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DARGAUD - LOMBARD

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Public limited companyfounded 1946active for 80 yearsPaul-Henri Spaaklaan 1-7, 1060 Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel), BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0403.501.390
Summary

DARGAUD - LOMBARD has been active since 1946 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €56.5m and a net result of €5.8m. Equity is growing by about 3.8% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 76% of 188 sector peers (NACE 58, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.1% (very low).

Overview

Activity
Book publishing
NACE 58110
Largest company by total assets in Sint-Gillis, Publishing and media sector1 site
Size
€50.4mturnover 2025
Staff
50.8 FTE
Equity
€56.5m
Profit
€5.8m
Financial health
93 Excellent Checked score 2025
Bankruptcy probabilitywithin 12 months
0.1%
Structure
Parent
Dargaud SA · 100%
Board
6 members
Holdings
2
Auditor: GRANT THORNTON BEDRIJFSREVISOREN - REVISEURS D'ENTREPRISESAccounts 35 days early
Why 93raises riskLiquidity: current ratio 2.84, cash €110,757, halved1 of the last 3 latelowers riskSize: turnover €50.4m, 50.8 FTE, total assets €84.2mFounded in 1946Show the evidence

Checked score

Score 2025
93 / 100
Excellent
Probability in this band: under 0.55%
Financially better than 54% of its sector peers (NACE 58)
Financial strength · tick = 2024
Strong
Solvency 92+3
equity 67.2% of total assets
Liquidity 36+2
short-term debt 32.8% · cash 0.1%
Profitability 73-2
return on assets 6.9%
Bankruptcy probability, 12 months
0.1% Very low
0%0.5%1.5%4%10%≥ 25%

About 1 in 1,000 comparable companies go bankrupt within 12 months (an estimate).

Sector median 0.1% (23 companies, NACE 58, medium-sized)
Last 24 months 11-2024: 0.1% 12-2024: 0.1%● unchanged vs 11-2024 01-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 12-2024 02-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 01-2025lowest value 03-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 02-2025 04-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 03-2025 05-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 04-2025 06-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 05-2025 07-2025: 0.1%● unchanged vs 06-2025 08-2025: 0.2%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 07-2025 09-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 08-2025 10-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 09-2025 11-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 10-2025 12-2025: 0.2%● unchanged vs 11-2025 01-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 12-2025 02-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 01-2026 03-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 02-2026 04-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 03-2026 05-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 04-2026 06-2026: 0.2%● unchanged vs 05-2026 07-2026: 0.1%▼ -0.1 percentage points vs 06-2026 08-2026: 0.2%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 07-2026 09-2026: 0.3%▲ +0.1 percentage points vs 08-2026highest value 10-2026: 0.1%▼ -0.2 percentage points vs 09-2026
Credit of up to €5,000,000 on 30-day terms is acceptable
Liquidity ample (current ratio 2.84, compared with 2.51 in 2024, above the usual 1.5; short-term debt: 32.8% and cash: 0.1% of total assets), and 32.8% of the assets are financed with debt and provisions.
How it is calculated

The band follows from the bankruptcy probability, on a scale where 10 more points roughly halve it:

75-100 Excellent under 0.55%
60-74 Healthy 0.55% to 1.5%
45-59 Fair 1.5% to 4.2%
25-44 Weak 4.2% to 15.0%
0-24 Critical over 15.0%

Where the company stands within its band depends half on the bankruptcy probability and half on how it does against its sector peers (NACE 58): better than 72% on solvency, 31% on liquidity, 72% on profitability and 41% on growth.

The bankruptcy probability was computed on 16-10-2026 by the bankruptcy model of 2 October 2026, which learns from Belgian bankruptcies and reads the registers, the annual accounts and the Belgian Official Gazette.

Some facts cap the score, however low the probability. Negative or zero equity, a heavy loss, a special status in the KBO, one missing filing or accounts filed more than 90 days late hold it at Fair at most (59); two missing filings, at Weak (44). An ongoing judicial reorganisation or the company's end (bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation) holds it at Critical at most (24).

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Signals

Five signals.
lowers riskraises riskneutral
raises risk · Liquidity: current ratio 2.84, cash €110,757, halved
NBB · annual accounts
lowers risk · Size: turnover €50.4m, 50.8 FTE, total assets €84.2m
Companies of this size fail less often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
NBB · annual accounts
raises risk · 1 of the last 3 late
NBB · filings
lowers risk · Founded in 1946
Companies that have existed this long fail less often; how much that weighs depends on the rest of its profile.
KBO
neutral · Latest accounts filed on time
The financial year that closed on 31-12-2025 was due by 31-07-2026 and was filed on 26-06-2026, 35 days ahead of the deadline.
NBB · 10 filings
Deviation from the deadline
2025
35 days early
2024
127 days late
2023
27 days early
2022
17 days early
2021
25 days early
2020
26 days early
2019
on the day
← before the deadline after the deadline →
tick = median of all Belgian filingsring = median in the sector

This company filed its last 7 accounts on average on the deadline day; the sector median (NACE 58) for financial year 2024 is 7 days before the deadline, and 37% of those companies filed late.

Searched, nothing found (2)
neutral · Next filing not due yet
The next financial year closes on 31-12-2026 and is due by 31-07-2027. Nothing is late today. The company usually files around 6 July (4 of the last 5 filed years within 30 days of that day).
Companies Code · seven months
Where today falls in the filing period
16-10-2026 today31-12-2026 year end31-07-2027 deadline
neutral · No strike-offs in the KBO publications
Searched since 2021.
KBO publications · our coverage
  1. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2025 · full…
  2. Annual accounts filedfinancial year 2024 · full…
  3. Capital & shares · Purpose ·…Purpose change · Merger

Key points

  • Positive: Largest company by total assets in Sint-Gillis, Publishing and media sectorin the Checked rankings No. 1 View
  • Controlled by Dargaud SAultimately: Média Participations 100% View
  • Merger with STUDIO BOULE & BILLmerger on 01-01-2025 2025 View
  • Active since 1946founded 08-08-1946 80 years View
  • Positive: 5 profitable years in a rowprofit 2025: €5.8m 5 years View

By topic

Financials

Financial year
2025
Turnover
€50.4m
Profit
€5.8m
Solvency
67.2%
Turnover▼ 11.0%
Net result
20212025
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Board & ownership

Board
6 members
Parent
Dargaud SA · 100%
Auditor
GRANT THORNTON BEDRIJFSREVISOREN -…
  • André QUERTONDirector
  • Claude de SAINT VINCENTDirector
  • DARGAUDDirector
  • François PERNOTDirector
  • Vincent MONTAGNEDirector

and 1 other director

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Network & group

Group
Média Participations
Holdings
2
Mergers and asset contributions
1

2 holdings

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Timeline

Events
71
Since
1978
Next accounts
by 31-07-2027
  1. 24-01-2025Reappointment: Christel HOOLANS (director)
  2. 22-11-2024Restructuring
  3. 04-07-2024Annual accounts filed
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Company details

Sites
1
Legal form
Public limited company
Activity
Book publishingNACE 58110
Founded
08-08-1946
Year ends
31-12
Peppol
Reachable for e-invoices
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Articles of association

Provisions read
3
Purpose
“L'édition en tous genres de journaux,périodiques,quotidiens,livres,illustrés ou non…” (deed in French)
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