New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2014)

   Q3 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Oldham when compared to any previous Q3.

   Q3 2014 was a record quarter for company registrations in Oldham when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 323 companies were registered in Oldham during the third quarter of 2014 (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014).

   This figure is an increase of 26.2% versus the same period last year (Q3 2013). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 8.1% against the same period last year.

   third quarter (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014)	Oldham	UK
   2014	323	143,414
   2013	256	132,684
   % change	26.2%	8.1%
   Record Year	2014 (323)	2014 (143,414)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q3 2014	323	Q3 2014	143414	1
   Q3 2013	256	Q3 2013	132684	1
   Q3 2012	273	Q3 2012	118868	1
   Q3 2011	248	Q3 2011	114512	1
   Q3 2010	222	Q3 2010	101492	1
   Q3 2009	252	Q3 2009	94671	1
   Q3 2008	162	Q3 2008	84894	1
   Q3 2007	188	Q3 2007	95412	1
   Q3 2006	167	Q3 2006	95504	1
   Q3 2005	185	Q3 2005	90727	1
   Q3 2014	323	Q3 2014	143414	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2014)

   September 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Oldham when compared to any previous September.

   August 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Oldham when compared to any previous August.

   July 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in Oldham when compared to any previous July.

   July 2014 was a record month for company registrations in Oldham when compared to any month in history.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Sep 2014	48913	100
   Aug 2014	43642	100
   Jul 2014	50859	123
   Jun 2014	47457	95
   May 2014	48503	85
   Apr 2014	54049	102
   Mar 2014	55573	90
   Feb 2014	48177	122
   Jan 2014	46972	93
   Dec 2013	34573	74
   Nov 2013	43108	102
   Oct 2013	49566	112

   New Companies by Month

   	July	August	September
   New companies in 2014	123	100	100
   New companies in 2013	88	81	87
   % change	39.8%	23.5%	14.9%
   Record Year	2014 (123)	2014 (100)	2014 (100)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2014)

   A total of 233 companies were dissolved in Oldham during the third quarter of 2014 (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014).

   This figure is an increase of 7.9% versus the same period last year (Q3 2013). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 18.0% against the same period last year.

   third quarter (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014)	Oldham	UK
   2014	233	101,670
   2013	216	86,170
   % change	7.9%	18.0%
   Record Year	2014 (233)	2009 (159,405)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q3 2014	233	Q3 2014	101670	1
   Q3 2013	216	Q3 2013	86170	1
   Q3 2012	155	Q3 2012	75908	1
   Q3 2011	168	Q3 2011	72230	1
   Q3 2010	209	Q3 2010	87705	1
   Q3 2009	227	Q3 2009	159405	1
   Q3 2008	138	Q3 2008	82738	1
   Q3 2007	103	Q3 2007	58666	1
   Q3 2006	81	Q3 2006	51444	1
   Q3 2005	88	Q3 2005	50134	1
   Q3 2014	233	Q3 2009	159405	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2014)

   July 2014 saw a new record in company closures in Oldham when compared to any previous July.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Sep 2014	36901	79
   Aug 2014	27334	76
   Jul 2014	37435	78
   Jun 2014	32217	57
   May 2014	41200	92
   Apr 2014	21420	50
   Mar 2014	27899	59
   Feb 2014	28186	48
   Jan 2014	26285	81
   Dec 2013	28961	52
   Nov 2013	26600	80
   Oct 2013	35290	72

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	July	August	September
   Closed companies in 2014	78	76	79
   Closed companies in 2013	61	42	113
   % change	27.9%	81.0%	-30%
   Record Year	2014 (78)	2008 (102)	2013 (113)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2014)

   Net company growth for Oldham during the third quarter of 2014 (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014) was 90 companies.

   third quarter (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014)	Oldham	UK
   2014	90	41,744
   2013	40	46,514
   Record Year	2012 (118)	2013 (46,514)

   quarter	net	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q3 2014	90	Q3 2014	41744	143414	1
   Q3 2013	40	Q3 2013	46514	132684	1
   Q3 2012	118	Q3 2012	42960	118868	1
   Q3 2011	80	Q3 2011	42282	114512	1
   Q3 2010	13	Q3 2010	13787	101492	1
   Q3 2009	25	Q3 2009	-64734	94671	1
   Q3 2008	24	Q3 2008	2156	84894	1
   Q3 2007	85	Q3 2007	36746	95412	1
   Q3 2006	86	Q3 2006	44060	95504	1
   Q3 2005	97	Q3 2005	40593	90727	1
   Q3 2012	118	Q3 2013	46514	132684	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2014)

   month	uk net	net
   Sep 2014	12012	21
   Aug 2014	16308	24
   Jul 2014	13424	45
   Jun 2014	15240	38
   May 2014	7303	-7
   Apr 2014	32629	52
   Mar 2014	27674	31
   Feb 2014	19991	74
   Jan 2014	20687	12
   Dec 2013	5612	22
   Nov 2013	16508	22
   Oct 2013	14276	40

