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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 2 of the last 4 fiscal years.
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Two loss years in a row NBB
Negative result in 2024 and 2025.
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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 33 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 90.5 to 50.7.
Financials
Financial year 2025
EDITIONS DUPUIS from Charleroi, company number BE0429160563, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € -4.6 million after tax. For that financial year EDITIONS DUPUIS recorded revenue of € 37.1 million and equity of € -6.7 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -5.8 million to € -4.6 million. The company made a loss. 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 June 26, 2026.
€ -6.7 million
▼ € 4.6 million vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ -4.6 million
▲ 19 % less loss than in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 525,413
▼ 25% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
Loss, nothing to pay out
Reserves fell to € -21.2 million.
People and assets in 2025
50.7
▼ 29.4 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 4.9 million
▼ 20% vs 2024
€ 96,600 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.
€ 30,654
▼ 81% 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.
€ 19 million
▼ 14% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 215 days on average.
€ 1 million
▼ 9% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
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| Revenue | € 35,145,370 | € 40,794,093 | € 37,249,359 | € 37,092,270 | |
| Profit after taxes | € -3,941,962 | € -3,379,493 | € -5,751,023 | € -4,635,396 | ▲ € 1.1 million |
| Equity | € 7,095,131 | € 3,715,638 | € -2,035,385 | € -6,670,782 | ▼ € 4.6 million |
| Total debts | € 56,006,861 | € 65,449,508 | € 69,101,296 | € 85,969,983 | ▲ 24% |
| Cash | € 424,082 | € 634,080 | € 698,005 | € 525,413 | ▼ 25% |
| Land & buildings | € 476,888 | € 415,318 | € 395,103 | € 342,037 | ▼ 13% |
| Retained profit | € -7,438,151 | € -10,817,644 | € -16,568,667 | € -21,204,063 | ▼ € 4.6 million |
| Balance sheet total | € 63,234,268 | € 69,253,551 | € 67,260,265 | € 79,410,738 | ▲ 18% |
| Employees (FTE) | 90.1 | 90.5 | 80.1 | 50.7 | ▼ 29.4 |
Key figures of EDITIONS DUPUIS, 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 DUPUIS?
What happened at EDITIONS DUPUIS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Claude de Saint Vincent stepped down as director. NBB
- Bernard de Gerlache stepped down as director. NBB
- Julien Papelier stepped down as director. NBB
- Vincent MONTAGNE stepped down as director. NBB
- André Querton stepped down as director. NBB
- Benoît HABERT stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: loss of € 4.6 million. Source: NBB ↗
- André Querton became a director. NBB
In short
From € 3.9 million loss in 2022 to € 4.6 million loss in 2025.
Paid € 19,952 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Management
Behind EDITIONS DUPUIS is Julie Durot. The shares are held by MEDIA-PARTICIPATIONS PARIS (100%) and DARGAUD. It owns 100% of DUPUIS AUDIOVISUEL, 100% of MEDIA SERVICES BELGIQUE, 100% of DUPUIS EDITIONS FRANCE, 99.9% of BELVISION, 49% of VEGA and 40% of NEOLOGIC itself.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
since 2020
since 2016 · until 2028
Vincent MONTAGNE
Director
Also active at: DARGAUD - LOMBARD, Graton Editeur, Studio E.P. Jacobs, MEDIA-PARTICIPATIONS, Media Services Belgique, GEDIT EDITIONS, STUDIO BOULE & BILL, SOFFIA-MP
since 2016 · until 2028
Claude de Saint Vincent
Director
Also active at: DARGAUD - LOMBARD, Graton Editeur, Studio E.P. Jacobs, MDS Benelux, STUDIO BOULE & BILL, BELVISION
since 2019 · until 2031
André Querton
Director
Also active at: DARGAUD - LOMBARD, Graton Editeur, STUDIO BOULE & BILL, FONDS BAILLET LATOUR
since 2022 · until 2028
since 2019 · until 2031
Benoît HABERT
Director
since 2016 · until 2028
Shareholders
MEDIA-PARTICIPATIONS PARIS
100%
DARGAUD
Participations
DUPUIS AUDIOVISUEL
100%
DUPUIS EDITIONS FRANCE
100%
99.9%
VEGA
49%
40%
LBLG
33.4%
PARC SPIROU PROVENCE
30.5%
24.5%
10.5%
9.5%
ONO SAS
0.5%
MDS
0%
MEDIA DIFFUSION
0%
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue Destrée 52
6001 Charleroi
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A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 5 companies are registered at this address.
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Website
Technologies
Hosting & Email
Email provider
Self-hosted
Hosting
DSTNY-ULYSSE, BE
Domain
Domain
dupuis.com
Registered
2000-09-26
Registrar
Gandi SAS
Expires
2026-09-26
Website info
Features
Security
Details
- Company number
- 0429.160.563
- VAT number
- BE 0429.160.563
- Registered office
- Rue Destrée 52, 6001 Charleroi
- Names & denominations
- EDITIONS DUPUIS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 28 July 1986
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Contact
- dupuis.com
- Activities · NACE
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