New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   Q1 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Colchester when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2012 was a record quarter for company registrations in Colchester when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 405 companies were registered in Colchester during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

   This figure is an increase of 12.8% 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)	Colchester	UK
   2012	405	131,491
   2011	359	116,391
   % change	12.8%	13.0%
   Record Year	2012 (405)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2012	405	Q1 2012	131491	1
   Q1 2011	359	Q1 2011	116391	1
   Q1 2010	325	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	326	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	309	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	354	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	303	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	280	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	277	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	335	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2012	405	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Colchester when compared to any previous February.

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

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2012	47941	149
   Feb 2012	44149	133
   Jan 2012	39401	123
   Dec 2011	30598	75
   Nov 2011	40319	109
   Oct 2011	38706	111
   Sep 2011	38920	114
   Aug 2011	38461	128
   Jul 2011	37131	95
   Jun 2011	39725	139
   May 2011	38130	87
   Apr 2011	34489	83

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2012	123	133	149
   New companies in 2011	90	119	150
   % change	36.7%	11.8%	-0.7%
   Record Year	2012 (123)	2012 (133)	2007 (165)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   A total of 188 companies were dissolved in Colchester during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

   This figure is a decrease of 24.2% 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)	Colchester	UK
   2012	188	67,576
   2011	248	90,987
   % change	-24.2%	-25.7%
   Record Year	2009 (291)	2009 (108,065)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2012	188	Q1 2012	67576	1
   Q1 2011	248	Q1 2011	90987	1
   Q1 2010	197	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	291	Q1 2009	108065	1
   Q1 2008	125	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	153	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	134	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	123	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	145	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	128	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2009	291	Q1 2009	108065	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2012	21089	76
   Feb 2012	23245	56
   Jan 2012	23242	56
   Dec 2011	29283	76
   Nov 2011	31065	71
   Oct 2011	19635	46
   Sep 2011	22852	52
   Aug 2011	25745	77
   Jul 2011	23633	64
   Jun 2011	23848	76
   May 2011	31305	72
   Apr 2011	16171	31

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2012	56	56	76
   Closed companies in 2011	104	76	68
   % change	-46.2%	-26.3%	12%
   Record Year	2011 (104)	2008 (77)	2009 (145)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   Q1 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Colchester when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2012 was a record quarter for net growth in Colchester when compared to any quarter in history.

   Net company growth for Colchester during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 217 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	Colchester	UK
   2012	217	63,915
   2011	111	25,404
   Record Year	2012 (217)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2012	217	359	Q1 2012	63915	116391	1
   Q1 2011	111	325	Q1 2011	25404	105137	1
   Q1 2010	128	326	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	35	309	Q1 2009	-17031	96698	1
   Q1 2008	184	354	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	201	303	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	169	280	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	157	277	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	132	335	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	207	195	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2012	217	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   February 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Colchester when compared to any previous February.

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

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2012	26852	73
   Feb 2012	20904	77
   Jan 2012	16159	67
   Dec 2011	1315	-1
   Nov 2011	9254	38
   Oct 2011	19071	65
   Sep 2011	16068	62
   Aug 2011	12716	51
   Jul 2011	13498	31
   Jun 2011	15877	63
   May 2011	6825	15
   Apr 2011	18318	52

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2012	67	77	73
   Net growth in 2011	-14	43	82
   Record Year	2012 (67)	2012 (77)	2007 (120)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   In the first quarter of 2012, Colchester formed 0.3% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	Colchester
   2012	0.3%
   2011	0.3%
   2010	0.3%
   2009	0.4%
   2008	0.3%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1968 (0.6%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2012	0.3080	405	1
   Q1 2011	0.3084	359	1
   Q1 2010	0.3091	325	1
   Q1 2009	0.3581	326	1
   Q1 2008	0.3196	309	1
   Q1 2007	0.2122	354	1
   Q1 2006	0.2775	303	1
   Q1 2005	0.2972	280	1
   Q1 2004	0.3028	277	1
   Q1 2003	0.3438	335	1
   Q1 1968	0.6009	7	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2012	0.3108	149
   Feb 2012	0.3013	133
   Jan 2012	0.3122	123
   Dec 2011	0.2451	75
   Nov 2011	0.2703	109
   Oct 2011	0.2868	111
   Sep 2011	0.2929	114
   Aug 2011	0.3328	128
   Jul 2011	0.2559	95
   Jun 2011	0.3499	139
   May 2011	0.2282	87
   Apr 2011	0.2407	83

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2012	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
   UK formation share in 2011	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
   % change	17.2%	-4.4%	-7.1%
   Record Year	1975 (0.6%)	1968 (0.9%)	1975 (0.7%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 43.4.