   Net Growth by Month

   	July	August	September
   Net growth in 2014	45	24	21
   Net growth in 2013	27	39	-26
   Record Year	2005 (47)	2011 (50)	2012 (59)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2014)

   In the third quarter of 2014, Oldham formed 0.2% of all UK companies.

   third quarter (Jul 2014 - Sep 2014)	Oldham
   2014	0.2%
   2013	0.2%
   2012	0.2%
   2011	0.2%
   2010	0.2%
   Record Year (since 1960)	2009 (0.3%)

   quarter	percentage	num towns	sort
   Q3 2014	0.2252	323	1
   Q3 2013	0.1929	256	1
   Q3 2012	0.2297	273	1
   Q3 2011	0.2166	248	1
   Q3 2010	0.2187	222	1
   Q3 2009	0.2662	252	1
   Q3 2008	0.1908	162	1
   Q3 2007	0.1970	188	1
   Q3 2006	0.1749	167	1
   Q3 2005	0.2039	185	1
   Q3 2009	0.2662	252	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2014)

   month	percentage	number of companies
   Sep 2014	0.2044	100
   Aug 2014	0.2291	100
   Jul 2014	0.2418	123
   Jun 2014	0.2002	95
   May 2014	0.1752	85
   Apr 2014	0.1887	102
   Mar 2014	0.1619	90
   Feb 2014	0.2532	122
   Jan 2014	0.1980	93
   Dec 2013	0.2140	74
   Nov 2013	0.2366	102
   Oct 2013	0.2260	112

   Company Share by Month

   	July	August	September
   UK formation share in 2014	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
   UK formation share in 2013	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
   % change	27.0%	17.7%	5.4%
   Record Year	2009 (0.3%)	2009 (0.3%)	2012 (0.2%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2014)

   The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2014 was 39.8.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.1% compared to the UK figure of 3.7%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 8.2% compared to the UK figure of 4.5%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q3 2014	39.76132930470531	8.1851	2.1352	42.90946017210008	3.6772	4.5010
   Q3 2013	41.92659067378815	3.9301	2.8384	42.923638440596655	3.6585	4.4862
   Q3 2012	41.125528215423344	7.4803	2.9528	43.2588350388961	3.7057	4.3051
   Q3 2011	42.08500033158522	5.9829	2.7778	43.398876334155844	3.6557	3.9424
   Q3 2010	42.356814417345774	4.6798	2.2167	43.30722610618801	3.2172	3.5799
   Q3 2009	41.87662816201487	5.8065	2.7957	42.91300690059605	3.1815	4.2373
   Q3 2008	42.06958904061266	4.3011	2.1505	42.86334642452172	3.0092	3.8814
   Q3 2007	40.061523478342586	4.2827	2.1413	42.50010083686829	2.4061	3.8631
   Q3 2006	40.85196035400072	5.4830	2.0888	42.375456597680525	2.3686	3.9617
   Q3 2005	41.32734057731006	4.4289	2.3310	42.247439270689526	2.2849	3.8932

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2014)

   The record third quarter for female directors in Oldham was in 2005 when 30.8% of all directors were female.

   21.4% of all director appointments in Oldham in the third quarter of 2014 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.3% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q3 2014	21.3523	Q3 2014	26.3294	1
   Q3 2013	20.7424	Q3 2013	26.2380	1
   Q3 2012	22.8346	Q3 2012	26.2498	1
   Q3 2011	26.7094	Q3 2011	26.3269	1
   Q3 2010	23.3990	Q3 2010	25.5482	1
   Q3 2009	25.5914	Q3 2009	25.8498	1
   Q3 2008	24.1935	Q3 2008	26.3760	1
   Q3 2007	23.9829	Q3 2007	27.6529	1
   Q3 2006	25.0653	Q3 2006	27.1470	1
   Q3 2005	30.7692	Q3 2005	26.7499	1
   Q3 2005	30.7692	Q3 2007	27.6529	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. Previous 12 months (Sep 2013-Sep 2014)

