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LUMIERE PUBLISHING

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Public limited companyfounded 200025 yrs activeHof ter Mere 28, 9000 Gent, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0473.407.114
Summary

The annual accounts of LUMIERE PUBLISHING for fiscal year 2025 show a net loss of 235% of the equity at the start of that year. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €4.04M and a net result of €-648k. Equity is growing by ~22.8% per year across the filed fiscal years. Its solvency ranks better than 57% of 186 sector peers (fiscal year 2025). The company has been active since 2000 and the Belgian State Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.2% (very low).

Checked score

Score 2025
59 / 100
Fair
The score weighs solvency, liquidity and profitability. Bankruptcy probability contributes 35%. A net loss of at least half of total assets or of the equity at the start of the financial year caps the score. Every signal that weighs is under Signals.
Axes · tick = 2024
Profitability69=
Solvency70▲+41
Growth46▲+11
Track record100
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.2% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%
Credit up to €230k at 30 days only on tighter terms
Net loss of at least half of total assets or of the equity at the start of the financial year.
Liquidity short (current ratio 0.32 against 0.41 in 2024; short-term debt: 25.8% and cash: 0.2% of total assets), and 55.1% of the assets are financed with debt.
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Signals

Five signals. The signal on the left, the evidence on the right.
lowers riskneutral
lowers risk · Lower-failure-rate sector
In this sector companies fail less often than the Belgian average.
Gazette · bankruptcies per sector, NACE 59
Relative position
BE, all sectors
reference
Sector 59
lower
← fewer bankruptcies more bankruptcies →
lowers risk · Long track record
A company with a long track record statistically fails less often than a young one.
KBO · incorporation date
Age against the risk zone
highest failure risk from 2 to 8 years 25 years 0 30 y
lowers risk · Lower-risk legal form
Companies with this legal form statistically fail less often than a BV.
KBO · legal form
lowers risk · Annual accounts: healthy financial profile
The latest annual accounts show a healthy profile in solvency, result and liquidity.
NBB · annual accounts 2025
Solvency, return and age of the figures
Solvency
44.9%
Return on assets
-7.2%
Age of the figures
9 mo
neutral · Filed after the deadline
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due by 31-07-2026 and was filed on 31-08-2026, 31 days later. For context: 47% of the Belgian market files late and the whole 1-to-90-day band measures 2.0% abnormal legal state against a 1.66% average. We show this as a fact and do not score it.
NBB · 9 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
31 d late
2024
369 d late
2023
51 d late
2022
27 d late
2021
22 d late
2020
26 d late
2019
39 d early
← before the deadline after the deadline →
Checked, nothing found (2)
neutral · The next deadline is still running
The next financial year closes on 31-12-2026 and is due by 31-07-2027. Nothing is late today.
Companies Code · seven months
Position in the running window
24-09-2026 today31-12-2026 close31-07-2027 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
We found no ex-officio strike-off or cessation. Our series starts in 2021 and has gaps, so this is not a confirmation that there is nothing.
KBO publications · our coverage

