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Financials
Financial year 2025
BAYARD BENELUX from Zaventem, company number BE0429429886, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 48,635 after tax. For that financial year BAYARD BENELUX recorded revenue of € 1.9 million and equity of € 785,556. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 93,923 to € 48,635. 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 December 8, 2025.
€ 785,556
▲ 7% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 48,635
▼ 48% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 381,267
▲ 68% 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 € 505,556.
People and assets in 2025
7.7
▲ 0.6 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 746,319
▲ 4% vs 2024
€ 96,900 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.
€ 18,064
▼ 17% 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.
€ 416,198
▲ 28% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 137 days on average.
€ 124,630
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 3,589,962 | € 1,925,106 | € 1,821,556 | € 1,933,290 | ▲ 6% |
| Profit after taxes | € 1,194,408 | € -281,702 | € 93,923 | € 48,635 | ▼ 48% |
| Equity | € 1,969,700 | € 1,687,998 | € 736,921 | € 785,556 | ▲ 7% |
| Total debts | € 540,247 | € 422,248 | € 1,496,431 | € 540,829 | ▼ 64% |
| Cash | € 159,635 | € 284,376 | € 227,101 | € 381,267 | ▲ 68% |
| Retained profit | € 1,689,700 | € 1,407,998 | € 456,921 | € 505,556 | ▲ 11% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 1,045,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Balance sheet total | € 2,534,596 | € 2,145,564 | € 2,273,258 | € 1,364,852 | ▼ 40% |
| Employees (FTE) | 10.1 | 9.2 | 7.1 | 7.7 | ▲ 0.6 |
Key figures of BAYARD BENELUX, 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 BAYARD BENELUX?
What happened at BAYARD BENELUX in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Héloïse DES MONSTIERS stepped down as director. NBB
- François MORINIÈRE stepped down as director. NBB
- Christophe MAURATILLE stepped down as director. NBB
- Muriel HUOT stepped down as director. NBB
- Marie-Anne DENIS stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 48,635 (▼ 48% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Héloïse DES MONSTIERS became a director. NBB
- Pascal Ruffenach stepped down as director. NBB
In short
From € 1.2 million profit in 2022 to € 48,635 profit in 2025.
Paid € 23,329 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2022, with € 1.2 million profit.
Paid out € 1 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The shares are held by Bayard Media International et Investissement (100%) and Bayard Presse B0 (0%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Christophe MAURATILLE
Director
since 2022 · until 2028
Héloïse DES MONSTIERS
Director
since 2024 · until 2030
Pascal Ruffenach
Director
since 2022 · until 2024
Muriel HUOT
Director
since 2022 · until 2028
Nathalie Becht
Director
since 2022 · until 2024
Marie-Anne DENIS
Managing director
since 2022 · until 2028
François MORINIÈRE
Director
since 2024 · until 2030
Shareholders
Bayard Media International et Investissement
100%
Bayard Presse B0
0%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Da Vincilaan 1
1930 Zaventem
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Details
- Company number
- 0429.429.886
- VAT number
- BE 0429.429.886
- Registered office
- Da Vincilaan 1, 1930 Zaventem
- Names & denominations
- BAYARD BENELUX
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 23 September 1986
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- Active · Active since 9 May 2025
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