New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   Q1 2012 was a record quarter for company registrations in Maidenhead when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 195 companies were registered in Maidenhead during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

   This figure is an increase of 4.8% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares badly 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)	Maidenhead	UK
   2012	195	131,491
   2011	186	116,391
   % change	4.8%	13.0%
   Record Year	2012 (195)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2012	195	Q1 2012	131491	1
   Q1 2011	186	Q1 2011	116391	1
   Q1 2010	188	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	145	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	151	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	195	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	144	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	122	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	152	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	167	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2012	195	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

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

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2012	47941	62
   Feb 2012	44149	74
   Jan 2012	39401	59
   Dec 2011	30598	44
   Nov 2011	40319	48
   Oct 2011	38706	56
   Sep 2011	38920	74
   Aug 2011	38461	58
   Jul 2011	37131	56
   Jun 2011	39725	60
   May 2011	38130	42
   Apr 2011	34489	43

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2012	59	74	62
   New companies in 2011	49	74	63
   % change	20.4%	0.0%	-1.6%
   Record Year	2007 (59)	2012 (74)	2010 (82)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   Q1 2012 saw a new record in company closures in Maidenhead when compared to any previous Q1.

   A total of 178 companies were dissolved in Maidenhead during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

   This figure is an increase of 32.8% 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)	Maidenhead	UK
   2012	178	67,576
   2011	134	90,987
   % change	32.8%	-25.7%
   Record Year	2012 (178)	2009 (108,065)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2012	178	Q1 2012	67576	1
   Q1 2011	134	Q1 2011	90987	1
   Q1 2010	117	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	132	Q1 2009	108065	1
   Q1 2008	51	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	105	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	91	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	74	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	94	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	75	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2012	178	Q1 2009	108065	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   February 2012 saw a new record in company closures in Maidenhead when compared to any previous February.

   January 2012 saw a new record in company closures in Maidenhead when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2012	21089	48
   Feb 2012	23245	38
   Jan 2012	23242	92
   Dec 2011	29283	32
   Nov 2011	31065	51
   Oct 2011	19635	51
   Sep 2011	22852	25
   Aug 2011	25745	48
   Jul 2011	23633	38
   Jun 2011	23848	30
   May 2011	31305	49
   Apr 2011	16171	28

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2012	92	38	48
   Closed companies in 2011	57	33	44
   % change	61.4%	15.2%	9%
   Record Year	2012 (92)	2012 (38)	2009 (89)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   Net company growth for Maidenhead during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 17 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	Maidenhead	UK
   2012	17	63,915
   2011	52	25,404
   Record Year	2008 (100)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2012	17	186	Q1 2012	63915	116391	1
   Q1 2011	52	188	Q1 2011	25404	105137	1
   Q1 2010	71	145	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	13	151	Q1 2009	-17031	96698	1
   Q1 2008	100	195	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	90	144	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	53	122	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	48	152	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	58	167	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	92	123	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2008	100	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2012	26852	14
   Feb 2012	20904	36
   Jan 2012	16159	-33
   Dec 2011	1315	12
   Nov 2011	9254	-3
   Oct 2011	19071	5
   Sep 2011	16068	49
   Aug 2011	12716	10
   Jul 2011	13498	18
   Jun 2011	15877	30
   May 2011	6825	-7
   Apr 2011	18318	15

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2012	-33	36	14
   Net growth in 2011	-8	41	19
   Record Year	2008 (31)	2011 (41)	2008 (59)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   In the first quarter of 2012, Maidenhead formed 0.1% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	Maidenhead
   2012	0.1%
   2011	0.2%
   2010	0.2%
   2009	0.2%
   2008	0.2%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1969 (0.7%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2012	0.1483	195	1
   Q1 2011	0.1598	186	1
   Q1 2010	0.1788	188	1
   Q1 2009	0.1593	145	1
   Q1 2008	0.1562	151	1
   Q1 2007	0.1169	195	1
   Q1 2006	0.1319	144	1
   Q1 2005	0.1295	122	1
   Q1 2004	0.1661	152	1
   Q1 2003	0.1714	167	1
   Q1 1969	0.6506	10	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2012	0.1293	62
   Feb 2012	0.1676	74
   Jan 2012	0.1497	59
   Dec 2011	0.1438	44
   Nov 2011	0.1191	48
   Oct 2011	0.1447	56
   Sep 2011	0.1901	74
   Aug 2011	0.1508	58
   Jul 2011	0.1508	56
   Jun 2011	0.1510	60
   May 2011	0.1101	42
   Apr 2011	0.1247	43

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2012	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
   UK formation share in 2011	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%
   % change	3.2%	-14.5%	-8.0%
   Record Year	1964 (0.6%)	1961 (1.3%)	1969 (0.7%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 44.2.