Financials · fiscal year 2025, full schema

Turnover
€2.68M▼ 11.8%
2024 · €3.04M
2018: €2.65M 2019: €1.77M 2020: €1.59M 2021: €2.61M 2022: €3.33M 2023: €4.21M 2024: €3.04M
2018 → 2025
EBIT margin
-18.3%▼ 11.0pp
2024 · -7.3%
2018: 21.2% 2019: 1.3% 2020: -3.5% 2021: 14.1% 2022: 10.7% 2023: 7.2% 2024: -7.3%
2018 → 2025
Net result
€-648k▼ 52.1%
2024 · €-426k
2018: €414k 2019: €19k 2020: €-222k 2021: €249k 2022: €255k 2023: €101k 2024: €-426k
2018 → 2025
Working capital
€-1.59M▲ 20.9%
2024 · €-2.01M
2018: €-1.90M 2019: €-2.16M 2020: €-6.40M 2021: €-1.82M 2022: €-1.43M 2023: €-1.75M 2024: €-2.01M
2018 → 2025
Multi-year overview
Every figure with its change against the year before
▲ rise ▼ fall
Line20212022202320242025Trend
Turnover€2.61M-€3.33M▲ 27.7%€4.21M▲ 26.4%€3.04M▼ 27.7%€2.68M▼ 11.8%
Equity€345k-€600k▲ 74.0%€701k▲ 16.9%€275k▼ 60.8%€4.04M▲ 1,369%
Operating result€368k-€358k▼ 2.8%€304k▼ 15.1%€-224k€-492k▼ 120%
Net result€249k-€255k▲ 2.6%€101k▼ 60.3%€-426k€-648k▼ 52.1%
Result per fiscal year
Operating resultNet result
€-1.00M€-500k€0€500kOperating result 2021: €368k€368kNet result 2021: €249k€249kOperating result 2022: €358k€358kNet result 2022: €255k€255kOperating result 2023: €304k€304kNet result 2023: €101k€101kOperating result 2024: €-224k€-224kNet result 2024: €-426k€-426kOperating result 2025: €-492k€-492kNet result 2025: €-648k€-648k20212022202320242025€-750k€-500k€-250k€0€250kOperating result 2023: €304k€304kNet result 2023: €101k€101kOperating result 2024: €-224k€-224kNet result 2024: €-426k€-426kOperating result 2025: €-492k€-492kNet result 2025: €-648k€-648k202320242025
The operating result stays negative: a loss of €492k in 2025 against €224k in 2024; the loss grows and 2025 has the lowest result in the available series.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €9.01M
Fixed assets €8.28M ▲ 48.9%
Current assets €734k ▼ 46.9%
Equity and liabilities €9.01M
Equity €4.04M ▲ 1,369%
Debt €4.97M ▼ 25.5%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total falls from 96.0% to 55.1%. Equity is higher and debt is lower.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
€1.07M
2024 · €1.35M
Cash flow
€916k
2024 · €1.14M
Current ratio
0.32
2024 · 0.41
Debt to equity
1.23
2024 · 24.23
ROE
-16.0%
2024 · -154.8%
ROA
-7.2%
2024 · -6.1%
Interest coverage
5.25
2024 · 5.14
Debt ≤ 1 year
€2.32M
2024 · €3.39M
Debt > 1 year
€1.82M
2024 · €2.32M
Staff costs
€316k
2024 · €330k
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls: as with debt or debt to equity.
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2025 against 2024 · 56 lines
Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€6.95M€9.01M
Fixed assets21/28€5.56M€8.28M
Intangible fixed assets21€3.41M€2.71M
Tangible fixed assets22/27€90k€96k
Furniture and vehicles24€14k€21k
Other tangible fixed assets26€76k€75k
Financial fixed assets28€2.06M€5.47M
Current assets29/58€1.38M€734k
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€656k€519k
Trade receivables40€650k€504k
Other amounts receivable41€6k€15k
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€329k€18k
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€398k€197k
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€6.95M€9.01M
Equity10/15€275k€4.04M
Contributions10/11€869k€5.28M
Capital10€869k€5.28M
Issued capital100€869k€5.28M
Reserves13€1.84M€1.84M=
Non-distributable reserves130/1€87k€87k=
Legal reserve130€87k€87k=
Tax-exempt reserves132€31k€31k=
Distributable reserves133€1.72M€1.72M=
Profit (loss) carried forward14€-2.43M€-3.08M
Amounts payable17/49€6.67M€4.97M
Amounts payable after more than one year17€2.32M€1.82M
Financial debts170/4€2.32M€1.82M
Amounts payable within one year42/48€3.39M€2.32M
Financial debts43-€500k
Credit institutions430/8-€500k
Trade debts44€1.69M€1.77M
Suppliers440/4€1.69M€1.77M
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€32k€50k
Taxes450/3€136€19k
Remuneration and social security454/9€31k€31k
Other amounts payable47/48€1.67M-
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€954k€823k
Income statement Code20242025
Turnover70€3.04M€2.68M
Non-recurring operating income76A€164€2k
Goods, raw materials, services and sundry goods60/61€1.36M€1.29M
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€330k€316k
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€1.57M€1.56M
Other operating charges640/8€8k€3k
Non-recurring operating charges66A-€9k
Gross operating margin9900€1.68M€1.40M
Operating profit (loss)9901€-224k€-492k
Financial income75/76B€59k€48k
Recurring financial income75€59k€48k
Financial charges65/66B€262k€204k
Recurring financial charges65€262k€204k
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€-426k€-648k
Profit (loss) for the period9904€-426k€-648k
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€-426k€-648k
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€-2.43M€-3.08M
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P€-2.00M€-2.43M
Social balance
Average headcount (FTE)90875.04.8

The notes to these accounts (17 items: statements of assets and debts, cost breakdowns, rights and commitments) are not shown here.

