New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   A total of 173 companies were registered in Gloucester during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).

   This figure is an increase of 8.8% 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)	Gloucester	UK
   2010	173	105,137
   2009	159	91,034
   % change	8.8%	15.5%
   Record Year	2007 (205)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2010	173	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	159	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	154	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	205	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	171	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	151	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	135	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	176	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2002	84	Q1 2002	65051	1
   Q1 2001	118	Q1 2001	60662	1
   Q1 2007	205	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

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

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2010	42779	75
   Feb 2010	33214	55
   Jan 2010	29144	43
   Dec 2009	25819	49
   Nov 2009	30706	41
   Oct 2009	29458	59
   Sep 2009	33700	51
   Aug 2009	29371	49
   Jul 2009	31600	48
   Jun 2009	31660	65
   May 2009	28623	34
   Apr 2009	30704	53

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2010	43	55	75
   New companies in 2009	54	41	64
   % change	-20.4%	34.1%	17.2%
   Record Year	2006 (58)	2007 (64)	2007 (94)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   Q1 2010 saw a new record in company closures in Gloucester when compared to any previous Q1.

   A total of 176 companies were dissolved in Gloucester during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).

   This figure is an increase of 35.4% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares poorly 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)	Gloucester	UK
   2010	176	82,677
   2009	130	108,060
   % change	35.4%	-23.5%
   Record Year	2010 (176)	2009 (108,060)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2010	176	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	130	Q1 2009	108060	1
   Q1 2008	65	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	65	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	68	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	63	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	57	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	56	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2002	64	Q1 2002	42180	1
   Q1 2001	48	Q1 2001	38713	1
   Q1 2010	176	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 Gloucester when compared to any previous February.

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

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2010	33870	61
   Feb 2010	24398	70
   Jan 2010	24409	45
   Dec 2009	31581	41
   Nov 2009	25313	17
   Oct 2009	28242	58
   Sep 2009	72972	65
   Aug 2009	46302	53
   Jul 2009	40127	43
   Jun 2009	54906	57
   May 2009	78275	96
   Apr 2009	47995	47

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2010	45	70	61
   Closed companies in 2009	28	26	76
   % change	60.7%	169.2%	-20%
   Record Year	2010 (45)	2010 (70)	2009 (76)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   Net company growth for Gloucester during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) was -3 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Gloucester	UK
   2010	-3	22,460
   2009	29	-17,026
   Record Year	2007 (140)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2010	-3	159	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	29	154	Q1 2009	-17026	96698	1
   Q1 2008	89	205	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	140	171	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	103	151	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	88	135	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	78	176	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	120	84	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2002	20	118	Q1 2002	22871	60662	1
   Q1 2001	70	89	Q1 2001	21949	63706	1
   Q1 2007	140	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

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

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2010	8909	14
   Feb 2010	8816	-15
   Jan 2010	4735	-2
   Dec 2009	-5762	8
   Nov 2009	5393	24
   Oct 2009	1216	1
   Sep 2009	-39272	-14
   Aug 2009	-16931	-4
   Jul 2009	-8527	5
   Jun 2009	-23246	8
   May 2009	-49652	-62
   Apr 2009	-17291	6

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2010	-2	-15	14
   Net growth in 2009	26	15	-12
   Record Year	2006 (32)	2007 (45)	2007 (71)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

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

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Gloucester
   2010	0.2%
   2009	0.2%
   2008	0.2%
   2007	0.1%
   2006	0.2%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1966 (0.6%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2010	0.1645	173	1
   Q1 2009	0.1747	159	1
   Q1 2008	0.1593	154	1
   Q1 2007	0.1229	205	1
   Q1 2006	0.1566	171	1
   Q1 2005	0.1603	151	1
   Q1 2004	0.1476	135	1
   Q1 2003	0.1806	176	1
   Q1 2002	0.1291	84	1
   Q1 2001	0.1945	118	1
   Q1 1966	0.6366	11	2

   Company Share by Quarter

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

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2010	0.1753	75
   Feb 2010	0.1656	55
   Jan 2010	0.1475	43
   Dec 2009	0.1898	49
   Nov 2009	0.1335	41
   Oct 2009	0.2003	59
   Sep 2009	0.1513	51
   Aug 2009	0.1668	49
   Jul 2009	0.1519	48
   Jun 2009	0.2053	65
   May 2009	0.1188	34
   Apr 2009	0.1726	53

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2010	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%
   UK formation share in 2009	0.2%	0.1%	0.2%
   % change	-26.1%	14.9%	-2.6%
   Record Year	1966 (0.7%)	1966 (0.8%)	1966 (0.5%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2010 was 45.1.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 0.7% compared to the UK figure of 2.0%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.7% 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	45.1054	3.7415	0.6803	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	45.0923	3.6900	0.3690	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	46.1111	4.1667	1.0417	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	47.1104	6.8433	0.0000	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	49.1048	6.9048	0.0000	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	48.9358	12.0321	0.0000	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	50.2590	6.1151	0.0000	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	51.3103	12.0513	0.0000	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520
   Q1 2002	52.4532	12.8079	0.0000	51.7001	0.1341	11.7600
   Q1 2001	53.0591	11.8143	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 Gloucester was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.

