New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

   Q3 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Basildon when compared to any previous Q3.

   Q3 2010 was a record quarter for company registrations in Basildon when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 133 companies were registered in Basildon during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010).

   This figure is an increase of 10.8% versus the same period last year (Q3 2009). This figure compares equally 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)	Basildon	UK
   2010	133	101,492
   2009	120	94,671
   % change	10.8%	7.2%
   Record Year	2010 (133)	2003 (107,203)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q3 2010	133	Q3 2010	101492	1
   Q3 2009	120	Q3 2009	94671	1
   Q3 2008	101	Q3 2008	84894	1
   Q3 2007	102	Q3 2007	95412	1
   Q3 2006	61	Q3 2006	95504	1
   Q3 2005	70	Q3 2005	90727	1
   Q3 2004	70	Q3 2004	85252	1
   Q3 2003	85	Q3 2003	107203	1
   Q3 2002	62	Q3 2002	80207	1
   Q3 2001	47	Q3 2001	55588	1
   Q3 2010	133	Q3 2003	107203	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)

   August 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Basildon when compared to any previous August.

   July 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Basildon when compared to any previous July.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Sep 2010	35149	37
   Aug 2010	32366	44
   Jul 2010	33977	52
   Jun 2010	35198	44
   May 2010	30031	23
   Apr 2010	33383	48
   Mar 2010	42779	47
   Feb 2010	33214	38
   Jan 2010	29144	40
   Dec 2009	25819	43
   Nov 2009	30706	34
   Oct 2009	29458	43

   New Companies by Month

   	July	August	September
   New companies in 2010	52	44	37
   New companies in 2009	40	33	47
   % change	30.0%	33.3%	-21.3%
   Record Year	2010 (52)	2010 (44)	2009 (47)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

   A total of 81 companies were dissolved in Basildon during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010).

   This figure is a decrease of 22.9% versus the same period last year (Q3 2009). This figure compares poorly 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)	Basildon	UK
   2010	81	87,705
   2009	105	159,401
   % change	-22.9%	-45.0%
   Record Year	2009 (105)	2009 (159,401)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q3 2010	81	Q3 2010	87705	1
   Q3 2009	105	Q3 2009	159401	1
   Q3 2008	51	Q3 2008	82747	1
   Q3 2007	56	Q3 2007	58665	1
   Q3 2006	48	Q3 2006	51444	1
   Q3 2005	49	Q3 2005	50134	1
   Q3 2004	31	Q3 2004	44295	1
   Q3 2003	40	Q3 2003	46606	1
   Q3 2002	42	Q3 2002	40963	1
   Q3 2001	50	Q3 2001	37611	1
   Q3 2009	105	Q3 2009	159401	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)

   July 2010 saw a new record in company closures in Basildon when compared to any previous July.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Sep 2010	29093	22
   Aug 2010	32913	27
   Jul 2010	25699	32
   Jun 2010	35162	31
   May 2010	38045	21
   Apr 2010	21747	17
   Mar 2010	33870	22
   Feb 2010	24398	16
   Jan 2010	24409	24
   Dec 2009	31581	18
   Nov 2009	25313	21
   Oct 2009	28242	18

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	July	August	September
   Closed companies in 2010	32	27	22
   Closed companies in 2009	18	31	56
   % change	77.8%	-12.9%	-61%
   Record Year	2010 (32)	2008 (33)	2009 (56)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

   Q3 2010 saw a new record in net growth in Basildon when compared to any previous Q3.

   Net company growth for Basildon during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) was 52 companies.

   third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010)	Basildon	UK
   2010	52	13,787
   2009	15	-64,730
   Record Year	2010 (52)	2003 (60,597)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q3 2010	52	120	Q3 2010	13787	94671	1
   Q3 2009	15	101	Q3 2009	-64730	84894	1
   Q3 2008	50	102	Q3 2008	2147	95412	1
   Q3 2007	46	61	Q3 2007	36747	95504	1
   Q3 2006	13	70	Q3 2006	44060	90727	1
   Q3 2005	21	70	Q3 2005	40593	85252	1
   Q3 2004	39	85	Q3 2004	40957	107203	1
   Q3 2003	45	62	Q3 2003	60597	80207	1
   Q3 2002	20	47	Q3 2002	39244	55588	1
   Q3 2001	-3	41	Q3 2001	17977	58825	1
   Q3 2010	52	0	Q3 2003	60597	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)

