Guildford, Surrey

Q1 2015 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • March 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Guildford when compared to any previous March.
  • March 2015 was a record month for company registrations in Guildford when compared to any month in history.

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 2015)

    A total of 244 companies were registered in Guildford during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).

    This figure is a decrease of 9.3% versus the same period last year (Q1 2014). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 6.9% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015)GuildfordUK
    2015244161,156
    2014269150,722
    % change-9.3%6.9%
    Record Year 2014 (269) 2007 (166,814)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)

    March 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Guildford when compared to any previous March.

    March 2015 was a record month for company registrations in Guildford when compared to any month in history.

    New Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    New companies in 20157558111
    New companies in 20149076103
    % change-16.7%-23.7%7.8%
    Record Year2013 (96)2008 (85)2015 (111)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    A total of 148 companies were dissolved in Guildford during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).

    This figure is an increase of 19.4% versus the same period last year (Q1 2014). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 8.7% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015)GuildfordUK
    201514889,523
    201412482,370
    % change19.4%8.7%
    Record Year 2010 (220) 2009 (108,066)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Closed companies in 2015424759
    Closed companies in 2014374443
    % change13.5%6.8%37%
    Record Year2013 (72)2010 (76)2009 (111)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    Net company growth for Guildford during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) was 96 companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015)GuildfordUK
    20159671,633
    201414568,352
    Record Year 2014 (145) 2007 (111,282)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)

    Net Growth by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Net growth in 2015331152
    Net growth in 2014533260
    Record Year2014 (53)2007 (56)2008 (80)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    In the first quarter of 2015, Guildford formed 0.2% of all UK companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015)Guildford
    20150.2%
    20140.2%
    20130.2%
    20120.2%
    20110.2%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1992 (0.4%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)

    Company Share by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    UK formation share in 20150.2%0.1%0.2%
    UK formation share in 20140.2%0.2%0.2%
    % change-18.3%-29.7%-1.7%
    Record Year1994 (0.3%)1992 (0.6%)1984 (0.6%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2015 was 46.6.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 7.3% compared to the UK figure of 4.1%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.2% compared to the UK figure of 3.6%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    The record first quarter for female directors in Guildford was in 2010 when 28.9% of all directors were female.

    28.0% of all director appointments in Guildford in the first quarter of 2015 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.4% for the same period.

    Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

  1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2014-Mar 2015)

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

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    MANAGEMENT3.23%CONSULTING5.23%
    CONSULTING2.78%MANAGEMENT4.56%
    PROPERTY1.01%CONSULTANCY3.62%
    CONSULTANCY0.95%PROPERTY2.72%
    CONSULTANTS0.82%CONSTRUCTION2.19%
    ROAD0.82%CARE2.13%
    PROPERTIES0.76%ENGINEERING2.12%
    IN0.70%LONDON1.91%
    SURREY0.63%TRADING1.88%
    GUILDFORD0.63%TRANSPORT1.82%
    REG0.63%ELECTRICAL1.76%
    HOUSE0.57%DESIGN1.65%
    BUSINESS0.57%PROPERTIES1.63%
    DEVELOPMENTS0.57%CO.,1.58%
    CONSTRUCTION0.57%J1.55%
    TRADING0.57%CONSULTANTS1.54%
    INVESTMENTS0.51%BUSINESS1.49%
    ENGINEERING0.51%INVESTMENTS1.49%
    RESIDENTS0.44%GLOBAL1.46%
    HOMES0.44%ASSOCIATES1.44%
    CARE0.44%DEVELOPMENTS1.36%
    DESIGN0.44%BUILDING1.31%
    MEDIA0.44%IT1.30%
    ESTATE0.44%MEDIA1.28%
    ASSOCIATES0.44%M1.27%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied380288,953
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management13043,081
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified8658,522
    99999 - Dormant Company7949,474
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities7630,825
    98000 - Residents property management725,308
    41100 - Development of building projects5311,863
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified4829,218
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified3719,098
    68100 - Buying and selling of own real estate267,450
    62090 - Other information technology service activities2512,862
    62012 - Business and domestic software development259,651
    86900 - Other human health activities2213,990
    68320 - Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis216,154
    68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate1911,600
    78109 - Other activities of employment placement agencies194,253
    70100 - Activities of head offices184,223
    74990 - Non-trading company1713,794
    41202 - Construction of domestic buildings177,797
    43210 - Electrical installation166,139

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    09426072 HEVENTA LTD 06 Feb 2015
    09426832 MASSON CONSULTING LIMITED 06 Feb 2015
    09428584 HARPSDEN LIMITED 09 Feb 2015
    09428594 SOFTWARE PLANET GROUP LTD. 09 Feb 2015
    09436239 PERWONE STREET (ALDERSHOT) MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED 12 Feb 2015
    09438423 DANADS LIMITED 13 Feb 2015
    09439076 GSC CLEANING SERVICES LTD 13 Feb 2015
    09452253 BARN STREET YARD MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED 21 Feb 2015
    09454430 ZION & SONS LTD 24 Feb 2015
    09457953 TUTELARY LTD 25 Feb 2015
    09432464 AMELIOR CONSULTING LIMITED 10 Feb 2015
    09449925 LEE ROBINSON PROPERTIES LIMITED 20 Feb 2015
    09451226 ZEET LTD 20 Feb 2015
    09454137 PHILIPP MEIER ADVISORY SERVICES LTD 23 Feb 2015
    09459013 MUK GLOBAL TRADING ( UK ) LIMITED 25 Feb 2015
    09419803 MJ CAPITAL LIMITED 03 Feb 2015
    09426984 COCONUTZ LIMITED 06 Feb 2015
    09433802 PEW PROPERTIES LIMITED 11 Feb 2015
    09454773 KEVIN ROGERS LTD 24 Feb 2015
    09459455 AIYESANA LTD 26 Feb 2015
    09416529 HOLLAND COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 02 Feb 2015
    09427469 MILO FUNDERS LIMITED 06 Feb 2015
    09433416 PSA MOTORSPORT LTD 11 Feb 2015
    09457882 DIGITAL MANAGEMENT LTD 25 Feb 2015
    09463166 H&S SERVICES EUROPEAN DIVISION LIMITED 27 Feb 2015