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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
    07932421 SHIRTS R UZ LIMITED 01 Feb 2012
    07963184 NEETA LANDSCAPES LTD 24 Feb 2012
    07963229 DJH SOLAR INSTALLATIONS LIMITED 24 Feb 2012
    07966907 OCCULTUS LTD 28 Feb 2012
    07941393 PANDO LIMITED 08 Feb 2012
    07951416 AP VEHICLE SOLUTIONS LTD 15 Feb 2012
    07952823 NISHKA (P) LIMITED 16 Feb 2012
    07942751 WAYNE NEVILLE LIMITED 09 Feb 2012
    07948991 H&P BUILDING SOLUTIONS LTD 14 Feb 2012
    07961919 NAH CONSULTANCY LIMITED 23 Feb 2012
    07968116 THE MOT & SERVICE CENTRE (BRISTOL) LIMITED 28 Feb 2012
    07935190 FITLOPEDIA LTD 03 Feb 2012
    07937822 KRAZY FISCH RECORDING LTD 06 Feb 2012
    07939968 ALTITUDE RIGGING SERVICES LTD 07 Feb 2012
    07952163 THALES ELECTRICAL LIMITED 16 Feb 2012
    07959480 RUGBYUNITED LIMITED 21 Feb 2012
    07961191 ELECBASE LIMITED 23 Feb 2012
    07967932 TECHI CONSULTING LIMITED 28 Feb 2012
    07939209 MUSHROOM INTERNET LTD 07 Feb 2012
    07944246 TIKKITEK LIMITED 09 Feb 2012
    07955830 PJ & S LIMITED 20 Feb 2012
    07963311 THE MARKET TAVERN STROUD LIMITED 24 Feb 2012
    07939298 THURSA EDITS LIMITED 07 Feb 2012
    07947627 RSELECTRO-TECH LTD 13 Feb 2012
    07950595 ASSOCIATED COLLECTION SERVICES LIMITED 15 Feb 2012