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ANTIGONE

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Public limited companyfounded 2002active for 23 yearsFrançois Stroobantstraat 4, 1050 Elsene, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0479.148.821

From the official registers: KBO 23 annual accounts at the National Bank publications in the Belgian Official Gazette

Summary

ANTIGONE has been active since 2002 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €3.4m and a net result of €842,583. Equity has been stable since 2018 (±1.9% per year). Its solvency ranks better than 78% of 324 sector peers (NACE 58, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is below 0.1% (very low).

Financials · financial year 2025, abbreviated format

Latest annual accounts filed

Annual accounts 2025

View at the NBB
Financial year ended
31-12-2025
Filed on
29-06-2026
Format
abbreviated format
Reference
2026-00213304
Turnover
≈ €790,000
Estimated: probably between €480,000 and €1.3m
EBIT margin
Not included in this filing
Net result
€842,583▲ 242%
2024 · €246,098
Working capital
€1.8m▲ 13×
2024 · €139,801
Trend over the years

2021 to 2025, 5 financial years 2018 to 2025, 8 financial years

The operating result for 2025 is a loss of €94,890, after a profit of €370,145 in 2024. It is the lowest result since 2021.

Turnover is what the company sold, the result is what was left of it. A loss stands below the zero line.

Operating result-€0.09m 2025 Net result€0.8m 2025

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The sector band is the middle half of the companies in Publishing activities (NACE 58). A quarter of them sit below it, a quarter above. Each year counts only accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30. The dashed line is the median. There is a sector band for net result, equity, total assets, working capital, solvency, current ratio, return on assets (ROA) and staff (FTE).

