New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2014)

   Q3 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Bracknell when compared to any previous Q3.

   Q3 2014 was a record quarter for company registrations in Bracknell when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 155 companies were registered in Bracknell during the third quarter of 2014 (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014).

   This figure is an increase of 14.8% versus the same period last year (Q3 2013). This figure compares equally to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 8.1% against the same period last year.

   third quarter (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014)	Bracknell	UK
   2014	155	143,414
   2013	135	132,684
   % change	14.8%	8.1%
   Record Year	2014 (155)	2014 (143,414)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q3 2014	155	Q3 2014	143414	1
   Q3 2013	135	Q3 2013	132684	1
   Q3 2012	122	Q3 2012	118868	1
   Q3 2011	112	Q3 2011	114512	1
   Q3 2010	100	Q3 2010	101492	1
   Q3 2009	104	Q3 2009	94671	1
   Q3 2008	81	Q3 2008	84894	1
   Q3 2007	96	Q3 2007	95412	1
   Q3 2006	90	Q3 2006	95504	1
   Q3 2005	87	Q3 2005	90727	1
   Q3 2014	155	Q3 2014	143414	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2014)

   September 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Bracknell when compared to any previous September.

   September 2014 was a record month for company registrations in Bracknell when compared to any month in history.

   July 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Bracknell when compared to any previous July.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Sep 2014	48913	67
   Aug 2014	43642	39
   Jul 2014	50859	49
   Jun 2014	47457	40
   May 2014	48503	38
   Apr 2014	54049	46
   Mar 2014	55573	57
   Feb 2014	48177	42
   Jan 2014	46972	53
   Dec 2013	34573	40
   Nov 2013	43108	37
   Oct 2013	49566	47

   New Companies by Month

   	July	August	September
   New companies in 2014	49	39	67
   New companies in 2013	45	47	43
   % change	8.9%	-17.0%	55.8%
   Record Year	2014 (49)	2013 (47)	2014 (67)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2014)

   A total of 123 companies were dissolved in Bracknell during the third quarter of 2014 (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014).

   This figure is an increase of 55.7% versus the same period last year (Q3 2013). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 18.0% against the same period last year.

   third quarter (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014)	Bracknell	UK
   2014	123	101,670
   2013	79	86,170
   % change	55.7%	18.0%
   Record Year	2014 (123)	2009 (159,405)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q3 2014	123	Q3 2014	101670	1
   Q3 2013	79	Q3 2013	86170	1
   Q3 2012	76	Q3 2012	75908	1
   Q3 2011	65	Q3 2011	72230	1
   Q3 2010	81	Q3 2010	87705	1
   Q3 2009	120	Q3 2009	159405	1
   Q3 2008	78	Q3 2008	82738	1
   Q3 2007	90	Q3 2007	58666	1
   Q3 2006	72	Q3 2006	51444	1
   Q3 2005	62	Q3 2005	50134	1
   Q3 2014	123	Q3 2009	159405	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2014)

   July 2014 saw a new record in company closures in Bracknell when compared to any previous July.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Sep 2014	36901	37
   Aug 2014	27334	26
   Jul 2014	37435	60
   Jun 2014	32217	32
   May 2014	41200	38
   Apr 2014	21420	17
   Mar 2014	27899	29
   Feb 2014	28186	22
   Jan 2014	26285	31
   Dec 2013	28961	28
   Nov 2013	26600	26
   Oct 2013	35290	35

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	July	August	September
   Closed companies in 2014	60	26	37
   Closed companies in 2013	28	20	31
   % change	114.3%	30.0%	19%
   Record Year	2014 (60)	2008 (59)	2009 (49)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2014)

   Net company growth for Bracknell during the third quarter of 2014 (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014) was 32 companies.

   third quarter (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014)	Bracknell	UK
   2014	32	41,744
   2013	56	46,514
   Record Year	2013 (56)	2013 (46,514)

   quarter	net	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q3 2014	32	Q3 2014	41744	143414	1
   Q3 2013	56	Q3 2013	46514	132684	1
   Q3 2012	46	Q3 2012	42960	118868	1
   Q3 2011	47	Q3 2011	42282	114512	1
   Q3 2010	19	Q3 2010	13787	101492	1
   Q3 2009	-16	Q3 2009	-64734	94671	1
   Q3 2008	3	Q3 2008	2156	84894	1
   Q3 2007	6	Q3 2007	36746	95412	1
   Q3 2006	18	Q3 2006	44060	95504	1
   Q3 2005	25	Q3 2005	40593	90727	1
   Q3 2013	56	Q3 2013	46514	132684	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2014)

