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Brentwood, Essex

Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Brentwood when compared to any previous January.

Contents

  1. New Company Registrations
  2. Closed Companies (dissolved)
  3. Net Company Growth
  4. UK Company Share
  5. Director Age
  6. Director Gender
  7. Naming Trends
  8. SIC Data
  9. Recent Companies

New Company Registrations

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    A total of 158 companies were registered in Brentwood during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

    This figure is an increase of 17.0% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 13.0% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)BrentwoodUK
    2012158131,491
    2011135116,391
    % change17.0%13.0%
    Record Year 2007 (167) 2007 (166,814)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Brentwood when compared to any previous January.

    New Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    New companies in 2012505157
    New companies in 2011424845
    % change19.0%6.3%26.7%
    Record Year2012 (50)2010 (51)2007 (81)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    A total of 68 companies were dissolved in Brentwood during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

    This figure is a decrease of 21.8% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 25.7% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)BrentwoodUK
    20126867,576
    20118790,987
    % change-21.8%-25.7%
    Record Year 2011 (87) 2009 (108,065)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Closed companies in 2012222521
    Closed companies in 2011342528
    % change-35.3%0.0%-25%
    Record Year2011 (34)2000 (30)2009 (56)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    Net company growth for Brentwood during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 90 companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)BrentwoodUK
    20129063,915
    20114825,404
    Record Year 2007 (93) 2007 (111,282)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Net Growth by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Net growth in 2012282636
    Net growth in 201182317
    Record Year2009 (29)2007 (33)2007 (51)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    In the first quarter of 2012, Brentwood formed 0.1% of all UK companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)Brentwood
    20120.1%
    20110.1%
    20100.2%
    20090.1%
    20080.1%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1967 (0.3%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Company Share by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    UK formation share in 20120.1%0.1%0.1%
    UK formation share in 20110.1%0.1%0.1%
    % change2.1%-9.1%18.5%
    Record Year1967 (0.7%)1962 (0.8%)1961 (0.4%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 44.1.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 6.0% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.2% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

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

    26.9% of all director appointments in Brentwood in the first quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.

    Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

  1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2011-Mar 2012)

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

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    CONSULTING2.27%CONSULTING5.07%
    CONSULTANCY1.51%MANAGEMENT4.74%
    MANAGEMENT1.40%CONSULTANCY3.30%
    BRENTWOOD1.30%PROPERTY2.37%
    ESSEX0.97%TRADING2.07%
    BUILDING0.86%DESIGN1.93%
    DESIGN0.86%ENGINEERING1.86%
    PROPERTY0.86%ASSOCIATES1.84%
    CONSULTANTS0.76%CONSULTANTS1.79%
    R0.76%BUSINESS1.73%
    ASSOCIATES0.65%MEDIA1.72%
    ENTERPRISES0.65%CONSTRUCTION1.72%
    (ESSEX)0.65%LONDON1.66%
    J0.65%J1.54%
    ELECTRICAL0.54%INVESTMENTS1.51%
    SECURITY0.54%GLOBAL1.50%
    CREATIVE0.54%IT1.40%
    CO0.54%CARE1.34%
    HOUSE0.54%PROPERTIES1.31%
    S0.54%ELECTRICAL1.27%
    TRAINING0.54%M1.27%
    CONSTRUCTION0.54%BUILDING1.24%
    ENERGY0.54%ENERGY1.20%
    ENGINEERING0.54%S1.20%
    CAPITAL0.54%ENTERPRISES1.19%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied215216,665
    7487 - Other business activities7352,735
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified5435,233
    99999 - Dormant Company4725,084
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management2819,704
    9999 - Dormant Company2518,617
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities1814,303
    7414 - Business & management consultancy1812,113
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified1613,637
    62090 - Other information technology service activities148,145
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified129,892
    47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet113,439
    4521 - General construction & civil engineering115,169
    9305 - Other service activities108,818
    7499 - Non-trading company109,102
    43220 - Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation92,693
    43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified93,931
    69201 - Accounting and auditing activities84,132
    74990 - Non-trading company89,729
    7260 - Other computer related activities87,154

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    07899070 N K PLUMBING & HEATING SERVICES LTD 05 Jan 2012
    07900217 PETERSEN ENGINEERING CONSULTANCY LTD 06 Jan 2012
    07907186 MBROS GATES, FENCING AND STEEL FABRICATION LTD 12 Jan 2012
    07916147 ASSURED SECURITY (ESSEX) LIMITED 19 Jan 2012
    07916562 LJR ELECTRICAL LIMITED 19 Jan 2012
    07922731 PMJ CONSULTANTS LTD 25 Jan 2012
    07895718 ELLE PUBLISHING LIMITED 03 Jan 2012
    07897163 BRENTWOOD TILES AND FLOORING LIMITED 04 Jan 2012
    07898289 YOUNGS ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS LTD 05 Jan 2012
    07916021 MMAM CONSULTING LIMITED 19 Jan 2012
    07916737 GQ INDI LIMITED 19 Jan 2012
    07917092 CHRISTIAN MUSIC TV LIMITED 20 Jan 2012
    07920861 BLACK AND WHITE FINANCE LIMITED 24 Jan 2012
    07922493 THE PLANT OUTLET LIMITED 24 Jan 2012
    07928601 ICIT LIMITED 30 Jan 2012
    07930092 RPJ OUTSOURCING LIMITED 31 Jan 2012
    07894786 A.W. VALETING LTD 03 Jan 2012
    07896688 GLMC SERVICES LTD 04 Jan 2012
    07898905 SHENFIELD HIGH SCHOOL 05 Jan 2012
    07899100 APHRODITE FASHION LIMITED 05 Jan 2012
    07903674 ESSEX FERTILITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 10 Jan 2012
    07909060 PRIME HOSPITAL CONSULTANTS LTD 13 Jan 2012
    07922900 SMITH HAYES LTD 25 Jan 2012
    07923156 ESSEX BOILERS LIMITED 25 Jan 2012
    07927815 CHEM-GUARD LTD 30 Jan 2012