Beckenham, Kent
Q3 2011 Business Confidence Report
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
A total of 107 companies were registered in Beckenham during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011).
This figure is a decrease of 14.4% versus the same period last year (Q3 2010). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 12.8% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Beckenham UK 2011 107 114,512 2010 125 101,492 % change -14.4% 12.8% Record Year 2010 (125) 2011 (114,512) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2011 32 32 43 New companies in 2010 45 42 38 % change -28.9% -23.8% 13.2% Record Year 2010 (45) 2010 (42) 2003 (44)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
A total of 83 companies were dissolved in Beckenham during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011).
This figure is a decrease of 16.2% versus the same period last year (Q3 2010). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 17.6% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Beckenham UK 2011 83 72,230 2010 99 87,705 % change -16.2% -17.6% Record Year 2009 (110) 2009 (159,401) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2011 31 29 23 Closed companies in 2010 25 44 30 % change 24.0% -34.1% -23% Record Year 2002 (39) 2008 (46) 2009 (55)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
Net company growth for Beckenham during the third quarter of 2011 (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) was 24 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Beckenham UK 2011 24 42,282 2010 26 13,787 Record Year 2003 (64) 2003 (60,597) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2011 1 3 20 Net growth in 2010 20 -2 8 Record Year 2006 (27) 2004 (27) 2003 (34)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
In the third quarter of 2011, Beckenham formed 0.1% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2011 - Sep 2011) Beckenham 2011 0.1% 2010 0.1% 2009 0.1% 2008 0.1% 2007 0.1% Record Year (since 1960) 1970 (0.3%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2011)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2011 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% UK formation share in 2010 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% % change -34.9% -35.9% 2.2% Record Year 1970 (0.3%) 1967 (0.4%) 1967 (0.4%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2011 was 44.3.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 5.1% compared to the UK figure of 4.0%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.9% compared to the UK figure of 4.1%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2011)
The record third quarter for female directors in Beckenham was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
29.0% of all director appointments in Beckenham in the third quarter of 2011 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.0% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Sep 2010-Sep 2011)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 2.22% CONSULTING 5.11% MANAGEMENT 1.56% MANAGEMENT 4.75% LONDON 1.30% CONSULTANCY 3.19% DESIGN 1.17% PROPERTY 2.41% CONSULTANTS 1.04% TRADING 2.06% CONSULTANCY 0.91% DESIGN 1.94% ASSOCIATES 0.65% ASSOCIATES 1.85% SUPPORT 0.65% BUSINESS 1.82% CATERING 0.52% CONSULTANTS 1.76% GLOBAL 0.52% ENGINEERING 1.74% PROPERTY 0.52% MEDIA 1.72% TRAINING 0.52% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% PARK 0.52% LONDON 1.63% S 0.52% J 1.47% PARTNERS 0.52% GLOBAL 1.46% HEALTH 0.52% INVESTMENTS 1.43% BUILDING 0.52% CARE 1.42% DIGITAL 0.52% IT 1.38% SCHOOL 0.39% BUILDING 1.30% PROPERTIES 0.39% PROPERTIES 1.28% FOR 0.39% ELECTRICAL 1.27% R 0.39% M 1.25% ESTATES 0.39% ENERGY 1.22% IT 0.39% TRAINING 1.21% LANGLEY 0.39% S 1.21%
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 189 204,493 7487 - Other business activities 76 65,177 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 51 29,245 99999 - Dormant Company 27 18,281 7414 - Business & management consultancy 26 14,755 9999 - Dormant Company 25 22,587 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 23 10,137 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 20 15,760 5530 - Restaurants 19 5,640 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 15 6,321 7260 - Other computer related activities 15 8,686 7499 - Non-trading company 14 11,543 74990 - Non-trading company 13 8,064 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 12 7,551 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 12 8,345 9305 - Other service activities 11 10,525 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 9 10,018 82110 - Combined office administrative service activities 8 582 62090 - Other information technology service activities 7 6,798 7420 - Architectural, technical consult 7 1,766
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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