   month	uk net	net
   Sep 2010	6056	15
   Aug 2010	-547	17
   Jul 2010	8278	20
   Jun 2010	36	13
   May 2010	-8014	2
   Apr 2010	11636	31
   Mar 2010	8909	25
   Feb 2010	8816	22
   Jan 2010	4735	16
   Dec 2009	-5762	25
   Nov 2009	5393	13
   Oct 2009	1216	25

   Net Growth by Month

   	July	August	September
   Net growth in 2010	20	17	15
   Net growth in 2009	22	2	-9
   Record Year	2008 (23)	2007 (27)	2008 (27)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

   In the third quarter of 2010, Basildon formed 0.1% of all UK companies.

   third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010)	Basildon
   2010	0.1%
   2009	0.1%
   2008	0.1%
   2007	0.1%
   2006	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1979 (0.2%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q3 2010	0.1310	133	1
   Q3 2009	0.1268	120	1
   Q3 2008	0.1190	101	1
   Q3 2007	0.1069	102	1
   Q3 2006	0.0639	61	1
   Q3 2005	0.0772	70	1
   Q3 2004	0.0821	70	1
   Q3 2003	0.0793	85	1
   Q3 2002	0.0773	62	1
   Q3 2001	0.0846	47	1
   Q3 1979	0.2134	10	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)

   month	percentage	num town
   Sep 2010	0.1053	37
   Aug 2010	0.1359	44
   Jul 2010	0.1530	52
   Jun 2010	0.1250	44
   May 2010	0.0766	23
   Apr 2010	0.1438	48
   Mar 2010	0.1099	47
   Feb 2010	0.1144	38
   Jan 2010	0.1372	40
   Dec 2009	0.1665	43
   Nov 2009	0.1107	34
   Oct 2009	0.1460	43

   Company Share by Month

   	July	August	September
   UK formation share in 2010	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
   UK formation share in 2009	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   % change	20.9%	20.9%	-24.5%
   Record Year	1983 (0.2%)	1979 (0.3%)	1969 (0.5%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

   The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2010 was 42.0.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.2% compared to the UK figure of 2.7%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 1.6% compared to the UK figure of 4.4%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q3 2010	42.0209	1.5707	4.1885	44.1040	2.6545	4.3760
   Q3 2009	43.8044	0.4444	3.5556	45.0196	1.9363	5.1277
   Q3 2008	46.1546	4.6392	4.1237	45.7773	1.2079	5.3952
   Q3 2007	43.7105	1.5789	0.0000	46.7855	0.7349	6.2511
   Q3 2006	48.0063	8.1250	1.2500	47.6734	0.4904	6.9245
   Q3 2005	46.0758	3.5354	0.0000	48.5090	0.2806	7.7910
   Q3 2004	48.4449	6.6079	0.8811	49.3684	0.1860	9.1307
   Q3 2003	48.1611	2.2222	0.0000	50.5510	0.1275	10.1545
   Q3 2002	49.9105	7.8947	0.0000	51.6440	0.1157	11.8134
   Q3 2001	52.5234	14.0625	0.0000	51.8211	0.1238	12.0478

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

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

   27.4% of all director appointments in Basildon in the third quarter of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q3 2010	27.3973	Q3 2010	25.1918	1
   Q3 2009	24.6862	Q3 2009	25.6133	1
   Q3 2008	35.5450	Q3 2008	26.2196	1
   Q3 2007	23.2456	Q3 2007	26.8994	1
   Q3 2006	27.4725	Q3 2006	26.9861	1
   Q3 2005	34.2222	Q3 2005	26.4092	1
   Q3 2004	30.7054	Q3 2004	27.0507	1
   Q3 2003	33.9450	Q3 2003	29.5942	1
   Q3 2002	33.6283	Q3 2002	29.4906	1
   Q3 2001	35.3333	Q3 2001	26.1062	1
   Q3 1862	50.0000	Q3 1985	75.0000	2

   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.

