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Figures corrected NBB
Corrected annual account filed for 2025.
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Late annual account NBB
Fiscal year 2025 was filed 222 days after the legal deadline.
Financials
Financial year 2025
McBride from Estaimpuis, company number BE0403984016, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 399,273 after tax. For that financial year McBride recorded revenue of € 318.6 million and equity of € 93.3 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 5.7 million to € 399,273. 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 September 9, 2026.
€ 93.3 million
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 399,273
▼ 93% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 2.2 million
▲ 77% 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 € 12.6 million.
People and assets in 2025
789
▲ 30 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 54.6 million
▲ 7% vs 2024
€ 69,200 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.
€ 771,053
▼ 5% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 5.8 million
▼ 18% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 61.4 million
▲ 12% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 85 days on average.
€ 9.7 million
▼ 17% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Revenue | € 245,664,051 | € 304,940,574 | € 292,491,914 | € 318,582,056 | ▲ 9% |
| Profit after taxes | € -4,080,382 | € 12,736,705 | € 5,748,070 | € 399,273 | ▼ 93% |
| Equity | € 88,431,708 | € 92,656,217 | € 92,902,322 | € 93,301,595 | |
| Total debts | € 67,922,262 | € 79,313,396 | € 79,361,520 | € 76,976,769 | ▼ 3% |
| Cash | € 1,709,118 | € 23,511,944 | € 1,239,042 | € 2,194,091 | ▲ 77% |
| Land & buildings | € 3,737,672 | € 3,364,558 | € 3,032,327 | € 2,858,063 | ▼ 6% |
| Retained profit | € 7,714,448 | € 11,951,153 | € 12,199,223 | € 12,598,496 | ▲ 3% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 8,500,000 | € 5,500,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 7,582,947 | € 5,526,091 | € 7,078,662 | € 5,832,868 | ▼ 18% |
| Balance sheet total | € 159,961,808 | € 175,781,875 | € 175,970,702 | € 173,959,769 | ▼ 1% |
| Employees (FTE) | 753 | 730 | 759 | 789 | ▲ 30 |
Key figures of McBride, fiscal years 2022 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 January 2027.
What happened to McBride?
What happened at McBride in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Christopher Smith stepped down as director. NBB
- Peter Ingelse stepped down as director. NBB
- Els Remaut stepped down as director. NBB
- Corrected annual accounts filed for financial year 2025. filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Christopher Smith became a director. NBB
- Peter Ingelse became a director. NBB
- Els Remaut became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Estaimpuis. KBO
In short
From € 4.1 million loss in 2022 to € 399,273 profit in 2025.
Paid € 6.4 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2023, with € 12.7 million profit.
Paid out € 14 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The shares are held by McBride S.A.S. (100%) and McBride PLC (0%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Christopher Smith
Managing director
since 2025 · until 2028
Peter Ingelse
Director
since 2024 · until 2027
Els Remaut
Director
since 2024 · until 2027
Shareholders
McBride S.A.S.
100%
McBride PLC
0%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue du Moulin Masure(EST) 6
7730 Estaimpuis
Rue du Moulin Masure(EST) 4
7730 Estaimpuis
Active since 7 February 2006
Paddevijverstraat 49
8900 Ieper
Active since 7 February 2006
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
All companies at this address →What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0403.984.016
- VAT number
- BE 0403.984.016
- Registered office
- Rue du Moulin Masure(EST) 6, 7730 Estaimpuis
- Names & denominations
- McBride
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 30 June 1950
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 29 Dec 2025
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