New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

   Q1 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Grays when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2014 was a record quarter for company registrations in Grays when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 211 companies were registered in Grays during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014).

   This figure is an increase of 41.6% versus the same period last year (Q1 2013). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 11.8% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014)	Grays	UK
   2014	211	150,722
   2013	149	134,802
   % change	41.6%	11.8%
   Record Year	2014 (211)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2014	211	Q1 2014	150722	1
   Q1 2013	149	Q1 2013	134802	1
   Q1 2012	155	Q1 2012	131491	1
   Q1 2011	141	Q1 2011	116391	1
   Q1 2010	129	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	113	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	115	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	149	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	90	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	86	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2014	211	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)

   March 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Grays when compared to any previous March.

   March 2014 was a record month for company registrations in Grays when compared to any month in history.

   February 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Grays when compared to any previous February.

   January 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Grays when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2014	55573	85
   Feb 2014	48177	65
   Jan 2014	46972	61
   Dec 2013	34573	40
   Nov 2013	43108	51
   Oct 2013	49566	79
   Sep 2013	44871	40
   Aug 2013	41601	55
   Jul 2013	46212	57
   Jun 2013	41116	48
   May 2013	44767	46
   Apr 2013	48747	48

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2014	61	65	85
   New companies in 2013	51	42	56
   % change	19.6%	54.8%	51.8%
   Record Year	2014 (61)	2014 (65)	2014 (85)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

   A total of 97 companies were dissolved in Grays during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014).

   This figure is a decrease of 6.7% versus the same period last year (Q1 2013). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 5.7% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014)	Grays	UK
   2014	97	82,370
   2013	104	77,914
   % change	-6.7%	5.7%
   Record Year	2009 (106)	2009 (108,066)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2014	97	Q1 2014	82370	1
   Q1 2013	104	Q1 2013	77914	1
   Q1 2012	53	Q1 2012	67576	1
   Q1 2011	80	Q1 2011	90987	1
   Q1 2010	74	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	106	Q1 2009	108066	1
   Q1 2008	58	Q1 2008	51376	1
   Q1 2007	74	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	57	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	44	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2009	106	Q1 2009	108066	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2014	27899	34
   Feb 2014	28186	31
   Jan 2014	26285	32
   Dec 2013	28961	30
   Nov 2013	26600	32
   Oct 2013	35290	33
   Sep 2013	32570	29
   Aug 2013	24827	18
   Jul 2013	28773	35
   Jun 2013	27035	38
   May 2013	23613	28
   Apr 2013	26630	27

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2014	32	31	34
   Closed companies in 2013	48	38	18
   % change	-33.3%	-18.4%	89%
   Record Year	2013 (48)	2013 (38)	2009 (83)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

   Net company growth for Grays during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014) was 114 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014)	Grays	UK
   2014	114	68,352
   2013	45	56,888
   Record Year	2014 (114)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2014	114	Q1 2014	68352	150722	1
   Q1 2013	45	Q1 2013	56888	134802	1
   Q1 2012	102	Q1 2012	63915	131491	1
   Q1 2011	61	Q1 2011	25404	116391	1
   Q1 2010	55	Q1 2010	22460	105137	1
   Q1 2009	7	Q1 2009	-17032	91034	1
   Q1 2008	57	Q1 2008	45322	96698	1
   Q1 2007	75	Q1 2007	111282	166814	1
   Q1 2006	33	Q1 2006	60830	109194	1
   Q1 2005	42	Q1 2005	50904	94205	1
   Q1 2014	114	Q1 2007	111282	166814	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)

   March 2014 saw a new record in net growth in Grays when compared to any previous March.

   March 2014 was a record month for net growth in Grays when compared to any month in history.