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

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.4% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q1 2012	43.4392	4.4092	4.5855	42.7076	4.6029	3.4625
   Q1 2011	45.0406	3.2882	3.8685	43.9398	3.0278	4.2627
   Q1 2010	47.1490	5.7143	0.0000	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	46.7598	4.3478	0.6211	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	47.7484	5.8824	0.6536	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	49.1679	9.6154	0.3846	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	50.4165	9.7489	0.2954	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	50.1400	8.6003	0.1686	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	50.9758	9.9849	0.4539	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	51.9355	9.9579	0.0000	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

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

   28.7% of all director appointments in Colchester in the first quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q1 2012	28.7234	Q1 2012	25.1929	1
   Q1 2011	27.6708	Q1 2011	25.4684	1
   Q1 2010	29.5170	Q1 2010	24.7553	1
   Q1 2009	30.7843	Q1 2009	26.1125	1
   Q1 2008	34.5404	Q1 2008	28.3497	1
   Q1 2007	32.9558	Q1 2007	27.4481	1
   Q1 2006	32.3450	Q1 2006	26.9433	1
   Q1 2005	30.9231	Q1 2005	26.8387	1
   Q1 2004	30.2817	Q1 2004	27.1410	1
   Q1 2003	32.1519	Q1 2003	30.5573	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1940	66.6667	2

   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.

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   CONSULTING	1.97%	CONSULTING	5.07%
   MANAGEMENT	1.48%	MANAGEMENT	4.74%
   CONSULTANCY	1.23%	CONSULTANCY	3.30%
   PROPERTY	1.04%	PROPERTY	2.37%
   CONSTRUCTION	0.89%	TRADING	2.07%
   MEDIA	0.89%	DESIGN	1.93%
   ESSEX	0.79%	ENGINEERING	1.86%
   (COLCHESTER)	0.79%	ASSOCIATES	1.84%
   CARE	0.79%	CONSULTANTS	1.79%
   DESIGN	0.69%	BUSINESS	1.73%
   ASSOCIATES	0.64%	MEDIA	1.72%
   ELECTRICAL	0.54%	CONSTRUCTION	1.72%
   G	0.54%	LONDON	1.66%
   ENTERPRISES	0.54%	J	1.54%
   MAINTENANCE	0.54%	INVESTMENTS	1.51%
   GREEN	0.49%	GLOBAL	1.50%
   MARINE	0.49%	IT	1.40%
   M	0.49%	CARE	1.34%
   SCHOOL	0.49%	PROPERTIES	1.31%
   SPORTS	0.49%	ELECTRICAL	1.27%
   S	0.49%	M	1.27%
   HOUSE	0.49%	BUILDING	1.24%
   P	0.44%	ENERGY	1.20%
   CENTRE	0.44%	S	1.20%
   SYSTEMS	0.44%	ENTERPRISES	1.19%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	483	216,665
   7487 - Other business activities	137	52,735
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	134	35,233
   99999 - Dormant Company	92	25,084
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	80	19,704
   9999 - Dormant Company	72	18,617
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	47	14,303
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	46	13,637
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	37	12,113
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	32	8,145
   9305 - Other service activities	32	8,818
   7499 - Non-trading company	30	9,102
   93199 - Other sports activities	26	2,011
   7260 - Other computer related activities	22	7,154
   74990 - Non-trading company	21	9,729
   43390 - Other building completion and finishing	20	3,228
   41100 - Development of building projects	20	4,984
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	19	6,934
   43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified	18	3,931
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	18	9,892

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07975840	CATERSELECT LIMITED	05 Mar 2012
   07979030	TENDRING NURSERY LIMITED	07 Mar 2012
   07980255	TOTALVIEW REPORTING SERVICES LIMITED	07 Mar 2012
   07983153	C MAIRAH BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED	09 Mar 2012
   07987586	VALLIES LIMITED	13 Mar 2012
   07992788	THE CAMPDEN PANTRY LIMITED	15 Mar 2012
   07997018	LINKED SPORTS LIMITED	20 Mar 2012
   08005077	MANLY ADVERTISING LTD	26 Mar 2012
   08008673	CHANTRY ART LIMITED	27 Mar 2012
   08010987	CODE DEAD ZERO LIMITED	29 Mar 2012
   07998286	COLCHESTER FOODS LTD	20 Mar 2012
   08007511	ROMILY GROUP PLC	27 Mar 2012
   07979114	HUNT LEISURE (BASILDON) LTD	07 Mar 2012
   07987112	LPWFR LIMITED	12 Mar 2012
   07990850	FORTIUS HOMES LIMITED	14 Mar 2012
   07993902	CIKU CONTRACTS LIMITED	16 Mar 2012
   07999041	CLASSIC POSTERS LIMITED	21 Mar 2012
   08007499	OEB (ESSEX) LIMITED	27 Mar 2012
   08010086	ANGLIAN GLAZING AND COATINGS LTD	28 Mar 2012
   07981107	CFB ELECTRICAL LTD	08 Mar 2012
   08003667	DAYNE MUNN LIMITED	23 Mar 2012
   08010865	GREEN ECO SOLAR LTD	29 Mar 2012
   07972899	LEE HICKFORD PLUMBING & HEATING LIMITED	02 Mar 2012
   07982550	NICK DAKIN SPORTS CONSULTANCY LIMITED	08 Mar 2012
   07982594	LAWRENCE OKOYE LIMITED	08 Mar 2012