What does De Mensen do?

De Mensen is a film and video production company in Zaventem. Public Limited, started on 10 May 2001, 1 establishment.

What is the address of De Mensen?

The registered office of De Mensen is located at Wezembeekstraat 3, 1930 Zaventem.

Is De Mensen still active?

Yes. According to the CBE (30 October 2026) De Mensen is active, legal situation “Normale toestand”, started on 10 May 2001.

Is De Mensen registered on Peppol?

Yes, De Mensen is registered on the Peppol network with ID 0208:0474766993.

What is the enterprise number of De Mensen?

The enterprise number of De Mensen is BE0474766993.

When was De Mensen founded?

De Mensen was founded on 10 May 2001.

Who are the directors of De Mensen?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, the directors of De Mensen are: Pierre Branco, Karaboudjan BV, Zaaf BV, David O'Donoghue, Jennifer Billot.

Is De Mensen a reliable company?

Databakkes does not pass judgement; this is what the sources say: Active according to the CBE since 10 May 2001; 5 annual accounts filed, latest fiscal year 2025; 5 directors known from the annual account.

How much profit did De Mensen make in 2025?

De Mensen posted a profit after taxes of € 1,444,597 in financial year 2025.

What is the revenue of De Mensen?

In its most recent annual accounts (2025), De Mensen reported revenue of € 23,901,092.

How much does an employee at De Mensen earn?

The average wage cost per full-time employee at De Mensen was € 86,100 in 2025: staff costs of € 5.3 million for 61.2 FTE, according to the annual account at the National Bank. That is the employer's cost, not net pay.

How many employees does De Mensen have?

According to the 2025 annual accounts, De Mensen has 61.2 full-time equivalents (FTE).

De Mensen (Public Limited) - Zaventem - BE0474766993

Dossier De Mensen, printed on 30 October 2026 from databakkes.be/en/0474766993/de-mensen. Sources: CBE, National Bank of Belgium, Belgian Official Gazette.

Financials

Financial year 2025

De Mensen from Zaventem, company number BE0474766993, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 1.4 million after tax. For that financial year De Mensen recorded revenue of € 23.9 million and equity of € 9.5 million. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 915,449 to € 1.4 million. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 July 29, 2026.

What it is worth Healthy

€ 9.5 million

Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.

Profit Growing

€ 1.4 million

▲ 58% vs 2024

Profit after tax over the fiscal year.

Cash in the bank

€ 179,994

▼ 78% vs 2024

Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.

Where the profit goes Pays out

€ 1.4 million paid out

100 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.

People and assets in 2025

Full-time equivalents

61.2

▲ 1.2 vs 2024

Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.

Wage cost Staff costs are payroll only. Director pay sits with services and miscellaneous goods: € 2.3 million in 2025, together with rent, insurance, accountants and other services. The accounts do not split that further.

€ 5.3 million

▲ 5% vs 2024

€ 86,100 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.

Vehicles and equipment

€ 820,158

▼ 2% vs 2024

Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.

Debts at end 2025

Bank debt

None

No bank loans on the last day of the fiscal year.

Owed to suppliers

€ 3.5 million

▼ 2% vs 2024

Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 83 days on average.

Taxes and wages

€ 1.5 million

▼ 24% vs 2024

Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.

