Barking, Essex
Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- Q1 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Barking when compared to any previous Q1.
- Q1 2012 was a record quarter for company registrations in Barking when compared to any quarter in history.
- March 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Barking when compared to any previous March.
- January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Barking when compared to any previous January.
- Q1 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Barking when compared to any previous Q1.
- March 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Barking when compared to any previous March.
- March 2012 was a record month for net growth in Barking when compared to any month in history.
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
Q1 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Barking when compared to any previous Q1.
Q1 2012 was a record quarter for company registrations in Barking when compared to any quarter in history.
A total of 213 companies were registered in Barking during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is an increase of 15.1% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 13.0% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Barking UK 2012 213 131,491 2011 185 116,391 % change 15.1% 13.0% Record Year 2012 (213) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
March 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Barking when compared to any previous March.
January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Barking when compared to any previous January.
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2012 80 49 84 New companies in 2011 64 52 69 % change 25.0% -5.8% 21.7% Record Year 2012 (80) 1994 (112) 2012 (84)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 117 companies were dissolved in Barking during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 14.0% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 25.7% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Barking UK 2012 117 67,576 2011 136 90,987 % change -14.0% -25.7% Record Year 2011 (136) 2009 (108,065) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2012 44 40 33 Closed companies in 2011 56 41 39 % change -21.4% -2.4% -15% Record Year 2011 (56) 2010 (44) 2009 (90)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
Q1 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Barking when compared to any previous Q1.
Net company growth for Barking during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 96 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Barking UK 2012 96 63,915 2011 49 25,404 Record Year 2012 (96) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
March 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Barking when compared to any previous March.
March 2012 was a record month for net growth in Barking when compared to any month in history.
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2012 36 9 51 Net growth in 2011 8 11 30 Record Year 2009 (50) 2009 (29) 2012 (51)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
In the first quarter of 2012, Barking formed 0.2% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Barking 2012 0.2% 2011 0.2% 2010 0.1% 2009 0.2% 2008 0.1% Record Year (since 1960) 1994 (0.4%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2012 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% UK formation share in 2011 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% % change 7.1% -19.4% 13.8% Record Year 2009 (0.2%) 1994 (1.3%) 1981 (0.3%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 36.3.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 8.0% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 0.0% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
The record first quarter for female directors in Barking was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
21.9% of all director appointments in Barking in the first quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2011-Mar 2012)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTANCY 1.65% CONSULTING 5.07% TRADING 1.16% MANAGEMENT 4.74% LONDON 1.07% CONSULTANCY 3.30% TRADERS 0.91% PROPERTY 2.37% IT 0.91% TRADING 2.07% GLOBAL 0.83% DESIGN 1.93% CLEANING 0.83% ENGINEERING 1.86% EDUCATION 0.83% ASSOCIATES 1.84% MANAGEMENT 0.74% CONSULTANTS 1.79% SECURITY 0.74% BUSINESS 1.73% CONSULTANTS 0.74% MEDIA 1.72% BUSINESS 0.66% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% CONTRACTORS 0.66% LONDON 1.66% CARE 0.66% J 1.54% CONSULTING 0.66% INVESTMENTS 1.51% COMMUNITY 0.66% GLOBAL 1.50% TRANSPORT 0.58% IT 1.40% CENTRE 0.58% CARE 1.34% CONSTRUCTION 0.58% PROPERTIES 1.31% CO 0.58% ELECTRICAL 1.27% BUILDING 0.58% M 1.27% PROPERTY 0.50% BUILDING 1.24% TECH 0.50% ENERGY 1.20% TRADE 0.41% S 1.20% MAINTENANCE 0.41% ENTERPRISES 1.19%
SIC Data
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Previous 36 months, excluding companies less than 12 months old
sic code number of companies uk companies None Supplied 489 216,665 7487 - Other business activities 63 52,735 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 36 13,637 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 30 14,303 9305 - Other service activities 23 8,818 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 22 19,704 9999 - Dormant Company 19 18,617 99999 - Dormant Company 17 25,084 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 16 6,934 41202 - Construction of domestic buildings 16 3,052 7260 - Other computer related activities 15 7,154 62090 - Other information technology service activities 15 8,145 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 14 35,233 80100 - Private security activities 11 1,227 7414 - Business & management consultancy 11 12,113 86900 - Other human health activities 10 5,066 88990 - Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified 10 1,791 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 8 4,132 7499 - Non-trading company 8 9,102 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 7 5,169
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 07932556 BARDHI LIMITED 01 Feb 2012 07932720 EVEN MARKETING LTD 01 Feb 2012 07934027 NAFCO LTD. 02 Feb 2012 07939152 WHYBEE INVESTMENT LIMITED 07 Feb 2012 07939551 ACCOUNTS&BENEFITS LTD 07 Feb 2012 07939952 NITENITE HOLLIDAY STREET LIMITED 07 Feb 2012 07941571 PUNJABI KHANA LIMITED 08 Feb 2012 07944641 PROLETTS LIMITED 10 Feb 2012 07946166 AFGHANSRUBY LIMITED 10 Feb 2012 07949047 DGB ENERGY LTD 14 Feb 2012 07950326 SOFRESH CLEANING SERVICES LIMITED 15 Feb 2012 07950693 GURU IN TECH LTD 15 Feb 2012 07950879 KIYATA LIMITED 15 Feb 2012 07952817 UKAUTORESCUE LIMITED 16 Feb 2012 07954601 HM BUILDING CONSTRUCTIONS LTD 17 Feb 2012 07954816 WESTERN ISLES IMPORT AND EXPORT LIMITED 17 Feb 2012 07955806 FRIENDS HAIR DRESSERS LTD 20 Feb 2012 07956625 ACE KNIGHT'S STARTUP CONSULTANT LTD 20 Feb 2012 07960895 A GRADE SOLUTIONS LIMITED 22 Feb 2012 07963895 F J ONE LIMITED 24 Feb 2012 07965533 Q&A CONSULTANTS LIMITED 27 Feb 2012 07966134 JUST LAWSON (UK ) LIMITED 27 Feb 2012 07966477 DANSTEL LTD 27 Feb 2012 07967884 GULAP LTD 28 Feb 2012 07969909 BENTOS LTD 29 Feb 2012
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