   25.7% of all director appointments in Gloucester 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	25.7485	Q1 2010	24.6957	1
   Q1 2009	30.5085	Q1 2009	26.0897	1
   Q1 2008	32.2674	Q1 2008	28.3315	1
   Q1 2007	32.4324	Q1 2007	27.4167	1
   Q1 2006	31.3684	Q1 2006	26.9103	1
   Q1 2005	27.2727	Q1 2005	26.8135	1
   Q1 2004	35.6902	Q1 2004	27.0979	1
   Q1 2003	31.2354	Q1 2003	30.5269	1
   Q1 2002	29.1480	Q1 2002	26.5307	1
   Q1 2001	34.8485	Q1 2001	26.2646	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1937	75.0000	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
   CONSULTANCY	1.43%	MANAGEMENT	5.01%
   MANAGEMENT	1.43%	CONSULTING	4.60%
   GLOUCESTER	1.24%	CONSULTANCY	2.87%
   ELECTRICAL	1.14%	PROPERTY	2.50%
   CONSULTING	1.14%	ASSOCIATES	2.04%
   IT	1.05%	TRADING	1.93%
   COTSWOLD	0.86%	DESIGN	1.91%
   PROPERTY	0.86%	CONSTRUCTION	1.87%
   ENGINEERING	0.76%	MEDIA	1.84%
   (GLOUCESTER)	0.76%	BUSINESS	1.74%
   R	0.76%	INTERNATIONAL	1.73%
   HOMES	0.67%	CONSULTANTS	1.63%
   (GLOS)	0.67%	ENGINEERING	1.54%
   CARE	0.67%	J	1.48%
   DESIGN	0.67%	LONDON	1.45%
   M	0.57%	INVESTMENTS	1.45%
   GLOUCESTERSHIRE	0.57%	GROUP	1.37%
   CLUB	0.57%	GLOBAL	1.35%
   G	0.48%	PROPERTIES	1.35%
   ARRIVA	0.48%	BUILDING	1.34%
   ENTERPRISES	0.48%	CARE	1.33%
   BUSINESS	0.48%	ELECTRICAL	1.30%
   C	0.48%	M	1.28%
   BLUE	0.48%	SYSTEMS	1.25%
   SUPPORT	0.48%	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	281	228,645
   7487 - Other business activities	91	74,904
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	33	17,003
   9999 - Dormant Company	32	19,948
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	32	26,974
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	32	14,007
   99999 - Dormant Company	31	13,808
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	26	9,325
   74990 - Non-trading company	22	8,149
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	18	9,943
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	16	9,659
   7260 - Other computer related activities	16	10,331
   98000 - Residents property management	14	3,892
   9305 - Other service activities	13	9,038
   43210 - Electrical installation	12	3,163
   41100 - Development of building projects	11	4,513
   7499 - Non-trading company	11	15,398
   68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate	11	4,131
   8514 - Other human health activities	10	2,640
   4534 - Other building installation	10	2,840

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07165790	ARS CLEANING UK LTD	23 Feb 2010
   07163761	ALLTRADES4U LIMITED	19 Feb 2010
   07161434	247 UK DISTRIBUTION LTD	18 Feb 2010
   07161407	IT TEKNIK SUPPORT LIMITED	17 Feb 2010
   07153796	AJG DIRECT LTD	10 Feb 2010
   07152732	LANGLEY LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED	10 Feb 2010
   07152534	GARDEN MACHINERY (UK) LTD	10 Feb 2010
   07143784	ARBOREUS LIMITED	02 Feb 2010
   07141519	GOODRIDGE COURT LIMITED	01 Feb 2010
   07167063	MICK STAFFORD CONSULTANCY LTD.	24 Feb 2010
   07165391	INTERMODE SYSTEMS LIMITED	23 Feb 2010
   07164172	ROB BINGHAM TOTAL GAS SERVICES LIMITED	22 Feb 2010
   07162090	ARTFUL PARTIES LTD	18 Feb 2010
   07161821	UK FURNISHINGS LIMITED	18 Feb 2010
   07159103	REPBOARDS LTD	16 Feb 2010
   07157137	ENHANCED PROPERTY SOLUTIONS LIMITED	15 Feb 2010
   07153804	PORTSIDE TRADING LTD	10 Feb 2010
   07149481	KINGSWAY ENGINEERING LTD	08 Feb 2010
   07153790	F RESOURCES LTD	10 Feb 2010
   07149855	EQUILAW LIMITED	08 Feb 2010
   07144757	CFF EDUCATION	03 Feb 2010
   07143978	H. BURFORD & SONS LTD	02 Feb 2010
   07142593	STEPHEN HANNIS LTD	02 Feb 2010
   07148935	GS LEGAL SERVICES LTD	06 Feb 2010
   07144779	BALLINGER MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD	03 Feb 2010