017 · until 2027
Shareholders
Dargaud SA
100%
Participations
13.9%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Paul-Henri Spaaklaan 1-7
1060 Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel)
Paul-Henri Spaaklaan 1
1060 Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel)
Active since 1 August 1946
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Self-hosted
Hosting
MEDIACTIVE-NETWORK MEDIACTIVE SAS, FR
Domain
Domain
lelombard.com
Registered
1999-08-20
Registrar
Gandi SAS
Expires
2026-08-20
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0403.501.390
- VAT number
- BE 0403.501.390
- Registered office
- Paul-Henri Spaaklaan 1-7, 1060 Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel)
- Names & denominations
- DARGAUD - LOMBARD
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 8 August 1946
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Contact
- lelombard.com
- Activities · NACE
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