   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 2.5% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q1 2012	44.2332	2.4735	3.8869	42.7076	4.6029	3.4625
   Q1 2011	45.1557	7.2664	2.4221	43.9398	3.0278	4.2627
   Q1 2010	46.7370	3.2468	2.2727	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	47.6400	5.8182	0.3636	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	49.1104	6.6246	0.0000	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	47.7682	6.6225	0.0000	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	49.9221	8.0519	0.5195	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	51.4828	12.3563	0.0000	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	50.5405	8.0952	0.7143	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	51.5196	10.7050	0.0000	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

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

   28.0% of all director appointments in Maidenhead in the first quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q1 2012	28.0120	Q1 2012	25.1929	1
   Q1 2011	26.9939	Q1 2011	25.4684	1
   Q1 2010	28.8043	Q1 2010	24.7553	1
   Q1 2009	24.9158	Q1 2009	26.1125	1
   Q1 2008	28.5714	Q1 2008	28.3497	1
   Q1 2007	27.1347	Q1 2007	27.4481	1
   Q1 2006	22.9314	Q1 2006	26.9433	1
   Q1 2005	25.9067	Q1 2005	26.8387	1
   Q1 2004	31.7982	Q1 2004	27.1410	1
   Q1 2003	31.6667	Q1 2003	30.5573	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1936	100.0000	2

   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.

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   CONSULTING	2.56%	CONSULTING	5.07%
   MANAGEMENT	1.24%	MANAGEMENT	4.74%
   CONSULTANCY	1.06%	CONSULTANCY	3.30%
   SYSTEMS	0.80%	PROPERTY	2.37%
   ASSOCIATES	0.71%	TRADING	2.07%
   S	0.71%	DESIGN	1.93%
   BUSINESS	0.71%	ENGINEERING	1.86%
   C	0.62%	ASSOCIATES	1.84%
   DESIGN	0.53%	CONSULTANTS	1.79%
   CONSTRUCTION	0.53%	BUSINESS	1.73%
   R	0.53%	MEDIA	1.72%
   SECURITY	0.53%	CONSTRUCTION	1.72%
   TRADING	0.53%	LONDON	1.66%
   PROPERTY	0.53%	J	1.54%
   HOUSE	0.44%	INVESTMENTS	1.51%
   HOME	0.44%	GLOBAL	1.50%
   SCHOOL	0.44%	IT	1.40%
   EVENTS	0.44%	CARE	1.34%
   IT	0.44%	PROPERTIES	1.31%
   HOLDINGS	0.44%	ELECTRICAL	1.27%
   TECHNOLOGIES	0.44%	M	1.27%
   PARTNERS	0.44%	BUILDING	1.24%
   CO.	0.44%	ENERGY	1.20%
   SMITH	0.35%	S	1.20%
   ENTERTAINMENT	0.35%	ENTERPRISES	1.19%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	281	216,665
   7487 - Other business activities	79	52,735
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	70	19,704
   99999 - Dormant Company	61	25,084
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	59	35,233
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	50	14,303
   9999 - Dormant Company	38	18,617
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	36	12,113
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	31	9,892
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	29	6,934
   7260 - Other computer related activities	21	7,154
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	21	8,145
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	16	13,637
   9305 - Other service activities	15	8,818
   74990 - Non-trading company	15	9,729
   7499 - Non-trading company	15	9,102
   62012 - Business and domestic software development	11	4,356
   78109 - Other activities of employment placement agencies	11	1,982
   47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet	10	3,439
   86900 - Other human health activities	9	5,066

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07972593	MOTO-LUBE LTD	01 Mar 2012
   07976892	JJR GLOBAL LTD	06 Mar 2012
   07977359	AIR INTELLIGENCE LTD	06 Mar 2012
   07977870	RG9 LIMITED	06 Mar 2012
   07980502	MIX BEAT PROMOTIONS LIMITED	07 Mar 2012
   07982723	RISKOGNITION CONSULTING SERVICES LIMITED	08 Mar 2012
   07983197	SITA SEMBCORP UK HOLDINGS LIMITED	09 Mar 2012
   07985888	AGILENE CONSULTING LIMITED	12 Mar 2012
   07989206	HELLO MEDIA LTD	14 Mar 2012
   07989251	CES SYSTEMS LIMITED	14 Mar 2012
   07989585	MISSION RECOVERY LTD	14 Mar 2012
   07991616	CLOUD SYMPHONY LIMITED	15 Mar 2012
   07991905	MCOZ LIMITED	15 Mar 2012
   07993505	COSMO SOLUTIONS LTD	16 Mar 2012
   07993800	BIRWOOD FX LIMITED	16 Mar 2012
   07993915	ROLAND BANKS LIMITED	16 Mar 2012
   07995629	R&M ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED	19 Mar 2012
   07996016	SCUBA CHANNELS LTD	19 Mar 2012
   07996768	JPG ACCOUNTANCY & TAXATION SERVICES LTD	20 Mar 2012
   07998354	PHIL DRAPER LTD	20 Mar 2012
   07998729	BRAXTON RIVER LTD	20 Mar 2012
   07998759	GBC ACTIVE LTD	20 Mar 2012
   07999855	SIREN DIVING LIMITED	21 Mar 2012
   08000579	GLOBAL WEB SALES LIMITED	21 Mar 2012
   08000658	TOWERPOINT SERVICES LIMITED	21 Mar 2012