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Lincolnshire

Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Lincolnshire when compared to any previous February.

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 2012)

    A total of 1,242 companies were registered in Lincolnshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

    This figure is an increase of 7.4% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares equally to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 13.0% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)LincolnshireUK
    20121,242131,491
    20111,156116,391
    % change7.4%13.0%
    Record Year 2007 (1,545) 2007 (166,814)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Lincolnshire when compared to any previous February.

    New Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    New companies in 2012352407483
    New companies in 2011343348465
    % change2.6%17.0%3.9%
    Record Year2003 (404)2012 (407)2007 (936)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    A total of 591 companies were dissolved in Lincolnshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

    This figure is a decrease of 14.0% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 25.7% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)LincolnshireUK
    201259167,576
    201168790,986
    % change-14.0%-25.7%
    Record Year 2009 (812) 2009 (108,060)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Closed companies in 2012224192175
    Closed companies in 2011242222223
    % change-7.4%-13.5%-22%
    Record Year2010 (263)2008 (235)2009 (503)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    Net company growth for Lincolnshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 651 companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)LincolnshireUK
    201265163,915
    201146925,405
    Record Year 2007 (1,032) 2007 (111,282)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Net Growth by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Net growth in 2012128215308
    Net growth in 2011101126242
    Record Year2003 (288)2003 (269)2007 (781)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    In the first quarter of 2012, Lincolnshire formed 0.9% of all UK companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)Lincolnshire
    20120.9%
    20111.0%
    20100.9%
    20090.9%
    20080.9%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1968 (2.1%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Company Share by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    UK formation share in 20120.9%0.9%1.0%
    UK formation share in 20111.0%0.9%1.0%
    % change-12.0%0.0%-2.8%
    Record Year1961 (2.1%)1961 (2.2%)1968 (2.7%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 44.5.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.2% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.7% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

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

    27.7% of all director appointments in Lincolnshire in the first quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.

    Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

  1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2011-Mar 2012)

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

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    TRANSPORT3.29%CONSULTING5.07%
    DRIVING1.42%MANAGEMENT4.74%
    MANAGEMENT1.40%CONSULTANCY3.30%
    J1.33%PROPERTY2.37%
    D1.13%TRADING2.07%
    CONSULTANCY1.11%DESIGN1.93%
    ENGINEERING1.11%ENGINEERING1.86%
    PROPERTY1.05%ASSOCIATES1.84%
    S1.02%CONSULTANTS1.79%
    DRIVER0.96%BUSINESS1.73%
    M0.89%MEDIA1.72%
    LINCOLN0.83%CONSTRUCTION1.72%
    G0.81%LONDON1.66%
    LOGISTICS0.79%J1.54%
    CONSULTING0.78%INVESTMENTS1.51%
    ELECTRICAL0.76%GLOBAL1.50%
    P0.76%IT1.40%
    R0.76%CARE1.34%
    ASSOCIATES0.76%PROPERTIES1.31%
    C0.74%ELECTRICAL1.27%
    LINCOLNSHIRE0.72%M1.27%
    CONSTRUCTION0.70%BUILDING1.24%
    PROPERTIES0.68%ENERGY1.20%
    TRAINING0.68%S1.20%
    LINCS0.68%ENTERPRISES1.19%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied1,698216,665
    7487 - Other business activities32752,735
    49410 - Freight transport by road2362,781
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified21135,233
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management17719,704
    99999 - Dormant Company16925,084
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified14213,637
    9999 - Dormant Company13318,617
    6024 - Freight transport by road1192,121
    9305 - Other service activities1048,818
    86210 - General medical practice activities1032,594
    7414 - Business & management consultancy9512,113
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified819,892
    4521 - General construction & civil engineering655,169
    74990 - Non-trading company659,729
    8512 - Medical practice activities642,116
    7499 - Non-trading company639,102
    43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified623,931
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities5414,303
    86220 - Specialists medical practice activities531,845

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    07935760 IMPROVEA LIMITED 03 Feb 2012
    07962332 OCTOBER INNS LIMITED 23 Feb 2012
    07956083 ALLAN COMPUTER SERVICES LIMITED 20 Feb 2012
    07963476 DEBONAIR SMILE LIMITED 24 Feb 2012
    07969501 LET THERE BE LIGHT PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 29 Feb 2012
    07956325 G N COATINGS LIMITED 20 Feb 2012
    07930942 SADDLE FITTERS CHOICE LTD 01 Feb 2012
    07966843 STEPHEN ASSOCIATES LIMITED 28 Feb 2012
    07946295 GAINSBOROUGH FURNITURE & RESOURCE CENTRE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY 10 Feb 2012
    07956872 HERITAGE GREEN CLEAN LTD 20 Feb 2012
    07961148 NATIONWIDE FITOUT SOLUTIONS LTD 23 Feb 2012
    07963288 HOUSE OF GUELPH LTD 24 Feb 2012
    07969109 ANSON MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED 29 Feb 2012
    07931220 GPL PROPERTIES NO.2 LIMITED 01 Feb 2012
    07935085 GRIMSBY KEBAB HOUSE LIMITED 03 Feb 2012
    07949211 LUSH HAIR COMPANY LIMITED 14 Feb 2012
    07958604 LIVE & NEUTRAL ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES LIMITED 21 Feb 2012
    07967709 BJB LIFT TRUCKS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 28 Feb 2012
    07932090 NORTH SEA RORO LIMITED 01 Feb 2012
    07938327 FUSION MEDIA (LONDON) LIMITED 07 Feb 2012
    07941297 UROLOGY SOLUTIONS LTD 08 Feb 2012
    07943704 GW PLASTERING MAINTENANCE LIMITED 09 Feb 2012
    07947092 VERSECURE LOCATION AND FACILITY SERVICES LTD 13 Feb 2012
    07967094 CLEE NESS ESTATES LIMITED 28 Feb 2012
    07961786 VFM GAS AND PLUMBING SERVICES LTD 23 Feb 2012