New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   Q1 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Bracknell when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2010 was a record quarter for company registrations in Bracknell when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 126 companies were registered in Bracknell during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).

   This figure is an increase of 37.0% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 15.5% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Bracknell	UK
   2010	126	105,137
   2009	92	91,034
   % change	37.0%	15.5%
   Record Year	2010 (126)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2010	126	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	92	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	87	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	121	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	105	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	88	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	110	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	98	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2002	70	Q1 2002	65051	1
   Q1 2001	65	Q1 2001	60662	1
   Q1 2010	126	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   March 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Bracknell when compared to any previous March.

   March 2010 was a record month for company registrations in Bracknell when compared to any month in history.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2010	42779	57
   Feb 2010	33214	37
   Jan 2010	29144	32
   Dec 2009	25819	38
   Nov 2009	30706	25
   Oct 2009	29458	30
   Sep 2009	33700	45
   Aug 2009	29371	31
   Jul 2009	31600	28
   Jun 2009	31660	33
   May 2009	28623	42
   Apr 2009	30704	29

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2010	32	37	57
   New companies in 2009	25	28	39
   % change	28.0%	32.1%	46.2%
   Record Year	2003 (34)	2004 (41)	2010 (57)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   A total of 71 companies were dissolved in Bracknell during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).

   This figure is a decrease of 34.9% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 23.5% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Bracknell	UK
   2010	71	82,677
   2009	109	108,060
   % change	-34.9%	-23.5%
   Record Year	2009 (109)	2009 (108,060)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2010	71	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	109	Q1 2009	108060	1
   Q1 2008	44	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	52	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	46	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	40	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	44	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	71	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2002	71	Q1 2002	42180	1
   Q1 2001	68	Q1 2001	38713	1
   Q1 2009	109	Q1 2009	108060	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   February 2010 saw a new record in company closures in Bracknell when compared to any previous February.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2010	33870	30
   Feb 2010	24398	29
   Jan 2010	24409	12
   Dec 2009	31581	22
   Nov 2009	25313	24
   Oct 2009	28242	35
   Sep 2009	72972	49
   Aug 2009	46302	46
   Jul 2009	40127	25
   Jun 2009	54906	35
   May 2009	78275	65
   Apr 2009	47995	33

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2010	12	29	30
   Closed companies in 2009	12	15	82
   % change	0.0%	93.3%	-63%
   Record Year	2001 (33)	2010 (29)	2009 (82)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   Net company growth for Bracknell during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) was 55 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Bracknell	UK
   2010	55	22,460
   2009	-17	-17,026
   Record Year	2007 (69)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2010	55	92	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	-17	87	Q1 2009	-17026	96698	1
   Q1 2008	43	121	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	69	105	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	59	88	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	48	110	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	66	98	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	27	70	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2002	-1	65	Q1 2002	22871	60662	1
   Q1 2001	-3	93	Q1 2001	21949	63706	1
   Q1 2007	69	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2010	8909	27
   Feb 2010	8816	8
   Jan 2010	4735	20
   Dec 2009	-5762	16
   Nov 2009	5393	1
   Oct 2009	1216	-5
   Sep 2009	-39272	-4
   Aug 2009	-16931	-15
   Jul 2009	-8527	3
   Jun 2009	-23246	-2
   May 2009	-49652	-23
   Apr 2009	-17291	-4

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2010	20	8	27
   Net growth in 2009	13	13	-43
   Record Year	1997 (21)	2004 (27)	2007 (39)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   In the first quarter of 2010, Bracknell formed 0.1% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Bracknell
   2010	0.1%
   2009	0.1%
   2008	0.1%
   2007	0.1%
   2006	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1969 (0.4%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2010	0.1198	126	1
   Q1 2009	0.1011	92	1
   Q1 2008	0.0900	87	1
   Q1 2007	0.0725	121	1
   Q1 2006	0.0962	105	1
   Q1 2005	0.0934	88	1
   Q1 2004	0.1202	110	1
   Q1 2003	0.1006	98	1
   Q1 2002	0.1076	70	1
   Q1 2001	0.1072	65	1
   Q1 1969	0.3904	6	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2010	0.1332	57
   Feb 2010	0.1114	37
   Jan 2010	0.1098	32
   Dec 2009	0.1472	38
   Nov 2009	0.0814	25
   Oct 2009	0.1018	30
   Sep 2009	0.1335	45
   Aug 2009	0.1055	31
   Jul 2009	0.0886	28
   Jun 2009	0.1042	33
   May 2009	0.1467	42
   Apr 2009	0.0945	29

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2010	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   UK formation share in 2009	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   % change	18.8%	13.2%	21.4%
   Record Year	1969 (0.4%)	1968 (0.9%)	1965 (0.4%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2010 was 44.5.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 1.0% compared to the UK figure of 2.0%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.7% compared to the UK figure of 4.9%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q1 2010	44.4660	3.6649	1.0471	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	43.7470	1.8072	2.4096	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	45.2893	3.5533	0.5076	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	46.0035	3.5461	0.0000	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	47.4806	3.1008	0.3876	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	49.6406	7.2917	0.0000	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	49.2438	12.3967	0.8264	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	50.6062	10.6164	0.0000	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520
   Q1 2002	51.9053	13.6842	0.0000	51.7001	0.1341	11.7600
   Q1 2001	51.1364	10.7955	0.0000	52.4938	0.1011	13.1636