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Timeline · acts, filings and financial milestones

Next filing, fiscal year 2026, expected by 31-07-2027
2026
31-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2025 · full schema · 31 days late
04-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · full schema · 369 days late
04-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2024 · abbreviated schema · 369 days late
2025
31-12
Financial Weakest financial yearnet €-648k
Net result drops to €-648k, the lowest in the series.
31-12
Financial Equity above €2MEq €4.04M ▲1369%
Equity rises from €275k to €4.04M.
19-12
State Gazette act Capital & shares · Statutes amendment
Capital increase · Capital · Statutes amendment5 facts ▸
  • General meeting, 12-12-2025
  • Capital increase, €4.416.322,73
  • Capital, €5.284.922,73
  • Statutes amendment
  • Liquidation preference, In geval van vereffening wordt het netto-actief eerst toegewezen aan de Soort B aandelen ten belope van de kapitaalinbreng van de Soort B-aandeelhouder; vervolg…
25-03
State Gazette act Resignation: Sens Commun BV (director)
Permanent representative: Benjamin Salaets · Power of attorney5 facts ▸
  • General meeting, 21-02-2025
  • Director resignation, Sens Commun BV (director)
  • Permanent representative, Benjamin Salaets
  • Power of attorney, Sens Commun BV
  • Power of attorney, Benjamin Salaets
2024
20-09
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2023 · abbreviated schema · 51 days late
2023
17-10
State Gazette act Resignation: Marike Muselaers (director)
Appointment: Sens Commun BV (director) · Permanent representative: Benjamin Salaets · Reappointments: Annemie Degryse (director) and Alexander Vandeputte (director)6 facts ▸
  • General meeting, 04-08-2023
  • Director resignation, Marike Muselaers (director)
  • Director appointment, Sens Commun BV (director)
  • Permanent representative, Benjamin Salaets
  • Director reappointment, Annemie Degryse (director)
  • Director reappointment, Alexander Vandeputte (director)
27-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2022 · full schema · 27 days late
2022
31-12
Financial Equity above €500kEq €600k ▲74%
2 profitable years in a row build equity to €600k.
22-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2021 · full schema · 22 days late
Show earlier events
2021
31-12
Financial Back to profitnet €249k
Net result €249k after one loss-making year.
31-12
Financial Equity above €200kEq €345k ▲259%
Equity rises from €96k to €345k.
26-08
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2020 · full schema · 26 days late
2020
15-07
State Gazette act Reappointment: Annemie Degryse (director)
Resignation: Jan De Clercq (director) · Appointment: Marike Muselaers (director)4 facts ▸
  • General meeting, 19-06-2020
  • Director reappointment, Annemie Degryse (director)
  • Director resignation, Jan De Clercq (director)
  • Director appointment, Marike Muselaers (director)
22-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2019 · full schema
2019
02-07
State Gazette act Reappointment: Ernst & Young Bedrijfsrevisoren CVBA (statutory auditor)
2 facts ▸
  • General meeting, 25-05-2019
  • Auditor reappointment, Ernst & Young Bedrijfsrevisoren CVBA (statutory auditor)
18-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2018 · full schema
2018
21-06
NBB filing Annual accounts filed
fiscal year 2017 · full schema
2017
08-03
State Gazette act Reappointments: Jan De Clercq (director) and Alexander Vandeputte (director)
Resignation: Ernst & Young Bedrijfsrevisoren BCVBA (statutory auditor) · Appointment: Ernst & Young Bedrijfsrevisoren BCVBA (statutory auditor) · Permanent representative: Leen Defoer8 facts ▸
  • General meeting, 28-05-2016
  • Director reappointment, Jan De Clercq (director)
  • Director reappointment, Alexander Vandeputte (director)
  • Mandate compensation, Jan De Clercq
  • Mandate compensation, Alexander Vandeputte
