New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   Q1 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Barking when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2011 was a record quarter for company registrations in Barking when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 185 companies were registered in Barking during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).

   This figure is an increase of 27.6% versus the same period last year (Q1 2010). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 10.7% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011)	Barking	UK
   2011	185	116,391
   2010	145	105,137
   % change	27.6%	10.7%
   Record Year	2011 (185)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2011	185	Q1 2011	116391	1
   Q1 2010	145	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	150	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	131	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	122	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	117	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	73	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	90	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	81	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2002	85	Q1 2002	65051	1
   Q1 2011	185	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)

   March 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Barking when compared to any previous March.

   January 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Barking when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2011	44847	69
   Feb 2011	37762	52
   Jan 2011	33782	64
   Dec 2010	27134	36
   Nov 2010	34347	52
   Oct 2010	33636	65
   Sep 2010	35149	64
   Aug 2010	32366	55
   Jul 2010	33977	57
   Jun 2010	35198	67
   May 2010	30031	49
   Apr 2010	33383	46

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2011	64	52	69
   New companies in 2010	45	46	54
   % change	42.2%	13.0%	27.8%
   Record Year	2011 (64)	1994 (112)	2011 (69)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   Q1 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Barking when compared to any previous Q1.

   A total of 136 companies were dissolved in Barking during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).

   This figure is an increase of 24.8% versus the same period last year (Q1 2010). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 10.0% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011)	Barking	UK
   2011	136	90,986
   2010	109	82,677
   % change	24.8%	10.0%
   Record Year	2011 (136)	2009 (108,060)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2011	136	Q1 2011	90986	1
   Q1 2010	109	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	109	Q1 2009	108060	1
   Q1 2008	57	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	52	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	54	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	51	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	45	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	31	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2002	38	Q1 2002	42180	1
   Q1 2011	136	Q1 2009	108060	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)

   January 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Barking when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2011	27947	39
   Feb 2011	29849	41
   Jan 2011	33190	56
   Dec 2010	16283	10
   Nov 2010	31710	40
   Oct 2010	28903	57
   Sep 2010	29093	57
   Aug 2010	32913	44
   Jul 2010	25699	35
   Jun 2010	35162	40
   May 2010	38045	46
   Apr 2010	21747	24

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2011	56	41	39
   Closed companies in 2010	20	44	45
   % change	180.0%	-6.8%	-13%
   Record Year	2011 (56)	2010 (44)	2009 (90)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   Net company growth for Barking during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) was 49 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011)	Barking	UK
   2011	49	25,405
   2010	36	22,460
   Record Year	2008 (74)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2011	49	145	Q1 2011	25405	105137	1
   Q1 2010	36	150	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	41	131	Q1 2009	-17026	96698	1
   Q1 2008	74	122	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	70	117	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	63	73	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	22	90	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	45	81	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	50	85	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2002	47	55	Q1 2002	22871	60662	1
   Q1 2008	74	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2011	16900	30
   Feb 2011	7913	11
   Jan 2011	592	8
   Dec 2010	10851	26
   Nov 2010	2637	12
   Oct 2010	4733	8
   Sep 2010	6056	7
   Aug 2010	-547	11
   Jul 2010	8278	22
   Jun 2010	36	27
   May 2010	-8014	3
   Apr 2010	11636	22

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2011	8	11	30
   Net growth in 2010	25	2	9
   Record Year	2009 (50)	2009 (29)	2002 (44)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   In the first quarter of 2011, Barking formed 0.2% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011)	Barking
   2011	0.2%
   2010	0.1%
   2009	0.2%
   2008	0.1%
   2007	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1994 (0.4%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2011	0.1589	185	1
   Q1 2010	0.1379	145	1
   Q1 2009	0.1648	150	1
   Q1 2008	0.1355	131	1
   Q1 2007	0.0731	122	1
   Q1 2006	0.1071	117	1
   Q1 2005	0.0775	73	1
   Q1 2004	0.0984	90	1
   Q1 2003	0.0831	81	1
   Q1 2002	0.1307	85	1
   Q1 1994	0.4263	119	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2011	0.1539	69
   Feb 2011	0.1377	52
   Jan 2011	0.1895	64
   Dec 2010	0.1327	36
   Nov 2010	0.1514	52
   Oct 2010	0.1932	65
   Sep 2010	0.1821	64
   Aug 2010	0.1699	55
   Jul 2010	0.1678	57
   Jun 2010	0.1904	67
   May 2010	0.1632	49
   Apr 2010	0.1378	46

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2011	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
   UK formation share in 2010	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
   % change	22.7%	-0.6%	21.9%
   Record Year	2009 (0.2%)	1994 (1.3%)	1981 (0.3%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2011 was 37.5.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.1% compared to the UK figure of 3.0%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 1.2% compared to the UK figure of 4.3%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q1 2011	37.5000	1.2397	4.1322	43.9398	3.0278	4.2627
   Q1 2010	38.2103	0.0000	2.0513	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	37.0428	0.0000	5.3476	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	40.6687	0.6024	0.6024	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	41.3527	1.7857	0.8929	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	42.0682	1.1364	1.7045	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	43.0000	0.0000	0.0000	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	45.0464	5.1546	0.0000	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	44.4615	3.0769	0.0000	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520
   Q1 2002	47.0426	4.2553	0.0000	51.7001	0.1341	11.7600

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   The record first quarter for female directors in Barking was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.

