Horsham, West Sussex
Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 122 companies were registered in Horsham during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 23.8% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.8% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Horsham UK 2012 122 118,868 2011 160 114,512 % change -23.8% 3.8% Record Year 2007 (168) 2012 (118,868) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2012 33 46 43 New companies in 2011 57 54 49 % change -42.1% -14.8% -12.2% Record Year 2007 (64) 2011 (54) 2009 (58)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 98 companies were dissolved in Horsham during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 2.0% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.5% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Horsham UK 2012 98 74,772 2011 100 72,230 % change -2.0% 3.5% Record Year 2009 (177) 2009 (159,401) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2012 31 42 25 Closed companies in 2011 27 41 32 % change 14.8% 2.4% -22% Record Year 2010 (48) 2008 (79) 2009 (94)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
Net company growth for Horsham during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 24 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Horsham UK 2012 24 44,096 2011 60 42,282 Record Year 2007 (87) 2003 (60,597) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2012 2 4 18 Net growth in 2011 30 13 17 Record Year 2008 (46) 2007 (28) 2003 (31)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
In the third quarter of 2012, Horsham formed 0.1% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Horsham 2012 0.1% 2011 0.1% 2010 0.1% 2009 0.2% 2008 0.2% Record Year (since 1960) 1968 (0.5%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2012 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% UK formation share in 2011 0.2% 0.1% 0.1% % change -48.0% -14.2% -13.2% Record Year 1964 (0.5%) 1968 (0.5%) 1970 (0.5%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2012 was 44.5.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.3% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.9% compared to the UK figure of 3.2%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
The record third quarter for female directors in Horsham was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
25.3% of all director appointments in Horsham in the third quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.7% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Sep 2011-Sep 2012)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 1.94% CONSULTING 5.05% CONSULTANCY 1.45% MANAGEMENT 4.75% MANAGEMENT 1.16% CONSULTANCY 3.28% OPPORTUNITIES 0.77% PROPERTY 2.35% ELECTRICAL 0.68% TRADING 2.08% HORSHAM 0.58% DESIGN 1.87% PROPERTY 0.58% ASSOCIATES 1.84% CARE 0.58% ENGINEERING 1.83% SUSSEX 0.58% CONSULTANTS 1.76% ASSOCIATES 0.58% BUSINESS 1.72% FOR 0.58% CONSTRUCTION 1.70% DESIGN 0.58% MEDIA 1.67% PLANNING 0.48% LONDON 1.67% CONTRACTS 0.48% J 1.55% COMMERCIAL 0.48% GLOBAL 1.53% CENTRE 0.48% INVESTMENTS 1.46% PALADIN 0.48% IT 1.43% INTEGRATED 0.48% PROPERTIES 1.34% M 0.48% CARE 1.32% TRAINING 0.48% M 1.27% CONSULTANTS 0.48% BUILDING 1.22% (HORSHAM) 0.48% ENTERPRISES 1.20% SYSTEMS 0.39% ELECTRICAL 1.20% MARKETING 0.39% S 1.17% GREEN 0.39% SECURITY 1.16%
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 409 331,455 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 73 19,425 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 49 33,677 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 39 14,774 99999 - Dormant Company 37 25,035 7487 - Other business activities 31 35,545 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 29 13,716 9999 - Dormant Company 27 12,598 7414 - Business & management consultancy 25 8,437 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 22 9,891 74990 - Non-trading company 11 9,203 62090 - Other information technology service activities 9 7,869 41202 - Construction of domestic buildings 9 3,086 41100 - Development of building projects 9 4,965 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 9 4,997 43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified 8 3,943 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 8 3,493 86900 - Other human health activities 7 4,998 7499 - Non-trading company 7 6,164 62012 - Business and domestic software development 7 4,584
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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