East Sussex

Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • July 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in East Sussex when compared to any previous July.

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 (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    A total of 1,578 companies were registered in East Sussex during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).

    This figure is a decrease of 3.5% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares equally to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.8% against the same period last year.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)East SussexUK
    20121,578118,868
    20111,635114,512
    % change-3.5%3.8%
    Record Year 2011 (1,635) 2012 (118,868)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    July 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in East Sussex when compared to any previous July.

    New Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    New companies in 2012553520505
    New companies in 2011513547575
    % change7.8%-4.9%-12.2%
    Record Year2012 (553)2011 (547)2004 (620)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    A total of 1,005 companies were dissolved in East Sussex during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).

    This figure is a decrease of 6.8% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.5% against the same period last year.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)East SussexUK
    20121,00574,772
    20111,07872,230
    % change-6.8%3.5%
    Record Year 2009 (1,358) 2009 (159,401)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Closed companies in 2012358350297
    Closed companies in 2011366370342
    % change-2.2%-5.4%-13%
    Record Year2010 (367)2008 (689)2009 (651)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    Net company growth for East Sussex during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 573 companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)East SussexUK
    201257344,096
    201155742,282
    Record Year 2002 (844) 2003 (60,597)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Net Growth by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Net growth in 2012195170208
    Net growth in 2011147177233
    Record Year2008 (356)2002 (245)2004 (474)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    In the third quarter of 2012, East Sussex formed 1.3% of all UK companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)East Sussex
    20121.3%
    20111.4%
    20101.5%
    20091.6%
    20081.4%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1971 (1.8%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Company Share by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    UK formation share in 20121.3%1.4%1.3%
    UK formation share in 20111.4%1.4%1.5%
    % change-3.2%-4.2%-13.1%
    Record Year1966 (2.4%)1972 (2.3%)2004 (2.0%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

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

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 5.1% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.1% compared to the UK figure of 3.2%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    The record third quarter for female directors in East Sussex was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.

    28.6% of all director appointments in East Sussex in the third quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.7% for the same period.

    Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

  1. Previous 12 months (Sep 2011-Sep 2012)

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

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    CONSULTING2.41%CONSULTING5.06%
    CONSULTANCY2.27%MANAGEMENT4.77%
    MANAGEMENT1.58%CONSULTANCY3.29%
    SUSSEX1.08%PROPERTY2.36%
    PROPERTY1.06%TRADING2.08%
    BRIGHTON1.04%DESIGN1.87%
    MEDIA0.92%ASSOCIATES1.83%
    DESIGN0.92%ENGINEERING1.83%
    RTM0.88%CONSULTANTS1.76%
    ROAD0.86%BUSINESS1.72%
    ASSOCIATES0.80%CONSTRUCTION1.70%
    BUSINESS0.73%MEDIA1.68%
    CONSULTANTS0.73%LONDON1.67%
    HOUSE0.65%J1.55%
    CONSTRUCTION0.60%GLOBAL1.54%
    J0.58%INVESTMENTS1.47%
    IT0.58%IT1.43%
    BUILDING0.57%PROPERTIES1.34%
    CREATIVE0.55%CARE1.32%
    ENGINEERING0.52%M1.27%
    INVESTMENTS0.49%BUILDING1.22%
    TRADING0.49%ENTERPRISES1.21%
    PRODUCTIONS0.47%ELECTRICAL1.20%
    ENTERPRISES0.44%S1.17%
    LONDON0.43%SECURITY1.16%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied2,561228,243
    99999 - Dormant Company83537,912
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified75450,446
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management48428,990
    62090 - Other information technology service activities45411,950
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities44621,969
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified28714,809
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified27520,742
    7487 - Other business activities23516,361
    62012 - Business and domestic software development1756,943
    86210 - General medical practice activities1623,845
    86900 - Other human health activities1587,550
    98000 - Residents property management1554,205
    74990 - Non-trading company13513,641
    41100 - Development of building projects1237,545
    56101 - Licensed restaurants1166,004
    8512 - Medical practice activities101483
    56302 - Public houses and bars974,262
    90030 - Artistic creation953,140
    47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet955,760

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    08170195 OST ENVIRONMENT LTD 07 Aug 2012
    08170202 CHRIS CHEESEMAN LIMITED 07 Aug 2012
    08170726 S G SHOPPING STORE LTD 07 Aug 2012
    08170891 PROTECTIONUK LIMITED 07 Aug 2012
    08171150 DOMZ IT LIMITED 07 Aug 2012
    08172131 SPECIALIST CARS OF SUSSEX LIMITED 08 Aug 2012
    08172805 JAT ADVISORS LTD 08 Aug 2012
    OC377561 ALBION HILL LLP 09 Aug 2012
    OC377569 BAXTER STREET LLP 10 Aug 2012
    08175085 RABIASOFIA LTD 10 Aug 2012
    08179354 TIDEBROOK CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 14 Aug 2012
    08183240 INFO JAR LIMITED 17 Aug 2012
    08185841 LINK&SHARE LIMITED 21 Aug 2012
    08187099 COUCH SOFTWARE LTD 21 Aug 2012
    08189037 AACHEN CASTELL LIMITED 23 Aug 2012
    08191759 PADSTAR HOSPITALITY LTD 24 Aug 2012
    08191808 2000 BC PUBLISHING LTD 28 Aug 2012
    08192503 DATAPRO (DATA PREPARATION) LIMITED 28 Aug 2012
    08193826 20 SELBORNE ROAD RTM LIMITED 29 Aug 2012
    08197152 EVENTYR LIMITED 31 Aug 2012
    08197159 BOYTIGHTS LTD 31 Aug 2012
    08197256 RAILTON SOLICITORS LIMITED 31 Aug 2012
    08167241 YOUR PLUMBING AND HEATING LTD 03 Aug 2012
    08167294 YOUR ELECTRICS LTD 03 Aug 2012
    08171586 FIND MAGNETIC NORTH LTD 08 Aug 2012