Altrincham, Greater Manchester

Q3 2010 Business Confidence Report

Contents

  1. New Company Registrations
  2. Closed Companies (dissolved)
  3. Net Company Growth
  4. UK Company Share
  5. Director Age
  6. Director Gender
  7. Naming Trends
  8. SIC Data
  9. Recent Companies

New Company Registrations

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

    A total of 222 companies were registered in Altrincham during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010).

    This figure is a decrease of 51.0% versus the same period last year (Q3 2009). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 7.2% against the same period last year.

    third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010)AltrinchamUK
    2010222101,492
    200945394,671
    % change-51.0%7.2%
    Record Year 2006 (730) 2003 (107,203)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)

    New Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    New companies in 2010824694
    New companies in 2009141151161
    % change-41.8%-69.5%-41.6%
    Record Year2004 (206)2006 (239)2006 (319)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

    A total of 453 companies were dissolved in Altrincham during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010).

    This figure is a decrease of 59.1% versus the same period last year (Q3 2009). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 45.0% against the same period last year.

    third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010)AltrinchamUK
    201045387,705
    20091,107159,401
    % change-59.1%-45.0%
    Record Year 2009 (1,107) 2009 (159,401)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Closed companies in 2010121213119
    Closed companies in 2009167424516
    % change-27.5%-49.8%-77%
    Record Year2009 (167)2009 (424)2009 (516)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

    Net company growth for Altrincham during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) was -231 companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010)AltrinchamUK
    2010-23113,787
    2009-654-64,730
    Record Year 2006 (523) 2003 (60,597)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)

    Net Growth by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Net growth in 2010-39-167-25
    Net growth in 2009-26-273-355
    Record Year2004 (182)2006 (168)2006 (237)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

    In the third quarter of 2010, Altrincham formed 0.2% of all UK companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010)Altrincham
    20100.2%
    20090.5%
    20080.3%
    20070.3%
    20060.8%
    Record Year (since 1960) 2006 (0.8%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)

    Company Share by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    UK formation share in 20100.2%0.1%0.3%
    UK formation share in 20090.4%0.5%0.5%
    % change-45.9%-72.4%-44.0%
    Record Year1964 (0.9%)2006 (0.7%)2006 (1.0%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

    The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2010 was 44.5.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.2% compared to the UK figure of 2.7%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 2.9% compared to the UK figure of 4.4%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

    The record third quarter for female directors in Altrincham was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.

    24.8% of all director appointments in Altrincham in the third quarter of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.

    Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

  1. Previous 12 months (Sep 2009-Sep 2010)

    Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    CONSULTING2.49%MANAGEMENT5.06%
    CONSULTANCY2.36%CONSULTING4.99%
    MANAGEMENT1.47%CONSULTANCY3.12%
    ENGINEERING1.08%PROPERTY2.38%
    IT1.08%TRADING2.04%
    DESIGN0.89%ASSOCIATES2.01%
    D0.70%DESIGN1.93%
    J0.64%CONSTRUCTION1.86%
    CONSULTANTS0.64%BUSINESS1.80%
    HOLDINGS0.57%MEDIA1.75%
    CARE0.57%CONSULTANTS1.73%
    FINANCIAL0.51%LONDON1.59%
    S0.51%ENGINEERING1.59%
    HOUSE0.51%INVESTMENTS1.49%
    CONSTRUCTION0.51%CARE1.44%
    MEDICAL0.51%J1.44%
    ASSOCIATES0.51%INTERNATIONAL1.43%
    PROPERTY0.51%GLOBAL1.42%
    SOCIAL0.45%IT1.35%
    CAPITAL0.45%PROPERTIES1.35%
    INVESTMENTS0.45%BUILDING1.32%
    GREEN0.45%ELECTRICAL1.30%
    RECRUITMENT0.45%M1.28%
    M0.45%SYSTEMS1.26%
    PROPERTIES0.45%S1.24%

SIC Data

  1. Previous 36 months, excluding companies less than 12 months old

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    7487 - Other business activities1,07669,802
    None Supplied570202,902
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified17525,053
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management4713,161
    7414 - Business & management consultancy3514,940
    99999 - Dormant Company2814,072
    9999 - Dormant Company2721,484
    7499 - Non-trading company2413,408
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified236,460
    7222 - Other software consultancy and supply188,183
    7011 - Development & sell real estate183,743
    9305 - Other service activities179,454
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities158,292
    5530 - Restaurants145,181
    6523 - Other financial intermediation132,492
    70100 - Activities of head offices132,768
    86900 - Other human health activities123,361
    7260 - Other computer related activities118,967
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified107,767
    64999 - Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified102,339

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    07359138 GKAO PROPERTIES 27 Aug 2010
    07358549 CLEANERZ LTD 26 Aug 2010
    07356998 POVERTY REMOVAL 25 Aug 2010
    07354980 L'AVENIR G.S LIMITED 24 Aug 2010
    07354095 ACER TRAVEL LTD 24 Aug 2010
    07353967 KSTA GLOBAL PROMOTIONS LTD 23 Aug 2010
    07353964 TKPP GLOBAL PROMOTIONS LTD 23 Aug 2010
    07350584 S D INDEPENDENT LIMITED 19 Aug 2010
    07339853 SLIPPER CAMP LTD 09 Aug 2010
    07338409 ASCERTAIN CONSULTANCY LIMITED 06 Aug 2010
    07335669 DIRECT TEAM WEAR LIMITED 04 Aug 2010
    07333910 ECIGARETTEPEOPLE LIMITED 03 Aug 2010
    OC357270 ELLIOT MAYWEATHER LEGAL LLP 19 Aug 2010
    OC357369 THE REALLY USEFUL SOFTWARE COMPANY LLP 25 Aug 2010
    OC357383 CONRAD ASSOCIATES LLP 25 Aug 2010
    07361253 DEXTER SERVICES (UK) LIMITED 31 Aug 2010
    07353639 STRATEGIC HEALTH ENTERPRISES LIMITED 23 Aug 2010
    07352277 TASTY DESIGN LIMITED 20 Aug 2010
    07350948 EVERETT COURT MANAGEMENT LIMITED 19 Aug 2010
    07346669 MIKROS ESTATES LTD 16 Aug 2010
    07345023 WHATSMOFO LTD 13 Aug 2010
    07343520 ROSE LILY (TB) LTD 12 Aug 2010
    07342771 THE CENTRE OF ADULT LEARNING LIMITED 11 Aug 2010
    07340738 T.A TRADING LIMITED 10 Aug 2010
    07335376 A&P FOOD STORES LTD 04 Aug 2010