New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   Q1 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Gravesend when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2010 was a record quarter for company registrations in Gravesend when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 208 companies were registered in Gravesend during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).

   This figure is an increase of 49.6% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares well 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)	Gravesend	UK
   2010	208	105,137
   2009	139	91,034
   % change	49.6%	15.5%
   Record Year	2010 (208)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2010	208	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	139	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	165	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	180	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	168	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	119	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	109	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	138	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2002	57	Q1 2002	65051	1
   Q1 2001	70	Q1 2001	60662	1
   Q1 2010	208	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

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

   March 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Gravesend when compared to any previous March.

   March 2010 was a record month for company registrations in Gravesend when compared to any month in history.

   February 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Gravesend when compared to any previous February.

   February 2010 was a record month for company registrations in Gravesend when compared to any month in history.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2010	42779	83
   Feb 2010	33214	72
   Jan 2010	29144	53
   Dec 2009	25819	39
   Nov 2009	30706	49
   Oct 2009	29458	37
   Sep 2009	33700	61
   Aug 2009	29371	38
   Jul 2009	31600	53
   Jun 2009	31660	50
   May 2009	28623	66
   Apr 2009	30704	56

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2010	53	72	83
   New companies in 2009	43	46	50
   % change	23.3%	56.5%	66.0%
   Record Year	2007 (56)	2010 (72)	2010 (83)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   A total of 143 companies were dissolved in Gravesend during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).

   This figure is a decrease of 19.7% 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)	Gravesend	UK
   2010	143	82,677
   2009	178	108,060
   % change	-19.7%	-23.5%
   Record Year	2009 (178)	2009 (108,060)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2010	143	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	178	Q1 2009	108060	1
   Q1 2008	75	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	66	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	49	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	54	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	53	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	47	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2002	44	Q1 2002	42180	1
   Q1 2001	47	Q1 2001	38713	1
   Q1 2009	178	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 Gravesend when compared to any previous February.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2010	33870	62
   Feb 2010	24398	45
   Jan 2010	24409	36
   Dec 2009	31581	54
   Nov 2009	25313	36
   Oct 2009	28242	39
   Sep 2009	72972	106
   Aug 2009	46302	55
   Jul 2009	40127	29
   Jun 2009	54906	67
   May 2009	78275	122
   Apr 2009	47995	113

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2010	36	45	62
   Closed companies in 2009	19	27	132
   % change	89.5%	66.7%	-53%
   Record Year	2008 (38)	2010 (45)	2009 (132)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   Net company growth for Gravesend during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) was 65 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Gravesend	UK
   2010	65	22,460
   2009	-39	-17,026
   Record Year	2006 (119)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2010	65	139	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	-39	165	Q1 2009	-17026	96698	1
   Q1 2008	90	180	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	114	168	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	119	119	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	65	109	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	56	138	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	91	57	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2002	13	70	Q1 2002	22871	60662	1
   Q1 2001	23	90	Q1 2001	21949	63706	1
   Q1 2006	119	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

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

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2010	8909	21
   Feb 2010	8816	27
   Jan 2010	4735	17
   Dec 2009	-5762	-15
   Nov 2009	5393	13
   Oct 2009	1216	-2
   Sep 2009	-39272	-45
   Aug 2009	-16931	-17
   Jul 2009	-8527	24
   Jun 2009	-23246	-17
   May 2009	-49652	-56
   Apr 2009	-17291	-57

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2010	17	27	21
   Net growth in 2009	24	19	-82
   Record Year	2006 (37)	2006 (37)	2008 (52)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

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

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

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2010	0.1978	208	1
   Q1 2009	0.1527	139	1
   Q1 2008	0.1706	165	1
   Q1 2007	0.1079	180	1
   Q1 2006	0.1539	168	1
   Q1 2005	0.1263	119	1
   Q1 2004	0.1191	109	1
   Q1 2003	0.1416	138	1
   Q1 2002	0.0876	57	1
   Q1 2001	0.1154	70	1
   Q1 2010	0.1978	208	2

   Company Share by Quarter

   Q1 2010 saw a new record in UK company share in Gravesend when compared to any previous Q1.

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

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2010	0.1940	83
   Feb 2010	0.2168	72
   Jan 2010	0.1819	53
   Dec 2009	0.1511	39
   Nov 2009	0.1596	49
   Oct 2009	0.1256	37
   Sep 2009	0.1810	61
   Aug 2009	0.1294	38
   Jul 2009	0.1677	53
   Jun 2009	0.1579	50
   May 2009	0.2306	66
   Apr 2009	0.1824	56

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2010	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
   UK formation share in 2009	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
   % change	14.4%	34.1%	37.9%
   Record Year	1960 (0.4%)	1978 (0.3%)	1973 (0.3%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2010 was 43.0.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.9% compared to the UK figure of 2.0%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.9% 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	42.9674	4.8860	3.9088	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	43.4722	5.0000	3.3333	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	44.6976	6.4516	1.6129	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	46.3742	9.0323	0.9677	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	45.6680	4.0486	0.8097	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	47.7267	5.8140	0.0000	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	48.6504	7.9646	0.4425	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	50.2375	8.8123	0.0000	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520
   Q1 2002	50.6953	7.8125	0.0000	51.7001	0.1341	11.7600
   Q1 2001	51.9080	10.4294	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 Gravesend was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.

