METROPOLE 040: 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.
METROPOLE 040
Largest movements
- Receivables within one year +€63,032
up €63,032 (+102%), from €61,744 to €124,776
of which Other amounts receivable: +€60,374
- Tangible fixed assets +€5,417
new in 2025: €5,417
- Profit (loss) carried forward +€47,431
up €47,431 (+112%), from €42,161 to €89,592
- Tax, wage and social debts +€13,878
up €13,878 (+109%), from €12,680 to €26,558
- Short-term financial debts +€5,067
new in 2025: €5,067
- Trade debts +€2,114
up €2,114 (+30.6%), from €6,919 to €9,034
of which Bills of exchange payable: +€2,295
- Purchases and services -€11,281
down €11,281 (-12.1%), from €93,321 to €82,041
- Gross operating margin +€9,220
up €9,220 (+17.4%), from €52,945 to €62,165
- Depreciation +€2,083
new in 2025: €2,083
- Turnover -€2,061
down €2,061 (-1.4%), from €146,267 to €144,206
- Taxes +€1,806
up €1,806 (+17.1%), from €10,576 to €12,382
From the 2024 result to the 2025 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.
Derived cash bridge
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.
Every line side by side
| Line | Code | 2024 | 2025 | Change | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 20/58 | €61,761 | €130,251 | +€68,491 | +111% |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | - | €5,475 | +€5,475 | |
| Tangible fixed assets | 22/27 | - | €5,417 | +€5,417 | |
| Furniture and vehicles | 24 | - | €5,417 | +€5,417 | |
| Financial fixed assets | 28 | - | €58 | +€58 | |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €61,761 | €124,776 | +€63,015 | +102% |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €61,744 | €124,776 | +€63,032 | +102% |
| Trade receivables | 40 | €6,646 | €9,303 | +€2,657 | +40.0% |
| Other amounts receivable | 41 | €55,099 | €115,473 | +€60,374 | +110% |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €16 | - | -€16 | |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €61,761 | €130,251 | +€68,491 | +111% |
| Equity | 10/15 | €42,161 | €89,592 | +€47,431 | +112% |
| Profit (loss) carried forward | 14 | €42,161 | €89,592 | +€47,431 | +112% |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €19,599 | €40,659 | +€21,059 | +107% |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €19,599 | €40,659 | +€21,059 | +107% |
| Financial debts | 43 | - | €5,067 | +€5,067 | |
| Credit institutions | 430/8 | - | €5,067 | +€5,067 | |
| Trade debts | 44 | €6,919 | €9,034 | +€2,114 | +30.6% |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | €581 | €400 | -€181 | -31.1% |
| Bills of exchange payable | 441 | €6,339 | €8,634 | +€2,295 | +36.2% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security | 45 | €12,680 | €26,558 | +€13,878 | +109% |
| Taxes | 450/3 | €12,680 | €26,558 | +€13,878 | +109% |
| Turnover | 70 | €146,267 | €144,206 | -€2,061 | -1.4% |
| Goods, raw materials, services and sundry goods | 60/61 | €93,321 | €82,041 | -€11,281 | -12.1% |
| Depreciation of and write-downs on formation expenses, intangible and tangible fixed assets | 630 | - | €2,083 | +€2,083 | |
| Other operating charges | 640/8 | €141 | €32 | -€109 | -77.4% |
| Gross operating margin | 9900 | €52,945 | €62,165 | +€9,220 | +17.4% |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | €52,804 | €60,050 | +€7,246 | +13.7% |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | €68 | €237 | +€170 | +251% |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €68 | €237 | +€170 | +251% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | €52,737 | €59,813 | +€7,076 | +13.4% |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | €10,576 | €12,382 | +€1,806 | +17.1% |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | €42,161 | €47,431 | +€5,270 | +12.5% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | €42,161 | €47,431 | +€5,270 | +12.5% |
Source: filed annual accounts (NBB), financial years ended 31 August 2024 and 31 August 2025. Colour: green is a favourable move for that line, red an unfavourable one. Prepared on 21 October 2026 via checked.be.