Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Q1 2013 Business Confidence Report

NOTICE: We have improved our calculations of the statistics in these reports, so some figures and records may not match previous reports.

Headlines

  • The record first quarter for female directors in Huddersfield was in 2013 when 38.2% of all directors were female.

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 2013)

    A total of 302 companies were registered in Huddersfield during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).

    This figure is a decrease of 15.2% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 2.5% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013)HuddersfieldUK
    2013302134,802
    2012356131,491
    % change-15.2%2.5%
    Record Year 2012 (356) 2007 (166,814)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)

    New Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    New companies in 201398100104
    New companies in 201295122139
    % change3.2%-18.0%-25.2%
    Record Year2004 (105)2012 (122)2012 (139)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    A total of 129 companies were dissolved in Huddersfield during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).

    This figure is a decrease of 16.8% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 15.3% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013)HuddersfieldUK
    201312977,914
    201215567,576
    % change-16.8%15.3%
    Record Year 2009 (180) 2009 (108,066)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Closed companies in 2013671646
    Closed companies in 2012526340
    % change28.8%-74.6%15%
    Record Year2011 (74)2012 (63)2009 (125)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    Net company growth for Huddersfield during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) was 173 companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013)HuddersfieldUK
    201317356,888
    201220163,915
    Record Year 2004 (215) 2007 (111,282)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)

    Net Growth by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Net growth in 2013318458
    Net growth in 2012435999
    Record Year2004 (81)2004 (88)2012 (99)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    In the first quarter of 2013, Huddersfield formed 0.2% of all UK companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013)Huddersfield
    20130.2%
    20120.3%
    20110.3%
    20100.3%
    20090.3%
    Record Year (since 1960) 2004 (0.3%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)

    Company Share by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    UK formation share in 20130.2%0.2%0.2%
    UK formation share in 20120.2%0.3%0.3%
    % change-7.5%-18.6%-22.6%
    Record Year2004 (0.4%)2004 (0.4%)1991 (0.3%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2013 was 44.5.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.9% 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 1.8%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    The record first quarter for female directors in Huddersfield was in 2013 when 38.2% of all directors were female.

    38.2% of all director appointments in Huddersfield in the first quarter of 2013 were female. This compares to a UK average of 28.1% for the same period.

    Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

  1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2012-Mar 2013)

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

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    CONSULTANCY1.39%CONSULTING5.18%
    HUDDERSFIELD1.27%MANAGEMENT4.78%
    YORKSHIRE1.10%CONSULTANCY3.30%
    ASSOCIATES0.92%PROPERTY2.44%
    PROPERTY0.92%TRADING2.06%
    (HUDDERSFIELD)0.87%DESIGN1.79%
    TRAINING0.87%ENGINEERING1.78%
    MARKETING0.75%BUSINESS1.77%
    TRADING0.75%ASSOCIATES1.75%
    CARE0.69%LONDON1.72%
    CONSULTING0.69%CONSULTANTS1.71%
    ELECTRICAL0.64%CONSTRUCTION1.69%
    BUSINESS0.64%MEDIA1.63%
    MANAGEMENT0.64%GLOBAL1.57%
    S0.64%J1.56%
    DIRECT0.58%CARE1.46%
    M0.58%IT1.43%
    (YORKSHIRE)0.58%INVESTMENTS1.41%
    J0.52%PROPERTIES1.36%
    H0.46%M1.25%
    ENGINEERING0.46%BUILDING1.21%
    SECURITY0.46%ENTERPRISES1.19%
    RESTAURANT0.46%ELECTRICAL1.18%
    DESIGN0.46%TRAINING1.17%
    CONSULTANTS0.40%SECURITY1.15%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied541249,183
    99999 - Dormant Company12743,384
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management7832,624
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified7254,531
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities6324,894
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified5816,448
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified5123,532
    86900 - Other human health activities318,465
    43210 - Electrical installation255,625
    41100 - Development of building projects248,637
    62090 - Other information technology service activities2412,664
    74990 - Non-trading company2314,129
    47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet227,199
    86210 - General medical practice activities214,062
    69201 - Accounting and auditing activities206,591
    62012 - Business and domestic software development208,099
    43220 - Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation194,332
    56302 - Public houses and bars184,952
    68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate187,507
    47990 - Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets175,186

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    08345383 BURGER TIME (HUDDERSFIELD) LIMITED 03 Jan 2013
    08352554 MY LITTLE GEEK LTD. 09 Jan 2013
    08352616 THE LANDING BARS LTD 09 Jan 2013
    08370945 DC DENTAL LIMITED 22 Jan 2013
    08374127 GO LOCAL EXPRESS LTD 24 Jan 2013
    08376173 MD CONSTRUCTION (YORKSHIRE) LTD 25 Jan 2013
    08377825 DAGUSYS LIMITED 28 Jan 2013
    08379702 SHAHID UNEES SERVICES LIMITED 29 Jan 2013
    08345426 LANCASTER MUSIC SETTING LIMITED 03 Jan 2013
    08358422 INTERLINK VISION LIMITED 14 Jan 2013
    08361804 KONNEKT SOLUTIONS LTD. 15 Jan 2013
    08366615 CAPITAL EXPRESS NEWS LTD 18 Jan 2013
    08382164 LINDLEY FLOORING LIMITED 30 Jan 2013
    08376463 COUNTRY FEAST LTD 28 Jan 2013
    08350957 CQC - CLAIRE'S QUALITY CATERING LIMITED 08 Jan 2013
    08351293 G BROWN & CO LTD 08 Jan 2013
    08351423 ASPIRE DRIVER TRAINING LTD 08 Jan 2013
    08353628 STICKS THEATRE COMPANY LIMITED 09 Jan 2013
    08354539 RED ANORAK LTD 10 Jan 2013
    08364914 YOUR HOME MADE LIMITED 17 Jan 2013
    08369036 JANET MURPHY DRIVING SCHOOL LTD 21 Jan 2013
    08346178 CHILL TECH PROJECTS LTD 03 Jan 2013
    08364370 GIOTA TRUCKS LTD 17 Jan 2013
    08366581 RYNO HOLDINGS LIMITED 18 Jan 2013
    08367834 PENNINE POLYMER RECYCLING LIMITED 21 Jan 2013