   26.6% of all director appointments in Barking in the first quarter of 2011 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.4% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q1 2011	26.5957	Q1 2011	25.4026	1
   Q1 2010	25.2137	Q1 2010	24.6957	1
   Q1 2009	27.2727	Q1 2009	26.0897	1
   Q1 2008	21.3636	Q1 2008	28.3315	1
   Q1 2007	19.3548	Q1 2007	27.4167	1
   Q1 2006	16.4319	Q1 2006	26.9103	1
   Q1 2005	11.7241	Q1 2005	26.8135	1
   Q1 2004	15.5251	Q1 2004	27.0979	1
   Q1 2003	16.1972	Q1 2003	30.5269	1
   Q1 2002	20.7207	Q1 2002	26.5307	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1975	50.0000	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2010-Mar 2011)

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

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   LONDON	1.95%	CONSULTING	5.04%
   CONSULTANTS	1.67%	MANAGEMENT	4.97%
   SECURITY	1.39%	CONSULTANCY	3.16%
   CONSULTANCY	1.30%	PROPERTY	2.38%
   GLOBAL	1.11%	TRADING	2.10%
   IT	1.02%	DESIGN	1.93%
   CONSULTING	0.93%	ASSOCIATES	1.92%
   WORLD	0.84%	BUSINESS	1.87%
   BUSINESS	0.84%	CONSTRUCTION	1.80%
   EAST	0.84%	CONSULTANTS	1.76%
   ENTERPRISE	0.84%	MEDIA	1.69%
   COLLEGE	0.74%	ENGINEERING	1.61%
   ENGINEERING	0.74%	LONDON	1.60%
   TRADING	0.74%	CARE	1.45%
   MANAGEMENT	0.74%	J	1.45%
   ASSOCIATES	0.65%	GLOBAL	1.44%
   BARKING	0.65%	INVESTMENTS	1.43%
   INTERNATIONAL	0.65%	IT	1.41%
   TRADERS	0.56%	PROPERTIES	1.36%
   CO	0.56%	BUILDING	1.34%
   CONSTRUCTION	0.56%	M	1.30%
   CENTRE	0.56%	ELECTRICAL	1.28%
   COMMUNICATIONS	0.46%	S	1.24%
   TRAVEL	0.46%	INTERNATIONAL	1.23%
   STAR	0.46%	SYSTEMS	1.23%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	450	202,798
   7487 - Other business activities	58	60,968
   9305 - Other service activities	24	8,740
   9999 - Dormant Company	24	19,765
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	22	10,085
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	18	10,246
   99999 - Dormant Company	18	18,336
   7260 - Other computer related activities	15	7,789
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	13	30,253
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	13	6,183
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	12	7,000
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	11	12,916
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	10	6,996
   86900 - Other human health activities	9	4,092
   7499 - Non-trading company	9	11,316
   88990 - Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified	9	1,357
   8042 - Adult and other education	8	2,097
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	8	7,788
   41100 - Development of building projects	8	3,921
   69201 - Accounting and auditing activities	8	3,436

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07586596	TWINS TV LIMITED	31 Mar 2011
   07585666	ACE PROFESSIONALS (UK) LIMITED	31 Mar 2011
   07580680	DEEDOC COMPUTERS LIMITED	28 Mar 2011
   07577677	FLO SOLUTIONS LIMITED	24 Mar 2011
   07573768	DELTALAND COMPANY LIMITED	22 Mar 2011
   07573689	DELTALAND COMPANY (UK) LIMITED	22 Mar 2011
   07571559	AFRO FOODSHOP LTD	21 Mar 2011
   07571181	POP DAILY LTD	21 Mar 2011
   07569360	G & B BUILDING LTD	18 Mar 2011
   07568882	BLACK DIAMOND DANCE COMPANY LIMITED	17 Mar 2011
   07564321	JGB TRADING LTD	15 Mar 2011
   07563484	MEDICOUKGB LTD	14 Mar 2011
   07562412	RIGHT DIRECTION LONDON LTD	14 Mar 2011
   07560749	REGALBOND SOLUTIONS LTD	11 Mar 2011
   07558735	SKYLODGER AIRWAYS LTD	10 Mar 2011
   07558074	TENNER LIMITED	09 Mar 2011
   07557344	STABANA LIMITED	09 Mar 2011
   07557178	MAFHH LIMITED	09 Mar 2011
   07556811	KLEAR CLEAN SOLUTIONS LTD	08 Mar 2011
   07555960	TRIVOCA LIMITED	08 Mar 2011
   07555624	KFM CONSULTING LTD	08 Mar 2011
   07555547	DPI PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	08 Mar 2011
   07553848	ZEST PROPERTIES PARTNERS LIMITED	07 Mar 2011
   07553652	ESSEX ESTATES LTD	07 Mar 2011
   07553626	VERVE CONTRACTORS LTD	07 Mar 2011