Leicester, Leicestershire
Q1 2010 Business Confidence Report
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
A total of 766 companies were registered in Leicester during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).
This figure is an increase of 12.6% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares badly 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) Leicester UK 2010 766 105,137 2009 680 91,034 % change 12.6% 15.5% Record Year 2003 (798) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2010 207 243 316 New companies in 2009 160 201 319 % change 29.4% 20.9% -0.9% Record Year 2003 (242) 2007 (252) 2009 (319)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
A total of 581 companies were dissolved in Leicester during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).
This figure is a decrease of 6.0% 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) Leicester UK 2010 581 82,677 2009 618 108,060 % change -6.0% -23.5% Record Year 2009 (618) 2009 (108,060) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2010 145 153 283 Closed companies in 2009 90 135 393 % change 61.1% 13.3% -28% Record Year 2006 (151) 2008 (181) 2009 (393)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
Net company growth for Leicester during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) was 185 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) Leicester UK 2010 185 22,460 2009 62 -17,026 Record Year 2003 (519) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2010 62 90 33 Net growth in 2009 70 66 -74 Record Year 2003 (143) 2003 (168) 2008 (238)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
In the first quarter of 2010, Leicester formed 0.7% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) Leicester 2010 0.7% 2009 0.7% 2008 0.7% 2007 0.5% 2006 0.7% Record Year (since 1960) 1971 (1.2%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2010 0.7% 0.7% 0.7% UK formation share in 2009 0.6% 0.7% 0.9% % change 20.0% 3.5% -17.7% Record Year 1971 (1.8%) 1969 (1.7%) 1973 (1.2%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2010 was 43.8.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.4% compared to the UK figure of 2.0%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.2% compared to the UK figure of 4.9%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
The record first quarter for female directors in Leicester was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
22.4% of all director appointments in Leicester in the first quarter of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 24.7% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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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 (LEICESTER) 2.35% MANAGEMENT 5.01% LEICESTER 1.87% CONSULTING 4.60% MANAGEMENT 1.35% CONSULTANCY 2.87% CONSULTANCY 0.98% PROPERTY 2.50% CARE 0.89% ASSOCIATES 2.04% CONSULTING 0.83% TRADING 1.93% S 0.80% DESIGN 1.91% PROPERTY 0.75% CONSTRUCTION 1.87% TRADING 0.75% MEDIA 1.84% BUSINESS 0.72% BUSINESS 1.74% CENTRE 0.72% INTERNATIONAL 1.73% DESIGN 0.69% CONSULTANTS 1.63% ASSOCIATES 0.69% ENGINEERING 1.54% M 0.69% J 1.48% SYSTEMS 0.66% LONDON 1.45% PROPERTIES 0.66% INVESTMENTS 1.45% CONSTRUCTION 0.63% GROUP 1.37% J 0.63% GLOBAL 1.35% INTERNATIONAL 0.60% PROPERTIES 1.35% CLOTHING 0.60% BUILDING 1.34% INVESTMENTS 0.60% CARE 1.33% GLOBAL 0.57% ELECTRICAL 1.30% R 0.57% M 1.28% MARKETING 0.55% SYSTEMS 1.25% K 0.55% S 1.23%
SIC Data
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Previous 36 months, excluding companies less than 12 months old
sic code number of companies uk companies None Supplied 1,416 228,645 7487 - Other business activities 392 74,904 9999 - Dormant Company 150 19,948 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 109 26,974 7499 - Non-trading company 100 15,398 99999 - Dormant Company 98 13,808 7414 - Business & management consultancy 75 17,003 7260 - Other computer related activities 74 10,331 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 58 9,943 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 53 9,659 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 53 9,325 9305 - Other service activities 52 9,038 6024 - Freight transport by road 51 3,665 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 51 14,007 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 49 8,154 5530 - Restaurants 47 4,798 49410 - Freight transport by road 42 2,152 74990 - Non-trading company 40 8,149 86900 - Other human health activities 39 3,445 62090 - Other information technology service activities 35 6,340
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 07132513 FINTAN DEVELOPMENTS LTD 21 Jan 2010 07130503 CENTRO LEISURE LIMITED 20 Jan 2010 07127874 THE ESSENTIAL NATURE LTD 18 Jan 2010 07125054 ATARAXIA BROKING LTD 13 Jan 2010 07122190 EXPRESS FURNITURE (LEICESTER) LIMITED 12 Jan 2010 07118825 ALFURQAN GENERAL STORE LTD 07 Jan 2010 OC351642 OPTIONNET LLP 20 Jan 2010 07140855 PARMER'S 1 STOP LIMITED 29 Jan 2010 07139357 IAIN REID LANDSCAPE PLANNING LIMITED 28 Jan 2010 07133137 A & O CONTRACTING LTD 22 Jan 2010 07128394 MIDLAND COMPUTING LIMITED 18 Jan 2010 07127671 4 - NOKS UK LIMITED 16 Jan 2010 07127534 MUMMOLO UK LTD 16 Jan 2010 07125680 UK CARE ACADAMY LIMITED 14 Jan 2010 07116582 NATURA GARDEN DESIGN LIMITED 05 Jan 2010 07116262 GRANITE TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED 05 Jan 2010 07115497 SILVER CARE HOMES GROUP LIMITED 04 Jan 2010 OC351491 DENTIQUE (UK) LLP 14 Jan 2010 07138452 SHREYABHI COMPANY LIMITED 27 Jan 2010 07138356 UMMAH PROTECT LTD 27 Jan 2010 07138195 THOMAS MOORE CREATIVE LTD 27 Jan 2010 07132900 AYSENIC EVENTS LIMITED 22 Jan 2010 07121659 SOLARIUM APHRODITE LIMITED 11 Jan 2010 07119998 UNIVERSAL DYNAMIC SYSTEMS LTD 08 Jan 2010 07119394 LENUS GLOBAL LTD. 07 Jan 2010
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