New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   Q1 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Dartford when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2011 was a record quarter for company registrations in Dartford when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 229 companies were registered in Dartford during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).

   This figure is an increase of 23.1% versus the same period last year (Q1 2010). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 10.7% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011)	Dartford	UK
   2011	229	116,391
   2010	186	105,137
   % change	23.1%	10.7%
   Record Year	2011 (229)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2011	229	Q1 2011	116391	1
   Q1 2010	186	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	185	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	155	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	214	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	169	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	146	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	128	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	151	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2002	90	Q1 2002	65051	1
   Q1 2011	229	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)

   March 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Dartford when compared to any previous March.

   March 2011 was a record month for company registrations in Dartford when compared to any month in history.

   February 2011 saw a new record in company registrations in Dartford when compared to any previous February.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2011	44847	92
   Feb 2011	37762	81
   Jan 2011	33782	56
   Dec 2010	27134	48
   Nov 2010	34347	65
   Oct 2010	33636	76
   Sep 2010	35149	54
   Aug 2010	32366	54
   Jul 2010	33977	67
   Jun 2010	35198	52
   May 2010	30031	60
   Apr 2010	33383	50

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2011	56	81	92
   New companies in 2010	44	69	73
   % change	27.3%	17.4%	26.0%
   Record Year	2007 (61)	2011 (81)	2011 (92)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   Q1 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Dartford when compared to any previous Q1.

   A total of 157 companies were dissolved in Dartford during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).

   This figure is an increase of 4.7% versus the same period last year (Q1 2010). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 10.0% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011)	Dartford	UK
   2011	157	90,986
   2010	150	82,677
   % change	4.7%	10.0%
   Record Year	2011 (157)	2009 (108,060)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2011	157	Q1 2011	90986	1
   Q1 2010	150	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	147	Q1 2009	108060	1
   Q1 2008	82	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	109	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	84	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	104	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	39	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	50	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2002	42	Q1 2002	42180	1
   Q1 2011	157	Q1 2009	108060	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)

   January 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Dartford when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2011	27947	42
   Feb 2011	29849	44
   Jan 2011	33190	71
   Dec 2010	16283	21
   Nov 2010	31710	63
   Oct 2010	28903	62
   Sep 2010	29093	45
   Aug 2010	32913	60
   Jul 2010	25699	49
   Jun 2010	35162	50
   May 2010	38045	59
   Apr 2010	21747	39

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2011	71	44	42
   Closed companies in 2010	30	49	71
   % change	136.7%	-10.2%	-41%
   Record Year	2011 (71)	2010 (49)	2009 (100)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   Net company growth for Dartford during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) was 72 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011)	Dartford	UK
   2011	72	25,405
   2010	36	22,460
   Record Year	2007 (105)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2011	72	186	Q1 2011	25405	105137	1
   Q1 2010	36	185	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	38	155	Q1 2009	-17026	96698	1
   Q1 2008	73	214	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	105	169	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	85	146	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	42	128	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	89	151	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	101	90	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2002	48	81	Q1 2002	22871	60662	1
   Q1 2007	105	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)

   March 2011 saw a new record in net growth in Dartford when compared to any previous March.

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2011	16900	50
   Feb 2011	7913	37
   Jan 2011	592	-15
   Dec 2010	10851	27
   Nov 2010	2637	2
   Oct 2010	4733	14
   Sep 2010	6056	9
   Aug 2010	-547	-6
   Jul 2010	8278	18
   Jun 2010	36	2
   May 2010	-8014	1
   Apr 2010	11636	11

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2011	-15	37	50
   Net growth in 2010	14	20	2
   Record Year	2009 (31)	2007 (48)	2011 (50)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   In the first quarter of 2011, Dartford formed 0.2% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011)	Dartford
   2011	0.2%
   2010	0.2%
   2009	0.2%
   2008	0.2%
   2007	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1971 (0.4%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2011	0.1968	229	1
   Q1 2010	0.1769	186	1
   Q1 2009	0.2032	185	1
   Q1 2008	0.1603	155	1
   Q1 2007	0.1283	214	1
   Q1 2006	0.1548	169	1
   Q1 2005	0.1550	146	1
   Q1 2004	0.1399	128	1
   Q1 2003	0.1550	151	1
   Q1 2002	0.1384	90	1
   Q1 1971	0.4065	8	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2011)

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2011	0.2051	92
   Feb 2011	0.2145	81
   Jan 2011	0.1658	56
   Dec 2010	0.1769	48
   Nov 2010	0.1892	65
   Oct 2010	0.2259	76
   Sep 2010	0.1536	54
   Aug 2010	0.1668	54
   Jul 2010	0.1972	67
   Jun 2010	0.1477	52
   May 2010	0.1998	60
   Apr 2010	0.1498	50

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2011	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
   UK formation share in 2010	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
   % change	9.8%	3.3%	20.2%
   Record Year	1971 (0.9%)	1968 (0.6%)	1966 (0.5%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2011 was 41.5.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.3% compared to the UK figure of 3.0%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.0% compared to the UK figure of 4.3%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q1 2011	41.5479	2.9703	4.2904	43.9398	3.0278	4.2627
   Q1 2010	43.2803	5.0209	1.6736	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	43.6283	3.0973	1.7699	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	45.1818	4.1322	2.0661	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	46.4023	4.6647	0.5831	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	47.8946	8.1633	1.7007	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	47.6802	8.5586	0.4505	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	50.4333	12.8571	0.4762	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	50.6587	13.9932	0.6826	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520
   Q1 2002	53.0889	20.4444	0.0000	51.7001	0.1341	11.7600

