Brighton, East Sussex

Q3 2010 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • August 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Brighton when compared to any previous August.

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 (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

    A total of 398 companies were registered in Brighton during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010).

    This figure is an increase of 6.4% versus the same period last year (Q3 2009). This figure compares equally to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 7.2% against the same period last year.

    third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010)BrightonUK
    2010398101,492
    200937494,671
    % change6.4%7.2%
    Record Year 2003 (407) 2003 (107,203)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)

    August 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Brighton when compared to any previous August.

    New Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    New companies in 2010133136129
    New companies in 2009108129137
    % change23.1%5.4%-5.8%
    Record Year2002 (136)2010 (136)2003 (161)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

    A total of 317 companies were dissolved in Brighton during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010).

    This figure is a decrease of 17.4% versus the same period last year (Q3 2009). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 45.0% against the same period last year.

    third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010)BrightonUK
    201031787,705
    2009384159,401
    % change-17.4%-45.0%
    Record Year 2009 (384) 2009 (159,401)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Closed companies in 20109413093
    Closed companies in 2009100121163
    % change-6.0%7.4%-43%
    Record Year2009 (100)2008 (204)2009 (163)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

    Net company growth for Brighton during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) was 81 companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010)BrightonUK
    20108113,787
    2009-10-64,730
    Record Year 2003 (230) 2003 (60,597)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)

    Net Growth by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Net growth in 201039636
    Net growth in 200988-26
    Record Year2008 (75)2002 (68)2003 (110)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

    In the third quarter of 2010, Brighton formed 0.4% of all UK companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010)Brighton
    20100.4%
    20090.4%
    20080.4%
    20070.4%
    20060.4%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1965 (0.6%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)

    Company Share by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    UK formation share in 20100.4%0.4%0.4%
    UK formation share in 20090.3%0.4%0.4%
    % change14.5%-4.3%-9.7%
    Record Year1965 (0.8%)1969 (1.1%)1961 (0.6%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

    The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2010 was 43.4.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.0% compared to the UK figure of 2.7%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.4% compared to the UK figure of 4.4%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

    The record third quarter for female directors in Brighton was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.

    26.2% of all director appointments in Brighton in the third quarter of 2010 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 (Sep 2009-Sep 2010)

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

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    BRIGHTON2.38%MANAGEMENT5.06%
    CONSULTING1.62%CONSULTING4.99%
    MEDIA1.17%CONSULTANCY3.12%
    MANAGEMENT1.08%PROPERTY2.38%
    DESIGN1.03%TRADING2.04%
    SUSSEX0.94%ASSOCIATES2.01%
    PROPERTY0.90%DESIGN1.93%
    CONSULTANCY0.85%CONSTRUCTION1.86%
    ASSOCIATES0.72%BUSINESS1.80%
    (BRIGHTON)0.72%MEDIA1.75%
    DEVELOPMENTS0.67%CONSULTANTS1.73%
    PRODUCTIONS0.67%LONDON1.59%
    EVENTS0.58%ENGINEERING1.59%
    CONSULTANTS0.58%INVESTMENTS1.49%
    BUSINESS0.58%CARE1.44%
    ROAD0.58%J1.44%
    ENTERPRISES0.54%INTERNATIONAL1.43%
    CREATIVE0.49%GLOBAL1.42%
    RTM0.49%IT1.35%
    TRAINING0.49%PROPERTIES1.35%
    TRADING0.45%BUILDING1.32%
    BUILDING0.45%ELECTRICAL1.30%
    PROJECT0.45%M1.28%
    HOVE0.45%SYSTEMS1.26%
    CATERING0.40%S1.24%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied683202,902
    7487 - Other business activities27469,802
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified8725,053
    9999 - Dormant Company7421,484
    7414 - Business & management consultancy5814,940
    99999 - Dormant Company5814,072
    7499 - Non-trading company5213,408
    7222 - Other software consultancy and supply508,183
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management5013,161
    62090 - Other information technology service activities445,716
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities428,292
    98000 - Residents property management383,273
    7260 - Other computer related activities378,967
    5530 - Restaurants325,181
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified317,767
    9305 - Other service activities259,454
    8514 - Other human health activities222,650
    9800 - Residents Property Management211,908
    90030 - Artistic creation201,255
    86900 - Other human health activities193,361

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    07392869 THE MIRROR MAKER LIMITED 30 Sep 2010
    07391901 DABAPPS LTD 29 Sep 2010
    07391875 MK WINDOW CLEANING LIMITED 29 Sep 2010
    07390597 OVERSEAS EDUCATION SOLUTIONS LIMITED 28 Sep 2010
    07387790 CRUSH BARS LTD 27 Sep 2010
    07386541 MAYA APPLIED SOLUTIONS LIMITED 24 Sep 2010
    07386104 ISEEK LIMITED 23 Sep 2010
    07384684 DEMPSEY ROOFING LIMITED 22 Sep 2010
    07383860 UK CAR PARK MANAGEMENT LIMITED 22 Sep 2010
    07382751 PATAROSS PROJECTS LTD 21 Sep 2010
    07382567 WILBURY INTERIM LIMITED 21 Sep 2010
    07382380 HASSANI LTD 21 Sep 2010
    07376670 TAYOMI SOFTWARE LIMITED 15 Sep 2010
    07373944 CUTTING BAR CAMDEN LIMITED 13 Sep 2010
    07372481 SKA PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 10 Sep 2010
    07371213 PROTEUS PROPERTY LIMITED 09 Sep 2010
    07369892 PHAMED LTD 08 Sep 2010
    07369094 NIRMALA RETAIL LTD 08 Sep 2010
    07368705 T.P.KANE SERVICES LTD 08 Sep 2010
    07364477 MAVERIK MOTION PICTURE PRODUCTIONS LTD 03 Sep 2010
    07363706 VINOTEK LIMITED 02 Sep 2010
    07363307 APPLEWOOD PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD 02 Sep 2010
    07388789 O'BRIEN CARPENTRY AND JOINERY LIMITED 27 Sep 2010
    07388619 AREA 51 CREATIONS LIMITED 27 Sep 2010
    07382972 WHITE RAVEN CREATIVE LTD 21 Sep 2010