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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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Negative equity NBB
More debt than assets in 4 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 42 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
EDITIONS HEMMA from Liège, company number BE0403957290, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 588,973 after tax. For that financial year EDITIONS HEMMA recorded revenue of € 12.4 million and equity of € -6.4 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -213,459 to € 588,973. Profitable, and profit is growing. More debts than assets. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on May 12, 2026.
€ -6.4 million
▲ € 588,973 vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 588,973
▲ still € 213,459 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 6,647
▼ 69% 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 € -8.4 million.
People and assets in 2025
18
▼ 0.5 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.5 million
▲ 6% vs 2024
€ 81,600 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.
€ 19,096
▼ 30% 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.
€ 1.8 million
▲ 6% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 66 days on average.
€ 309,781
▲ 13% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 10,059,257 | € 10,781,106 | € 11,276,721 | € 12,390,743 | ▲ 10% |
| Profit after taxes | € 475,856 | € -737,281 | € -213,459 | € 588,973 | ▲ € 802,432 |
| Equity | € -5,992,605 | € -6,729,886 | € -6,943,346 | € -6,354,373 | ▲ € 588,973 |
| Total debts | € 12,741,069 | € 12,210,171 | € 12,966,797 | € 13,562,152 | ▲ 5% |
| Cash | € 66,437 | € 49,270 | € 21,754 | € 6,647 | ▼ 69% |
| Retained profit | € -8,066,305 | € -8,803,586 | € -9,017,046 | € -8,428,073 | ▲ € 588,973 |
| Balance sheet total | € 7,833,740 | € 6,635,234 | € 7,237,663 | € 8,371,505 | ▲ 16% |
| Employees (FTE) | 19.2 | 18.6 | 18.5 | 18 | ▼ 0.5 |
Key figures of EDITIONS HEMMA, 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 EDITIONS HEMMA?
What happened at EDITIONS HEMMA in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 588,973. Source: NBB ↗
- FERNAND NATHAN - FERNAND NATHAN & CIE became a director. NBB
- Marie-Christine CONCHON became a director. NBB
- SOGEDIF became a director. NBB
- EDITIS HOLDING became a director. NBB
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
- New establishment in Liège. KBO
In short
From € 475,856 profit in 2022 to € 588,973 profit in 2025.
Paid € 2,404 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 588,973 profit.
Pays suppliers within 66 days on average.
Management
Behind EDITIONS HEMMA are SOGEDIF, EDITIS HOLDING, FERNAND NATHAN - FERNAND NATHAN & CIE and Marie-Christine CONCHON. The shares are held by LIBRAIRIE FERNAND NATHAN-FERNAND NATHAN & CIE (99%) and EDITIS HOLDING (1%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
SOGEDIF
Director · represented by DALILA ZEIN
since 2023
EDITIS HOLDING
Director · represented by Juliane CHARBOIS
since 2023
FERNAND NATHAN - FERNAND NATHAN & CIE
Director · represented by Marianne DURAND
since 2024
Marie-Christine CONCHON
Chairman of the board
since 2024
Shareholders
LIBRAIRIE FERNAND NATHAN-FERNAND NATHAN & CIE
99%
EDITIS HOLDING
1%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Boulevard d'Avroy 49
4000 Liège
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Details
- Company number
- 0403.957.290
- VAT number
- BE 0403.957.290
- Registered office
- Boulevard d'Avroy 49, 4000 Liège
- Names & denominations
- EDITIONS HEMMA
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 January 1968
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Activities · NACE
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