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   CONSULTANCY	2.04%	MANAGEMENT	5.06%
   MANAGEMENT	1.56%	CONSULTING	4.99%
   ELECTRICAL	1.32%	CONSULTANCY	3.12%
   CONSULTANTS	1.20%	PROPERTY	2.38%
   CONSULTING	1.20%	TRADING	2.04%
   ASSOCIATES	1.20%	ASSOCIATES	2.01%
   ESSEX	1.08%	DESIGN	1.93%
   BUSINESS	0.84%	CONSTRUCTION	1.86%
   S	0.72%	BUSINESS	1.80%
   BUILDING	0.72%	MEDIA	1.75%
   C	0.72%	CONSULTANTS	1.73%
   GLOBAL	0.72%	LONDON	1.59%
   ENGINEERING	0.60%	ENGINEERING	1.59%
   ADVERTISING	0.60%	INVESTMENTS	1.49%
   PROFESSIONAL	0.60%	CARE	1.44%
   MAINTENANCE	0.60%	J	1.44%
   MEDIA	0.60%	INTERNATIONAL	1.43%
   ON	0.48%	GLOBAL	1.42%
   CONTRACTS	0.48%	IT	1.35%
   K	0.48%	PROPERTIES	1.35%
   PLASTERING	0.48%	BUILDING	1.32%
   BASILDON	0.48%	ELECTRICAL	1.30%
   CARE	0.48%	M	1.28%
   AIR	0.48%	SYSTEMS	1.26%
   OFFICE	0.48%	S	1.24%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	211	202,902
   7487 - Other business activities	77	69,802
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	55	25,053
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	21	7,634
   9999 - Dormant Company	20	21,484
   9305 - Other service activities	16	9,454
   99999 - Dormant Company	14	14,072
   7260 - Other computer related activities	13	8,967
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	12	8,292
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	11	7,767
   4545 - Other building completion	10	2,970
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	10	13,161
   7499 - Non-trading company	10	13,408
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	10	8,183
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	9	5,716
   4531 - Installation electrical wiring etc.	9	2,440
   5248 - Other retail specialised stores	8	2,205
   43210 - Electrical installation	8	2,747
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	8	14,940
   4534 - Other building installation	7	2,623

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07361001	OBSHIRE LIMITED	31 Aug 2010
   07358606	B I TECHNOLOGY ESSEX LIMITED	26 Aug 2010
   07351806	IMLO LIMITED	20 Aug 2010
   07334127	SYNERGY VISION INTL LTD	03 Aug 2010
   07333592	ENVIRO-CLEAR SPECIALIST LTD	03 Aug 2010
   OC357356	RADIUM DREAMS LLP	24 Aug 2010
   07351809	LEGAL INDEMNITY (UK) LIMITED	20 Aug 2010
   07349268	FAST MOVE NATIONWIDE LIMITED	18 Aug 2010
   07343863	EMPIRE CONSULTANTS LIMITED	12 Aug 2010
   07357138	GKE RAIL & CONSTRUCTION LTD	25 Aug 2010
   07356010	DECO (LONDON) LIMITED	25 Aug 2010
   07354994	JS GARDENING & MAINTENANCE COMPANY LIMITED	24 Aug 2010
   07353758	MONGOL LIMITED	23 Aug 2010
   07351721	SHBC LTD	20 Aug 2010
   07350965	TITAN 24 LIMITED	19 Aug 2010
   07350834	A CLASS AERIALS LIMITED	19 Aug 2010
   07350160	DELTA KITCHEN 24-7 LIMITED	19 Aug 2010
   07349050	PRETTY STUDIO LIMITED	18 Aug 2010
   07346266	DGC SOLUTIONS LIMITED	16 Aug 2010
   07342757	ADT KITCHENS LTD	11 Aug 2010
   07336495	BVB CONSULTING LIMITED	05 Aug 2010
   07333572	RICHTIN LIMITED	03 Aug 2010
   07333357	KEYGUARD TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED	03 Aug 2010
   07353659	KP TECH CONSULTANTS LIMITED	23 Aug 2010
   07338124	EHSS LIMITED	06 Aug 2010