METROPOLIS: 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.
METROPOLIS
Largest movements
- Receivables within one year +€166,519
up €166,519 (+19.4%), from €858,858 to €1.0m
of which Other amounts receivable: +€170,187
- Other debts +€142,891
up €142,891 (+348%), from €41,023 to €183,914
- Reserves +€12,010
up €12,010 (+2.4%), from €492,647 to €504,657
- Gross operating margin +€31,673
up €31,673 (+62.1%), from €50,981 to €82,655
- Taxes +€4,622
up €4,622 (+771%), from €599 to €5,221
- Other operating charges +€4,066
up €4,066 (+5,683%), from €72 to €4,137
- Staff costs +€1,600
up €1,600 (+4.3%), from €37,074 to €38,674
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 | €876,099 | €1,037,106 | +€161,006 | +18.4% |
| Fixed assets | 21/28 | €363 | €363 | = | 0.0% |
| Financial fixed assets | 28 | €363 | €363 | = | 0.0% |
| Current assets | 29/58 | €875,736 | €1,036,743 | +€161,006 | +18.4% |
| Stocks and contracts in progress | 3 | €7,562 | €7,562 | = | 0.0% |
| Stocks | 30/36 | €7,562 | €7,562 | = | 0.0% |
| Amounts receivable within one year | 40/41 | €858,858 | €1,025,377 | +€166,519 | +19.4% |
| Trade receivables | 40 | €28,656 | €24,988 | -€3,668 | -12.8% |
| Other amounts receivable | 41 | €830,202 | €1,000,389 | +€170,187 | +20.5% |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 54/58 | €9,316 | €3,730 | -€5,585 | -60.0% |
| Deferred charges and accrued income | 490/1 | - | €73 | +€73 | |
| Total equity and liabilities | 10/49 | €876,099 | €1,037,106 | +€161,006 | +18.4% |
| Equity | 10/15 | €591,805 | €603,815 | +€12,010 | +2.0% |
| Contributions | 10/11 | €99,157 | €99,157 | = | 0.0% |
| Contributions outside capital | 11 | €99,157 | €99,157 | = | 0.0% |
| Other | 1109/19 | €99,157 | €99,157 | = | 0.0% |
| Reserves | 13 | €492,647 | €504,657 | +€12,010 | +2.4% |
| Distributable reserves | 133 | €492,647 | €504,657 | +€12,010 | +2.4% |
| Amounts payable | 17/49 | €284,295 | €433,291 | +€148,996 | +52.4% |
| Amounts payable within one year | 42/48 | €284,295 | €433,291 | +€148,996 | +52.4% |
| Financial debts | 43 | €124,939 | €124,925 | -€14 | 0.0% |
| Credit institutions | 430/8 | €124,939 | €124,925 | -€14 | 0.0% |
| Trade debts | 44 | €101,323 | €103,251 | +€1,928 | +1.9% |
| Suppliers | 440/4 | €101,323 | €103,251 | +€1,928 | +1.9% |
| Taxes, remuneration and social security | 45 | €17,009 | €21,201 | +€4,192 | +24.6% |
| Taxes | 450/3 | €7,884 | €14,790 | +€6,906 | +87.6% |
| Remuneration and social security | 454/9 | €9,125 | €6,411 | -€2,713 | -29.7% |
| Other amounts payable | 47/48 | €41,023 | €183,914 | +€142,891 | +348% |
| Remuneration, social security and pensions | 62 | €37,074 | €38,674 | +€1,600 | +4.3% |
| Other operating charges | 640/8 | €72 | €4,137 | +€4,066 | +5,683% |
| Non-recurring operating charges | 66A | - | €10,226 | +€10,226 | |
| Gross operating margin | 9900 | €50,981 | €82,655 | +€31,673 | +62.1% |
| Operating profit (loss) | 9901 | €13,836 | €29,618 | +€15,782 | +114% |
| Financial income | 75/76B | €55 | €60 | +€5 | +9.1% |
| Recurring financial income | 75 | €55 | €60 | +€5 | +9.1% |
| Financial charges | 65/66B | €12,299 | €12,447 | +€148 | +1.2% |
| Recurring financial charges | 65 | €12,299 | €12,447 | +€148 | +1.2% |
| Profit (loss) for the period before taxes | 9903 | €1,592 | €17,231 | +€15,639 | +982% |
| Income taxes | 67/77 | €599 | €5,221 | +€4,622 | +771% |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 9904 | €993 | €12,010 | +€11,017 | +1,110% |
| Profit (loss) for the period to be appropriated | 9905 | €993 | €12,010 | +€11,017 | +1,110% |
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 25 October 2026 via checked.be.