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Gloucestershire

Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Gloucestershire when compared to any previous January.
  • January 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Gloucestershire when compared to any previous January.

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 (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    A total of 980 companies were registered in Gloucestershire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

    This figure is an increase of 17.8% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 13.0% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)GloucestershireUK
    2012980131,491
    2011832116,391
    % change17.8%13.0%
    Record Year 2007 (1,270) 2007 (166,814)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Gloucestershire when compared to any previous January.

    New Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    New companies in 2012308334338
    New companies in 2011230274328
    % change33.9%21.9%3.0%
    Record Year2012 (308)2007 (381)2007 (634)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    A total of 416 companies were dissolved in Gloucestershire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

    This figure is a decrease of 37.7% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 25.7% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)GloucestershireUK
    201241667,576
    201166890,986
    % change-37.7%-25.7%
    Record Year 2010 (876) 2009 (108,060)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Closed companies in 2012135141140
    Closed companies in 2011239222207
    % change-43.5%-36.5%-32%
    Record Year2010 (274)2010 (245)2010 (357)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    Net company growth for Gloucestershire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 564 companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)GloucestershireUK
    201256463,915
    201116425,405
    Record Year 2007 (950) 2007 (111,282)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    January 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Gloucestershire when compared to any previous January.

    Net Growth by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Net growth in 2012173193198
    Net growth in 2011-952121
    Record Year2012 (173)2007 (282)2007 (530)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    In the first quarter of 2012, Gloucestershire formed 0.7% of all UK companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)Gloucestershire
    20120.7%
    20110.7%
    20100.8%
    20090.8%
    20080.9%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1967 (1.5%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Company Share by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    UK formation share in 20120.8%0.8%0.7%
    UK formation share in 20110.7%0.7%0.7%
    % change14.8%4.3%-3.6%
    Record Year1970 (1.7%)1969 (1.9%)1967 (2.0%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 44.9.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.9% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 5.0% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

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

    27.0% of all director appointments in Gloucestershire in the first quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.

    Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

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

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

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    CONSULTING2.36%CONSULTING5.07%
    MANAGEMENT1.98%MANAGEMENT4.74%
    CONSULTANCY1.78%CONSULTANCY3.30%
    COTSWOLD1.09%PROPERTY2.37%
    CHELTENHAM0.82%TRADING2.07%
    TRAINING0.80%DESIGN1.93%
    BUSINESS0.78%ENGINEERING1.86%
    SCHOOL0.78%ASSOCIATES1.84%
    ASSOCIATES0.76%CONSULTANTS1.79%
    CONSTRUCTION0.69%BUSINESS1.73%
    DESIGN0.65%MEDIA1.72%
    J0.65%CONSTRUCTION1.72%
    BUILDING0.62%LONDON1.66%
    MEDIA0.58%J1.54%
    CARE0.58%INVESTMENTS1.51%
    M0.56%GLOBAL1.50%
    ENGINEERING0.53%IT1.40%
    CONSULTANTS0.51%CARE1.34%
    ENERGY0.51%PROPERTIES1.31%
    SECURITY0.51%ELECTRICAL1.27%
    GLOUCESTER0.49%M1.27%
    C0.47%BUILDING1.24%
    PROPERTY0.47%ENERGY1.20%
    MARKETING0.47%S1.20%
    R0.47%ENTERPRISES1.19%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied1,211216,665
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified35835,233
    7487 - Other business activities32152,735
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management23719,704
    99999 - Dormant Company16425,084
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities16014,303
    7414 - Business & management consultancy14012,113
    9999 - Dormant Company11518,617
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified989,892
    62090 - Other information technology service activities708,145
    9305 - Other service activities668,818
    7222 - Other software consultancy and supply626,934
    4521 - General construction & civil engineering575,169
    74990 - Non-trading company579,729
    62012 - Business and domestic software development564,356
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified5513,637
    7499 - Non-trading company549,102
    41100 - Development of building projects524,984
    43210 - Electrical installation503,573
    7260 - Other computer related activities457,154

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    07898043 X TRAIL BUYER LIMITED 05 Jan 2012
    07928643 TECHNO CITY CHELT LTD 30 Jan 2012
    07901952 GRACIAS INVESTMENTS LIMITED 09 Jan 2012
    07907159 CAZECOM LTD 12 Jan 2012
    07910934 RES ARCHITECTURE LTD 16 Jan 2012
    07910989 IAIN COPPERTHWAITE LTD 16 Jan 2012
    07902939 HILLSBORO CONSULTING LIMITED 09 Jan 2012
    07904491 ROSEGREEN LIMITED 10 Jan 2012
    07905116 PINK APPLE CATERING LIMITED 11 Jan 2012
    07912094 JULK LTD 17 Jan 2012
    07916937 TREFFOS LTD 19 Jan 2012
    07920623 CIRVALLY TRADING CORP LIMITED 23 Jan 2012
    07920939 ASHCOURT DEVELOPMENTS LTD 24 Jan 2012
    07925451 SWARBRICK BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED 26 Jan 2012
    07903758 JONATHAN BRUCE STUDIOS LTD 10 Jan 2012
    07904008 GET 2 TRAVEL LIMITED 10 Jan 2012
    07898577 PERSONAL BEST TRADING LIMITED 05 Jan 2012
    07908864 COTSWOLD LION BREWERY LTD 13 Jan 2012
    07910690 COUTTS ASSOCIATES LIMITED 16 Jan 2012
    07912390 AFTERNOON TEA DEAR? LTD 17 Jan 2012
    07912950 VALE & VALLEYS BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED 17 Jan 2012
    07917850 ACF STRATEGY LIMITED 20 Jan 2012
    07921449 THE COURTYARD COMMERCIAL COMPANY LIMITED 24 Jan 2012
    07897831 NIX JOINERY LIMITED 05 Jan 2012
    07904529 PUNDAMILIA LIMITED 10 Jan 2012