Key figures per fiscal year Download key figures (CSV)
	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change 2024 → 2025
Revenue	€ 26,032,921 Revenue 2022: € 26,032,921 First fiscal year in the series	€ 27,337,272 Revenue 2023: € 27,337,272 ▲ 5% vs 2022 (€ 26,032,921) Favourable step	€ 17,444,230 Revenue 2024: € 17,444,230 ▼ 36% vs 2023 (€ 27,337,272) Unfavourable step	€ 23,901,092 Revenue 2025: € 23,901,092 ▲ 37% vs 2024 (€ 17,444,230) Favourable step	▲ 37%
Profit after taxes	€ 3,063,524 Profit after taxes 2022: € 3,063,524 First fiscal year in the series	€ 3,242,582 Profit after taxes 2023: € 3,242,582 ▲ 6% vs 2022 (€ 3,063,524) Favourable step	€ 915,449 Profit after taxes 2024: € 915,449 ▼ 72% vs 2023 (€ 3,242,582) Unfavourable step	€ 1,444,597 Profit after taxes 2025: € 1,444,597 ▲ 58% vs 2024 (€ 915,449) Favourable step	▲ 58%
Equity	€ 8,656,213 Equity 2022: € 8,656,213 First fiscal year in the series	€ 9,466,859 Equity 2023: € 9,466,859 ▲ 9% vs 2022 (€ 8,656,213) Favourable step	€ 9,466,859 Equity 2024: € 9,466,859 Unchanged (€ 9,466,859) Unchanged	€ 9,466,859 Equity 2025: € 9,466,859 Unchanged (€ 9,466,859) Unchanged
Total debts	€ 15,692,717 Total debts 2022: € 15,692,717 First fiscal year in the series	€ 14,045,392 Total debts 2023: € 14,045,392 ▼ 10% vs 2022 (€ 15,692,717) Favourable step	€ 11,985,230 Total debts 2024: € 11,985,230 ▼ 15% vs 2023 (€ 14,045,392) Favourable step	€ 8,371,785 Total debts 2025: € 8,371,785 ▼ 30% vs 2024 (€ 11,985,230) Favourable step	▼ 30%
Cash	€ 73,375 Cash 2022: € 73,375 First fiscal year in the series	€ 313,990 Cash 2023: € 313,990 ▲ € 240,614 vs 2022 (€ 73,375) Favourable step	€ 833,369 Cash 2024: € 833,369 ▲ 165% vs 2023 (€ 313,990) Favourable step	€ 179,994 Cash 2025: € 179,994 ▼ 78% vs 2024 (€ 833,369) Unfavourable step	▼ 78%
Land & buildings	€ 1,088,488 Land & buildings 2022: € 1,088,488 First fiscal year in the series	€ 1,056,948 Land & buildings 2023: € 1,056,948 ▼ 3% vs 2022 (€ 1,088,488) Unchanged	€ 961,539 Land & buildings 2024: € 961,539 ▼ 9% vs 2023 (€ 1,056,948) Unchanged	€ 868,538 Land & buildings 2025: € 868,538 ▼ 10% vs 2024 (€ 961,539) Unchanged	▼ 10%
Retained profit	€ 8,594,213 Retained profit 2022: € 8,594,213 First fiscal year in the series	€ 9,404,859 Retained profit 2023: € 9,404,859 ▲ 9% vs 2022 (€ 8,594,213) Favourable step	€ 9,404,859 Retained profit 2024: € 9,404,859 Unchanged (€ 9,404,859) Unchanged	€ 9,404,859 Retained profit 2025: € 9,404,859 Unchanged (€ 9,404,859) Unchanged
Dividend	€ 1,438,332 Dividend 2022: € 1,438,332 First fiscal year in the series	€ 2,431,937 Dividend 2023: € 2,431,937 ▲ 69% vs 2022 (€ 1,438,332) Unchanged	€ 915,449 Dividend 2024: € 915,449 ▼ 62% vs 2023 (€ 2,431,937) Unchanged	€ 1,444,597 Dividend 2025: € 1,444,597 ▲ 58% vs 2024 (€ 915,449) Unchanged	▲ 58%
Bank debt	€ 10,763 Bank debt 2022: € 10,763 First fiscal year in the series	€ 0 Bank debt 2023: € 0 ▼ 100% vs 2022 (€ 10,763) Favourable step	€ 0 Bank debt 2024: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged	€ 0 Bank debt 2025: € 0 Unchanged (€ 0) Unchanged
Balance sheet total	€ 24,564,575 Balance sheet total 2022: € 24,564,575 First fiscal year in the series	€ 23,749,376 Balance sheet total 2023: € 23,749,376 ▼ 3% vs 2022 (€ 24,564,575) Unchanged	€ 21,644,769 Balance sheet total 2024: € 21,644,769 ▼ 9% vs 2023 (€ 23,749,376) Unchanged	€ 18,029,884 Balance sheet total 2025: € 18,029,884 ▼ 17% vs 2024 (€ 21,644,769) Unchanged	▼ 17%
Employees (FTE)	49.9 Employees (FTE) 2022: 49.9 First fiscal year in the series	54.5 Employees (FTE) 2023: 54.5 ▲ 4.6 vs 2022 (49.9) Unchanged	60 Employees (FTE) 2024: 60 ▲ 5.5 vs 2023 (54.5) Unchanged	61.2 Employees (FTE) 2025: 61.2 ▲ 1.2 vs 2024 (60) Unchanged	▲ 1.2

