Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Q1 2014 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • January 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Huddersfield 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)

    A total of 345 companies were registered in Huddersfield during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014).

    This figure is an increase of 14.2% versus the same period last year (Q1 2013). This figure compares equally 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)HuddersfieldUK
    2014345150,722
    2013302134,802
    % change14.2%11.8%
    Record Year 2012 (356) 2007 (166,814)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)

    January 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Huddersfield when compared to any previous January.

    New Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    New companies in 2014119105121
    New companies in 201398100104
    % change21.4%5.0%16.3%
    Record Year2014 (119)2012 (122)2012 (139)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

    A total of 177 companies were dissolved in Huddersfield during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014).

    This figure is an increase of 37.2% 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)HuddersfieldUK
    201417782,370
    201312977,914
    % change37.2%5.7%
    Record Year 2009 (180) 2009 (108,066)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Closed companies in 2014606255
    Closed companies in 2013671646
    % change-10.4%287.5%20%
    Record Year2011 (74)2012 (63)2009 (125)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

    Net company growth for Huddersfield during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014) was 168 companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014)HuddersfieldUK
    201416868,352
    201317356,888
    Record Year 2012 (201) 2007 (111,282)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)

    Net Growth by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Net growth in 2014594366
    Net growth in 2013318458
    Record Year2004 (81)2004 (88)2012 (99)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

    In the first quarter of 2014, Huddersfield formed 0.2% of all UK companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014)Huddersfield
    20140.2%
    20130.2%
    20120.3%
    20110.3%
    20100.3%
    Record Year (since 1960) 2004 (0.3%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)

    Company Share by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    UK formation share in 20140.3%0.2%0.2%
    UK formation share in 20130.2%0.2%0.2%
    % change13.6%-3.1%-2.9%
    Record Year2004 (0.4%)2004 (0.4%)1991 (0.3%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)

    The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2014 was 43.5.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.9% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.4% 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 Huddersfield was in 2013 when 38.2% of all directors were female.

    27.4% of all director appointments in Huddersfield 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
    HUDDERSFIELD1.33%CONSULTING5.22%
    MANAGEMENT1.02%MANAGEMENT4.67%
    CONSULTANCY0.97%CONSULTANCY3.49%
    YORKSHIRE0.92%PROPERTY2.64%
    ENGINEERING0.82%TRADING2.05%
    CONSULTING0.72%LONDON1.88%
    S0.72%ENGINEERING1.86%
    (HUDDERSFIELD)0.61%CARE1.79%
    CARE0.56%CONSTRUCTION1.75%
    ELECTRICAL0.56%DESIGN1.75%
    J0.56%CONSULTANTS1.73%
    HEALTH0.56%BUSINESS1.71%
    CONSTRUCTION0.51%PROPERTIES1.60%
    DESIGN0.51%INVESTMENTS1.60%
    MEDIA0.51%GLOBAL1.58%
    (YORKSHIRE)0.51%J1.48%
    CENTRE0.46%ASSOCIATES1.48%
    MEDICAL0.46%MEDIA1.48%
    ASSOCIATES0.46%IT1.33%
    M0.46%TRANSPORT1.30%
    INVESTMENTS0.41%DEVELOPMENTS1.29%
    PROJECT0.41%BUILDING1.24%
    DEVELOPMENTS0.41%M1.21%
    PROPERTIES0.41%CAPITAL1.20%
    BEAUTY0.41%ELECTRICAL1.19%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied552280,210
    99999 - Dormant Company13647,084
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management9437,882
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities7827,750
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified6056,411
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified5318,491
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified5326,700
    86900 - Other human health activities3510,273
    43210 - Electrical installation335,885
    74990 - Non-trading company2914,135
    62012 - Business and domestic software development279,509
    47990 - Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets275,988
    47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet279,358
    68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate259,284
    56302 - Public houses and bars235,732
    62090 - Other information technology service activities2212,813
    43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified228,155
    69201 - Accounting and auditing activities217,313
    86210 - General medical practice activities213,987
    56101 - Licensed restaurants217,965

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    08829679 FRAMEMASTER LIMITED 02 Jan 2014
    08832605 CHP (YORKSHIRE) LTD 06 Jan 2014
    08836923 SIMPSON WOOD LIMITED 08 Jan 2014
    08849388 LING COMPUTERS LTD 17 Jan 2014
    08855586 PASSION BRAND & MARKETING CONSULTANCY LTD 22 Jan 2014
    08855836 BURMANTOFTS PRACTICE LIMITED 22 Jan 2014
    08863534 ECHO WILLS LIMITED 27 Jan 2014
    08870556 CAOS MUSIC AND FILM COMPANY LIMITED 31 Jan 2014
    08871066 ACCOMMODATION CARE EQUALITY CIC 31 Jan 2014
    08835439 PINNACLE CHANGE LIMITED 07 Jan 2014
    08847656 BIOSMILE LIMITED 16 Jan 2014
    08850971 AFY LIMITED 17 Jan 2014
    08871576 D&K INVESTMENTS LIMITED 31 Jan 2014
    08867058 BOOKSKILL.ME LIMITED 29 Jan 2014
    08870802 PIP TO GROW STRONG LIMITED 31 Jan 2014
    08831386 NATURE'S FOOTPRINTS FOREST PLAY AND EDUCATION CIC 03 Jan 2014
    08835647 EJDC LIMITED 07 Jan 2014
    08846072 ASHLEY HERBERT LIMITED 15 Jan 2014
    08851310 TOP FELLA FASHION LIMITED 20 Jan 2014
    08855698 1017MARKETING LTD. 22 Jan 2014
    08865706 MD TECHNOLOGY MEDIA TELECOMS LIMITED 28 Jan 2014
    08870949 PREORDER LIMITED 31 Jan 2014
    08842778 CB SECURITY & MEDICAL LTD 13 Jan 2014
    08867772 HAIRDRESSING BY YORKSHIRE'S FINEST LIMITED 29 Jan 2014
    08833866 ZAM ZAM TW LIMITED 07 Jan 2014