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Cambridgeshire

Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Cambridgeshire when compared to any previous January.
  • January 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Cambridgeshire 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 1,304 companies were registered in Cambridgeshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

    This figure is an increase of 13.6% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares equally 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)CambridgeshireUK
    20121,304131,491
    20111,148116,391
    % change13.6%13.0%
    Record Year 2007 (1,325) 2007 (166,814)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

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

    New Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    New companies in 2012398401505
    New companies in 2011309381458
    % change28.8%5.2%10.3%
    Record Year2012 (398)2005 (416)2007 (605)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    A total of 563 companies were dissolved in Cambridgeshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

    This figure is a decrease of 32.6% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares well 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)CambridgeshireUK
    201256367,576
    201183590,986
    % change-32.6%-25.7%
    Record Year 2009 (898) 2009 (108,060)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Closed companies in 2012191202170
    Closed companies in 2011298251286
    % change-35.9%-19.5%-41%
    Record Year2011 (298)2011 (251)2009 (481)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    Net company growth for Cambridgeshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 741 companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)CambridgeshireUK
    201274163,915
    201131325,405
    Record Year 2007 (822) 2007 (111,282)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    January 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Cambridgeshire when compared to any previous January.

    Net Growth by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Net growth in 2012207199335
    Net growth in 201111130172
    Record Year2012 (207)2005 (288)2007 (451)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    In the first quarter of 2012, Cambridgeshire formed 1.0% of all UK companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)Cambridgeshire
    20121.0%
    20111.0%
    20101.0%
    20091.0%
    20080.9%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1979 (1.4%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Company Share by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    UK formation share in 20121.0%0.9%1.1%
    UK formation share in 20110.9%1.0%1.0%
    % change10.4%-10.0%3.1%
    Record Year1967 (2.0%)1979 (1.8%)1971 (1.8%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 43.6.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.8% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.8% 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 Cambridgeshire was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.

    27.2% of all director appointments in Cambridgeshire 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
    CAMBRIDGE2.92%CONSULTING5.07%
    MANAGEMENT1.92%MANAGEMENT4.74%
    CONSULTING1.90%CONSULTANCY3.30%
    CONSULTANCY1.38%PROPERTY2.37%
    ENGINEERING0.88%TRADING2.07%
    PROPERTY0.86%DESIGN1.93%
    DESIGN0.82%ENGINEERING1.86%
    ASSOCIATES0.81%ASSOCIATES1.84%
    BUSINESS0.77%CONSULTANTS1.79%
    CARE0.72%BUSINESS1.73%
    (CAMBRIDGE)0.70%MEDIA1.72%
    CENTRE0.66%CONSTRUCTION1.72%
    DEVELOPMENTS0.57%LONDON1.66%
    CONSTRUCTION0.56%J1.54%
    S0.56%INVESTMENTS1.51%
    J0.54%GLOBAL1.50%
    TRADING0.54%IT1.40%
    GLOBAL0.52%CARE1.34%
    PROPERTIES0.52%PROPERTIES1.31%
    BUILDING0.52%ELECTRICAL1.27%
    MEDIA0.50%M1.27%
    TRAINING0.50%BUILDING1.24%
    IT0.48%ENERGY1.20%
    PETERBOROUGH0.48%S1.20%
    INVESTMENTS0.48%ENTERPRISES1.19%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied1,683216,665
    7487 - Other business activities41752,735
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified29235,233
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management22119,704
    99999 - Dormant Company19425,084
    7414 - Business & management consultancy16212,113
    9999 - Dormant Company15518,617
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities15414,303
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified1029,892
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified10013,637
    62090 - Other information technology service activities1008,145
    7260 - Other computer related activities897,154
    7222 - Other software consultancy and supply886,934
    74990 - Non-trading company889,729
    9305 - Other service activities788,818
    7499 - Non-trading company699,102
    62012 - Business and domestic software development654,356
    86900 - Other human health activities625,066
    4521 - General construction & civil engineering565,169
    69201 - Accounting and auditing activities544,132

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    07899478 CHOOSE CHINA LIMITED 06 Jan 2012
    07901908 8 ELEMENT LTD 09 Jan 2012
    07921099 BIKEWISER C.I.C. 24 Jan 2012
    07923016 CHANNELL CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 25 Jan 2012
    07923799 SHIFA LTD 25 Jan 2012
    07930526 CAMBRIDGE CLASSICS LIMITED 31 Jan 2012
    07909652 M&R SARUM 1 LIMITED 13 Jan 2012
    07909658 M&R SARUM 2 LIMITED 13 Jan 2012
    07909668 M&R SARUM 4 LIMITED 13 Jan 2012
    OC371247 LEXOCO INVESTMENTS LLP 09 Jan 2012
    07913587 A & S HAND CAR WASH LTD 17 Jan 2012
    07918465 FAMILIES LEARNING TOGETHER LTD 20 Jan 2012
    07923918 HAARPIA LIMITED 25 Jan 2012
    07902315 THE QC TRUST LIMITED 09 Jan 2012
    07907952 GUDARI LTD 12 Jan 2012
    07916377 MUNDIPHARMA INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LIMITED 19 Jan 2012
    07917200 CAMBRIDGE EVENT MANAGEMENT LTD 20 Jan 2012
    07917681 LITTLE SHOULDER LIMITED 20 Jan 2012
    07919358 AGILE USER EXPERIENCE LTD 23 Jan 2012
    07921201 QUALITY GROCERS (CAMBRIDGE) LIMITED 24 Jan 2012
    07930540 STREET MAGICIANS LIMITED 31 Jan 2012
    07902608 CARING HANDS (CAMBRIDGE) LIMITED 09 Jan 2012
    07907274 UKRENTZ LIMITED 12 Jan 2012
    07897537 P A IMPEY LTD 04 Jan 2012
    07900709 WRENBRIDGE (MOORFIELD DEVELOPMENT) LIMITED 06 Jan 2012