Every figure with its change against the financial year before
favourable unfavourable
Line20182019202020212022202320242025
Operating result€0.4m-€0.005m▼ 98.9%€0.008m▲ 68.7%-€0.03m€0.04m€0.2m▲ 347%€0.4m▲ 91.8%-€0.09m
Net result€0.3m-€0.04m▼ 88.0%-€0.04mbelow the sector's middle half-€0.02mbelow the sector's middle half▲ 49.5%-€0.01mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 42.2%€0.08mwithin the sector's middle half€0.2mabove the sector's middle half▲ 193%€0.8mabove the sector's middle half▲ 242%
Equity€2.3m-€2.3m▲ 1.8%€2.3mabove the sector's middle half▼ 1.9%€2.2mabove the sector's middle half▼ 1.0%€2.2mabove the sector's middle half▼ 0.6%€2.3mabove the sector's middle half▲ 3.8%€2.6mabove the sector's middle half▲ 10.7%€3.4mabove the sector's middle half▲ 33.0%
Total assets€7.0m-€7.2m▲ 3.3%€4.9mabove the sector's middle half▼ 32.4%€5.0mabove the sector's middle half▲ 3.3%€7.4mabove the sector's middle half▲ 46.1%€4.1mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 43.9%€3.8mwithin the sector's middle half▼ 7.6%€4.4mabove the sector's middle half▲ 16.1%
Debt€4.7m-€4.9m▲ 3.9%€2.6m▼ 46.7%€2.8m▲ 7.1%€5.1m▲ 83.4%€1.8m▼ 64.6%€1.3m▼ 30.8%€1.0m▼ 18.2%
Working capital-€0.7m--€0.8m▼ 12.0%-€0.4mbelow the sector's middle half▲ 53.8%-€0.7mbelow the sector's middle half▼ 89.0%-€0.5mbelow the sector's middle half▲ 28.7%€0.1mwithin the sector's middle half€0.1mwithin the sector's middle half▲ 15.6%€1.8mabove the sector's middle half▲ 13×
Solvency32.4%-31.9%▼ 0.4pp46.3%within the sector's middle half▲ 14.4pp44.4%within the sector's middle half▼ 1.9pp30.2%within the sector's middle half▼ 14.2pp56.0%within the sector's middle half▲ 25.7pp67.0%within the sector's middle half▲ 11.1pp76.8%above the sector's middle half▲ 9.8pp
Current ratio0.41-0.41=0.68below the sector's middle half▲ 0.270.50below the sector's middle half▼ 0.180.38below the sector's middle half▼ 0.121.61within the sector's middle half▲ 1.231.67within the sector's middle half▲ 0.066.26above the sector's middle half▲ 4.59
Return on assets (ROA)4.9%-0.6%▼ 4.4pp-0.9%within the sector's middle half▼ 1.5pp-0.4%within the sector's middle half▲ 0.5pp-0.2%within the sector's middle half▲ 0.3pp2.0%within the sector's middle half▲ 2.2pp6.5%within the sector's middle half▲ 4.4pp19.0%above the sector's middle half▲ 12.6pp
Staff (FTE)2-2=1.3below the sector's middle half▼ 35.0%1.3below the sector's middle half=1.3below the sector's middle half=1.3below the sector's middle half=1.3below the sector's middle half=1.3within the sector's middle half=
above within below The sector band is the middle half of the companies in Publishing activities (NACE 58). A quarter of them sit below it, a quarter above. Each year counts only accounts in the same format, and only where there are at least 30.
The turnover shown is an estimate from the gross margin.
Large changes and their cause
  • 2025 Net result +242% on 2024. The accounts now follow the abbreviated format, last year the full format.
Balance-sheet composition
2025 in colour, 2024 as the grey bar beneath
Assets €4.4m
Fixed assets €2.3m ▼ 34.1%
Current assets €2.1m ▲ 516%
Equity and liabilities €4.4m
Equity €3.4m ▲ 33.0%
Debt €1.0m ▼ 18.2%
Debt's share of the balance-sheet total falls from 33.0% to 23.2%. Equity is higher and debt is lower.
Key figures and ratios
2025 value · change against 2024
EBITDA
€20,530▼
2024 · €473,023
Cash flow
€958,002▲
2024 · €348,976
Debt to equity
0.30▼
2024 · 0.49
ROE
24.8%▲
2024 · 9.6%
Interest coverage
0.47▼
2024 · 13.41
Debt ≤ 1 year
€342,083▲
2024 · €207,646
Debt > 1 year
€681,195▼
2024 · €1.0m
Income taxes
€751▼
2024 · €94,682
Staff costs
€204,464▲
2024 · €196,051
Green means a favourable move, even when the figure itself falls, as with debt or debt to equity.

Companies with the same profile, two years later

Historical observation

In July 2024, 31,368 companies had the same profile as ANTIGONE has now. Two years later, 0.5% had gone bankrupt and 93.5% were still going.

  • Micro
  • 20 years or older
  • solvency 30% or more
  • a profit of 5% of the balance sheet or more
0.5% went bankrupt
5.9% stopped otherwise
93.5% was still going

Another 0.1% stopped without a precise date, possibly only after those two years.

That fits the bankruptcy probability of ANTIGONE itself: < 0.1% within 12 months.

Test of the method

The method was tested on the 497,445 companies of July 2024. Each company was given the bankruptcy share of the same profile a year earlier, in July 2023. The expectation was that 1.6% would go bankrupt within 24 months. In fact 1.7% went bankrupt.

The companies in ten equal groups, from the lowest to the highest expected share
Group Expected Actual
1 0.2% 0.2%
2 0.3% 0.5%
3 0.5% 0.6%
4 0.7% 0.8%
5 0.9% 0.9%
6 1.3% 1.5%
7 1.6% 1.8%
8 1.8% 1.8%
9 3.0% 3.1%
10 5.6% 6.2%

A company that went bankrupt had a higher expected share than one that kept going in 74.5% of comparisons. The level depends on the economy. In a year with more bankruptcies than the year before, the actual share is higher than the expected one.

This is an observation about 31,368 companies, not a prediction for ANTIGONE. The sector does not count, because the KBO no longer lists a sector for a company that has stopped. By sector, mostly the survivors would count, which would paint too rosy a picture.

