New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   Q1 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Dagenham when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2010 was a record quarter for company registrations in Dagenham when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 178 companies were registered in Dagenham during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).

   This figure is an increase of 5.3% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 15.5% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Dagenham	UK
   2010	178	105,137
   2009	169	91,034
   % change	5.3%	15.5%
   Record Year	2010 (178)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2010	178	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	169	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	131	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	176	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	105	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	98	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	109	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	66	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2002	60	Q1 2002	65051	1
   Q1 2001	61	Q1 2001	60662	1
   Q1 2010	178	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   February 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Dagenham when compared to any previous February.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2010	42779	67
   Feb 2010	33214	62
   Jan 2010	29144	49
   Dec 2009	25819	28
   Nov 2009	30706	56
   Oct 2009	29458	44
   Sep 2009	33700	70
   Aug 2009	29371	44
   Jul 2009	31600	55
   Jun 2009	31660	52
   May 2009	28623	59
   Apr 2009	30704	47

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2010	49	62	67
   New companies in 2009	51	52	66
   % change	-3.9%	19.2%	1.5%
   Record Year	2009 (51)	2010 (62)	2007 (83)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   A total of 109 companies were dissolved in Dagenham during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).

   This figure is a decrease of 26.4% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 23.5% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Dagenham	UK
   2010	109	82,677
   2009	148	108,060
   % change	-26.4%	-23.5%
   Record Year	2009 (148)	2009 (108,060)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2010	109	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	148	Q1 2009	108060	1
   Q1 2008	55	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	65	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	48	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	41	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	34	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	29	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2002	42	Q1 2002	42180	1
   Q1 2001	29	Q1 2001	38713	1
   Q1 2009	148	Q1 2009	108060	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   February 2010 saw a new record in company closures in Dagenham when compared to any previous February.

   January 2010 saw a new record in company closures in Dagenham when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2010	33870	45
   Feb 2010	24398	36
   Jan 2010	24409	28
   Dec 2009	31581	42
   Nov 2009	25313	37
   Oct 2009	28242	37
   Sep 2009	72972	82
   Aug 2009	46302	51
   Jul 2009	40127	39
   Jun 2009	54906	58
   May 2009	78275	98
   Apr 2009	47995	81

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2010	28	36	45
   Closed companies in 2009	17	13	118
   % change	64.7%	176.9%	-62%
   Record Year	2010 (28)	2010 (36)	2009 (118)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   Net company growth for Dagenham during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) was 69 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Dagenham	UK
   2010	69	22,460
   2009	21	-17,026
   Record Year	2007 (111)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2010	69	169	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	21	131	Q1 2009	-17026	96698	1
   Q1 2008	76	176	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	111	105	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	57	98	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	57	109	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	75	66	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	37	60	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2002	18	61	Q1 2002	22871	60662	1
   Q1 2001	32	32	Q1 2001	21949	63706	1
   Q1 2007	111	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2010	8909	22
   Feb 2010	8816	26
   Jan 2010	4735	21
   Dec 2009	-5762	-14
   Nov 2009	5393	19
   Oct 2009	1216	7
   Sep 2009	-39272	-12
   Aug 2009	-16931	-7
   Jul 2009	-8527	16
   Jun 2009	-23246	-6
   May 2009	-49652	-39
   Apr 2009	-17291	-34

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2010	21	26	22
   Net growth in 2009	34	39	-52
   Record Year	2009 (34)	2009 (39)	2007 (58)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   In the first quarter of 2010, Dagenham formed 0.2% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Dagenham
   2010	0.2%
   2009	0.2%
   2008	0.1%
   2007	0.1%
   2006	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	2009 (0.2%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2010	0.1693	178	1
   Q1 2009	0.1856	169	1
   Q1 2008	0.1355	131	1
   Q1 2007	0.1055	176	1
   Q1 2006	0.0962	105	1
   Q1 2005	0.1040	98	1
   Q1 2004	0.1191	109	1
   Q1 2003	0.0677	66	1
   Q1 2002	0.0922	60	1
   Q1 2001	0.1006	61	1
   Q1 2009	0.1856	169	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   February 2010 saw a new record in UK company share in Dagenham when compared to any previous February.

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2010	0.1566	67
   Feb 2010	0.1867	62
   Jan 2010	0.1681	49
   Dec 2009	0.1084	28
   Nov 2009	0.1824	56
   Oct 2009	0.1494	44
   Sep 2009	0.2077	70
   Aug 2009	0.1498	44
   Jul 2009	0.1741	55
   Jun 2009	0.1642	52
   May 2009	0.2061	59
   Apr 2009	0.1531	47

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2010	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
   UK formation share in 2009	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
   % change	-10.9%	2.1%	-15.7%
   Record Year	2009 (0.2%)	2010 (0.2%)	1960 (0.2%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2010 was 39.5.

