Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • July 2012 saw a new record in company closures in Huddersfield when compared to any previous July.

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 (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    A total of 286 companies were registered in Huddersfield during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).

    This figure is an increase of 6.3% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares well 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)HuddersfieldUK
    2012286118,868
    2011269114,512
    % change6.3%3.8%
    Record Year 2003 (294) 2012 (118,868)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    New Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    New companies in 20129688102
    New companies in 20119610073
    % change0.0%-12.0%39.7%
    Record Year2003 (115)2011 (100)2003 (117)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    A total of 188 companies were dissolved in Huddersfield during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).

    This figure is an increase of 26.2% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares poorly 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)HuddersfieldUK
    201218874,772
    201114972,230
    % change26.2%3.5%
    Record Year 2009 (239) 2009 (159,401)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    July 2012 saw a new record in company closures in Huddersfield when compared to any previous July.

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Closed companies in 2012698039
    Closed companies in 2011486536
    % change43.8%23.1%8%
    Record Year2012 (69)2008 (149)2009 (123)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    Net company growth for Huddersfield during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 98 companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)HuddersfieldUK
    20129844,096
    201112042,282
    Record Year 2003 (173) 2003 (60,597)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Net Growth by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Net growth in 201227863
    Net growth in 2011483537
    Record Year2008 (83)2007 (42)2003 (81)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    In the third quarter of 2012, Huddersfield formed 0.2% of all UK companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)Huddersfield
    20120.2%
    20110.2%
    20100.2%
    20090.2%
    20080.3%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1970 (0.4%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Company Share by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    UK formation share in 20120.2%0.2%0.3%
    UK formation share in 20110.3%0.3%0.2%
    % change-10.2%-11.3%38.2%
    Record Year1982 (0.6%)1976 (0.5%)1970 (0.5%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2012 was 42.0.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 6.3% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 1.7% compared to the UK figure of 3.2%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    The record third quarter for female directors in Huddersfield was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.

    24.6% of all director appointments in Huddersfield 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

  1. Previous 12 months (Sep 2011-Sep 2012)

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

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    YORKSHIRE1.27%CONSULTING5.05%
    CONSULTANCY1.16%MANAGEMENT4.75%
    HUDDERSFIELD1.05%CONSULTANCY3.28%
    PROPERTY1.05%PROPERTY2.35%
    TRADING0.88%TRADING2.08%
    (HUDDERSFIELD)0.88%DESIGN1.87%
    ASSOCIATES0.77%ASSOCIATES1.84%
    M0.72%ENGINEERING1.83%
    S0.66%CONSULTANTS1.76%
    ELECTRICAL0.66%BUSINESS1.72%
    MANAGEMENT0.66%CONSTRUCTION1.70%
    CARE0.61%MEDIA1.67%
    CONSULTING0.61%LONDON1.67%
    BEAUTY0.55%J1.55%
    DESIGN0.55%GLOBAL1.53%
    GLOBAL0.55%INVESTMENTS1.46%
    STRATEGIES0.55%IT1.43%
    H0.55%PROPERTIES1.34%
    J0.55%CARE1.32%
    ENGINEERING0.55%M1.27%
    MEDIA0.55%BUILDING1.22%
    TRAINING0.50%ENTERPRISES1.20%
    (YORKSHIRE)0.50%ELECTRICAL1.20%
    BUSINESS0.50%S1.17%
    CONSULTANTS0.44%SECURITY1.16%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied747331,455
    99999 - Dormant Company7425,035
    7487 - Other business activities5635,545
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management4819,425
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities3814,774
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified3833,677
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified359,891
    86900 - Other human health activities324,998
    9999 - Dormant Company2812,598
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified2813,716
    74990 - Non-trading company269,203
    9305 - Other service activities256,142
    7414 - Business & management consultancy228,437
    62090 - Other information technology service activities217,869
    43210 - Electrical installation163,387
    56302 - Public houses and bars162,823
    62012 - Business and domestic software development154,584
    86210 - General medical practice activities142,544
    68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate144,294
    47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet143,712

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    08207319 BACK 2 BACK TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED 10 Sep 2012
    08208875 ENERGIA-UK LTD 10 Sep 2012
    08213091 M MUTOPO LTD 13 Sep 2012
    08215650 CREASY PENSION SERVICES LIMITED 14 Sep 2012
    08217632 MYERS TIMBER LTD 17 Sep 2012
    08217679 ROUTLEY LIVESTOCK LTD 17 Sep 2012
    08217850 MYERS SKIP HIRE LTD 17 Sep 2012
    08220210 WALKER & SUTCLIFFE LIMITED 19 Sep 2012
    08224969 OUR-HOMEPAGE.COM LIMITED 24 Sep 2012
    08228128 KIRKLEES BIOSCIENCES LTD 25 Sep 2012
    08231723 TREEFROG SOFTWARE LIMITED 27 Sep 2012
    08232140 ABBEYWAYS TOURS LIMITED 27 Sep 2012
    08205389 DAREAN COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 07 Sep 2012
    08209514 UNIQUE PRODUCTS & SERVICES LTD 11 Sep 2012
    08219901 SW PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD 19 Sep 2012
    08222915 MPS PENSION TRUSTEES LIMITED 20 Sep 2012
    08224031 JCM INNOVATION LIMITED 21 Sep 2012
    08224090 ADAM METCALFE LTD 21 Sep 2012
    08199894 UNIVEX ENGINEERING LIMITED 04 Sep 2012
    08203862 BAIR LIMITED 06 Sep 2012
    08216823 HCSN LIMITED 17 Sep 2012
    08229448 QUALITAS RESEARCH LTD. 26 Sep 2012
    08201871 MASB LIMITED 05 Sep 2012
    08208675 SPECIAL EVENT BARS LIMITED 10 Sep 2012
    08221092 M & M ESTATES (GB) LTD 19 Sep 2012