New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

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

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

   A total of 137 companies were registered in Dover during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).

   This figure is an increase of 73.4% 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)	Dover	UK
   2011	137	116,391
   2010	79	105,137
   % change	73.4%	10.7%
   Record Year	2011 (137)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2011	137	Q1 2011	116391	1
   Q1 2010	79	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	82	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	54	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	47	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	52	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	24	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	38	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	39	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2002	27	Q1 2002	65051	1
   Q1 2011	137	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 Dover when compared to any previous March.

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

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2011	44847	48
   Feb 2011	37762	61
   Jan 2011	33782	28
   Dec 2010	27134	13
   Nov 2010	34347	40
   Oct 2010	33636	29
   Sep 2010	35149	25
   Aug 2010	32366	32
   Jul 2010	33977	18
   Jun 2010	35198	29
   May 2010	30031	18
   Apr 2010	33383	40

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2011	28	61	48
   New companies in 2010	28	26	25
   % change	0.0%	134.6%	92.0%
   Record Year	2009 (31)	2011 (61)	2011 (48)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

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

   A total of 50 companies were dissolved in Dover during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011).

   This figure is an increase of 38.9% versus the same period last year (Q1 2010). This figure compares poorly 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)	Dover	UK
   2011	50	90,986
   2010	36	82,677
   % change	38.9%	10.0%
   Record Year	2011 (50)	2009 (108,060)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2011	50	Q1 2011	90986	1
   Q1 2010	36	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	39	Q1 2009	108060	1
   Q1 2008	27	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	35	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	27	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	33	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	14	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	35	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2002	41	Q1 2002	42180	1
   Q1 2011	50	Q1 2009	108060	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

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

   February 2011 saw a new record in company closures in Dover when compared to any previous February.

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

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2011	27947	8
   Feb 2011	29849	23
   Jan 2011	33190	19
   Dec 2010	16283	5
   Nov 2010	31710	13
   Oct 2010	28903	6
   Sep 2010	29093	10
   Aug 2010	32913	15
   Jul 2010	25699	12
   Jun 2010	35162	13
   May 2010	38045	21
   Apr 2010	21747	13

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2011	19	23	8
   Closed companies in 2010	5	14	17
   % change	280.0%	64.3%	-53%
   Record Year	2011 (19)	2011 (23)	2009 (29)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   Q1 2011 saw a new record in net growth in Dover when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2011 was a record quarter for net growth in Dover when compared to any quarter in history.

   Net company growth for Dover during the first quarter of 2011 (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011) was 87 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011)	Dover	UK
   2011	87	25,405
   2010	43	22,460
   Record Year	2011 (87)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2011	87	79	Q1 2011	25405	105137	1
   Q1 2010	43	82	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	43	54	Q1 2009	-17026	96698	1
   Q1 2008	27	47	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	12	52	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	25	24	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	-9	38	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	24	39	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	4	27	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2002	-14	40	Q1 2002	22871	60662	1
   Q1 2011	87	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 Dover when compared to any previous March.

   February 2011 saw a new record in net growth in Dover when compared to any previous February.

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2011	16900	40
   Feb 2011	7913	38
   Jan 2011	592	9
   Dec 2010	10851	8
   Nov 2010	2637	27
   Oct 2010	4733	23
   Sep 2010	6056	15
   Aug 2010	-547	17
   Jul 2010	8278	6
   Jun 2010	36	16
   May 2010	-8014	-3
   Apr 2010	11636	27

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2011	9	38	40
   Net growth in 2010	23	12	8
   Record Year	2009 (26)	2011 (38)	2011 (40)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   In the first quarter of 2011, Dover formed 0.1% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2011 - Mar 2011)	Dover
   2011	0.1%
   2010	0.1%
   2009	0.1%
   2008	0.1%
   2007	0.0%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1966 (0.2%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2011	0.1177	137	1
   Q1 2010	0.0751	79	1
   Q1 2009	0.0901	82	1
   Q1 2008	0.0558	54	1
   Q1 2007	0.0282	47	1
   Q1 2006	0.0476	52	1
   Q1 2005	0.0255	24	1
   Q1 2004	0.0415	38	1
   Q1 2003	0.0400	39	1
   Q1 2002	0.0415	27	1
   Q1 1966	0.1736	3	2

   Company Share by Quarter

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

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2011	0.1070	48
   Feb 2011	0.1615	61
   Jan 2011	0.0829	28
   Dec 2010	0.0479	13
   Nov 2010	0.1165	40
   Oct 2010	0.0862	29
   Sep 2010	0.0711	25
   Aug 2010	0.0989	32
   Jul 2010	0.0530	18
   Jun 2010	0.0824	29
   May 2010	0.0599	18
   Apr 2010	0.1198	40

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2011	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
   UK formation share in 2010	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   % change	-13.7%	106.3%	83.2%
   Record Year	1968 (0.3%)	1964 (0.3%)	1966 (0.3%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2011)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2011 was 49.0.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 1.8% compared to the UK figure of 3.0%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 10.5% 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	49.0000	10.5263	1.7544	43.9398	3.0278	4.2627
   Q1 2010	50.7907	9.3023	0.0000	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	47.0000	7.2727	3.6364	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	49.0870	4.3478	0.0000	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	47.7865	8.9888	1.1236	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	48.8750	7.2917	1.0417	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	49.8958	8.3333	0.0000	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	47.9054	9.4595	0.0000	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	51.5604	20.8791	0.0000	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520
   Q1 2002	54.5000	13.7931	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 Dover was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.

