New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   Q1 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Ilford when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2010 was a record quarter for company registrations in Ilford when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 720 companies were registered in Ilford during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).

   This figure is an increase of 25.0% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 15.5% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Ilford	UK
   2010	720	105,137
   2009	576	91,034
   % change	25.0%	15.5%
   Record Year	2010 (720)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2010	720	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	576	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	506	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	649	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	497	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	487	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	456	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	413	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2002	336	Q1 2002	65051	1
   Q1 2001	308	Q1 2001	60662	1
   Q1 2010	720	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   March 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Ilford when compared to any previous March.

   January 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Ilford when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2010	42779	274
   Feb 2010	33214	228
   Jan 2010	29144	218
   Dec 2009	25819	148
   Nov 2009	30706	205
   Oct 2009	29458	218
   Sep 2009	33700	206
   Aug 2009	29371	185
   Jul 2009	31600	204
   Jun 2009	31660	219
   May 2009	28623	191
   Apr 2009	30704	182

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2010	218	228	274
   New companies in 2009	186	182	208
   % change	17.2%	25.3%	31.7%
   Record Year	2010 (218)	2007 (266)	2010 (274)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   A total of 425 companies were dissolved in Ilford during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).

   This figure is a decrease of 23.4% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 23.5% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Ilford	UK
   2010	425	82,677
   2009	555	108,060
   % change	-23.4%	-23.5%
   Record Year	2009 (555)	2009 (108,060)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2010	425	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	555	Q1 2009	108060	1
   Q1 2008	263	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	323	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	288	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	287	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	274	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	143	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2002	278	Q1 2002	42180	1
   Q1 2001	287	Q1 2001	38713	1
   Q1 2009	555	Q1 2009	108060	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2010	33870	200
   Feb 2010	24398	126
   Jan 2010	24409	99
   Dec 2009	31581	160
   Nov 2009	25313	148
   Oct 2009	28242	143
   Sep 2009	72972	333
   Aug 2009	46302	179
   Jul 2009	40127	131
   Jun 2009	54906	228
   May 2009	78275	462
   Apr 2009	47995	369

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2010	99	126	200
   Closed companies in 2009	45	113	397
   % change	120.0%	11.5%	-50%
   Record Year	2004 (140)	2008 (145)	2009 (397)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   Net company growth for Ilford during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) was 295 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Ilford	UK
   2010	295	22,460
   2009	21	-17,026
   Record Year	2007 (326)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2010	295	576	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	21	506	Q1 2009	-17026	96698	1
   Q1 2008	243	649	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	326	497	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	209	487	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	200	456	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	182	413	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	270	336	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2002	58	308	Q1 2002	22871	60662	1
   Q1 2001	21	311	Q1 2001	21949	63706	1
   Q1 2007	326	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2010	8909	74
   Feb 2010	8816	102
   Jan 2010	4735	119
   Dec 2009	-5762	-12
   Nov 2009	5393	57
   Oct 2009	1216	75
   Sep 2009	-39272	-127
   Aug 2009	-16931	6
   Jul 2009	-8527	73
   Jun 2009	-23246	-9
   May 2009	-49652	-271
   Apr 2009	-17291	-187

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2010	119	102	74
   Net growth in 2009	141	69	-189
   Record Year	2009 (141)	2007 (186)	2008 (174)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   In the first quarter of 2010, Ilford formed 0.7% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Ilford
   2010	0.7%
   2009	0.6%
   2008	0.5%
   2007	0.4%
   2006	0.5%
   Record Year (since 1960)	2010 (0.7%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2010	0.6848	720	1
   Q1 2009	0.6327	576	1
   Q1 2008	0.5233	506	1
   Q1 2007	0.3891	649	1
   Q1 2006	0.4552	497	1
   Q1 2005	0.5170	487	1
   Q1 2004	0.4984	456	1
   Q1 2003	0.4239	413	1
   Q1 2002	0.5165	336	1
   Q1 2001	0.5077	308	1
   Q1 2010	0.6848	720	2

   Company Share by Quarter

   Q1 2010 saw a new record in UK company share in Ilford when compared to any previous Q1.

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   January 2010 saw a new record in UK company share in Ilford when compared to any previous January.

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2010	0.6405	274
   Feb 2010	0.6865	228
   Jan 2010	0.7480	218
   Dec 2009	0.5732	148
   Nov 2009	0.6676	205
   Oct 2009	0.7400	218
   Sep 2009	0.6113	206
   Aug 2009	0.6299	185
   Jul 2009	0.6456	204
   Jun 2009	0.6917	219
   May 2009	0.6673	191
   Apr 2009	0.5928	182

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2010	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%
   UK formation share in 2009	0.7%	0.6%	0.6%
   % change	8.8%	7.3%	9.4%
   Record Year	2010 (0.7%)	1971 (0.7%)	1997 (0.8%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2010 was 38.7.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.9% compared to the UK figure of 2.0%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 1.4% compared to the UK figure of 4.9%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q1 2010	38.7255	1.3665	3.8509	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	39.9729	1.6282	3.6635	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	42.2950	3.1332	1.0444	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	43.0000	1.8028	1.2725	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	44.8348	4.4136	0.5044	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	44.0520	4.3093	0.5070	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	36.0485	5.0971	0.1214	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	47.7770	8.5554	0.1403	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520
   Q1 2002	47.9611	4.9470	0.7067	51.7001	0.1341	11.7600
   Q1 2001	50.2749	9.5517	0.0000	52.4938	0.1011	13.1636

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   The record first quarter for female directors in Ilford was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.