   September 2014 saw a new record in net growth in Bracknell when compared to any previous September.

   month	uk net	net
   Sep 2014	12012	30
   Aug 2014	16308	13
   Jul 2014	13424	-11
   Jun 2014	15240	8
   May 2014	7303	0
   Apr 2014	32629	29
   Mar 2014	27674	28
   Feb 2014	19991	20
   Jan 2014	20687	22
   Dec 2013	5612	12
   Nov 2013	16508	11
   Oct 2013	14276	12

   Net Growth by Month

   	July	August	September
   Net growth in 2014	-11	13	30
   Net growth in 2013	17	27	12
   Record Year	2008 (20)	2000 (28)	2014 (30)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2014)

   In the third quarter of 2014, Bracknell formed 0.1% of all UK companies.

   third quarter (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014)	Bracknell
   2014	0.1%
   2013	0.1%
   2012	0.1%
   2011	0.1%
   2010	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1993 (0.2%)

   quarter	percentage	num towns	sort
   Q3 2014	0.1081	155	1
   Q3 2013	0.1017	135	1
   Q3 2012	0.1026	122	1
   Q3 2011	0.0978	112	1
   Q3 2010	0.0985	100	1
   Q3 2009	0.1099	104	1
   Q3 2008	0.0954	81	1
   Q3 2007	0.1006	96	1
   Q3 2006	0.0942	90	1
   Q3 2005	0.0959	87	1
   Q3 1993	0.1732	37	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2014)

   month	percentage	number of companies
   Sep 2014	0.1370	67
   Aug 2014	0.0894	39
   Jul 2014	0.0963	49
   Jun 2014	0.0843	40
   May 2014	0.0783	38
   Apr 2014	0.0851	46
   Mar 2014	0.1026	57
   Feb 2014	0.0872	42
   Jan 2014	0.1128	53
   Dec 2013	0.1157	40
   Nov 2013	0.0858	37
   Oct 2013	0.0948	47

   Company Share by Month

   	July	August	September
   UK formation share in 2014	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   UK formation share in 2013	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   % change	-1.1%	-20.9%	43.0%
   Record Year	1996 (0.2%)	2000 (0.2%)	1993 (0.2%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2014)

   The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2014 was 44.0.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.2% compared to the UK figure of 3.7%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.1% compared to the UK figure of 4.5%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q3 2014	44.02166002901928	4.0816	3.2070	42.90946017210008	3.6772	4.5010
   Q3 2013	42.42964789980934	4.4218	3.7415	42.923638440596655	3.6585	4.4862
   Q3 2012	45.519923794654105	2.2581	4.5161	43.2588350388961	3.7057	4.3051
   Q3 2011	44.742771480892515	2.1021	2.7027	43.398876334155844	3.6557	3.9424
   Q3 2010	44.594621616207085	3.1546	3.1546	43.30722610618801	3.2172	3.5799
   Q3 2009	44.10697472930714	2.8662	1.5924	42.91300690059605	3.1815	4.2373
   Q3 2008	43.67082325209919	1.2821	0.8547	42.86334642452172	3.0092	3.8814
   Q3 2007	42.24483128522666	3.3708	0.7491	42.50010083686829	2.4061	3.8631
   Q3 2006	43.16120218708567	3.6496	1.8248	42.375456597680525	2.3686	3.9617
   Q3 2005	42.07408838838203	2.2831	0.9132	42.247439270689526	2.2849	3.8932

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2014)

   The record third quarter for female directors in Bracknell was in 2005 when 29.7% of all directors were female.

   22.7% of all director appointments in Bracknell in the third quarter of 2014 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.3% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q3 2014	22.7405	Q3 2014	26.3294	1
   Q3 2013	25.8503	Q3 2013	26.2380	1
   Q3 2012	26.4516	Q3 2012	26.2498	1
   Q3 2011	22.5225	Q3 2011	26.3269	1
   Q3 2010	20.8202	Q3 2010	25.5482	1
   Q3 2009	18.4713	Q3 2009	25.8498	1
   Q3 2008	18.3761	Q3 2008	26.3760	1
   Q3 2007	26.2172	Q3 2007	27.6529	1
   Q3 2006	25.5474	Q3 2006	27.1470	1
   Q3 2005	29.6804	Q3 2005	26.7499	1
   Q3 2005	29.6804	Q3 2007	27.6529	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. Previous 12 months (Sep 2013-Sep 2014)

