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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 52.6 to 46.6.
Financials
Financial year 2025
SOPHIBUS from Philippeville, company number BE0458070424, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 493,746 after tax. For that financial year SOPHIBUS recorded revenue of € 5.3 million and equity of € 5.1 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 830,847 to € 493,746. 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 June 23, 2026.
€ 5.1 million
▲ 5% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 493,746
▼ 41% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 4,706
▲ € 4,096 vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 245,000 paid out
50 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to EUROBUS HOLDING (100 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
46.6
▼ 3 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 2.7 million
▲ 1% vs 2024
€ 58,600 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.
€ 932,862
▼ 19% vs 2024
Of which on lease € 616,695.
Debts at end 2025
€ 775,461
▼ 23% vs 2024
€ 238,888 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 3 years.
€ 170,073
▲ 109% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 33 days on average.
€ 443,162
▲ 4% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 4,714,516 | € 5,212,354 | € 5,435,981 | € 5,317,025 | ▼ 2% |
| Profit after taxes | € 498,869 | € 770,995 | € 830,847 | € 493,746 | ▼ 41% |
| Equity | € 9,029,543 | € 9,025,538 | € 4,856,385 | € 5,105,131 | ▲ 5% |
| Total debts | € 2,000,834 | € 2,237,073 | € 6,521,539 | € 1,642,182 | ▼ 75% |
| Cash | € 6,312 | € 8,856 | € 610 | € 4,706 | ▲ € 4,096 |
| Land & buildings | € 117,565 | € 132,887 | € 116,013 | € 110,396 | ▼ 5% |
| Retained profit | € 8,904,543 | € 8,900,538 | € 4,731,385 | € 4,980,131 | ▲ 5% |
| Dividend | € 240,000 | € 775,000 | € 5,000,000 | € 245,000 | ▼ 95% |
| Bank debt | € 965,689 | € 780,965 | € 1,012,117 | € 775,461 | ▼ 23% |
| Balance sheet total | € 11,030,377 | € 11,262,611 | € 11,377,925 | € 6,747,313 | ▼ 41% |
| Employees (FTE) | 49.9 | 52.6 | 49.6 | 46.6 | ▼ 3 |
Key figures of SOPHIBUS, 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 SOPHIBUS?
What happened at SOPHIBUS in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- Pierre DENIS stepped down as director. NBB
- Philippe DOCX stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 493,746 (▼ 41% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- Christophe HALLOY stepped down as director. NBB
- Pierre DENIS became a director. NBB
- Philippe DOCX became a director. NBB
- Christophe HALLOY became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Nivelles. KBO
In short
From € 498,869 profit in 2022 to € 493,746 profit in 2025.
Paid € 860,208 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 830,847 profit.
Paid out € 6.3 million in dividends to the owners in total.
Management
The shares are held by EUROBUS HOLDING (99.6%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Philippe DOCX
Director
Also active at: Cintra, ETABLISSEMENTS GEORGES LIENARD ET COMPAGNIE, SATRACOM, Etablissements François Cardona & Deltenre, Société anomyme des autobus régionaux, Transports Penning, Les Voyages François Lenoir, EUROBUSSING WALLONIE +1 more
since 2024 · until 2027
Christophe HALLOY
Director
since 2017 · until 2026
Pierre DENIS
Director
Also active at: Cintra, ETABLISSEMENTS GEORGES LIENARD ET COMPAGNIE, Garage du Perron, T.C.M. Cars, SATRACOM, Keolis Travel, Compagnie des Autobus liégeois, Van Rompaye +15 more
since 2025 · until 2028
Shareholders
99.6%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Rue de Charleroi 1
5600 Philippeville
Rue du Travail 3A
1400 Nivelles
Active since 1 August 2010
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0458.070.424
- VAT number
- BE 0458.070.424
- Registered office
- Rue de Charleroi 1, 5600 Philippeville
- Names & denominations
- SOPHIBUS
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 3 June 1996
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 29 Dec 2023
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