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Hampshire

Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Hampshire when compared to any previous February.
  • January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Hampshire 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 3,249 companies were registered in Hampshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

    This figure is an increase of 17.5% 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)HampshireUK
    20123,249131,491
    20112,764116,391
    % change17.5%13.0%
    Record Year 2007 (3,595) 2007 (166,814)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Hampshire when compared to any previous February.

    January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Hampshire when compared to any previous January.

    New Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    New companies in 20129431,1661,140
    New companies in 20117848931,087
    % change20.3%30.6%4.9%
    Record Year2012 (943)2012 (1,166)2007 (1,790)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    A total of 1,615 companies were dissolved in Hampshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

    This figure is a decrease of 22.0% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares poorly 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)HampshireUK
    20121,61567,576
    20112,07190,986
    % change-22.0%-25.7%
    Record Year 2009 (3,022) 2009 (108,060)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Closed companies in 2012583573459
    Closed companies in 2011764625682
    % change-23.7%-8.3%-33%
    Record Year2011 (764)2009 (1,219)2009 (1,319)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    Net company growth for Hampshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 1,634 companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)HampshireUK
    20121,63463,915
    201169325,405
    Record Year 2007 (2,152) 2007 (111,282)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Net Growth by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Net growth in 2012360593681
    Net growth in 201120268405
    Record Year2003 (448)1999 (661)2007 (1,348)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    In the first quarter of 2012, Hampshire formed 2.5% of all UK companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)Hampshire
    20122.5%
    20112.4%
    20102.4%
    20092.3%
    20082.4%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1999 (3.3%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Company Share by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    UK formation share in 20122.4%2.6%2.4%
    UK formation share in 20112.3%2.4%2.4%
    % change3.1%11.7%-1.9%
    Record Year1969 (3.5%)1999 (4.5%)1992 (3.5%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 43.3.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.5% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.3% 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 Hampshire was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.

    26.5% of all director appointments in Hampshire 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
    CONSULTING3.92%CONSULTING5.07%
    MANAGEMENT2.27%MANAGEMENT4.74%
    CONSULTANCY2.23%CONSULTANCY3.30%
    PROPERTY1.16%PROPERTY2.37%
    ENGINEERING1.11%TRADING2.07%
    CONSULTANTS1.03%DESIGN1.93%
    DESIGN1.02%ENGINEERING1.86%
    IT0.99%ASSOCIATES1.84%
    ASSOCIATES0.99%CONSULTANTS1.79%
    CONSTRUCTION0.81%BUSINESS1.73%
    BUSINESS0.80%MEDIA1.72%
    J0.78%CONSTRUCTION1.72%
    HAMPSHIRE0.75%LONDON1.66%
    BUILDING0.74%J1.54%
    ELECTRICAL0.73%INVESTMENTS1.51%
    SOUTHERN0.69%GLOBAL1.50%
    MEDIA0.61%IT1.40%
    TRAINING0.61%CARE1.34%
    CARE0.61%PROPERTIES1.31%
    TRADING0.61%ELECTRICAL1.27%
    S0.60%M1.27%
    M0.59%BUILDING1.24%
    SYSTEMS0.59%ENERGY1.20%
    DEVELOPMENTS0.57%S1.20%
    SOUTH0.53%ENTERPRISES1.19%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied3,874216,665
    7487 - Other business activities1,11652,735
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified67235,233
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management59419,704
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities51514,303
    99999 - Dormant Company44425,084
    9999 - Dormant Company39618,617
    7414 - Business & management consultancy36712,113
    62090 - Other information technology service activities3128,145
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified3049,892
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified26613,637
    74990 - Non-trading company2549,729
    7260 - Other computer related activities2537,154
    7222 - Other software consultancy and supply2326,934
    7499 - Non-trading company1959,102
    9305 - Other service activities1748,818
    43210 - Electrical installation1513,573
    43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified1463,931
    47990 - Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets1463,129
    4521 - General construction & civil engineering1445,169

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    07894559 SECRET GARDEN BEAUTY LIMITED 03 Jan 2012
    07905800 GREENBEECH DEVELOPMENTS LTD 11 Jan 2012
    07910597 PLATINUM MIRROR LTD 16 Jan 2012
    07895890 YY ONLINE SERVICES LTD 03 Jan 2012
    07910590 OBERONS GARDEN LTD 16 Jan 2012
    07917793 SILVERLAKE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 20 Jan 2012
    07920120 GLAS CONSULTANCY LIMITED 23 Jan 2012
    07925825 FUSION WOMEN LTD 26 Jan 2012
    07926247 DANIEL D BUTLER LIMITED 27 Jan 2012
    07899617 V-P3O SERVICES LIMITED 06 Jan 2012
    07904903 MJP ENTERPRISE LTD 10 Jan 2012
    07917581 HOLMBROOK DESIGN SERVICES LIMITED 20 Jan 2012
    07924325 DANTC TRADING CO. LTD 25 Jan 2012
    07927035 JACOB BUILDING & DEVELOPMENT LTD 27 Jan 2012
    07896971 CDW SECURITY LTD 04 Jan 2012
    07903388 CRANIUM INFOTECH LTD 10 Jan 2012
    07903544 ABBEY STREET CONSULTANCY LTD 10 Jan 2012
    07917800 IGO COURIERS LTD 20 Jan 2012
    07926043 BLUE SKY CAD LIMITED 27 Jan 2012
    07914478 M S EXPORT SALES LTD 18 Jan 2012
    07924235 QUANTS MANAGEMENT LTD 25 Jan 2012
    07914585 HYPERLUMINAL LIMITED 18 Jan 2012
    07925886 CAMPBELL WILSON CONSULTANCY LTD 26 Jan 2012
    07929505 SPIRE CONSULTANCY LTD 31 Jan 2012
    07907084 XENA HEALTHCARE LIMITED 12 Jan 2012