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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 7.1 to 2.2.
Financials
Financial year 2025
MEDIA-COM from Herve, company number BE0421433425, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -24,711 after tax. For that financial year MEDIA-COM recorded a gross margin of € 103,704 and equity of € 347,927. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 79,251 to € -24,711. The company made a loss. The company holds a healthy buffer. A strong own buffer against the debts. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on April 14, 2026.
€ 347,927
▼ 35% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -24,711
▼ still € 79,251 profit in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 20,337
▼ 38% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € 317,046.
People and assets in 2025
2.2
▼ 2.8 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 121,088
▼ 69% vs 2024
€ 55,000 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.
€ 15,428
▲ 164% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 5,040
▼ 20% vs 2024
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 4,355
▼ 87% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 16,099
▲ 4% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 377,801 | € 303,987 | € 501,007 | € 103,704 | ▼ 79% |
| Profit after taxes | € 50,110 | € -5,159 | € 79,251 | € -24,711 | ▼ € 103,961 |
| Equity | € 458,546 | € 453,387 | € 532,637 | € 347,927 | ▼ 35% |
| Total debts | € 264,097 | € 182,517 | € 57,457 | € 25,501 | ▼ 56% |
| Cash | € 72,786 | € 79,171 | € 32,802 | € 20,337 | ▼ 38% |
| Retained profit | € 427,665 | € 422,506 | € 501,756 | € 317,046 | ▼ 37% |
| Dividend | € 20,000 | € 0 | € 0 | € 160,000 | |
| Bank debt | € 30,578 | € 17,376 | € 6,295 | € 5,040 | ▼ 20% |
| Balance sheet total | € 722,642 | € 635,904 | € 590,095 | € 373,427 | ▼ 37% |
| Employees (FTE) | 6 | 7.1 | 5 | 2.2 | ▼ 2.8 |
Key figures of MEDIA-COM, fiscal years 2021 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 30 April 2027.
What happened to MEDIA-COM?
What happened at MEDIA-COM in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 24,711 (▼ € 103,961 vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Herve. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 50,110 profit in 2021 to € 24,711 loss in 2025.
Paid € 68,727 in corporate taxes since 2021.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 79,251 profit.
On average € 47,100 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind MEDIA-COM is Jean-Paul AREND. Jean-Paul AREND is also behind MC-IMMO, ARIMMO and ARCOMM.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue Nazareth 4 box B
4651 Herve
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 2 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
- 0421.433.425
- VAT number
- BE 0421.433.425
- Registered office
- Rue Nazareth 4 bus B, 4651 Herve
- Names & denominations
- MEDIA-COM
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 30 March 1981
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