Oxfordshire
Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Oxfordshire when compared to any previous February.
- January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Oxfordshire when compared to any previous January.
- February 2012 saw a new record in company closures in Oxfordshire when compared to any previous February.
- January 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Oxfordshire when compared to any previous January.
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 1,097 companies were registered in Oxfordshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is an increase of 18.3% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares well 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) Oxfordshire UK 2012 1,097 131,491 2011 927 116,391 % change 18.3% 13.0% Record Year 2007 (1,198) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Oxfordshire when compared to any previous February.
January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Oxfordshire when compared to any previous January.
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2012 326 384 387 New companies in 2011 269 281 377 % change 21.2% 36.7% 2.7% Record Year 2012 (326) 2012 (384) 2007 (577)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 521 companies were dissolved in Oxfordshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 23.3% 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) Oxfordshire UK 2012 521 67,576 2011 679 90,986 % change -23.3% -25.7% Record Year 2009 (690) 2009 (108,060) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
February 2012 saw a new record in company closures in Oxfordshire when compared to any previous February.
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2012 169 202 150 Closed companies in 2011 254 192 233 % change -33.5% 5.2% -36% Record Year 2011 (254) 2012 (202) 2009 (429)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
Net company growth for Oxfordshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 576 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Oxfordshire UK 2012 576 63,915 2011 248 25,405 Record Year 2007 (671) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
January 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Oxfordshire when compared to any previous January.
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2012 157 182 237 Net growth in 2011 15 89 144 Record Year 2012 (157) 2003 (204) 2007 (412)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
In the first quarter of 2012, Oxfordshire formed 0.8% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Oxfordshire 2012 0.8% 2011 0.8% 2010 0.9% 2009 0.9% 2008 0.9% Record Year (since 1960) 1971 (1.4%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2012 0.8% 0.9% 0.8% UK formation share in 2011 0.8% 0.7% 0.8% % change 3.9% 16.9% -4.0% Record Year 1968 (2.1%) 1969 (1.7%) 1970 (1.9%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 45.4.
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 4.2% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
The record first quarter for female directors in Oxfordshire was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
28.6% of all director appointments in Oxfordshire 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
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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 OXFORD 3.19% CONSULTING 5.07% CONSULTING 2.56% MANAGEMENT 4.74% MANAGEMENT 1.77% CONSULTANCY 3.30% CONSULTANCY 1.40% PROPERTY 2.37% DESIGN 0.99% TRADING 2.07% ENGINEERING 0.81% DESIGN 1.93% PROPERTY 0.79% ENGINEERING 1.86% ASSOCIATES 0.75% ASSOCIATES 1.84% BUSINESS 0.73% CONSULTANTS 1.79% CONSULTANTS 0.63% BUSINESS 1.73% MEDIA 0.63% MEDIA 1.72% SCHOOL 0.55% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% TRADING 0.55% LONDON 1.66% FOR 0.51% J 1.54% J 0.49% INVESTMENTS 1.51% DEVELOPMENTS 0.49% GLOBAL 1.50% (OXFORD) 0.49% IT 1.40% MARKETING 0.47% CARE 1.34% CONSTRUCTION 0.45% PROPERTIES 1.31% OXFORDSHIRE 0.43% ELECTRICAL 1.27% HOUSE 0.43% M 1.27% PRODUCTIONS 0.43% BUILDING 1.24% ACADEMY 0.41% ENERGY 1.20% IT 0.41% S 1.20% TRAINING 0.41% ENTERPRISES 1.19%
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 1,369 216,665 7487 - Other business activities 363 52,735 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 329 19,704 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 259 35,233 99999 - Dormant Company 184 25,084 7414 - Business & management consultancy 184 12,113 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 157 14,303 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 117 9,892 74990 - Non-trading company 110 9,729 9999 - Dormant Company 107 18,617 62090 - Other information technology service activities 101 8,145 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 99 13,637 7499 - Non-trading company 78 9,102 7260 - Other computer related activities 68 7,154 9305 - Other service activities 67 8,818 62012 - Business and domestic software development 66 4,356 86900 - Other human health activities 61 5,066 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 59 6,934 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 56 4,132 41100 - Development of building projects 54 4,984
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 07899441 THE OLD MARLBOROUGH HOUSE LTD 06 Jan 2012 07907367 SIGMA ELECTRONICS LTD 12 Jan 2012 07918374 FREUDIAN SCRIPTS PUBLISHING HOUSE LTD 20 Jan 2012 07895279 MARLIKMEN LTD 03 Jan 2012 07903564 BROADRIBB CYCLES LEAMINGTON SPA LIMITED 10 Jan 2012 07918674 SYMPUL LTD 20 Jan 2012 07922014 WOODVILLE MEWS LIMITED 24 Jan 2012 07925073 REEL PLANET LIMITED 26 Jan 2012 07928513 OXFORD CURRENCY CONSULTING LIMITED 30 Jan 2012 07903798 USMAN OKOYA (UK) LIMITED 10 Jan 2012 07907248 UK TONCAR LIMITED 12 Jan 2012 07921055 JAMBO SUPPLY LIMITED 24 Jan 2012 07897393 360 ICT SOLUTIONS LTD 04 Jan 2012 07902014 M.C. RECRUITMENT & CLEANING COMPANY LTD 09 Jan 2012 07915903 SM VIGILANCE LIMITED 19 Jan 2012 07918174 ZIVOTEL LTD 20 Jan 2012 07918300 ACERLEISURE LTD 20 Jan 2012 07926311 WTL-EJOLA LTD 27 Jan 2012 07926904 STC CARS LIMITED 27 Jan 2012 07901941 SURE SHAPE CNC LTD 09 Jan 2012 07912464 THE OXFORD DENT COMPANY LIMITED 17 Jan 2012 07922221 PORT AZURE HOSTING LIMITED 24 Jan 2012 07927999 INDIAN RIVER (UK) LTD. 30 Jan 2012 07897616 GRANGE MANAGEMENT (SWERFORD) LIMITED 04 Jan 2012 07907503 SHAREPOINT-UK LTD 12 Jan 2012
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