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Fifty1: what changed

Two financial years side by side, explained: what moved most in the balance sheet and the result, why the result rose or fell, and where the money went.

What changed

Fifty1

BE 1001.077.414
NACE 47.621, Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals
financial year 2025 compared with 2024filed annual accounts (NBB)
Net result for the year
€9,448
2024 · -€12,042+€21,490
Equity
€2,407
2024 · -€7,042+€9,448
Cash
€13,798
2024 · €3,365+€10,433
Balance sheet total
€101,461
2024 · €52,871+€48,590

Largest movements

2024 to 2025
Assets
  • Stocks and contracts +€19,478

    up €19,478 (+44.0%), from €44,311 to €63,789

  • Receivables within one year +€18,929

    up €18,929 (+1,242%), from €1,524 to €20,453

    of which Trade receivables: +€18,927

  • Cash +€10,433

    up €10,433 (+310%), from €3,365 to €13,798

    mainly Trade debts (+€29,127) and Other debts (+€17,647)

Equity and liabilities
  • Trade debts +€29,127

    up €29,127 (+281%), from €10,375 to €39,502

  • Other debts +€17,647

    up €17,647 (+56.3%), from €31,334 to €48,981

  • Short-term financial debts -€16,596

    no longer reported in 2025 (was €16,596)

  • Profit (loss) carried forward +€9,448

    up €9,448 (+78.5%), from -€12,042 to -€2,593

  • Tax, wage and social debts +€8,963

    up €8,963 (+557%), from €1,608 to €10,572

Income statement
  • Gross operating margin +€20,303

    up €20,303, from -€8,311 to €11,991

  • Financial charges -€1,260

    down €1,260 (-56.8%), from €2,219 to €959

  • Taxes +€276

    new in 2025: €276

  • Other operating charges -€227

    down €227 (-23.8%), from €955 to €728

From the 2024 result to the 2025 result

effect on the result

Each bar is the change in one income-statement line, as its effect on the result: higher costs pull it down, higher income lifts it.

Result 2024 -€12,042
Gross operating margin +€20,303
Depreciation -€62
Other operating charges +€227
Financial income +€38
Financial charges +€1,260
Taxes -€276
Result 2025 €9,448
raises the resultlowers the result

Derived cash bridge

cash 2024 to 2025

Derived from the 2024 and 2025 balance sheets and the 2025 result: not a filed cash-flow statement. It shows where the money came from and went.

From operations +€27,341
Investment -€313
Financing -€16,596
Cash 2024 €3,365
Net result for the year +€9,448
Depreciation +€622
Stocks and contracts -€19,478
Receivables within one year -€18,929
Deferred charges and accrued income -€59
Trade debts +€29,127
Tax, wage and social debts +€8,963
Other debts +€17,647
Investment in fixed assets (net) -€313
Short-term financial debts -€16,596
Cash 2025 €13,798
brings cash intakes cash out
Every line side by side 37 lines
Line Code 2024 2025 Change %
Total assets 20/58 €52,871 €101,461 +€48,590 +91.9%
Fixed assets 21/28 €2,382 €2,073 -€309 -13.0%
Tangible fixed assets 22/27 €2,382 €2,073 -€309 -13.0%
Plant, machinery and equipment 23 €2,382 €2,073 -€309 -13.0%
Current assets 29/58 €50,489 €99,388 +€48,898 +96.8%
Stocks and contracts in progress 3 €44,311 €63,789 +€19,478 +44.0%
Stocks 30/36 €44,311 €63,789 +€19,478 +44.0%
Amounts receivable within one year 40/41 €1,524 €20,453 +€18,929 +1,242%
Trade receivables 40 - €18,927 +€18,927
Other amounts receivable 41 €1,524 €1,526 +€3 +0.2%
Cash at bank and in hand 54/58 €3,365 €13,798 +€10,433 +310%
Deferred charges and accrued income 490/1 €1,290 €1,349 +€59 +4.5%
Total equity and liabilities 10/49 €52,871 €101,461 +€48,590 +91.9%
Equity 10/15 -€7,042 €2,407 +€9,448
Contributions 10/11 €5,000 €5,000 = 0.0%
Profit (loss) carried forward 14 -€12,042 -€2,593 +€9,448 +78.5%
Amounts payable 17/49 €59,912 €99,054 +€39,142 +65.3%
Amounts payable within one year 42/48 €59,912 €99,054 +€39,142 +65.3%
Financial debts 43 €16,596 - -€16,596
Credit institutions 430/8 €16,596 - -€16,596
Trade debts 44 €10,375 €39,502 +€29,127 +281%
Suppliers 440/4 €10,375 €39,502 +€29,127 +281%
Taxes, remuneration and social security 45 €1,608 €10,572 +€8,963 +557%
Taxes 450/3 €1,608 €10,572 +€8,963 +557%
Other amounts payable 47/48 €31,334 €48,981 +€17,647 +56.3%
Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets 630 €560 €622 +€62 +11.1%
Other operating charges 640/8 €955 €728 -€227 -23.8%
Gross operating margin 9900 -€8,311 €11,991 +€20,303
Operating profit (loss) 9901 -€9,826 €10,642 +€20,468
Financial income 75/76B €4 €42 +€38 +972%
Recurring financial income 75 €4 €42 +€38 +972%
Financial charges 65/66B €2,219 €959 -€1,260 -56.8%
Recurring financial charges 65 €2,219 €959 -€1,260 -56.8%
Profit (loss) for the period before taxes 9903 -€12,042 €9,724 +€21,766
Income taxes 67/77 - €276 +€276
Profit (loss) for the period 9904 -€12,042 €9,448 +€21,490
Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated 9905 -€12,042 €9,448 +€21,490

Source: filed annual accounts (NBB), financial years ended 31 December 2024 and 31 December 2025. Colour: green is a favourable move for that line, red an unfavourable one. Prepared on 20 October 2026 via checked.be.