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2014	27674	51
   Feb 2014	19991	34
   Jan 2014	20687	29
   Dec 2013	5612	10
   Nov 2013	16508	19
   Oct 2013	14276	46
   Sep 2013	12301	11
   Aug 2013	16774	37
   Jul 2013	17439	22
   Jun 2013	14081	10
   May 2013	21154	18
   Apr 2013	22117	21

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2014	29	34	51
   Net growth in 2013	3	4	38
   Record Year	2009 (31)	2012 (38)	2014 (51)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

   In the first quarter of 2014, Grays formed 0.1% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014)	Grays
   2014	0.1%
   2013	0.1%
   2012	0.1%
   2011	0.1%
   2010	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	2014 (0.1%)

   quarter	percentage	num towns	sort
   Q1 2014	0.1400	211	1
   Q1 2013	0.1105	149	1
   Q1 2012	0.1179	155	1
   Q1 2011	0.1211	141	1
   Q1 2010	0.1227	129	1
   Q1 2009	0.1241	113	1
   Q1 2008	0.1189	115	1
   Q1 2007	0.0893	149	1
   Q1 2006	0.0824	90	1
   Q1 2005	0.0913	86	1
   Q1 2014	0.1400	211	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)

   month	percentage	number of companies
   Mar 2014	0.1530	85
   Feb 2014	0.1349	65
   Jan 2014	0.1299	61
   Dec 2013	0.1157	40
   Nov 2013	0.1183	51
   Oct 2013	0.1594	79
   Sep 2013	0.0891	40
   Aug 2013	0.1322	55
   Jul 2013	0.1233	57
   Jun 2013	0.1167	48
   May 2013	0.1028	46
   Apr 2013	0.0985	48

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2014	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
   UK formation share in 2013	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   % change	12.0%	42.9%	26.7%
   Record Year	2009 (0.1%)	2014 (0.1%)	2014 (0.2%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2014 was 42.3.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 1.5% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.3% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q1 2014	42.2944856197276	4.2553	1.5198	43.94994212503957	4.6278	3.4868
   Q1 2013	41.464656472206116	3.1250	3.1250	47.10964595133047	5.8125	1.8040
   Q1 2012	40.40796969981676	4.1199	2.2472	44.01567304438694	3.9464	3.3606
   Q1 2011	43.042797135718075	2.0576	2.4691	44.00308572788409	3.7160	3.0977
   Q1 2010	40.02349626223246	5.0000	0.4167	43.81168206067708	3.2605	2.8750
   Q1 2009	41.68081591751775	4.4335	1.9704	43.63602571510853	3.2764	3.3544
   Q1 2008	39.99109969600554	4.4355	2.0161	43.36089401370794	2.7792	3.0433
   Q1 2007	39.50079133037075	3.4843	1.3937	42.72392947089597	2.3497	3.1279
   Q1 2006	40.514905094551054	5.9908	1.3825	42.92317941897058	2.3888	3.0956
   Q1 2005	40.478305725824264	1.9048	0.4762	42.78572690088313	2.3512	3.2112

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

   The record first quarter for female directors in Grays was in 2007 when 31.7% of all directors were female.

   31.3% of all director appointments in Grays in the first quarter of 2014 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.4% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q1 2014	31.3070	Q1 2014	26.3556	1
   Q1 2013	25.0000	Q1 2013	28.0893	1
   Q1 2012	30.3371	Q1 2012	25.8138	1
   Q1 2011	28.3951	Q1 2011	25.8807	1
   Q1 2010	30.4167	Q1 2010	25.1961	1
   Q1 2009	28.5714	Q1 2009	26.1804	1
   Q1 2008	28.6290	Q1 2008	28.4373	1
   Q1 2007	31.7073	Q1 2007	27.8398	1
   Q1 2006	25.8065	Q1 2006	26.8327	1
   Q1 2005	27.6190	Q1 2005	27.5241	1
   Q1 2007	31.7073	Q1 2008	28.4373	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2013-Mar 2014)