Key figures of De Mensen, 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 De Mensen?

What happened at De Mensen in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:

2031 David O'Donoghue stepped down as director. NBB
2031 Pierre Branco stepped down as director. NBB
2031 Karaboudjan BV stepped down as director. NBB
2031 Zaaf BV stepped down as director. NBB
2031 Jennifer Billot stepped down as director. NBB
Jul 29, 2026 New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 1.4 million (▲ 58% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
2025 David O'Donoghue became a director. NBB
2024 Karaboudjan BV became a director. NBB

In short

From € 3.1 million profit in 2022 to € 1.4 million profit in 2025.

Paid € 2.7 million in corporate taxes since 2022.

Best year ever: 2023, with € 3.2 million profit.

Paid out € 6.2 million in dividends to the owners in total.

Original PDFs at the National Bank ↗

Management

ZAAF 10%

KARABOUDJAN 10%

The stake of ZAAF, KARABOUDJAN comes from that shareholder’s own annual accounts; small companies do not report their shareholders themselves.

De Mensen

SKYLINE ENTERTAINMENT 100%

LES GENS 100%

The shares are held by ZAAF (10%) and KARABOUDJAN (10%). It owns 100% of SKYLINE ENTERTAINMENT and 100% of LES GENS itself.

Directors

According to the 2025 annual accounts

Pierre Branco

Director

since 2024 · until 2031

Karaboudjan BV

Managing director · represented by Raf Uten

Also active at: SKYLINE ENTERTAINMENT, SALLIE GARDNER AND DOMM

since 2024 · until 2031

Zaaf BV

Managing director · represented by Maurits Lemmens

Also active at: SKYLINE ENTERTAINMENT, SALLIE GARDNER AND DOMM, Molines

since 2024 · until 2031

David O'Donoghue

Director

since 2025 · until 2031

Jennifer Billot

Director

since 2024 · until 2031

Shareholders

ZAAF

10%

KARABOUDJAN

10%

Participations

SKYLINE ENTERTAINMENT

100%

LES GENS

100%

Establishments

Establishment units

Physical locations of this company

Registered office

Wezembeekstraat 3

1930 Zaventem

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Details

Company number

0474.766.993

VAT number

BE 0474.766.993

Registered office

Wezembeekstraat 3, 1930 Zaventem

Names & denominations

De Mensen

Enterprise type

Rechtspersoon

Legal form

Public limited company

Legal situation

Normale toestand

Start date

10 May 2001

Peppol

Active · Active since 2 Jan 2026

Activities · NACE

Productie van televisieprogramma's

Activiteiten in verband met films en video- en televisieprogramma’s na de productie

Diensten verwant aan de filmproductie

View on CBE Public ↗ Annual accounts (NBB) ↗

De Mensen

Financials

What happened to De Mensen?

Management

Directors

Shareholders

Participations

Establishments

Establishment units

Who else lives here?

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