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Financials
Financial year 2025
MEDIAFIN from Brussel, company number BE0404800301, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 10.4 million after tax. For that financial year MEDIAFIN recorded revenue of € 93.7 million and equity of € 8.3 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 9.2 million to € 10.4 million. Profitable, and profit is growing. The buffer is growing. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on May 11, 2026.
€ 8.3 million
▲ 21% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 10.4 million
▲ 13% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 8.7 million
▲ 53% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 9 million paid out
86 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to Roularta Media Group nv (50 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
300.3
▲ 11.7 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 37.3 million
▲ 6% vs 2024
€ 124,200 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.
€ 359,404
▲ 99% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 252,376
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 7.4 million
▲ 5% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 65 days on average.
€ 7.9 million
▲ 8% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 78,771,750 | € 83,615,343 | € 88,493,907 | € 93,742,223 | ▲ 6% |
| Profit after taxes | € 7,395,045 | € 7,870,012 | € 9,194,719 | € 10,410,068 | ▲ 13% |
| Equity | € 5,791,597 | € 5,661,609 | € 6,856,328 | € 8,266,396 | ▲ 21% |
| Total debts | € 31,771,269 | € 33,128,656 | € 31,634,317 | € 34,642,701 | ▲ 10% |
| Cash | € 9,093,098 | € 5,379,650 | € 5,673,048 | € 8,653,400 | ▲ 53% |
| Retained profit | € 3,791,597 | € 3,661,609 | € 4,856,328 | € 6,266,396 | ▲ 29% |
| Dividend | € 8,000,000 | € 8,000,000 | € 8,000,000 | € 9,000,000 | ▲ 13% |
| Bank debt | € 3,880 | € 0 | € 0 | € 252,376 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 39,820,629 | € 41,174,722 | € 40,931,818 | € 45,076,396 | ▲ 10% |
| Employees (FTE) | 276.6 | 286 | 288.6 | 300.3 | ▲ 11.7 |
Key figures of MEDIAFIN, 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 MEDIAFIN?
What happened at MEDIAFIN in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Guido Vanherpe stepped down as director. NBB
- Hendrik De Nolf stepped down as director. NBB
- Alexandre Hurbain stepped down as director. NBB
- Bernard Marchant stepped down as director. NBB
- Xavier Bouckaert stepped down as director. NBB
- Dirk Velghe stepped down as director. NBB
- Françoise Chombar stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 10.4 million (▲ 13% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
In short
From € 7.4 million profit in 2022 to € 10.4 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 14 million in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 10.4 million profit.
Paid out € 33 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The shares are held by Roularta Media Group nv (50%) and Rossel & Cie nv (50%). It owns 100% of Provec, 100% of CJ Communications, 100% of PULSAR-IT, 25% of License2publish and 25% of Vlaamse Nieuwsmedia itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Guido Vanherpe
Director
since 2022 · until 2028
Hendrik De Nolf
Director
Also active at: Studio Aperi Negotium, Roularta Media Group, BELGIAN BUSINESS TELEVISION, Koinon, Musical Rainbows, DaLinci, THE BELGIAN CHOCOLATE EXPERIENCE, MonaVisa +1 more
since 2024 · until 2028
Alexandre Hurbain
Director
since 2022 · until 2028
Bernard Marchant
Managing director
Also active at: LA PRESSE.be-ALLIANCE DES MEDIAS D'INFORMATION, SOLUTION 3.0, AFFICHAGE URBAIN
since 2024 · until 2028
since 2024 · until 2028
Dirk Velghe
Chairman of the board
since 2024 · until 2028
Françoise Chombar
Director
since 2022 · until 2028
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Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Havenlaan 86C box 309
1000 Brussel
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Details
- Company number
- 0404.800.301
- VAT number
- BE 0404.800.301
- Registered office
- Havenlaan 86C bus 309, 1000 Brussel
- Names & denominations
- MEDIAFIN
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 January 1926
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Contact
- mediafin.be
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