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Q1 2015 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • Q1 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Cambridgeshire when compared to any previous Q1.
  • Q1 2015 was a record quarter for company registrations in Cambridgeshire when compared to any quarter in history.
  • March 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Cambridgeshire when compared to any previous March.
  • March 2015 was a record month for company registrations in Cambridgeshire when compared to any month in history.
  • February 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Cambridgeshire when compared to any previous February.
  • January 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Cambridgeshire when compared to any previous January.
  • February 2015 saw a new record in company closures in Cambridgeshire when compared to any previous February.
  • January 2015 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 2015)

    Q1 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Cambridgeshire when compared to any previous Q1.

    Q1 2015 was a record quarter for company registrations in Cambridgeshire when compared to any quarter in history.

    A total of 1,646 companies were registered in Cambridgeshire during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).

    This figure is an increase of 13.4% versus the same period last year (Q1 2014). This figure compares equally to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 6.9% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015)CambridgeshireUK
    20151,646161,156
    20141,452150,722
    % change13.4%6.9%
    Record Year 2015 (1,646) 2007 (166,814)
    New Companies by Quarter

  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)

    March 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Cambridgeshire when compared to any previous March.

    March 2015 was a record month for company registrations in Cambridgeshire when compared to any month in history.

    February 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Cambridgeshire when compared to any previous February.

    January 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Cambridgeshire when compared to any previous January.

    New Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    New companies in 2015495504647
    New companies in 2014440457555
    % change12.5%10.3%16.6%
    Record Year2015 (495)2015 (504)2015 (647)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    A total of 922 companies were dissolved in Cambridgeshire during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).

    This figure is an increase of 22.4% versus the same period last year (Q1 2014). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 8.7% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015)CambridgeshireUK
    201592289,523
    201475382,370
    % change22.4%8.7%
    Record Year 2015 (922) 2009 (108,066)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter

  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)

    February 2015 saw a new record in company closures in Cambridgeshire when compared to any previous February.

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Closed companies in 2015228339355
    Closed companies in 2014231253269
    % change-1.3%34.0%32%
    Record Year2013 (313)2015 (339)2009 (476)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    Net company growth for Cambridgeshire during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) was 724 companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015)CambridgeshireUK
    201572471,633
    201469968,352
    Record Year 2007 (816) 2007 (111,282)
    Net Growth by Quarter

  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)

    January 2015 saw a new record in net growth in Cambridgeshire when compared to any previous January.

    Net Growth by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Net growth in 2015267165292
    Net growth in 2014209204286
    Record Year2015 (267)2005 (283)2007 (452)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    In the first quarter of 2015, Cambridgeshire formed 1.0% of all UK companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015)Cambridgeshire
    20151.0%
    20141.0%
    20131.0%
    20121.0%
    20111.0%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1993 (1.1%)
    Company Share by Quarter

  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)

    Company Share by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    UK formation share in 20151.0%1.0%1.1%
    UK formation share in 20140.9%0.9%1.0%
    % change10.3%1.6%6.3%
    Record Year1992 (1.2%)2005 (1.3%)1991 (1.4%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2015 was 44.9.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 5.1% compared to the UK figure of 4.1%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.6% compared to the UK figure of 3.6%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    The record first quarter for female directors in Cambridgeshire was in 2007 when 31.1% of all directors were female.

    27.4% of all director appointments in Cambridgeshire in the first quarter of 2015 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.4% for the same period.

    Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

  1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2014-Mar 2015)

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

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    CAMBRIDGE2.57%CONSULTING5.23%
    CONSULTING2.09%MANAGEMENT4.56%
    TRANS1.76%CONSULTANCY3.62%
    MANAGEMENT1.69%PROPERTY2.72%
    PROPERTY1.16%CONSTRUCTION2.19%
    CARE1.11%CARE2.13%
    CONSULTANCY1.02%ENGINEERING2.12%
    TRANSPORT0.99%LONDON1.91%
    ENGINEERING0.89%TRADING1.88%
    CONSTRUCTION0.88%TRANSPORT1.82%
    PETERBOROUGH0.72%ELECTRICAL1.76%
    DEVELOPMENTS0.71%DESIGN1.65%
    J0.70%PROPERTIES1.63%
    ELECTRICAL0.62%CO.,1.58%
    ASSOCIATES0.62%J1.55%
    CONSULTANTS0.61%CONSULTANTS1.54%
    MEDIA0.60%BUSINESS1.49%
    HOLDINGS0.57%INVESTMENTS1.49%
    GLOBAL0.55%GLOBAL1.46%
    PROPERTIES0.54%ASSOCIATES1.44%
    M0.51%DEVELOPMENTS1.36%
    S0.50%BUILDING1.31%
    TRAINING0.48%IT1.30%
    (CAMBRIDGE)0.45%MEDIA1.28%
    LOGISTICS0.44%M1.27%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied2,468288,953
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management44043,081
    99999 - Dormant Company38449,474
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities37030,825
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified36758,522
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified20619,098
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified17929,218
    86900 - Other human health activities16813,990
    62090 - Other information technology service activities15612,862
    62012 - Business and domestic software development1499,651
    49410 - Freight transport by road13912,485
    41100 - Development of building projects12511,863
    74990 - Non-trading company10213,794
    47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet9810,200
    68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate9711,600
    56101 - Licensed restaurants918,909
    45200 - Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles895,392
    41202 - Construction of domestic buildings897,797
    43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified839,080
    85590 - Other education not elsewhere classified836,238

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    09371268 OSKAR & STONE LTD 02 Jan 2015
    09384362 CHINESE CATE CAMBRIDGE LTD 12 Jan 2015
    09394521 VITAL CODE LTD 19 Jan 2015
    09396658 LUIGI'S KITCHEN LIMITED 20 Jan 2015
    09400991 GMF CARE SERVICE LIMITED 22 Jan 2015
    09409746 VERTIGO EVENTS LIMITED 28 Jan 2015
    09377874 TURNER-KIRK CONSULTING LIMITED 07 Jan 2015
    09413678 SKY ONLINE STORES LIMITED 30 Jan 2015
    09371626 BLOOMSBURY EXPEDITION LTD 02 Jan 2015
    09390074 CAMBRIDGE NANO SENSORS LTD 15 Jan 2015
    09376683 PARKSIDE INDUSTRIAL LIMITED 07 Jan 2015
    09386954 CHAPERON TECHNOLOGIES LTD 13 Jan 2015
    09390076 JEER PARTNER LTD 15 Jan 2015
    09393747 CHRISTODOULOU MEDICAL LTD 19 Jan 2015
    09394264 HISBAN ENTERPRISE LTD 19 Jan 2015
    09398236 FAST COURIER LIMITED 20 Jan 2015
    09413757 PLAYFUSION LIMITED 30 Jan 2015
    09414541 CAMBRIDGE SPIRIT CONSULTING LIMITED 30 Jan 2015
    09378973 M&B TRANS LTD 08 Jan 2015
    09390908 MANES DESIGN LIMITED 15 Jan 2015
    09395120 KRASHBALL LIMITED 19 Jan 2015
    09398377 SIMPLY BUONISSIMO LIMITED 20 Jan 2015
    09402516 CAMBRIDGE TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH LIMITED 22 Jan 2015
    09405262 LOCUS GENETICS LIMITED 26 Jan 2015
    09408742 BT ADVISORY LIMITED 27 Jan 2015

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