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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 16 % of short-term debt in 2025; threshold 65 %.
Financials
Financial year 2025
Metropolis Music Publishers from Puurs-Sint-Amands, company number BE0898784776, closed financial year 2025 with a result of € 61,781 after tax. For that financial year Metropolis Music Publishers recorded a gross margin of € 113,060 and equity of € 203,383. Compared with financial year 2024, the result moved from € -9,998 to € 61,781. Profitable, and profit is growing. 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 May 21, 2026.
€ 203,383
▲ 15% vs 2024
Assets minus debts, by the books. What is left if everything were sold and paid today.
€ 61,781
▲ still € 9,998 loss in 2024
Profit after tax over the fiscal year.
€ 7,583
▲ 151% vs 2024
Cash and bank balances on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 34,509 paid out
56 % of the profit went to the shareholders, the rest stayed in the company.
People and assets in 2025
€ 8,820
▼ 24% vs 2024
Book value of vehicles, furniture and equipment.
Debts at end 2025
€ 18,598
▼ 67% vs 2024
€ 9,504 is repaid this year. At this pace the long-term loan is gone in ≈ 2 years.
€ 8,418
▼ 32% vs 2024
Supplier invoices still open on the last day of the fiscal year.
€ 26,370
▲ € 20,675 vs 2024
Corporate tax and VAT still to pay. No wage debt: nothing outstanding to staff or social security.
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change 2024 → 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | € 44,027 | € 27,199 | € 25,974 | € 113,060 | ▲ € 87,087 |
| Profit after taxes | € 12,124 | € -4,992 | € -9,998 | € 61,781 | ▲ € 71,779 |
| Equity | € 191,102 | € 186,110 | € 176,112 | € 203,383 | ▲ 15% |
| Total debts | € 92,726 | € 98,280 | € 89,154 | € 55,186 | ▼ 38% |
| Cash | € 6,303 | € 14,716 | € 3,018 | € 7,583 | ▲ 151% |
| Land & buildings | € 21,880 | € 26,912 | € 28,064 | € 31,262 | ▲ 11% |
| Retained profit | € 81,062 | € 76,070 | € 66,072 | € 93,343 | ▲ 41% |
| Dividend | € 0 | € 0 | € 0 | € 34,509 | |
| Bank debt | € 66,838 | € 64,733 | € 56,935 | € 18,598 | ▼ 67% |
| Balance sheet total | € 283,827 | € 284,390 | € 265,266 | € 258,569 | ▼ 3% |
Key figures of Metropolis Music Publishers, 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 Metropolis Music Publishers?
What happened at Metropolis Music Publishers in recent years, according to the Belgian Official Gazette, the CBE and the National Bank:
- New annual accounts for financial year 2025: profit of € 61,781. Source: NBB ↗
- New establishment in Puurs-Sint-Amands. KBO
- New establishment in Puurs-Sint-Amands. KBO
- Start of the company according to the CBE. KBO
In short
From € 12,124 profit in 2022 to € 61,781 profit in 2025.
Paid € 31,675 in corporate taxes since 2022.
Best year ever: 2025, with € 61,781 profit.
Paid out € 34,509 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
Behind Metropolis Music Publishers are Ward Van de Velde, Bob Van de Velde and Christa Steenhuyse-Vandevelde. Bob Van de Velde is also behind United Music & Media Publishers.
Directors
According to the 2025 annual accounts
Ward Van de Velde
Director
Christa Steenhuyse-Vandevelde
Director
Establishments
Establishment units
Physical locations of this company
Kloosterstraat 2
2870 Puurs-Sint-Amands
Kloosterstraat 7
2870 Puurs-Sint-Amands
Active since 1 August 2023
What is an establishment unit? An establishment unit is a geographically identifiable place where activities of the enterprise are carried out.
Details
- Company number
- 0898.784.776
- VAT number
- BE 0898.784.776
- Registered office
- Kloosterstraat 2, 2870 Puurs-Sint-Amands
- Names & denominations
- Metropolis Music Publishers
- Enterprise type
- Rechtspersoon
- Legal form
- Private limited company
- Legal situation
- Normale toestand
- Start date
- 24 June 2008
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