Crawley, West Sussex

Q1 2013 Business Confidence Report

NOTICE: We have improved our calculations of the statistics in these reports, so some figures and records may not match previous reports.

Headlines

  • January 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in Crawley 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 2013)

    A total of 175 companies were registered in Crawley during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).

    This figure is a decrease of 22.2% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 2.5% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013)CrawleyUK
    2013175134,802
    2012225131,491
    % change-22.2%2.5%
    Record Year 2012 (225) 2007 (166,814)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)

    January 2013 saw a new record in company registrations in Crawley when compared to any previous January.

    New Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    New companies in 2013754456
    New companies in 2012608382
    % change25.0%-47.0%-31.7%
    Record Year2013 (75)2012 (83)2012 (82)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    A total of 149 companies were dissolved in Crawley during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).

    This figure is an increase of 33.0% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 15.3% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013)CrawleyUK
    201314977,914
    201211267,576
    % change33.0%15.3%
    Record Year 2010 (151) 2009 (108,066)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Closed companies in 2013514652
    Closed companies in 2012314338
    % change64.5%7.0%37%
    Record Year2011 (54)2010 (56)2009 (79)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    Net company growth for Crawley during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) was 26 companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013)CrawleyUK
    20132656,888
    201211363,915
    Record Year 2007 (115) 2007 (111,282)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)

    Net Growth by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Net growth in 201324-24
    Net growth in 2012294044
    Record Year2007 (32)2012 (40)2007 (48)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    In the first quarter of 2013, Crawley formed 0.1% of all UK companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013)Crawley
    20130.1%
    20120.2%
    20110.1%
    20100.1%
    20090.1%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1991 (0.3%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)

    Company Share by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    UK formation share in 20130.2%0.1%0.1%
    UK formation share in 20120.2%0.2%0.2%
    % change12.0%-47.4%-29.4%
    Record Year1979 (0.3%)1991 (0.3%)1991 (0.3%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2013 was 46.0.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 1.3% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 0.4% compared to the UK figure of 1.8%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    The record first quarter for female directors in Crawley was in 2008 when 27.6% of all directors were female.

    25.2% of all director appointments in Crawley in the first quarter of 2013 were female. This compares to a UK average of 28.1% for the same period.

    Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

  1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2012-Mar 2013)

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

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    CONSULTING1.63%CONSULTING5.18%
    MANAGEMENT1.15%MANAGEMENT4.78%
    GATWICK0.96%CONSULTANCY3.30%
    SUSSEX0.96%PROPERTY2.44%
    PARKING0.96%TRADING2.06%
    PROPERTY0.96%DESIGN1.79%
    GLOBAL0.86%ENGINEERING1.78%
    CONSULTANCY0.77%BUSINESS1.77%
    BUSINESS0.67%ASSOCIATES1.75%
    INVESTMENTS0.67%LONDON1.72%
    CLEANING0.67%CONSULTANTS1.71%
    FINANCE0.58%CONSTRUCTION1.69%
    PRODUCTS0.58%MEDIA1.63%
    M0.58%GLOBAL1.57%
    CRAWLEY0.48%J1.56%
    TRADING0.48%CARE1.46%
    MARKETING0.48%IT1.43%
    AIR0.48%INVESTMENTS1.41%
    INTERNATIONAL0.48%PROPERTIES1.36%
    CONSULTANTS0.48%M1.25%
    SUPPORT0.38%BUILDING1.21%
    TRAINING0.38%ENTERPRISES1.19%
    PARTNERS0.38%ELECTRICAL1.18%
    IT0.38%TRAINING1.17%
    CAR0.38%SECURITY1.15%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied400249,183
    99999 - Dormant Company5343,384
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities4924,894
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management4432,624
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified3854,531
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified2723,532
    62090 - Other information technology service activities2412,664
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified2216,448
    74990 - Non-trading company2114,129
    62012 - Business and domestic software development198,099
    47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet147,199
    70100 - Activities of head offices143,950
    85590 - Other education not elsewhere classified135,062
    43210 - Electrical installation135,625
    86900 - Other human health activities128,465
    69201 - Accounting and auditing activities126,591
    56290 - Other food services113,148
    78109 - Other activities of employment placement agencies103,240
    45200 - Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles104,684
    43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified106,954

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    08426892 ZIBA ACCESSORIES LIMITED 04 Mar 2013
    08429151 RV HAIR DESIGN LIMITED 04 Mar 2013
    08429648 SANJ CONSULTANCY LTD 05 Mar 2013
    08430253 GALAXY (NORTH) LTD 05 Mar 2013
    08431747 KEEP CALM AND GET A CLEANER LTD 06 Mar 2013
    08432105 GALAXY PROPERTIES LTD 06 Mar 2013
    08435309 SIMMWAY IT SOLUTIONS LTD 07 Mar 2013
    08439156 HOVE GYMNASTICS CLUB LTD 11 Mar 2013
    08442760 KAM DIGITIZERS LIMITED 13 Mar 2013
    08442782 LMC INSTALLATIONS LTD 13 Mar 2013
    08446288 A W WOOLFORD LTD 15 Mar 2013
    08446897 KEAN PRODUCTIONS 15 Mar 2013
    08447753 EKA DESIGN LTD 15 Mar 2013
    08449069 ONLINE AFFILIATE LTD 18 Mar 2013
    08451739 SEMBISOFT LIMITED 19 Mar 2013
    08455237 GLOBAL ADVICE BUREAU LIMITED 21 Mar 2013
    08455815 RARE AIR LIMITED 21 Mar 2013
    08461935 EMLIB LTD 26 Mar 2013
    08462376 TC LAND AND NEW HOMES LTD 26 Mar 2013
    08463127 COURCY LIMITED 26 Mar 2013
    08427811 GARDALE CONSTRUCTION LTD 04 Mar 2013
    08429740 DIAMONTE LIMITED 05 Mar 2013
    08436298 PULSE NETWORK SOLUTIONS LTD 08 Mar 2013
    08441474 EZEE PARTY BAGS LIMITED 12 Mar 2013
    08442479 RULERCOM LIMITED 13 Mar 2013