Merseyside

Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report

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 (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    A total of 1,881 companies were registered in Merseyside during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).

    This figure is an increase of 6.3% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.8% against the same period last year.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)MerseysideUK
    20121,881118,868
    20111,769114,512
    % change6.3%3.8%
    Record Year 2006 (2,524) 2012 (118,868)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    New Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    New companies in 2012594617670
    New companies in 2011594603572
    % change0.0%2.3%17.1%
    Record Year2006 (772)2007 (782)2006 (996)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    A total of 1,069 companies were dissolved in Merseyside during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).

    This figure is an increase of 0.6% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.5% against the same period last year.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)MerseysideUK
    20121,06974,772
    20111,06372,230
    % change0.6%3.5%
    Record Year 2008 (3,856) 2009 (159,401)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Closed companies in 2012381406282
    Closed companies in 2011368373322
    % change3.5%8.8%-12%
    Record Year2007 (595)2006 (1,102)2008 (3,100)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    Net company growth for Merseyside during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 812 companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)MerseysideUK
    201281244,096
    201170642,282
    Record Year 2006 (894) 2003 (60,597)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Net Growth by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Net growth in 2012213211388
    Net growth in 2011226230250
    Record Year2006 (560)2011 (230)2006 (680)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    In the third quarter of 2012, Merseyside formed 1.6% of all UK companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)Merseyside
    20121.6%
    20111.5%
    20101.6%
    20091.7%
    20081.6%
    Record Year (since 1960) 2006 (2.6%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Company Share by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    UK formation share in 20121.4%1.6%1.7%
    UK formation share in 20111.6%1.6%1.5%
    % change-10.2%3.1%15.9%
    Record Year1960 (2.6%)2007 (2.5%)2006 (3.0%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2012 was 41.9.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 6.4% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.0% compared to the UK figure of 3.2%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    The record third quarter for female directors in Merseyside was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.

    25.3% of all director appointments in Merseyside in the third quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.7% for the same period.

    Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

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

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

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    BEACH3.31%CONSULTING5.06%
    HOTEL2.09%MANAGEMENT4.77%
    MANAGEMENT2.04%CONSULTANCY3.29%
    SUITE2.03%PROPERTY2.36%
    DUNAS1.86%TRADING2.08%
    CONSULTANCY1.69%DESIGN1.87%
    LIVERPOOL1.51%ASSOCIATES1.83%
    PROPERTY1.45%ENGINEERING1.83%
    LLANA1.36%CONSULTANTS1.76%
    (NW)1.27%BUSINESS1.72%
    ENGINEERING1.21%CONSTRUCTION1.70%
    CONSULTING1.13%MEDIA1.68%
    J1.07%LONDON1.67%
    APARTMENT0.96%J1.55%
    FINANCIAL0.94%GLOBAL1.54%
    (LIVERPOOL)0.85%INVESTMENTS1.47%
    TRAINING0.85%IT1.43%
    CONSTRUCTION0.85%PROPERTIES1.34%
    PROPERTIES0.80%CARE1.32%
    TRADING0.78%M1.27%
    BUILDING0.77%BUILDING1.22%
    ASSOCIATES0.76%ENTERPRISES1.21%
    ELECTRICAL0.76%ELECTRICAL1.20%
    CARE0.74%S1.17%
    DESIGN0.72%SECURITY1.16%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied3,715228,243
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified70450,446
    99999 - Dormant Company44037,912
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified35420,742
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management30228,990
    7487 - Other business activities24116,361
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities18121,969
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified17814,809
    74990 - Non-trading company17713,641
    68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate1396,519
    43210 - Electrical installation1285,151
    56302 - Public houses and bars1254,262
    56101 - Licensed restaurants1146,004
    86900 - Other human health activities1117,550
    62090 - Other information technology service activities11011,950
    96020 - Hairdressing and other beauty treatment1084,426
    7450 - Labour recruitment106578
    85590 - Other education not elsewhere classified1034,361
    41100 - Development of building projects1027,545
    68320 - Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis964,786

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    08166538 SEW 'N' GROW 02 Aug 2012
    08168148 HQ INDEPENDENT SOCIAL WORK LIMITED 03 Aug 2012
    08177771 ZFH LIMITED 13 Aug 2012
    08178146 DARREL DRIVE RTM COMPANY LIMITED 14 Aug 2012
    08186655 DL PROPERTIES WIRRAL LTD 21 Aug 2012
    08170193 ELBARTO HAULAGE LTD 07 Aug 2012
    08194371 THE FOUNDATION YEARS TRUST 29 Aug 2012
    08196312 THE TURKISH BARBERS (WALLASEY) LTD 30 Aug 2012
    08183410 FAJA FINANCIAL LIMITED 17 Aug 2012
    OC377870 SDA ARCHITECTURE AND SURVEYING LLP 21 Aug 2012
    08196814 BELINDA CLAIR LIMITED 31 Aug 2012
    08197692 JCN BUSINESS SERVICES LTD 31 Aug 2012
    08187794 APPS DJ LTD 22 Aug 2012
    08188720 M&G ACCIDENT REPAIRS LIMITED 23 Aug 2012
    08197960 DW ACCESS & INSPECTIONS LIMITED 31 Aug 2012
    08168139 ADRIAN MCLOUGHLIN LTD 03 Aug 2012
    08185128 GROSVENOR SERVICES (NORTH WEST) LIMITED 20 Aug 2012
    08193094 SMALL BUSINESS CRM LIMITED 28 Aug 2012
    08171974 GREEN SECURE SYSTEMS LIMITED 08 Aug 2012
    08174076 DEUX SOEURS LTD 09 Aug 2012
    08180189 THE WILL PLACE LIMITED 15 Aug 2012
    08187503 CONVEY CLOUD LIMITED 22 Aug 2012
    08193423 EH PASSIVHAUS LTD 29 Aug 2012
    08164514 ROB LANE PHOTOGRAPHY LIMITED 01 Aug 2012
    08166578 ASPIRE INVESTMENTS (NORTH WEST) LIMITED 02 Aug 2012