   19.8% of all director appointments in Ilford in the first quarter of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 24.7% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q1 2010	19.8123	Q1 2010	24.6957	1
   Q1 2009	18.5140	Q1 2009	26.0897	1
   Q1 2008	20.4570	Q1 2008	28.3315	1
   Q1 2007	15.1461	Q1 2007	27.4167	1
   Q1 2006	16.1957	Q1 2006	26.9103	1
   Q1 2005	17.5615	Q1 2005	26.8135	1
   Q1 2004	11.5974	Q1 2004	27.0979	1
   Q1 2003	15.5556	Q1 2003	30.5269	1
   Q1 2002	17.9845	Q1 2002	26.5307	1
   Q1 2001	19.0559	Q1 2001	26.2646	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1952	100.0000	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2009-Mar 2010)

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

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   LONDON	1.58%	MANAGEMENT	5.01%
   CONSULTANCY	1.55%	CONSULTING	4.60%
   CONSTRUCTION	1.16%	CONSULTANCY	2.87%
   CONSULTING	1.16%	PROPERTY	2.50%
   MANAGEMENT	1.13%	ASSOCIATES	2.04%
   PROPERTIES	1.06%	TRADING	1.93%
   BUSINESS	1.03%	DESIGN	1.91%
   PROPERTY	0.97%	CONSTRUCTION	1.87%
   IT	0.90%	MEDIA	1.84%
   CONSULTANTS	0.90%	BUSINESS	1.74%
   COLLEGE	0.77%	INTERNATIONAL	1.73%
   TRADING	0.77%	CONSULTANTS	1.63%
   ASSOCIATES	0.74%	ENGINEERING	1.54%
   (LONDON)	0.71%	J	1.48%
   GLOBAL	0.68%	LONDON	1.45%
   SECURITY	0.68%	INVESTMENTS	1.45%
   INVESTMENTS	0.65%	GROUP	1.37%
   ENTERPRISES	0.65%	GLOBAL	1.35%
   CARE	0.65%	PROPERTIES	1.35%
   S	0.65%	BUILDING	1.34%
   K	0.61%	CARE	1.33%
   INTERNATIONAL	0.61%	ELECTRICAL	1.30%
   BUILDING	0.58%	M	1.28%
   FOODS	0.55%	SYSTEMS	1.25%
   TRADERS	0.55%	S	1.23%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	1,579	228,645
   7487 - Other business activities	333	74,904
   9999 - Dormant Company	99	19,948
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	78	26,974
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	75	9,325
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	73	9,943
   5530 - Restaurants	70	4,798
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	64	9,659
   9305 - Other service activities	62	9,038
   7260 - Other computer related activities	57	10,331
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	55	17,003
   7499 - Non-trading company	53	15,398
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	48	8,154
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	47	14,007
   99999 - Dormant Company	46	13,808
   43210 - Electrical installation	35	3,163
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	35	6,340
   4545 - Other building completion	33	3,346
   5552 - Catering	32	2,212
   7011 - Development & sell real estate	29	5,300

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07210277	KIYANNE LIMITED	31 Mar 2010
   07209987	RIGHT TEK LIMITED	31 Mar 2010
   07208894	ROSEWELL EMPLOYMENT CONSULTING LTD	30 Mar 2010
   07207899	YOURS IN DOORS LIMITED	30 Mar 2010
   07207579	QSZ LTD	30 Mar 2010
   07206856	SHALINI LTD	29 Mar 2010
   07205808	STODEN TRADING LTD	29 Mar 2010
   07205288	A & G (2010) LTD	26 Mar 2010
   07204324	EMERGENCY DENTECH LIMITED	26 Mar 2010
   07201930	HAMMOND WALKER FINANCIAL LIMITED	24 Mar 2010
   07199840	ERICOSE LTD	23 Mar 2010
   07199405	COMMUNICATION TIMES LTD	23 Mar 2010
   07197446	LEYTON CLUBS (LONDON) LIMITED	22 Mar 2010
   07195107	TRANSPARENT BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SERVICES LTD	18 Mar 2010
   07188498	GULTEK LIMITED	12 Mar 2010
   07187567	N2 TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED	12 Mar 2010
   07186821	FAVOURITE BITES LIMITED	11 Mar 2010
   07184231	CUTTY SARK CARS LTD	10 Mar 2010
   07184090	SUBLIME DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED	10 Mar 2010
   07184046	HM TUTLA LIMITED	10 Mar 2010
   07183521	WATEROLLE SERVICES LIMITED	10 Mar 2010
   07183381	MOBILITY OIL AND GAS LIMITED	09 Mar 2010
   07180096	AAYS ASSOCIATES LTD	05 Mar 2010
   07179698	PGOS SOFTWARE LIMITED	05 Mar 2010
   07178560	H. Y. R. (UK) LIMITED	04 Mar 2010