  • Director resignation, Ernst & Young Bedrijfsrevisoren BCVBA (statutory auditor)
  • Auditor appointment, Ernst & Young Bedrijfsrevisoren BCVBA (statutory auditor)
  • Permanent representative, Leen Defoer (company auditor)
2016
08-04
State Gazette act Appointments: Jan De Clerca, Alexander Vandeputte and Annemie Degryse
4 facts ▸
  • Board meeting, 19-02-2016
  • Director appointment, Jan De Clerca (managing director)
  • Director appointment, Alexander Vandeputte (managing director)
  • Director appointment, Annemie Degryse (managing director)
2014
28-02
State Gazette act Reappointment: BV CVBA Ernst & Young, Lippens & Rabaey Audit (statutory auditor)
Mandate compensation3 facts ▸
  • General meeting, 11-06-2013
  • Auditor reappointment, BV CVBA Ernst & Young, Lippens & Rabaey Audit
  • Mandate compensation, BV CVBA Ernst & Young, Lippens & Rabaey Audit
12-02
State Gazette act Resignation: Gert Van Huffel (director)
Appointment: Annemie Degryse (director)3 facts ▸
  • General meeting, 15-01-2014
  • Director resignation, Gert Van Huffel (director)
  • Director appointment, Annemie Degryse (director)
2013
05-08
State Gazette act Resignation: JAN ALEXANDER (director)
Appointment: GERT VAN HUFFEL (director)3 facts ▸
  • General meeting, 11-06-2013
  • Director resignation, JAN ALEXANDER (director)
  • Director appointment, GERT VAN HUFFEL (director)
2012
24-08
State Gazette act Resignation: DANIEL VERCAUTEREN (director)
Appointment: JAN ALEXANDER (director)3 facts ▸
  • General meeting, 01-06-2012
  • Director resignation, DANIEL VERCAUTEREN (director)
  • Director appointment, JAN ALEXANDER (director)
2011
04-03
State Gazette act Resignation: EMMANUEL DAMMAN (director)
Appointment: DANIEL VERCAUTEREN (director)3 facts ▸
  • General meeting, 30-09-2010
  • Director resignation, EMMANUEL DAMMAN (director)
  • Director appointment, DANIEL VERCAUTEREN (director)
2010
30-07
State Gazette act Appointments: Emmanuel Damman (director) and Grant Thornton, Lippens & Rabaey BVCV (statutory auditor)
Permanent representative: Leen Defoer · Capital increase · Bank account17 facts ▸
  • General meeting, 09-07-2010
  • Capital increase, €750.000
  • Bank account, BE19 7370 3107 5712
  • Share issue, Anti-dilutie Warrants, 4
  • Capital, €868.600
  • Statutes amendment
  • Director appointment, Emmanuel Damman (director)
  • Mandate compensation, Emmanuel Damman
  • Auditor appointment, Grant Thornton, Lippens & Rabaey BVCV (statutory auditor)
  • Permanent representative, Leen Defoer
  • Share split, 100, 10000
  • Share class creation
  • +5 further facts in this act
16-07
State Gazette act Resignations: Alexander Vandeputte (statutory manager) and Jan De Clercq (gewone zaakvoerder)
Appointments: Alexander Vandeputte (director) and Jan De Clercq (director) · Approval · Net-asset statement15 facts ▸
  • General meeting, 28-06-2010
  • Approval
  • Net-asset statement, 31-03-2010
  • Director resignation, Alexander Vandeputte (statutory manager)
  • Director resignation, Jan De Clercq (gewone zaakvoerder)
  • Director discharge, Alexander Vandeputte (manager)
  • Director discharge, Jan De Clercq (manager)
  • Legal-form conversion, naamloze vennootschap
  • Capital, €118.600
  • Director appointment, Alexander Vandeputte (director)
  • Director appointment, Jan De Clercq (director)
  • Mandate compensation, Alexander Vandeputte
  • +3 further facts in this act
03-05
State Gazette act Registered office
Registered-office move2 facts ▸
  • General meeting, 22-03-2010
  • Registered-office move, Hof ter Mere 28 - 9000 Gent
2006
29-05
State Gazette act Capital & shares · Statutes amendment
Capital increase · Capital · Power of attorney4 facts ▸
  • General meeting, 15-05-2006
  • Capital increase, €100.000
  • Capital, €118.600
  • Power of attorney, Pierre Thomas
Financial milestoneState Gazette actNBB filingFinancial milestones sit on the fiscal year-end date, not the filing date.