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

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 0.4% compared to the UK figure of 4.9%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q1 2010	39.5040	0.4032	2.0161	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	40.4545	1.7483	3.1469	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	40.6228	0.3559	2.1352	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	41.1959	1.0135	1.0135	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	44.4778	3.4483	0.4926	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	43.7316	2.1645	0.0000	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	45.4978	4.0000	0.0000	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	48.1207	6.3218	0.0000	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520
   Q1 2002	47.0075	1.4925	0.0000	51.7001	0.1341	11.7600
   Q1 2001	47.4812	5.2632	0.0000	52.4938	0.1011	13.1636

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

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

   24.2% of all director appointments in Dagenham in the first quarter of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 24.7% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q1 2010	24.1935	Q1 2010	24.6957	1
   Q1 2009	26.6254	Q1 2009	26.0897	1
   Q1 2008	23.5294	Q1 2008	28.3315	1
   Q1 2007	22.6804	Q1 2007	27.4167	1
   Q1 2006	27.3504	Q1 2006	26.9103	1
   Q1 2005	19.4656	Q1 2005	26.8135	1
   Q1 2004	22.0000	Q1 2004	27.0979	1
   Q1 2003	24.8731	Q1 2003	30.5269	1
   Q1 2002	19.0476	Q1 2002	26.5307	1
   Q1 2001	22.6027	Q1 2001	26.2646	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1938	100.0000	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2009-Mar 2010)

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

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   BUSINESS	1.20%	MANAGEMENT	5.01%
   SECURITY	1.10%	CONSULTING	4.60%
   GLOBAL	1.10%	CONSULTANCY	2.87%
   MANAGEMENT	1.00%	PROPERTY	2.50%
   CONSULTANCY	1.00%	ASSOCIATES	2.04%
   CONSTRUCTION	1.00%	TRADING	1.93%
   LONDON	1.00%	DESIGN	1.91%
   CONSULTING	0.80%	CONSTRUCTION	1.87%
   BUILDING	0.80%	MEDIA	1.84%
   CO	0.80%	BUSINESS	1.74%
   CLEANING	0.80%	INTERNATIONAL	1.73%
   ENTERPRISES	0.70%	CONSULTANTS	1.63%
   CARE	0.70%	ENGINEERING	1.54%
   INVESTMENTS	0.60%	J	1.48%
   CITY	0.60%	LONDON	1.45%
   IN	0.60%	INVESTMENTS	1.45%
   J	0.60%	GROUP	1.37%
   DEVELOPMENT	0.60%	GLOBAL	1.35%
   ESSEX	0.60%	PROPERTIES	1.35%
   B	0.50%	BUILDING	1.34%
   AGENCY	0.50%	CARE	1.33%
   M	0.50%	ELECTRICAL	1.30%
   MOTORS	0.50%	M	1.28%
   ACADEMY	0.50%	SYSTEMS	1.25%
   IT	0.50%	S	1.23%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	505	228,645
   7487 - Other business activities	88	74,904
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	25	9,325
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	25	17,003
   9305 - Other service activities	24	9,038
   9999 - Dormant Company	18	19,948
   7499 - Non-trading company	16	15,398
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	15	8,154
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	14	9,943
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	13	9,659
   7260 - Other computer related activities	12	10,331
   6024 - Freight transport by road	11	3,665
   86900 - Other human health activities	11	3,445
   8514 - Other human health activities	10	2,640
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	9	26,974
   43390 - Other building completion and finishing	9	2,540
   94910 - Activities of religious organizations	8	337
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	8	14,007
   8532 - Social work without accommodation	8	1,133
   4534 - Other building installation	8	2,840

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07209548	JL RUNNERS LIMITED	31 Mar 2010
   07198396	ROSA CROWN HOME CARE LIMITED	22 Mar 2010
   07198196	ESTREA LTD	22 Mar 2010
   07196418	THE VILLAGE SPICES (UK) LTD	19 Mar 2010
   07188070	DCPM CONTRACTS LTD	12 Mar 2010
   07185995	PLATINUM CEILINGS LTD	11 Mar 2010
   07185393	SURGE TECHNOLOGIES LTD	10 Mar 2010
   07184987	JONES NATHAN & CO BUSINESS BROKERS LTD	10 Mar 2010
   07184571	UNION OF SUDANESE MEDIA PROFESSIONALS IN UK AND IRELAND LIMITED	10 Mar 2010
   07184221	SANTOL (U.K.) LIMITED	10 Mar 2010
   07183244	FIRST HELLAS TRADING LIMITED	09 Mar 2010
   07179670	SAS MAINTAINANCE UK LTD	05 Mar 2010
   07176153	PRODUCTIVE RECRUITMENT SERVICES LTD	03 Mar 2010
   07173189	BUGA PARTS & SERVICES LIMITED	01 Mar 2010
   07191942	MAGRICH INTEGRATED SERVICES LTD	16 Mar 2010
   07187747	R & Z FRAGRANCES LIMITED	12 Mar 2010
   07172674	MK BOOKKEEPING & COSTING LIMITED	01 Mar 2010
   07204986	FANDO LIMITED	26 Mar 2010
   07197514	MEMS TAXI RECOVERY LIMITED	22 Mar 2010
   07189306	FIRST PLACE SPORTS ACADEMY	15 Mar 2010
   07183073	PH HEATING LIMITED	09 Mar 2010
   07182780	BMS CARE SOLUTIONS LIMITED	09 Mar 2010
   07181477	ARIES SOLUTIONS LIMITED	08 Mar 2010
   07179337	L JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT LTD	05 Mar 2010
   07174438	HUTTON BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED	02 Mar 2010