Annual accounts
Filed annual accounts As filed with the NBB · 2025 against 2024 · 51 lines

Source: Annual accounts 2025 at the NBB, filed on 29-06-2026.

Balance sheet Code20242025
Assets
Total assets20/58€3.8m€4.4m▲
Fixed assets21/28€3.5m€2.3m▼
Tangible fixed assets22/27€0.9m€2.3m▲
Land and buildings22€0.7m€2.2m▲
Furniture and vehicles24€0.1m€0.1m▼
Financial fixed assets28€2.6m-
Current assets29/58€0.3m€2.1m▲
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€0.1m€0.4m▲
Trade receivables40€0.03m€0.3m▲
Other amounts receivable41€0.07m€0.1m▲
Current investments50/53€0.09m€1.6m▲
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€0.1m€0.2m▲
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1€0.006m€0.001m▼
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€3.8m€4.4m▲
Equity10/15€2.6m€3.4m▲
Contributions10/11€0.06m€0.06m=
Reserves13€0.6m€0.6m=
Tax-exempt reserves132€0.3m€0.3m=
Distributable reserves133€0.3m€0.3m=
Profit (loss) carried forward14€1.9m€2.8m▲
Amounts payable17/49€1.3m€1.0m▼
Amounts payable after more than one year17€1.0m€0.7m▼
Financial debts170/4€0.8m€0.7m▼
Other amounts payable178/9€0.3m€0.01m▼
Amounts payable within one year42/48€0.2m€0.3m▲
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42€0.1m€0.1m▲
Trade debts44€0.05m€0.1m▲
Suppliers440/4€0.05m€0.1m▲
Taxes, remuneration and social security45€0.04m€0.04m▲
Taxes450/3€0.01m€0.02m▲
Remuneration and social security454/9€0.02m€0.02m▲
Other amounts payable47/48€0.005m€0.05m▲
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3€0.001m€0.004m▲
Income statement Code20242025
Non-recurring operating income76A€0.3m€0.02m▼
Remuneration, social security and pensions62€0.2m€0.2m▲
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€0.1m€0.1m▲
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4-€0.1m
Other operating charges640/8€0.009m€0.002m▼
Gross operating margin9900€0.7m€0.3m▼
Operating profit (loss)9901€0.4m-€0.09m▼
Financial income75/76B€0.006m€1.0m▲
Recurring financial income75€0.006m€1.0m▲
Financial charges65/66B€0.04m€0.04m▲
Recurring financial charges65€0.04m€0.04m▲
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€0.3m€0.8m▲
Income taxes67/77€0.09m€0.001m▼
Profit (loss) for the period9904€0.2m€0.8m▲
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€0.2m€0.8m▲
Appropriation of the result
Profit (loss) to be appropriated9906€1.9m€2.8m▲
Profit (loss) brought forward from the previous period14P€1.7m€1.9m▲
Social balance sheet
Average headcount (FTE)90871.31.3=

The notes to these accounts have 15 items, including the statement of assets and debts, the cost breakdown and rights and commitments. You find them in the accounts filed with the NBB.

Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Non-recurring operating income76A---€3,618--€301,783€16,529▼ 94.5%
Remuneration, social security and pensions62---€167,860€178,268€194,445€196,051€204,464▲ 4.3%
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets630€56,818€68,071€77,911€115,828€147,080€149,172€102,878€115,420▲ 12.2%
Write-downs on stocks, contracts in progress and trade receivables: additions (reversals)631/4-------€107,905-
Other operating charges640/8---€6,374€7,085€8,322€8,687€1,846▼ 78.7%
Gross operating margin9900€674,866€211,031€276,223€264,036€375,632€544,880€677,761€334,745▼ 50.6%
Operating profit (loss)9901€436,336€4,922€8,302-€26,026€43,199€192,941€370,145-€94,890-
Financial income75/76B---€32,677€31,173€3€5,900€981,522▲ 166×
Recurring financial income75€67,974€74,098€289€32,677€31,173€3€5,900€981,522▲ 166×
Financial charges65/66B---€27,307€79,846€65,111€35,264€43,298▲ 22.8%
Recurring financial charges65€22,500€16,225€33,283€27,307€79,846€65,111€35,264€43,298▲ 22.8%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes9903€481,810€62,795-€24,692-€20,656-€5,474€127,833€340,780€843,334▲ 147%
Income taxes67/77€137,987€21,383€18,752€1,267€7,189€43,724€94,682€751▼ 99.2%
Profit (loss) for the period9904€343,823€41,412-€43,444-€21,923-€12,663€84,109€246,098€842,583▲ 242%
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated9905€343,823€41,412-€43,444-€21,923-€12,663€84,109€246,098€842,583▲ 242%
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Assets
Total assets20/58€7.0m€7.2m€4.9m€5.0m€7.4m€4.1m€3.8m€4.4m▲ 16.1%
Fixed assets21/28€6.5m€6.7m€4.1m€4.3m€7.1m€3.8m€3.5m€2.3m▼ 34.1%
Tangible fixed assets22/27€0.8m€0.9m€1.2m€1.5m€1.4m€1.2m€0.9m€2.3m▲ 163%
Land and buildings22---€1.3m€1.2m€1.1m€0.7m€2.2m▲ 194%
Furniture and vehicles24---€0.1m€0.1m€0.09m€0.1m€0.1m▼ 15.5%
Financial fixed assets28€5.7m€5.8m€2.9m€2.9m€5.7m€2.6m€2.6m--
Current assets29/58€0.5m€0.5m€0.8m€0.7m€0.3m€0.3m€0.3m€2.1m▲ 516%
Amounts receivable within one year40/41€0.07m€0.1m€0.2m€0.2m€0.04m€0.05m€0.1m€0.4m▲ 235%
Trade receivables40---€0.2m€0.02m€0.03m€0.03m€0.3m▲ 683%
Other amounts receivable41---€0.009m€0.02m€0.02m€0.07m€0.1m▲ 36.5%
Current investments50/53€0.3m€0.2m€0.2m€0.2m€0.05m€0.08m€0.09m€1.6m▲ 17×
Cash at bank and in hand54/58€0.04m€0.1m€0.4m€0.3m€0.2m€0.2m€0.1m€0.2m▲ 47.6%
Deferred charges and accrued income490/1---€0.003m€0.007m€0.004m€0.006m€0.001m▼ 91.1%
Equity and liabilities
Total equity and liabilities10/49€7.0m€7.2m€4.9m€5.0m€7.4m€4.1m€3.8m€4.4m▲ 16.1%
Equity10/15€2.3m€2.3m€2.3m€2.2m€2.2m€2.3m€2.6m€3.4m▲ 33.0%
Contributions10/11€0.06m€0.06m€0.06m€0.06m€0.06m€0.06m€0.06m€0.06m=
Capital10---€0.06m€0.06m----
Issued capital100---€0.06m€0.06m----
Reserves13€0.6m€0.6m€0.6m€0.6m€0.6m€0.6m€0.6m€0.6m=
Non-distributable reserves130/1---€0.3m€0.3m----
Legal reserve130---€0.3m€0.3m----
Tax-exempt reserves132---€0.3m€0.3m€0.3m€0.3m€0.3m=
Distributable reserves133-----€0.3m€0.3m€0.3m=
Profit (loss) carried forward14€1.6m€1.7m€1.6m€1.6m€1.6m€1.7m€1.9m€2.8m▲ 43.5%
Amounts payable17/49€4.7m€4.9m€2.6m€2.8m€5.1m€1.8m€1.3m€1.0m▼ 18.2%
Amounts payable after more than one year17€3.5m€3.6m€1.5m€1.4m€4.3m€1.4m€1.0m€0.7m▼ 35.0%
Financial debts170/4---€0.7m€0.6m€0.9m€0.8m€0.7m▼ 14.6%
Other amounts payable178/9---€0.8m€3.7m€0.5m€0.3m€0.01m▼ 96.0%
Amounts payable within one year42/48€1.2m€1.3m€1.1m€1.4m€0.8m€0.2m€0.2m€0.3m▲ 64.7%
Current portion of amounts payable after more than one year42---€0.07m€0.07m€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m▲ 2.9%
Financial debts43---€1.0m€0.5m----
Credit institutions430/8---€1.0m€0.5m----
Trade debts44€0.009m€0.02m€0.03m€0.02m€0.1m€0.02m€0.05m€0.1m▲ 173%
Suppliers440/4---€0.02m€0.1m€0.02m€0.05m€0.1m▲ 173%
Taxes, remuneration and social security45---€0.04m€0.04m€0.05m€0.04m€0.04m▲ 13.3%
Taxes450/3---€0.02m€0.02m€0.03m€0.01m€0.02m▲ 30.8%
Remuneration and social security454/9---€0.02m€0.02m€0.02m€0.02m€0.02m▲ 3.5%
Other amounts payable47/48---€0.2m€0.05m-€0.005m€0.05m▲ 925%
Accrued charges and deferred income492/3---€101€0.08m€0.3m€0.001m€0.004m▲ 368%
Line20182019202020212022202320242025Change
Profit (loss) for the period9904€0.3m€0.04m-€0.04m-€0.02m-€0.01m€0.08m€0.2m€0.8m▲ 242%
+ Depreciation and write-downs630€0.06m€0.07m€0.08m€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m€0.1m▲ 12.2%
Operating cash flow (approximation)€0.4m€0.1m€0.03m€0.09m€0.1m€0.2m€0.3m€1.0m▲ 175%
Investment in fixed assets (approximation)--€0.2m€2.5m-€0.4m-€2.9m€3.1m€0.2m€1.1m▲ 346%
Change in cash-€0.06m€0.3m-€0.1m-€0.07m-€0.01m-€0.04m€0.07m-