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

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   OLDHAM	1.31%	CONSULTING	5.17%
   CONSULTANCY	1.04%	MANAGEMENT	4.63%
   CONSULTING	1.04%	CONSULTANCY	3.55%
   TRADING	0.71%	PROPERTY	2.62%
   MANAGEMENT	0.65%	ENGINEERING	2.07%
   DEVELOPMENTS	0.65%	CONSTRUCTION	2.05%
   BUSINESS	0.65%	TRADING	2.00%
   CONSTRUCTION	0.60%	LONDON	1.95%
   PROPERTIES	0.60%	CARE	1.94%
   DIRECT	0.60%	TRANSPORT	1.76%
   CO	0.60%	DESIGN	1.70%
   TRANSPORT	0.55%	CONSULTANTS	1.70%
   ELECTRICAL	0.55%	PROPERTIES	1.63%
   DESIGN	0.55%	BUSINESS	1.62%
   PROPERTY	0.55%	J	1.53%
   J	0.55%	ELECTRICAL	1.53%
   SECURITY	0.55%	GLOBAL	1.51%
   (NW)	0.55%	INVESTMENTS	1.50%
   CARE	0.49%	ASSOCIATES	1.48%
   IT	0.49%	MEDIA	1.38%
   SERVICE	0.49%	CO.,	1.36%
   TRAINING	0.44%	DEVELOPMENTS	1.35%
   GLOBAL	0.44%	BUILDING	1.30%
   FINANCIAL	0.44%	IT	1.30%
   ASSOCIATES	0.44%	M	1.23%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	538	278,481
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	112	28,224
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	96	57,264
   99999 - Dormant Company	61	48,286
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	60	40,717
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	37	29,313
   56103 - Take-away food shops and mobile food stands	31	7,917
   56101 - Licensed restaurants	30	8,546
   86900 - Other human health activities	27	11,807
   74990 - Non-trading company	26	14,006
   47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet	26	9,914
   43210 - Electrical installation	25	5,922
   43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified	22	8,501
   43220 - Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation	21	5,083
   64999 - Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified	20	5,857
   68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate	20	10,361
   47190 - Other retail sale in non-specialised stores	20	3,702
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	19	18,890
   45320 - Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories	17	1,139
   96020 - Hairdressing and other beauty treatment	17	6,630

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   OC395080	ASCROFT LLP	03 Sep 2014
   09206492	EDGE SECURE LTD	05 Sep 2014
   09206620	PRECIOUS DESIGN STATIONERY LTD	08 Sep 2014
   09211201	YELLOW MELLOW RECORD LTD	10 Sep 2014
   09214487	ALL PARTS DIRECT (OLDHAM) LIMITED	11 Sep 2014
   09216505	PERITUS MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LIMITED	12 Sep 2014
   09227466	HALIMA PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED	19 Sep 2014
   09200369	THE ITALIAN LEATHER SOFA CENTRE LIMITED	02 Sep 2014
   09213765	BUSINESS GROWTH PROJECTS LIMITED	11 Sep 2014
   09216689	SHAYAAN & SUBHAN LTD	12 Sep 2014
   09240537	DAVIES WILSON LTD	30 Sep 2014
   09210098	JMR DECOR LTD	09 Sep 2014
   09211984	G5 DESIGN OLDHAM LIMITED	10 Sep 2014
   09215503	BVR TRADING LTD	12 Sep 2014
   09210417	JARIBU LIMITED	09 Sep 2014
   09212932	LUNE 1957 LIMITED	10 Sep 2014
   09214510	FICHIS HEART LIMITED	11 Sep 2014
   09214962	BAUM HOME LIMITED	11 Sep 2014
   09215888	FASHION BAZAAR OLDHAM LIMITED	12 Sep 2014
   09236613	GEMMA SMITH MARKETING LTD	26 Sep 2014
   09239796	NEW HORIZON SOCIAL WORK LTD	29 Sep 2014
   09240485	ENDMIME LIMITED	30 Sep 2014
   09213122	BOUDICCIA LIMITED	10 Sep 2014
   09236424	AZURA PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED	26 Sep 2014
   09237301	CAR FINANCE SUPERMARKET LIMITED	26 Sep 2014