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

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

   25.6% of all director appointments in Bracknell in the first quarter of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 24.7% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q1 2010	25.6410	Q1 2010	24.6957	1
   Q1 2009	30.4569	Q1 2009	26.0897	1
   Q1 2008	33.0544	Q1 2008	28.3315	1
   Q1 2007	31.8885	Q1 2007	27.4167	1
   Q1 2006	33.5664	Q1 2006	26.9103	1
   Q1 2005	37.5587	Q1 2005	26.8135	1
   Q1 2004	35.6322	Q1 2004	27.0979	1
   Q1 2003	31.0769	Q1 2003	30.5269	1
   Q1 2002	38.2353	Q1 2002	26.5307	1
   Q1 2001	28.5000	Q1 2001	26.2646	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1980	57.1429	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2009-Mar 2010)

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

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   CONSULTING	1.37%	MANAGEMENT	5.01%
   MANAGEMENT	1.23%	CONSULTING	4.60%
   CONSULTANCY	1.09%	CONSULTANCY	2.87%
   IT	1.09%	PROPERTY	2.50%
   PROPERTY	0.96%	ASSOCIATES	2.04%
   SYSTEMS	0.82%	TRADING	1.93%
   ASSOCIATES	0.68%	DESIGN	1.91%
   MARKETING	0.68%	CONSTRUCTION	1.87%
   ELECTRICAL	0.68%	MEDIA	1.84%
   MEDIA	0.68%	BUSINESS	1.74%
   BUSINESS	0.68%	INTERNATIONAL	1.73%
   CONSULTANTS	0.68%	CONSULTANTS	1.63%
   K	0.68%	ENGINEERING	1.54%
   SOFTWARE	0.68%	J	1.48%
   STREET	0.55%	LONDON	1.45%
   TECHNOLOGIES	0.55%	INVESTMENTS	1.45%
   FURNITURE	0.55%	GROUP	1.37%
   HOME	0.55%	GLOBAL	1.35%
   DEVELOPMENTS	0.55%	PROPERTIES	1.35%
   CARE	0.55%	BUILDING	1.34%
   DESIGN	0.55%	CARE	1.33%
   SECURITY	0.55%	ELECTRICAL	1.30%
   SMART	0.41%	M	1.28%
   PHOTOGRAPHY	0.41%	SYSTEMS	1.25%
   TIME	0.41%	S	1.23%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	166	228,645
   7487 - Other business activities	66	74,904
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	38	14,007
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	30	9,943
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	26	17,003
   7260 - Other computer related activities	25	10,331
   98000 - Residents property management	23	3,892
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	19	9,659
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	18	26,974
   9999 - Dormant Company	18	19,948
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	13	6,340
   9305 - Other service activities	11	9,038
   7499 - Non-trading company	10	15,398
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	7	7,143
   43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified	6	3,069
   99999 - Dormant Company	6	13,808
   7210 - Hardware consultancy	6	1,327
   6420 - Telecommunications	6	1,529
   62012 - Business and domestic software development	6	2,646
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	5	9,325

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07140340	CORE SUPPORT THERAPIES LTD	29 Jan 2010
   07139144	C & W LANDSCAPES LTD	28 Jan 2010
   07136042	BLOOMSONG LIMITED	26 Jan 2010
   07132802	DATARITE LTD	21 Jan 2010
   07131960	REDSOCKFRIDAY LIMITED	21 Jan 2010
   07130613	LOUGHCROT LTD	20 Jan 2010
   07129577	JAM BUSINESS CONSULTANCY LTD	19 Jan 2010
   07127738	MARUTI MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LIMITED	16 Jan 2010
   07126690	K HOFFMANN LIMITED	15 Jan 2010
   07125249	GSR TRADING LIMITED	14 Jan 2010
   07123039	PARKCODE LIMITED	12 Jan 2010
   07121990	4G WORKSPACE LIMITED	11 Jan 2010
   07119870	AFTON CHEMICAL UK HOLDINGS LIMITED	08 Jan 2010
   07119535	DKB PROJECT CONTROLS LIMITED	07 Jan 2010
   07116825	JOYNSON HOLLAND FURNITURE SOLUTIONS LTD	05 Jan 2010
   07116202	TIP TOP ROOFING LIMITED	05 Jan 2010
   OC351850	DIGITAL D2X LLP	28 Jan 2010
   07139481	INTERACT CONSULTANCY LTD	28 Jan 2010
   07138244	WWOODCOCK ASSOCIATES LIMITED	27 Jan 2010
   07131601	COSTA RICA CAFFE BARS LIMITED	20 Jan 2010
   07123455	MAD DOG PROPERTY LIMITED	12 Jan 2010
   07116864	SLOWINK LIMITED	05 Jan 2010
   07115477	INTELLIGENT UTILITIES LTD	04 Jan 2010
   07115106	THIRSTY DOG RECORDS LIMITED	04 Jan 2010
   07114793	LED LIGHTHOUSE (UK) LTD	02 Jan 2010