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

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   CONSULTING	2.79%	CONSULTING	5.17%
   PROPERTY	1.03%	MANAGEMENT	4.63%
   CONSULTANCY	0.83%	CONSULTANCY	3.55%
   MANAGEMENT	0.83%	PROPERTY	2.62%
   IT	0.83%	ENGINEERING	2.07%
   ELECTRICAL	0.72%	CONSTRUCTION	2.05%
   J	0.62%	TRADING	2.00%
   SYSTEMS	0.62%	LONDON	1.95%
   CARE	0.62%	CARE	1.94%
   TRAINING	0.62%	TRANSPORT	1.76%
   TECHNOLOGY	0.52%	DESIGN	1.70%
   EVENTS	0.52%	CONSULTANTS	1.70%
   DESIGN	0.52%	PROPERTIES	1.63%
   ASSOCIATES	0.52%	BUSINESS	1.62%
   CONSTRUCTION	0.52%	J	1.53%
   YOUR	0.52%	ELECTRICAL	1.53%
   SECURITY	0.41%	GLOBAL	1.51%
   S	0.41%	INVESTMENTS	1.50%
   PLUMBING	0.41%	ASSOCIATES	1.48%
   ENGINEERING	0.41%	MEDIA	1.38%
   HD	0.41%	CO.,	1.36%
   DATA	0.41%	DEVELOPMENTS	1.35%
   BRACKNELL	0.41%	BUILDING	1.30%
   BUSINESS	0.31%	IT	1.30%
   G	0.31%	M	1.23%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	253	278,481
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	78	57,264
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	58	29,313
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	46	40,717
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	30	12,795
   99999 - Dormant Company	29	48,286
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	22	28,224
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	19	18,890
   62012 - Business and domestic software development	16	9,675
   86900 - Other human health activities	16	11,807
   47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet	16	9,914
   98000 - Residents property management	14	5,047
   43210 - Electrical installation	10	5,922
   74990 - Non-trading company	10	14,006
   63990 - Other information service activities not elsewhere classified	10	5,940
   81300 - Landscape service activities	9	1,964
   68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate	9	10,361
   69201 - Accounting and auditing activities	9	7,401
   47990 - Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets	8	6,327
   64999 - Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified	8	5,857

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   09199878	KN MED LIMITED	02 Sep 2014
   09202556	RICHIE PLUMBING LTD	03 Sep 2014
   09203145	RGM GOLDBLOOM LIMITED	04 Sep 2014
   09205050	PRODUCTION.GG LTD	05 Sep 2014
   09205443	THE DSIGND EFFECT LIMITED	05 Sep 2014
   09209365	BAILEYS GARAGE SERVICE&MOT LTD	09 Sep 2014
   09213132	ELITE HOLDINGS (EUROPE) LIMITED	10 Sep 2014
   09216305	ERIK RYAN CARPENTRY LTD	12 Sep 2014
   09216477	FUNC MEDIA LIMITED	12 Sep 2014
   09218170	S4S TRANSLATION LTD.	15 Sep 2014
   09218493	TOP SPARKS ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS LIMITED	15 Sep 2014
   09221242	ANNEDRIENNE CARE UK LTD	16 Sep 2014
   09222277	FOUR POINT ONE LIMITED	17 Sep 2014
   09228329	MISON PROPERTIES LIMITED	22 Sep 2014
   09228854	DIP IN THE OCEAN LIMITED	22 Sep 2014
   09229624	ELEGANT DESIGN & BUILD LTD	22 Sep 2014
   09229674	ISKI HOLIDAYS LIMITED	22 Sep 2014
   09233244	INDUSTREAL LIMITED	24 Sep 2014
   09236027	DLC CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS LTD	25 Sep 2014
   09236977	INDIANA MOTORCYCLES LTD	26 Sep 2014
   09199816	MASS IMPROVEMENTS LTD	02 Sep 2014
   09200506	LIMEWOOD PROPERTY SOLUTIONS LIMITED	02 Sep 2014
   09205963	CGM SUPPLIES UK LTD	05 Sep 2014
   09209617	LIPO PRO LIMITED	09 Sep 2014
   09227799	KHALID SALEM LIMITED	22 Sep 2014