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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 59 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
J.E.M. DIFFUSION from Brussel, company number BE0439784439, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 40,528 after tax. For that financial year J.E.M. DIFFUSION recorded a gross margin of € 307,606 and equity of € 459,588. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 90,895 to € 40,528. 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 September 30, 2026.
€ 459,588
▲ 10% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 40,528
▼ 55% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 153,909
▼ 53% 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 € 440,996.
People and assets in 2025
6
▲ 0.1 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 212,388
▲ 5% vs 2024
€ 35,400 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.
€ 5,576
▼ 40% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 8,000
Loans from banks and other lenders, long and short.
€ 196,385
▼ 16% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 70,630
▼ 16% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 240,665 | € 234,712 | € 357,375 | € 307,606 | ▼ 14% |
| Profit after taxes | € 26,089 | € 6,530 | € 90,895 | € 40,528 | ▼ 55% |
| Equity | € 346,634 | € 353,164 | € 419,060 | € 459,588 | ▲ 10% |
| Total debts | € 626,095 | € 407,696 | € 481,191 | € 358,123 | ▼ 26% |
| Cash | € 378,642 | € 206,666 | € 327,728 | € 153,909 | ▼ 53% |
| Land & buildings | € 4,340 | € 2,831 | € 1,887 | € 944 | ▼ 50% |
| Retained profit | € 328,042 | € 334,572 | € 400,468 | € 440,996 | ▲ 10% |
| Dividend | € 3,000 | € 0 | € 25,000 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Bank debt | € 143,035 | € 7,898 | € 8,000 | € 8,000 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 972,729 | € 760,860 | € 900,251 | € 817,711 | ▼ 9% |
| Employees (FTE) | 5.2 | 184,164.4 | 5.9 | 6 | ▲ 0.1 |
By gross margin, J.E.M. DIFFUSION ranks 5th of 34 companies with main activity “Detailhandel in kranten en andere tijdschriften” in Brussel that publish figures (fiscal year 2025).
Key figures of J.E.M. DIFFUSION, 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.
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What happened to J.E.M. DIFFUSION?
What happened at J.E.M. DIFFUSION in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 40,528 (▼ 55% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Brussel. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 26,089 profit in 2022 to € 40,528 profit in 2025.
Paid € 63,180 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 90,895 profit.
On average € 51,300 of value added per employee in 2025.
Management
Behind J.E.M. DIFFUSION is BERNARD VANDENHOUTE.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
BERNARD VANDENHOUTE
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Anspachlaan 126
1000 Brussel
Who else lives here?
A building full of entrepreneurs or one very busy letterbox? Another 1 companies are registered at this address.
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Details
- Company number
- 0439.784.439
- VAT number
- BE 0439.784.439
- Registered office
- Anspachlaan 126, 1000 Brussel
- Names & denominations
- J.E.M. DIFFUSION
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 28 December 1989
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 26 Dec 2025
- Activities · NACE
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