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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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Tight liquidity NBB
Cash and receivables cover 49 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
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Shrinking team NBB
FTE fell two years in a row, from 32.8 to 28.
Financials
Financial year 2025
CPS Africa from Elsene, company number BE0578970135, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 26.9 million after tax. For that financial year CPS Africa recorded revenue of € 337.8 million and equity of € 605,179. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € 27.8 million to € 26.9 million. The company is profitable. The company holds a healthy buffer. High debts against a small own buffer. The most recent annual accounts were filed with the National Bank of Belgium on October 16, 2025.
€ 605,179
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 26.9 million
▼ 3% vs 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 10.1 million
▲ 239% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 26.9 million paid out
100 % of the profit went to the shareholders, mostly to CFAO SA (99 % of the shares). That is where the money ends up.
People and assets in 2025
28
▼ 2.7 vs 2024
Average over the fiscal year, from the social balance sheet.
€ 4 million
▼ 15% vs 2024
€ 141,300 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.
€ 33,907
▼ 26% 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.
€ 33.4 million
▼ 6% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year. Pays suppliers within 41 days on average.
€ 1.5 million
▲ 6% vs 2024
Taxes, VAT and social contributions still to pay.
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| 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | € 330,047,490 | € 402,327,549 | € 337,836,376 | ▼ 16% |
| Profit after taxes | € 21,160,243 | € 27,751,550 | € 26,899,207 | ▼ 3% |
| Equity | € 605,179 | € 605,179 | € 605,179 | |
| Total debts | € 114,082,111 | € 121,723,382 | € 84,262,357 | ▼ 31% |
| Cash | € 4,214,798 | € 2,982,226 | € 10,119,349 | ▲ 239% |
| Retained profit | € 505,179 | € 505,179 | € 505,179 | |
| Dividend | € 21,160,243 | € 27,751,550 | € 26,899,207 | ▼ 3% |
| Balance sheet total | € 114,687,290 | € 122,574,983 | € 85,468,190 | ▼ 30% |
| Employees (FTE) | 32.8 | 30.7 | 28 | ▼ 2.7 |
Key figures of CPS Africa, fiscal years 2023 to 2025, from the annual accounts filed with the National Bank of Belgium.Next annual account (fiscal year 2026) expected before 31 October 2026.
What happened to CPS Africa?
What happened at CPS Africa in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- DOMAFI stepped down as director. NBB
- COTAFI SARL stepped down as director. NBB
- Marc Hirschfeld stepped down as director. NBB
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 26.9 million (▼ 3% vs 2024). Source: NBB ↗
- DOMAFI became a director. NBB
- COTAFI SARL became a director. NBB
- Marc Hirschfeld became a director. NBB
- New establishment in Wijnegem. KBO
In short
From € 21.2 million profit in 2023 to € 26.9 million profit in 2025.
Paid € 26.4 million in corporate taxes since 2023.
Best year ever: 2024, with € 27.8 million profit.
Paid out € 75.8 million in dividends to the owners in total.
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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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NMBS 8 June 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left ▼ 80%
bpost 18 May 2026 New annual account 2025 What was left from loss to profit
Management
The shares are held by CFAO SA (99%) and Domafi (1%).
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
DOMAFI
Director
since 2024 · until 2027
COTAFI SARL
Director
since 2024 · until 2027
Marc Hirschfeld
Director
since 2024 · until 2027
Shareholders
CFAO SA
99%
Domafi
1%
Participations
No participations in other companies reported.
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Louizalaan 277/289
1050 Elsene
Bijkhoevelaan 12
2110 Wijnegem
Active since 28 January 2015
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Website
Technologies
Domain
Domain
cpsafrica.com
Registered
2012-08-10
Registrar
Gandi SAS
Expires
2026-08-10
Website info
Features
Details
- Company number
- 0578.970.135
- VAT number
- BE 0578.970.135
- Registered office
- Louizalaan 277/289, 1050 Elsene
- Names & denominations
- CPS Africa
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Public limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 28 January 2015
- Peppol
- Active · Active since 1 Jan 2001
- Contact
- cpsafrica.com
- Activities · NACE
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