Guildford, Surrey
Q1 2014 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- Q1 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Guildford when compared to any previous Q1.
- Q1 2014 was a record quarter for company registrations in Guildford when compared to any quarter in history.
- January 2014 saw a new record in net growth in Guildford when compared to any previous January.
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)
Q1 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Guildford when compared to any previous Q1.
Q1 2014 was a record quarter for company registrations in Guildford when compared to any quarter in history.
A total of 269 companies were registered in Guildford during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014).
This figure is an increase of 9.3% versus the same period last year (Q1 2013). This figure compares equally 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) Guildford UK 2014 269 150,722 2013 246 134,802 % change 9.3% 11.8% Record Year 2014 (269) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2014 90 76 103 New companies in 2013 96 83 67 % change -6.3% -8.4% 53.7% Record Year 2013 (96) 2008 (85) 2012 (104)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)
A total of 124 companies were dissolved in Guildford during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014).
This figure is a decrease of 31.1% 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) Guildford UK 2014 124 82,370 2013 180 77,914 % change -31.1% 5.7% Record Year 2010 (220) 2009 (108,066) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2014 37 44 43 Closed companies in 2013 72 56 52 % change -48.6% -21.4% -17% Record Year 2013 (72) 2010 (76) 2009 (111)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)
Net company growth for Guildford during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014) was 145 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014) Guildford UK 2014 145 68,352 2013 66 56,888 Record Year 2014 (145) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)
January 2014 saw a new record in net growth in Guildford when compared to any previous January.
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2014 53 32 60 Net growth in 2013 24 27 15 Record Year 2014 (53) 2007 (56) 2008 (80)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)
In the first quarter of 2014, Guildford formed 0.2% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014) Guildford 2014 0.2% 2013 0.2% 2012 0.2% 2011 0.2% 2010 0.2% Record Year (since 1960) 1992 (0.4%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2014 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% UK formation share in 2013 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% % change -12.3% -15.4% 28.2% Record Year 1994 (0.3%) 1992 (0.6%) 1984 (0.6%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2014 was 47.0.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 5.4% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 1.2% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)
The record first quarter for female directors in Guildford was in 2010 when 28.9% of all directors were female.
24.9% of all director appointments in Guildford in the first quarter of 2014 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.4% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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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 MANAGEMENT 3.53% CONSULTING 5.22% CONSULTING 2.49% MANAGEMENT 4.67% REG 1.11% CONSULTANCY 3.49% RESIDENTS 0.79% PROPERTY 2.64% CONSULTANTS 0.79% TRADING 2.05% CARE 0.72% LONDON 1.88% HOUSE 0.72% ENGINEERING 1.86% DEVELOPMENTS 0.65% CARE 1.79% BUSINESS 0.59% CONSTRUCTION 1.75% INVESTMENTS 0.59% DESIGN 1.75% ROAD 0.59% CONSULTANTS 1.73% HOLDINGS 0.52% BUSINESS 1.71% SURREY 0.52% PROPERTIES 1.60% PROPERTY 0.52% INVESTMENTS 1.60% TRADING 0.52% GLOBAL 1.58% ELECTRICAL 0.52% J 1.48% RECRUITMENT 0.52% ASSOCIATES 1.48% ACCOUNTING 0.46% MEDIA 1.48% MEDIA 0.46% IT 1.33% ASSOCIATES 0.46% TRANSPORT 1.30% GROUP 0.46% DEVELOPMENTS 1.29% LONDON 0.46% BUILDING 1.24% GUILDFORD 0.46% M 1.21% HEALTH 0.46% CAPITAL 1.20% ENGINEERING 0.46% ELECTRICAL 1.19%
SIC Data
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Previous 36 months, excluding companies less than 12 months old
sic code number of companies uk companies None Supplied 379 280,210 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 115 37,882 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 85 56,411 99999 - Dormant Company 83 47,084 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 76 27,750 98000 - Residents property management 58 4,832 41100 - Development of building projects 50 9,855 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 42 18,491 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 40 26,700 62012 - Business and domestic software development 30 9,509 62090 - Other information technology service activities 28 12,813 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet 21 9,358 63990 - Other information service activities not elsewhere classified 21 5,949 74990 - Non-trading company 18 14,135 71129 - Other engineering activities 18 5,477 68100 - Buying and selling of own real estate 18 5,920 68320 - Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis 18 5,419 85590 - Other education not elsewhere classified 18 5,876 70100 - Activities of head offices 18 4,019 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 16 9,284
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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