New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

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

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

   A total of 149 companies were registered in Basildon during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).

   This figure is an increase of 19.2% 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)	Basildon	UK
   2011	149	116,391
   2010	125	105,137
   % change	19.2%	10.7%
   Record Year	2011 (149)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2011	149	Q1 2011	116391	1
   Q1 2010	125	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	92	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	103	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	128	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	97	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	64	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	70	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	79	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2002	48	Q1 2002	65051	1
   Q1 2011	149	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 Basildon when compared to any previous March.

   March 2011 was a record month for company registrations in Basildon when compared to any month in history.

   February 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Basildon when compared to any previous February.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2011	44847	66
   Feb 2011	37762	44
   Jan 2011	33782	39
   Dec 2010	27134	20
   Nov 2010	34347	45
   Oct 2010	33636	50
   Sep 2010	35149	37
   Aug 2010	32366	44
   Jul 2010	33977	52
   Jun 2010	35198	44
   May 2010	30031	23
   Apr 2010	33383	48

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2011	39	44	66
   New companies in 2010	40	38	47
   % change	-2.5%	15.8%	40.4%
   Record Year	2010 (40)	2011 (44)	2011 (66)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

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

   A total of 100 companies were dissolved in Basildon during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).

   This figure is an increase of 61.3% 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)	Basildon	UK
   2011	100	90,986
   2010	62	82,677
   % change	61.3%	10.0%
   Record Year	2011 (100)	2009 (108,060)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2011	100	Q1 2011	90986	1
   Q1 2010	62	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	74	Q1 2009	108060	1
   Q1 2008	28	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	58	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	45	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	42	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	30	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	45	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2002	56	Q1 2002	42180	1
   Q1 2011	100	Q1 2009	108060	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

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

   February 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Basildon when compared to any previous February.

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

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2011	27947	37
   Feb 2011	29849	34
   Jan 2011	33190	29
   Dec 2010	16283	9
   Nov 2010	31710	29
   Oct 2010	28903	25
   Sep 2010	29093	22
   Aug 2010	32913	27
   Jul 2010	25699	32
   Jun 2010	35162	31
   May 2010	38045	21
   Apr 2010	21747	17

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2011	29	34	37
   Closed companies in 2010	24	16	22
   % change	20.8%	112.5%	68%
   Record Year	2011 (29)	2011 (34)	2009 (52)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

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

   first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011)	Basildon	UK
   2011	49	25,405
   2010	63	22,460
   Record Year	2008 (75)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2011	49	125	Q1 2011	25405	105137	1
   Q1 2010	63	92	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	18	103	Q1 2009	-17026	96698	1
   Q1 2008	75	128	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	70	97	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	52	64	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	22	70	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	40	79	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	34	48	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2002	-8	40	Q1 2002	22871	60662	1
   Q1 2008	75	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

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

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2011	16900	29
   Feb 2011	7913	10
   Jan 2011	592	10
   Dec 2010	10851	11
   Nov 2010	2637	16
   Oct 2010	4733	25
   Sep 2010	6056	15
   Aug 2010	-547	17
   Jul 2010	8278	20
   Jun 2010	36	13
   May 2010	-8014	2
   Apr 2010	11636	31

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2011	10	10	29
   Net growth in 2010	16	22	25
   Record Year	2008 (27)	1997 (32)	2007 (38)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   In the first quarter of 2011, Basildon formed 0.1% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011)	Basildon
   2011	0.1%
   2010	0.1%
   2009	0.1%
   2008	0.1%
   2007	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1969 (0.2%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2011	0.1280	149	1
   Q1 2010	0.1189	125	1
   Q1 2009	0.1011	92	1
   Q1 2008	0.1065	103	1
   Q1 2007	0.0767	128	1
   Q1 2006	0.0888	97	1
   Q1 2005	0.0679	64	1
   Q1 2004	0.0765	70	1
   Q1 2003	0.0811	79	1
   Q1 2002	0.0738	48	1
   Q1 1969	0.1952	3	2

   Company Share by Quarter

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

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2011	0.1472	66
   Feb 2011	0.1165	44
   Jan 2011	0.1154	39
   Dec 2010	0.0737	20
   Nov 2010	0.1310	45
   Oct 2010	0.1487	50
   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

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2011	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   UK formation share in 2010	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   % change	-15.9%	1.8%	33.9%
   Record Year	1969 (0.4%)	1997 (0.2%)	1965 (0.2%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2011 was 41.6.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 5.0% compared to the UK figure of 3.0%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 1.5% 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	41.6485	1.4851	4.9505	43.9398	3.0278	4.2627
   Q1 2010	42.6807	1.8072	3.0120	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	44.6242	3.3557	1.3423	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	44.8128	4.1096	1.8265	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	45.8074	5.0992	1.1331	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	46.5391	4.5267	1.2346	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	48.2963	3.7037	1.0582	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	48.5880	7.8704	0.0000	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	48.7059	5.8824	0.0000	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520
   Q1 2002	50.4000	9.0909	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 Basildon was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.