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

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   CONSULTING	2.40%	CONSULTING	5.22%
   CONSULTANCY	1.60%	MANAGEMENT	4.67%
   TRANSPORT	1.42%	CONSULTANCY	3.49%
   CARE	1.16%	PROPERTY	2.64%
   MANAGEMENT	0.80%	TRADING	2.05%
   INVESTMENTS	0.71%	LONDON	1.88%
   TRANS	0.71%	ENGINEERING	1.86%
   CONSULTANTS	0.62%	CARE	1.79%
   MAINTENANCE	0.62%	CONSTRUCTION	1.75%
   CONSTRUCTION	0.62%	DESIGN	1.75%
   TRADING	0.53%	CONSULTANTS	1.73%
   HOUSE	0.53%	BUSINESS	1.71%
   SECURITY	0.53%	PROPERTIES	1.60%
   CONTRACTORS	0.53%	INVESTMENTS	1.60%
   VORTEX	0.53%	GLOBAL	1.58%
   ESSEX	0.44%	J	1.48%
   BUILDING	0.44%	ASSOCIATES	1.48%
   LOGISTICS	0.44%	MEDIA	1.48%
   ELECTRICAL	0.44%	IT	1.33%
   ASSOCIATES	0.44%	TRANSPORT	1.30%
   GRAYS	0.44%	DEVELOPMENTS	1.29%
   L	0.44%	BUILDING	1.24%
   INVESTMENT	0.44%	M	1.21%
   BEAUTY	0.44%	CAPITAL	1.20%
   HEALTHCARE	0.36%	ELECTRICAL	1.19%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	338	280,210
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	63	56,411
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	53	37,882
   49410 - Freight transport by road	52	8,014
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	44	27,750
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	29	18,491
   99999 - Dormant Company	26	47,084
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	25	26,700
   43210 - Electrical installation	17	5,885
   86900 - Other human health activities	17	10,273
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	16	12,813
   74990 - Non-trading company	15	14,135
   64999 - Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified	13	5,537
   47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet	11	9,358
   43390 - Other building completion and finishing	10	5,521
   88990 - Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified	10	3,815
   43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified	10	8,155
   62012 - Business and domestic software development	9	9,509
   78200 - Temporary employment agency activities	9	1,986
   45112 - Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles	9	3,177

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   08927008	DEBANGO LTD	06 Mar 2014
   08933710	KAY LOGISTIC LIMITED	11 Mar 2014
   08935963	TEMLOL CARE LIMITED	12 Mar 2014
   08942252	DELUXIAEVENTS SERVICES LIMITED	17 Mar 2014
   08948443	MOSPHERE CONSULTING LIMITED	19 Mar 2014
   08949791	EDGE BUILDING PROJECTS LIMITED	20 Mar 2014
   08950572	SETIFIC LIMITED	20 Mar 2014
   08953733	THE MARTIAL ACADEMY LTD	24 Mar 2014
   08955286	PHALANX GLOBAL ARMOUR LTD	24 Mar 2014
   08963144	DILLAN PIERRE LIMITED	27 Mar 2014
   08918392	WILSONS SOLICITORS (UK) LIMITED	03 Mar 2014
   08919065	SANDY HARRIS ACCOUNTANTS LIMITED	03 Mar 2014
   08929002	TREE GEM LIMITED	07 Mar 2014
   08929110	PPS MARKETING SOLUTIONS LTD	07 Mar 2014
   08930610	WILO HEALTHCARE LTD	10 Mar 2014
   08934074	LEAT ELECTRICAL LIMITED	11 Mar 2014
   08940288	ASHJOR LIMITED	14 Mar 2014
   08941816	OAKLIFE LIMITED	17 Mar 2014
   08943097	VORTEX MANUFACTURING LTD	17 Mar 2014
   08943152	VORTEX UK 2014 LTD	17 Mar 2014
   08949177	MINDSUPPORTERS LTD	20 Mar 2014
   08959216	FELSTEAD CLEANING & GARDENING LTD	26 Mar 2014
   08918080	BBE HCW LTD	03 Mar 2014
   08919428	VICOPY LTD	03 Mar 2014
   08967575	LIMO 72 LTD	31 Mar 2014