Northwood, Greater London
Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report

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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 124 companies were registered in Northwood during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is an increase of 21.6% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.8% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Northwood UK 2012 124 118,868 2011 102 114,512 % change 21.6% 3.8% Record Year 2000 (398) 2012 (118,868) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2012 37 39 48 New companies in 2011 31 34 37 % change 19.4% 14.7% 29.7% Record Year 2000 (289) 2000 (70) 2002 (56)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 89 companies were dissolved in Northwood during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is an increase of 34.8% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares poorly 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) Northwood UK 2012 89 74,772 2011 66 72,230 % change 34.8% 3.5% Record Year 2009 (134) 2009 (159,401) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2012 35 27 27 Closed companies in 2011 26 15 25 % change 34.6% 80.0% 8% Record Year 2002 (48) 2004 (56) 1999 (73)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
Net company growth for Northwood during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 35 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Northwood UK 2012 35 44,096 2011 36 42,282 Record Year 2000 (309) 2003 (60,597) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2012 2 12 21 Net growth in 2011 5 19 12 Record Year 2000 (273) 2000 (34) 2002 (49)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
In the third quarter of 2012, Northwood formed 0.1% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Northwood 2012 0.1% 2011 0.1% 2010 0.1% 2009 0.1% 2008 0.1% Record Year (since 1960) 2000 (0.7%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2012 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% UK formation share in 2011 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% % change 7.2% 15.6% 28.3% Record Year 2000 (1.5%) 1995 (0.5%) 1961 (0.4%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2012 was 42.0.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 9.7% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.2% compared to the UK figure of 3.2%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
The record third quarter for female directors in Northwood was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
21.3% of all director appointments in Northwood 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
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Previous 12 months (Sep 2011-Sep 2012)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 1.96% CONSULTING 5.05% MANAGEMENT 1.71% MANAGEMENT 4.75% LONDON 1.59% CONSULTANCY 3.28% PROPERTY 1.22% PROPERTY 2.35% TRADING 0.98% TRADING 2.08% CONSULTANTS 0.86% DESIGN 1.87% BUSINESS 0.86% ASSOCIATES 1.84% ASSOCIATES 0.73% ENGINEERING 1.83% J 0.73% CONSULTANTS 1.76% CONSULTANCY 0.73% BUSINESS 1.72% HEALTH 0.61% CONSTRUCTION 1.70% INVESTMENTS 0.61% MEDIA 1.67% PROPERTIES 0.61% LONDON 1.67% MEDICAL 0.61% J 1.55% DEVELOPMENTS 0.49% GLOBAL 1.53% ROAD 0.49% INVESTMENTS 1.46% 2 0.49% IT 1.43% INTERNATIONAL 0.49% PROPERTIES 1.34% PARTNERSHIP 0.49% CARE 1.32% NORTHWOOD 0.49% M 1.27% CONSTRUCTION 0.49% BUILDING 1.22% PRODUCTIONS 0.49% ENTERPRISES 1.20% C 0.49% ELECTRICAL 1.20% FINANCIAL 0.49% S 1.17% HOUSE 0.49% SECURITY 1.16%
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 270 331,455 7487 - Other business activities 39 35,545 99999 - Dormant Company 32 25,035 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 29 19,425 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 22 14,774 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 21 33,677 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 18 13,716 9999 - Dormant Company 14 12,598 62090 - Other information technology service activities 10 7,869 7414 - Business & management consultancy 9 8,437 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 8 9,891 7260 - Other computer related activities 8 4,979 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 7 4,119 74990 - Non-trading company 7 9,203 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 7 3,493 41202 - Construction of domestic buildings 6 3,086 68100 - Buying and selling of own real estate 6 3,003 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 6 4,294 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 6 4,997 86900 - Other human health activities 5 4,998
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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