A Belgian filing has no cash-flow statement. These rows are therefore an approximation, derived from the income statement and the balance-sheet moves.

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Latest 10 of 23 filings with the National Bank
Financial year Type Filed Reference Document
31-12-2025 abbreviated format 29-06-2026 2026-00213304 NBB
31-12-2024 full format 25-06-2025 2025-00174453 PDF
31-12-2023 full format 29-06-2024 2024-00182545 PDF
31-12-2022 full format 21-06-2023 2023-00143230 PDF
31-12-2021 full format 09-06-2022 2022-20053045 PDF
31-12-2020 full format 25-06-2021 2021-23900526 PDF
31-12-2019 full format 04-08-2020 2020-39100309 PDF
31-12-2018 full format 30-07-2019 2019-39700118 PDF
31-12-2017 full format 05-07-2018 2018-28400140 PDF
31-12-2016 micro format 02-08-2017 2017-39700172 PDF

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Comparable companies

These companies have the same main activity as ANTIGONE: book publishing (NACE 58110). They are comparable in size and age: total assets between €1.1m and €5.5m, founded between 1985 and 2005.

CompanyFoundedTotal assetsEquityGross marginNet resultFTEFinancial year
ANTIGONE Elsene2002€4.4m€3.4m€0.3m€0.8m1.32025
PARIS MATCH BELGIQUE Etterbeek2001€2.1m-€0.6m€05.42025
LAFIG BELGIUM Rixensart2005€4.5m€0.1m€2.9m€1.4m12025
EDITIONS CARAMEL Schaarbeek1993€1.1m€0.3m€0.4m€0.04m3.32025
IPS - Snoecks Gent1985€5.5m€2.5m€0.2m€0.8m42025
DILIGENTIA UITGEVERIJ Gent2002€1.1m€0.4m€0.1m-€0.1m1.62025
VAN DE WIELE Brugge1997€1.2m€0.7m€0.1m€0.08m12025

They were chosen from the 381 other active companies with that main activity and annual accounts from the past two years. All companies with this main activity

Public contracts: No European public contracts awarded found since October 2016. Contracts below the EU thresholds are not in TED.