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

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

   32.1% of all director appointments in Dartford in the first quarter of 2011 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.4% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q1 2011	32.0809	Q1 2011	25.4026	1
   Q1 2010	22.7437	Q1 2010	24.6957	1
   Q1 2009	26.1905	Q1 2009	26.0897	1
   Q1 2008	29.0210	Q1 2008	28.3315	1
   Q1 2007	30.1508	Q1 2007	27.4167	1
   Q1 2006	27.5964	Q1 2006	26.9103	1
   Q1 2005	28.0632	Q1 2005	26.8135	1
   Q1 2004	27.5424	Q1 2004	27.0979	1
   Q1 2003	30.3125	Q1 2003	30.5269	1
   Q1 2002	28.6307	Q1 2002	26.5307	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1941	66.6667	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2010-Mar 2011)

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

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   MANAGEMENT	1.67%	CONSULTING	5.04%
   CONSTRUCTION	1.59%	MANAGEMENT	4.97%
   BUILDING	1.25%	CONSULTANCY	3.16%
   CONSULTING	1.17%	PROPERTY	2.38%
   CONSULTANCY	1.09%	TRADING	2.10%
   PROPERTY	1.09%	DESIGN	1.93%
   DARTFORD	1.00%	ASSOCIATES	1.92%
   LONDON	0.92%	BUSINESS	1.87%
   ASSOCIATES	0.84%	CONSTRUCTION	1.80%
   KENT	0.84%	CONSULTANTS	1.76%
   J	0.84%	MEDIA	1.69%
   CONSULTANTS	0.75%	ENGINEERING	1.61%
   73	0.75%	LONDON	1.60%
   M	0.67%	CARE	1.45%
   ELECTRICAL	0.67%	J	1.45%
   HEALTH	0.67%	GLOBAL	1.44%
   IT	0.58%	INVESTMENTS	1.43%
   TRANSPORT	0.58%	IT	1.41%
   MAINTENANCE	0.58%	PROPERTIES	1.36%
   GLOBAL	0.58%	BUILDING	1.34%
   CONTRACTORS	0.58%	M	1.30%
   ENTERPRISES	0.50%	ELECTRICAL	1.28%
   LAND	0.50%	S	1.24%
   CO	0.50%	INTERNATIONAL	1.23%
   HEATING	0.50%	SYSTEMS	1.23%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	387	202,798
   7487 - Other business activities	94	60,968
   7499 - Non-trading company	34	11,316
   9999 - Dormant Company	26	19,765
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	24	12,916
   9305 - Other service activities	23	8,740
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	23	30,253
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	20	16,150
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	19	10,246
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	18	10,085
   43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified	17	3,097
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	17	6,183
   99999 - Dormant Company	16	18,336
   74990 - Non-trading company	16	8,695
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	14	7,000
   43210 - Electrical installation	14	3,172
   41201 - Construction of commercial buildings	14	1,498
   43390 - Other building completion and finishing	13	2,707
   7260 - Other computer related activities	13	7,789
   4525 - Other special trades construction	12	1,690

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07586708	PC FIX AT HOME LTD	31 Mar 2011
   07584010	THE GREENWICH ASSOCIATION FOR EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY	30 Mar 2011
   07578883	BALFRON FACILITIES LIMITED	25 Mar 2011
   07577985	PLUTO SERVICES (UK) LTD	25 Mar 2011
   07577973	L J OUTDOORS LIMITED	25 Mar 2011
   07577689	A&M 73 ASSOCIATES LTD	24 Mar 2011
   07577560	A & M 73 LTD	24 Mar 2011
   07577518	FANOUS CORPORATION LIMITED	24 Mar 2011
   07576267	FRUIT VEG & FLOWERS LIMITED	24 Mar 2011
   07575909	J M M REPAIRS LTD	23 Mar 2011
   07575213	JRG ENTERTAINMENTS LTD	23 Mar 2011
   07568741	R NADEEM AHMED LTD	17 Mar 2011
   07566628	O'NEILL INSPECTION SERVICE LTD	16 Mar 2011
   07566554	TCM HOMES LTD	16 Mar 2011
   07563263	LLOBERA LIMITED	14 Mar 2011
   07557733	TIGER PRINT CONCRETE SOLUTIONS LIMITED	09 Mar 2011
   07556296	BODY SHOTS SHOP LIMITED	08 Mar 2011
   07555468	YENIYURT LIMITED	08 Mar 2011
   07555409	CAR CARE MOBILE SERVICES LIMITED	08 Mar 2011
   07552978	REGULAR FRIED CHICKEN LTD	07 Mar 2011
   07552897	AMETHYST 73 LTD	07 Mar 2011
   07548018	DANIXA LTD	02 Mar 2011
   07574041	SMILE (UK) LTD	22 Mar 2011
   07565143	KEY MANAGEMENT DARTFORD LTD	15 Mar 2011
   07546855	ELLSUM EDUCATIONAL LTD	01 Mar 2011