   16.4% of all director appointments in Gravesend 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	16.3683	Q1 2010	24.6957	1
   Q1 2009	18.5567	Q1 2009	26.0897	1
   Q1 2008	27.7228	Q1 2008	28.3315	1
   Q1 2007	23.9130	Q1 2007	27.4167	1
   Q1 2006	26.4808	Q1 2006	26.9103	1
   Q1 2005	25.1232	Q1 2005	26.8135	1
   Q1 2004	24.8996	Q1 2004	27.0979	1
   Q1 2003	27.7778	Q1 2003	30.5269	1
   Q1 2002	25.0000	Q1 2002	26.5307	1
   Q1 2001	26.4368	Q1 2001	26.2646	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1962	66.6667	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
   CONSTRUCTION	1.18%	MANAGEMENT	5.01%
   CONSULTING	1.18%	CONSULTING	4.60%
   TRANSPORT	1.00%	CONSULTANCY	2.87%
   OG	0.82%	PROPERTY	2.50%
   ELECTRICAL	0.82%	ASSOCIATES	2.04%
   MANAGEMENT	0.73%	TRADING	1.93%
   IT	0.64%	DESIGN	1.91%
   KENT	0.64%	CONSTRUCTION	1.87%
   DESIGN	0.55%	MEDIA	1.84%
   SERVICE	0.55%	BUSINESS	1.74%
   ENGINEERING	0.55%	INTERNATIONAL	1.73%
   CONSULTANCY	0.55%	CONSULTANTS	1.63%
   LONDON	0.55%	ENGINEERING	1.54%
   INVESTMENTS	0.55%	J	1.48%
   PROPERTY	0.46%	LONDON	1.45%
   SPORTS	0.46%	INVESTMENTS	1.45%
   MEDIA	0.46%	GROUP	1.37%
   MEDICAL	0.46%	GLOBAL	1.35%
   BUILDING	0.46%	PROPERTIES	1.35%
   MARKETING	0.46%	BUILDING	1.34%
   INTERNATIONAL	0.46%	CARE	1.33%
   DIVISION	0.36%	ELECTRICAL	1.30%
   BYGG	0.36%	M	1.28%
   POWER	0.36%	SYSTEMS	1.25%
   CARE	0.36%	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	581	228,645
   7487 - Other business activities	94	74,904
   9999 - Dormant Company	69	19,948
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	41	26,974
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	22	17,003
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	20	9,325
   99999 - Dormant Company	19	13,808
   41100 - Development of building projects	12	4,513
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	11	9,943
   7499 - Non-trading company	11	15,398
   98000 - Residents property management	9	3,892
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	9	14,007
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	8	6,340
   7260 - Other computer related activities	8	10,331
   43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified	7	3,069
   43210 - Electrical installation	7	3,163
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	7	9,659
   4545 - Other building completion	7	3,346
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	6	8,154
   86900 - Other human health activities	6	3,445

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07136534	FOLDIP LIMITED	26 Jan 2010
   07136352	MAKE WEB LIMITED	26 Jan 2010
   07135797	NEXT GENERATION KENT LIMITED	26 Jan 2010
   07133935	FLOWERS KENYA LTD	22 Jan 2010
   07128237	JENTEX SOLUTIONS LTD	18 Jan 2010
   07127073	GLENMARK CLEANING SERVICES LTD	15 Jan 2010
   07117392	AJA BUILDING SERVICES LTD	06 Jan 2010
   07116072	FEMLINK LEATHER LIMITED	05 Jan 2010
   OC351603	BERETA PROPERTIES LLP	19 Jan 2010
   07141131	MARCO GRITTING CONTRACTORS LTD	30 Jan 2010
   07140165	SUNSCAPE YACHT MANAGEMENT LTD	29 Jan 2010
   07136845	B2B NORWAY LIMITED	26 Jan 2010
   07136818	OEST-FINNMARK ROERSERVICE LIMITED	26 Jan 2010
   07135495	PRIDESTONE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED	26 Jan 2010
   07133605	B.A.S. TECH LIMITED	22 Jan 2010
   07133037	FRANKE PHARMA LIMITED	22 Jan 2010
   07130527	ATC PROFESSIONALS LIMITED	20 Jan 2010
   07129926	GKD CONTRACTS LTD	19 Jan 2010
   07126837	DRILL THRU LTD	15 Jan 2010
   07124094	HS VAKTSERVICE LIMITED	13 Jan 2010
   07115695	KAMBO KIOSK, DEKK OG BILPLEIE LIMITED	04 Jan 2010
   07115579	UNIQUE KELLY LIMITED	04 Jan 2010
   07114964	PETER EUROTRANSPORT LTD	03 Jan 2010
   07138540	TINKER PRODUCTIONS LTD	27 Jan 2010
   07135138	SOLVE WINNICENT LTD	25 Jan 2010