   22.9% of all director appointments in Basildon 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	22.9075	Q1 2011	25.4026	1
   Q1 2010	23.4146	Q1 2010	24.6957	1
   Q1 2009	22.7545	Q1 2009	26.0897	1
   Q1 2008	33.4630	Q1 2008	28.3315	1
   Q1 2007	27.8450	Q1 2007	27.4167	1
   Q1 2006	32.2464	Q1 2006	26.9103	1
   Q1 2005	31.6514	Q1 2005	26.8135	1
   Q1 2004	28.9256	Q1 2004	27.0979	1
   Q1 2003	30.6273	Q1 2003	30.5269	1
   Q1 2002	29.5082	Q1 2002	26.5307	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1967	100.0000	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
   CONSULTANCY	1.94%	CONSULTING	5.04%
   ELECTRICAL	1.03%	MANAGEMENT	4.97%
   ASSOCIATES	1.03%	CONSULTANCY	3.16%
   CONSULTING	0.91%	PROPERTY	2.38%
   ESSEX	0.91%	TRADING	2.10%
   ENGINEERING	0.91%	DESIGN	1.93%
   MANAGEMENT	0.91%	ASSOCIATES	1.92%
   DESIGN	0.80%	BUSINESS	1.87%
   CONSULTANTS	0.80%	CONSTRUCTION	1.80%
   MEDIA	0.80%	CONSULTANTS	1.76%
   (ESSEX)	0.68%	MEDIA	1.69%
   MAINTENANCE	0.68%	ENGINEERING	1.61%
   CARE	0.68%	LONDON	1.60%
   C	0.68%	CARE	1.45%
   IT	0.68%	J	1.45%
   INTERIORS	0.68%	GLOBAL	1.44%
   CONTRACTS	0.68%	INVESTMENTS	1.43%
   TAX	0.57%	IT	1.41%
   M	0.57%	PROPERTIES	1.36%
   CONSTRUCTION	0.57%	BUILDING	1.34%
   OFFICE	0.57%	M	1.30%
   COMMUNITY	0.57%	ELECTRICAL	1.28%
   S	0.57%	S	1.24%
   GLOBAL	0.57%	INTERNATIONAL	1.23%
   BUSINESS	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	225	202,798
   7487 - Other business activities	74	60,968
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	61	30,253
   9999 - Dormant Company	21	19,765
   99999 - Dormant Company	18	18,336
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	17	6,183
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	16	16,150
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	15	10,246
   7260 - Other computer related activities	13	7,789
   9305 - Other service activities	12	8,740
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	10	7,000
   7499 - Non-trading company	10	11,316
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	9	10,085
   43210 - Electrical installation	8	3,172
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	8	6,996
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	8	12,916
   4531 - Installation electrical wiring etc.	8	2,072
   86900 - Other human health activities	8	4,092
   5248 - Other retail specialised stores	8	1,957
   41201 - Construction of commercial buildings	7	1,498

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07566602	TRIPLE JO LTD	16 Mar 2011
   07571512	MRK DISTRIBUTIONS LIMITED	21 Mar 2011
   07558102	CREATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES (UK) LTD	09 Mar 2011
   07546629	PAY BACK ENTERTAINMENT LTD	01 Mar 2011
   07583176	SYEM LIMITED	29 Mar 2011
   07582533	KTM ENGINEERING (UK) LIMITED	29 Mar 2011
   07575608	HAMMERGATE LTD	23 Mar 2011
   07574463	TAN 'N' GO LIMITED	22 Mar 2011
   07573866	A W (ESSEX) LTD	22 Mar 2011
   07573784	DASS LIMITED	22 Mar 2011
   07573242	EM AVIATION SERVICES LTD	22 Mar 2011
   07570415	SW1 CONSTRUCTION LTD	18 Mar 2011
   07569904	LIZ MITCHAM LIMITED	18 Mar 2011
   07564477	HIGHLIGHT PROJECT SERVICES LTD	15 Mar 2011
   07562838	SIMON'S BUS (ESSEX) LIMITED	14 Mar 2011
   07561341	M. W. INSTALLS LIMITED	11 Mar 2011
   07556990	COKER TECHNICAL SERVICES LTD	09 Mar 2011
   07548805	CHOICES FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICE (ESSEX) LIMITED	02 Mar 2011
   07586075	RS COMMERCE LIMITED	31 Mar 2011
   07584535	EXPEDIENT MARK CENTRE UK LTD	30 Mar 2011
   07580747	PRETTY GREEN FLORAL DESIGN LIMITED	28 Mar 2011
   07566747	OLANS UK LTD	16 Mar 2011
   07556095	VIRTUAL OFFICE 4 U LIMITED	08 Mar 2011
   07553705	PAINTED LADY LTD	07 Mar 2011
   07550438	AMICA PROJECTS LIMITED	03 Mar 2011