   23.1% of all director appointments in Dover 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	23.0769	Q1 2011	25.4026	1
   Q1 2010	19.5876	Q1 2010	24.6957	1
   Q1 2009	28.1250	Q1 2009	26.0897	1
   Q1 2008	29.6296	Q1 2008	28.3315	1
   Q1 2007	32.4324	Q1 2007	27.4167	1
   Q1 2006	26.4151	Q1 2006	26.9103	1
   Q1 2005	34.5455	Q1 2005	26.8135	1
   Q1 2004	38.3721	Q1 2004	27.0979	1
   Q1 2003	30.8511	Q1 2003	30.5269	1
   Q1 2002	29.5082	Q1 2002	26.5307	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1957	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
   SEU	26.35%	CONSULTING	5.04%
   INVEST	12.24%	MANAGEMENT	4.97%
   BUSINESS	3.15%	CONSULTANCY	3.16%
   EUCV	3.15%	PROPERTY	2.38%
   PLC	3.15%	TRADING	2.10%
   BELGIUM	1.86%	DESIGN	1.93%
   MANAGEMENT	1.67%	ASSOCIATES	1.92%
   TRADING	1.67%	BUSINESS	1.87%
   EXPRESS	1.30%	CONSTRUCTION	1.80%
   DOVER	1.30%	CONSULTANTS	1.76%
   KENT	0.93%	MEDIA	1.69%
   J	0.93%	ENGINEERING	1.61%
   DE	0.93%	LONDON	1.60%
   RODRIGUES	0.93%	CARE	1.45%
   M	0.93%	J	1.45%
   SPEED	0.74%	GLOBAL	1.44%
   STAR	0.74%	INVESTMENTS	1.43%
   RIVER	0.74%	IT	1.41%
   NEW	0.74%	PROPERTIES	1.36%
   OMEGA	0.74%	BUILDING	1.34%
   GROUPE	0.74%	M	1.30%
   ALL	0.74%	ELECTRICAL	1.28%
   PARTNERS	0.74%	S	1.24%
   CONSULTANCY	0.74%	INTERNATIONAL	1.23%
   MORGANE	0.56%	SYSTEMS	1.23%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   7487 - Other business activities	167	60,968
   99999 - Dormant Company	155	18,336
   None Supplied	122	202,798
   9999 - Dormant Company	17	19,765
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	10	30,253
   7499 - Non-trading company	7	11,316
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	7	7,788
   9305 - Other service activities	6	8,740
   7260 - Other computer related activities	6	7,789
   5530 - Restaurants	5	4,898
   43390 - Other building completion and finishing	5	2,707
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	5	12,916
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	5	7,000
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	4	6,183
   41100 - Development of building projects	4	3,921
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	4	16,150
   4541 - Plastering	4	363
   8514 - Other human health activities	3	2,423
   2924 - Manufacture of other general machinery	3	102
   52290 - Other transportation support activities	3	374

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07507145	J.T.TRAVEL LTD	27 Jan 2011
   07499166	FANTOZZI GROUP LIMITED	19 Jan 2011
   07508166	WTL (UK) LIMITED	27 Jan 2011
   07503180	WM SOFTWARE LIMITED	24 Jan 2011
   07501946	LSBC VENTURES LIMITED	21 Jan 2011
   07499969	ZANAWAY LTD	20 Jan 2011
   07499322	KENT SCHOOL OF BEAUTY LTD	20 Jan 2011
   07483489	TANGOO ARTISAN PRODUCTS LIMITED	05 Jan 2011
   07507911	SEU MOMA PLC	27 Jan 2011
   07505544	BIZNESS INVESTMENTS PLC	26 Jan 2011
   07505419	APPOLLO ULTIMATE CARE HOMES LIMITED	26 Jan 2011
   07504602	SEU ALL BUSINESS CONSULT LTD	25 Jan 2011
   07504475	SEU J M COMPANY LTD	25 Jan 2011
   07504440	SEU J M COMPANY INVEST LTD	25 Jan 2011
   07504434	SEU AIDES & CONSULTANCE LTD	25 Jan 2011
   07504413	NEARSHORE COMPAGNY PLC	25 Jan 2011
   07504390	SEU KROM SERVICES LTD	25 Jan 2011
   07490751	RALIAS LIMITED	12 Jan 2011
   07484974	NEWBELL VENTURES LIMITED	06 Jan 2011
   07483174	SEU KROM SERVICES INVEST LTD	05 Jan 2011
   07481940	SEU POLYCONCEPT INVEST LTD	04 Jan 2011
   07481897	SEU HSOFADO INVEST LTD	04 Jan 2011
   07481873	SEU PRINT-OUT INVEST LTD	04 Jan 2011
   07481856	SEU HSOFADO LTD	04 Jan 2011
   07481855	SEU BUSINESS IMPRESSION LTD	04 Jan 2011