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Q1 2014 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • Q1 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Harrow when compared to any previous Q1.
  • March 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Harrow when compared to any previous March.
  • January 2014 saw a new record in net growth in Harrow 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 2014)

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

    A total of 846 companies were registered in Harrow during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014).

    This figure is an increase of 3.8% versus the same period last year (Q1 2013). This figure compares badly 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)HarrowUK
    2014846150,722
    2013815134,802
    % change3.8%11.8%
    Record Year 2014 (846) 2007 (166,814)
    New Companies by Quarter

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

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

    New Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    New companies in 2014277241328
    New companies in 2013285254276
    % change-2.8%-5.1%18.8%
    Record Year2013 (285)2013 (254)2014 (328)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

    A total of 476 companies were dissolved in Harrow during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014).

    This figure is an increase of 14.1% versus the same period last year (Q1 2013). This figure compares poorly 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)HarrowUK
    201447682,370
    201341777,914
    % change14.1%5.7%
    Record Year 2009 (731) 2009 (108,066)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter

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

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Closed companies in 2014156161159
    Closed companies in 2013185125107
    % change-15.7%28.8%49%
    Record Year2013 (185)2009 (222)2009 (416)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

    Net company growth for Harrow during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014) was 370 companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014)HarrowUK
    201437068,352
    201339856,888
    Record Year 2013 (398) 2007 (111,282)
    Net Growth by Quarter

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

    January 2014 saw a new record in net growth in Harrow when compared to any previous January.

    Net Growth by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Net growth in 201412180169
    Net growth in 2013100129169
    Record Year2014 (121)2013 (129)2007 (185)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

    In the first quarter of 2014, Harrow formed 0.6% of all UK companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014)Harrow
    20140.6%
    20130.6%
    20120.6%
    20110.6%
    20100.7%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1995 (0.7%)
    Company Share by Quarter

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

    Company Share by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    UK formation share in 20140.6%0.5%0.6%
    UK formation share in 20130.6%0.6%0.6%
    % change-9.1%-12.4%-0.8%
    Record Year1982 (1.4%)1993 (0.8%)2001 (0.8%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

    The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2014 was 41.8.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.0% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.6% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

    The record first quarter for female directors in Harrow was in 2013 when 24.6% of all directors were female.

    23.5% of all director appointments in Harrow 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

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

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

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    CONSULTING2.01%CONSULTING5.22%
    LONDON1.69%MANAGEMENT4.67%
    MANAGEMENT1.65%CONSULTANCY3.49%
    CONSULTANCY1.48%PROPERTY2.64%
    INVESTMENTS1.07%TRADING2.05%
    GLOBAL0.97%LONDON1.88%
    PROPERTIES0.90%ENGINEERING1.86%
    PROPERTY0.85%CARE1.79%
    CONSULTANTS0.82%CONSTRUCTION1.75%
    ALTEN0.82%DESIGN1.75%
    CONSTRUCTION0.80%CONSULTANTS1.73%
    TRADING0.75%BUSINESS1.71%
    CARE0.73%PROPERTIES1.60%
    HEALTHCARE0.73%INVESTMENTS1.60%
    ENTERPRISES0.65%GLOBAL1.58%
    DESIGN0.63%J1.48%
    CO0.61%ASSOCIATES1.48%
    TECHNOLOGY0.56%MEDIA1.48%
    BUSINESS0.53%IT1.33%
    BUILDING0.53%TRANSPORT1.30%
    SERVICE0.51%DEVELOPMENTS1.29%
    ASSOCIATES0.51%BUILDING1.24%
    M0.46%M1.21%
    IT0.46%CAPITAL1.20%
    FOOD0.46%ELECTRICAL1.19%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied1,616280,210
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified30856,411
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities29327,750
    99999 - Dormant Company24447,084
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified23726,700
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management17737,882
    62090 - Other information technology service activities10412,813
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified9318,491
    69201 - Accounting and auditing activities757,313
    56101 - Licensed restaurants717,965
    68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate719,284
    62012 - Business and domestic software development719,509
    86900 - Other human health activities6910,273
    47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet629,358
    41202 - Construction of domestic buildings556,559
    68100 - Buying and selling of own real estate535,920
    56103 - Take-away food shops and mobile food stands507,300
    69202 - Bookkeeping activities492,747
    96020 - Hairdressing and other beauty treatment486,236
    74990 - Non-trading company4714,135

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    08918823 AMERICAN FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT MEDIA LIMITED 03 Mar 2014
    08918981 RED TOURS LIMITED 03 Mar 2014
    08921316 WOO JUNG LIMITED 04 Mar 2014
    08921357 AMA DISTRIBUTION LIMITED 04 Mar 2014
    08922440 BLISS INVESTMENT HOLDING LIMITED 04 Mar 2014
    08923465 NEWPLAN LTD 05 Mar 2014
    08923722 BLISS INVESTMENT VENTURES LIMITED 05 Mar 2014
    08925631 ZACLAR LIMITED 06 Mar 2014
    08925736 TMT MONEY TRANSFER LIMITED 06 Mar 2014
    08928382 ANI MARKETING LTD 07 Mar 2014
    08929707 EALING COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED 10 Mar 2014
    08929791 LA MANKOWSKA SERVICES LIMITED 10 Mar 2014
    08932250 THE KENYA TEA COMPANY (UK) LTD 11 Mar 2014
    08932857 COLD CENTRE UK LIMITED 11 Mar 2014
    08934122 CASTAR RECORDS LIMITED 11 Mar 2014
    08938710 BELSIZE PROPERTY SOLUTIONS LTD 13 Mar 2014
    08940640 FUNKY PRINT LTD 14 Mar 2014
    08941790 MARLBOROUGH ACCOUNTANTS LTD 17 Mar 2014
    08944256 BR JEWELLERY LIMITED 18 Mar 2014
    08946170 SRC RECRUITMENT LIMITED 19 Mar 2014
    08948381 BLUES RESTAURANT & BAR LTD 19 Mar 2014
    08949618 CHEEKY VAN LIMITED 20 Mar 2014
    08949698 CARWARDINE LIMITED 20 Mar 2014
    08952411 TRIANGLE THREE LIMITED 21 Mar 2014
    08954813 PLEASURE FAIR LIMITED 24 Mar 2014

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