Directors · office · real estate

Directors
3 directors, no change since 2025
Annemie Degryse
Director · since 15-01-2014
Current
Alexander Vandeputte
Director · since 28-06-2010
Current
Jan De Clerca
Managing director · since 19-02-2016
Not recently confirmed
21-02-2025 Sens Commun: Resigned as Director
04-08-2023 Annemie Degryse: Mandate renewed as Director
04-08-2023 Alexander Vandeputte: Mandate renewed as Director
04-08-2023 Sens Commun: Appointed as Director
04-08-2023 Marike Muselaers: Resigned as Director
Full history in the Timeline (26 changes) →
Location & real-estate footprint
Registered office, Gent · 1 establishment unit since 2001
establishment The establishment unit on the map
Cannot be placed on the map

This address could not be matched to a point in the Belgian address register (BOSA BEST). The address below comes straight from the Crossroads Bank.

Hof ter Mere 289000 Gent
Ground area
728 m²
Building footprint
430 m²
Volume, LiDAR
1,405 m³
Parcel 44809I0623/00D004, Flanders · tallest building 6.8 m, ±1 floor. Linked by address, not a title deed.
1 establishment unit
LUMIERE PUBLISHING
Hof ter Mere 28, 9000 GentNACE 7440101
since 20012.116.210.101
1 parcel
Flanders 1 (100%)
Parcel (capakey) Region Area Buildings Height / fl.
44809I0623/00D004 Flanders 728 m² 1 · 430 m² 6.8 m · 1 fl.
Linked by address, not proof of ownership
Methodology
via registered seat: 1
1 of 1 parcel with an exact address match; the rest are indicative.
Linked through address data, this is not proof of ownership.

Statutory auditor

BVCV Grant Thornton, Lippens & Rabaey
Statutory auditor · represented by Leen Defoer
succeeded by Ernst & Young, Lippens & Rabaey Audit BV CVBA in 2013
09-07-2010 → 11-06-2013
Show 3 earlier auditors
Ernst & Young Bedrijfsrevisoren BCVBA
Statutory auditor · represented by Leen Defoer
succeeded by Ernst et Young Reviseurs d'Entreprises in 2019
28-05-2016 → 25-05-2019
Ernst & Young, Lippens & Rabaey Audit BV CVBA
Auditor
succeeded by Ernst & Young Bedrijfsrevisoren BCVBA in 2016
11-06-2013 → 28-05-2016
Ernst et Young Reviseurs d'Entreprises
Statutory auditor
25-05-2019 → 02-07-2019

Articles of association

Purpose
De exploitatie en distributie van speelfilms en professionele adviesverlening
Full purpose

De exploitatie en distributie van speelfilms en professionele adviesverlening.

Structure & network

Connections & network

7 connected companies

Capital and shareholders

Shareholders according to the acts
After the capital increase act of 29-05-2006 ↗
  • Jan De Clercq 50,000 EUR
  • Alexander Vandeputte 50,000 EUR

The Belgian State Gazette names shareholders only when an act mentions them; the share register itself is not published.

Capital over the years
  1. 19-12-2025 Capital increase of 4,416,322.73 EUR · to 5,284,922.73 EUR · 62,579 new shares · in kind
  2. 30-07-2010 Capital increase of 750,000 EUR · to 868,600 EUR · 2,308 new shares
  3. 16-07-2010 Capital stated in the act · 118,600 EUR · 100 shares
  4. 29-05-2006 Capital increase of 100,000 EUR · to 118,600 EUR · in cash

Public money · subsidies and aid

European Union, budget

2024 · 1 entry · 20,596 EUR in total
Year Entries awarded
2024 1 20,596 EUR
Projects
LP NV - REINVESTMENT AUTOMATIC DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT FOR EUROPEAN NON-NATIONAL FILMS IN BELGIUM
Creative Europe · 01-12-2024 to 30-11-2026 · 20,596 EUR

European research

1 project · 86,875 EUR EU contribution
Programmes
Horizon Europe
1 entry · 86,875 EUR
Projects
CRESCINE – INCREASING THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS OF THE FILM INDUSTRY IN SMALL EUROPEAN MARKETS
Horizon Europe · participant · 01-03-2023 to 28-02-2026 · 86,875 EUR · CresCine

Recognitions · licences · registrations

Legal Entity Identifier

549300MYDIZE4GZXQC40
live in the LEI register

Similar companies · same sector, comparable size

Of 312 companies in sector 59130 we hold annual accounts for 122. 22 are within a factor 10 of this equity. The 5 above are the closest to it. See the whole sector

Company data · Crossroads Bank

Identification
Legal formPublic limited company
Founded01-12-2000
Fiscal year end31-12
Activities, NACEBEL 2025
59130Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities
Sources
Crossroads Bank for EnterprisesNational Bank · 26 filingsAddress and cadastre registers

Scores and ratios are computed by Checked and are not a credit decision.