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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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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 33 to 15.9.
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Busy address KBO
42 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
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Not on Peppol Peppol
Not registered in the Peppol network, mandatory for VAT-liable companies since 1 January 2026.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Hill and Knowlton International Belgium from Brussel, company number BE0405731006, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 520,746 after tax. For that financial year Hill and Knowlton International Belgium recorded revenue of € 6.1 million and equity of € 444,703. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 68,276 to € 520,746. Profitable, and profit is growing. The company holds a healthy buffer. Debts are under control. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on April 29, 2026.
€ 444,703
▼ 15% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 520,746
▲ € 452,470 vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 17,861
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 600,000 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
15.9
▼ 12.8 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.6 million
▼ 56% vs 2024
€ 100,800 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.
€ 25,543
▼ 68% 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.
€ 1.2 million
▼ 23% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 124 days on average.
€ 119,013
▼ 16% vs 2024
Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 10,978,122 | € 10,707,852 | € 10,443,497 | € 6,084,459 | ▼ 42% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,203,381 | € 772,860 | € 68,276 | € 520,746 | ▲ € 452,470 |
| Equity | € 432,822 | € 1,205,682 | € 523,957 | € 444,703 | ▼ 15% |
| Total debts | € 4,002,080 | € 2,272,141 | € 2,971,616 | € 2,050,297 | ▼ 31% |
| Cash | - | - | - | € 17,861 | |
| Retained profit | € 370,822 | € 1,143,682 | € 461,957 | € 382,703 | ▼ 17% |
| Dividend | € 1,400,000 | € 0 | € 750,000 | € 600,000 | ▼ 20% |
| Balance sheet total | € 4,434,902 | € 3,477,823 | € 3,495,574 | € 2,495,000 | ▼ 29% |
| Employees (FTE) | 28.5 | 33 | 28.7 | 15.9 | ▼ 12.8 |
Key figures of Hill and Knowlton International 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 Hill and Knowlton International Belgium?
What happened at Hill and Knowlton International Belgium in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- NoJo Public Affairs BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Sade Consultancy BV stepped down as director. NBB
- Andrew Peter Cecil stepped down as director. NBB
- Jonathan Hughes stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 520,746 (▲ € 452,470 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Scott Wilson stepped down as director. NBB
- Jonathan Hughes became a director. NBB
- NoJo Public Affairs BV became a director. NBB
In short
From € 1.2 million profit in 2022 to € 520,746 profit in 2025.
Paid € 990,033 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 1.2 million profit.
Paid out € 2.8 million in dividends to the owners in total.
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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 Berkeley Square Holding BV (100%) and WPP Group (Nominees) Ltd (0%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Director · represented by Melanie Faithfull-Kent
since 2018 · until 2024
Thomas Tindemans Professional services BV
Director · represented by Thomas Tindemans
since 2024 · until 2024
Andrew Peter Cecil
Director
since 2024 · until 2030
Director · represented by Alain Berger
since 2021 · until 2024
since 2025 · until 2030
since 2024 · until 2025
since 2025 · until 2030
Director · represented by Karel Van Eetvelt
Also active at: MAATSCHAPPIJ TOT EXPLOITATIE VAN IMMOBILIEN, SYNTRA PROVINCIES ANTWERPEN EN VLAAMS - BRABANT, MATEXI GROUP
since 2022 · until 2024
Jonathan Hughes
Director
since 2025 · until 2030
Shareholders
Berkeley Square Holding BV
100%
WPP Group (Nominees) Ltd
0%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
de Meeûssquare 37
1000 Brussel
Montoyerstraat 51 box 7
1000 Brussel
Active since 1 October 1967
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Details
- Company number
- 0405.731.006
- VAT number
- BE 0405.731.006
- Registered office
- de Meeûssquare 37, 1000 Brussel
- Names & denominations
- Hill and Knowlton International Belgium
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 1 January 1968
- Peppol
- Not registered
- Activities · NACE
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