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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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Late annual account NBB
Fiscal year 2025 was filed 216 days after the legal deadline.
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Busy address KBO
57 other companies have their registered office at the same address; threshold 10.
Financials
Financial year 2025
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EUROPE from Brussel, company number BE0467645017, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 119,837 after tax. For that financial year THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EUROPE recorded revenue of € 2.2 million and equity of € 3 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 152,302 to € 119,837. The company is profitable. 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 September 2, 2026.
€ 3 million
▼ 43% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 119,837
▼ 21% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 3.4 million
▼ 11% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 715,716 paid out
More than the year’s profit went to the shareholders; reserves fell.
People and assets in 2025
8.7
▲ 0.8 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 1.7 million
▼ 14% vs 2024
€ 196,900 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.
Debts at end 2025
None
No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 162,401
▲ 28% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 236,142
▼ 26% vs 2024
Wages, holiday pay and social contributions still to pay. No outstanding taxes.
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| 2020 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 2,097,994 | € 2,545,243 | € 2,243,875 | ▼ 12% |
| Gross margin | - | € 2,134,658 | € 1,832,255 | ▼ 14% |
| Profit after taxes | € 847,273 | € 152,302 | € 119,837 | ▼ 21% |
| Equity | € 51,023,979 | € 5,261,027 | € 2,980,864 | ▼ 43% |
| Total debts | € 305,206 | € 513,612 | € 2,804,366 | ▲ € 2.3 million |
| Cash | € 2,977,823 | € 3,852,258 | € 3,424,414 | ▼ 11% |
| Retained profit | € -9,633,421 | € 595,879 | € 0 | ▼ 100% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 715,716 | |
| Balance sheet total | € 51,329,185 | € 5,774,639 | € 5,785,230 | |
| Employees (FTE) | 6.7 | 7.9 | 8.7 | ▲ 0.8 |
Key figures of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EUROPE, fiscal years 2020 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 29 January 2027.
What happened to THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EUROPE?
What happened at THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EUROPE in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 119,837 (▼ 21% vs 2024). filed late Source: NBB ↗
- Pamela Ann Schmidt Irwin became a director. NBB
- Dessie Kirwan became a director. NBB
- Joel Lange became a director. NBB
- Eric Mandrackie became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Brussel. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 847,273 profit in 2020 to € 119,837 profit in 2025.
Paid € 2,241 in corporate taxes since 2020.
Best year ever: 2020, with € 847,273 profit.
On average € 210,600 of value added per employee in 2025.
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De Lijn 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025
filed on 8 June 2026
What was left
€ 20 k ▼ 91%
Money in the bank
€ 178 k ▼ 98%
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Management
Behind THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EUROPE are Dessie Kirwan, Eric Mandrackie, Joel Lange and Pamela Ann Schmidt Irwin. The shares are held by Dow Jones Publishing Company (Europe), Inc (100%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Dessie Kirwan
Director
since 2024
Eric Mandrackie
Director
since 2017
Joel Lange
Director
since 2023
Pamela Ann Schmidt Irwin
Director
since 2025
Shareholders
Dow Jones Publishing Company (Europe), Inc
100%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Marnixlaan 23
1000 Brussel
Kortenberglaan 60 box 4F
1000 Brussel
Active since 2 February 2000
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Details
- Company number
- 0467.645.017
- VAT number
- BE 0467.645.017
- Registered office
- Marnixlaan 23, 1000 Brussel
- Names & denominations
- THE WALL STREET JOURNAL EUROPE · WSJE
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 26 November 1999
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 10 Sept 2025
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