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
    08881274 INTERVO (UK) LTD 07 Feb 2014
    08882608 ASHN 1 LIMITED 07 Feb 2014
    08889924 AHR DORMANT THREE LIMITED 12 Feb 2014
    08895484 AL OPHTHALMIC SERVICES LTD 14 Feb 2014
    08895990 GLOBE TECK SOLUTIONS LTD 14 Feb 2014
    08896053 GLOBETECK LTD 14 Feb 2014
    08896113 MELTHAM COMMUNITY PO LIMITED 14 Feb 2014
    08896746 ISMART BAY HALL LTD 17 Feb 2014
    08914005 DEEP BLUE SEA LTD 27 Feb 2014
    08914877 MUSICAL BUDDIES LIMITED 27 Feb 2014
    08890064 TFIVE RETAIL DESIGN SOLUTIONS LIMITED 12 Feb 2014
    08894482 CLEANING SUPPLIES WEST YORKSHIRE LIMITED 13 Feb 2014
    08907618 J CHIMASON&SONS LTD 24 Feb 2014
    08883491 CHANJAH ENTERPRISES LIMITED 10 Feb 2014
    08888180 VEERAN LIMITED 12 Feb 2014
    08898500 DADADO LTD 17 Feb 2014
    08900512 JUST TIFFEN LIMITED 18 Feb 2014
    08907447 BISHOP HR SOLUTIONS LIMITED 24 Feb 2014
    08883021 WATERLOO RESTAURANTS LIMITED 10 Feb 2014
    08911527 ITCH PROPCO LIMITED 25 Feb 2014
    08876011 THERMATECH GLAZING LIMITED 04 Feb 2014
    08879868 MGER LIMITED 06 Feb 2014
    08886034 EX DISPLAY KITCHENS LTD 11 Feb 2014
    08887384 EMPIREX LTD 11 Feb 2014
    08892510 SYNERGOS CONSULTANCY LIMITED 13 Feb 2014