Oxfordshire
Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 950 companies were registered in Oxfordshire during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 0.2% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares equally 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) Oxfordshire UK 2012 950 118,868 2011 952 114,512 % change -0.2% 3.8% Record Year 2011 (952) 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 320 299 331 New companies in 2011 312 323 317 % change 2.6% -7.4% 4.4% Record Year 2003 (330) 2011 (323) 2004 (459)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 562 companies were dissolved in Oxfordshire during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is an increase of 5.6% 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) Oxfordshire UK 2012 562 74,772 2011 532 72,230 % change 5.6% 3.5% Record Year 2009 (1,087) 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 205 192 165 Closed companies in 2011 184 176 172 % change 11.4% 9.1% -4% Record Year 2009 (327) 2008 (484) 2009 (388)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
Net company growth for Oxfordshire during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 388 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Oxfordshire UK 2012 388 44,096 2011 420 42,282 Record Year 2003 (503) 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 115 107 166 Net growth in 2011 128 147 145 Record Year 2008 (232) 2011 (147) 2004 (310)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
In the third quarter of 2012, Oxfordshire formed 0.8% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Oxfordshire 2012 0.8% 2011 0.8% 2010 0.9% 2009 0.9% 2008 0.9% Record Year (since 1960) 1966 (1.6%) 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 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% UK formation share in 2011 0.8% 0.8% 0.8% % change -7.9% -6.7% 3.3% Record Year 1966 (2.1%) 1966 (1.9%) 1969 (1.6%)
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 43.5.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 5.5% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.8% 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 Oxfordshire was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
28.6% of all director appointments in Oxfordshire 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 OXFORD 2.92% CONSULTING 5.06% CONSULTING 2.58% MANAGEMENT 4.77% MANAGEMENT 1.46% CONSULTANCY 3.29% CONSULTANCY 1.26% PROPERTY 2.36% ASSOCIATES 1.10% TRADING 2.08% DESIGN 1.03% DESIGN 1.87% PROPERTY 0.85% ASSOCIATES 1.83% ENGINEERING 0.75% ENGINEERING 1.83% MEDIA 0.63% CONSULTANTS 1.76% BUSINESS 0.57% BUSINESS 1.72% CONSULTANTS 0.55% CONSTRUCTION 1.70% FOR 0.53% MEDIA 1.68% ENERGY 0.53% LONDON 1.67% HOUSE 0.51% J 1.55% DEVELOPMENTS 0.51% GLOBAL 1.54% J 0.49% INVESTMENTS 1.47% (OXFORD) 0.49% IT 1.43% TRADING 0.49% PROPERTIES 1.34% TRAINING 0.47% CARE 1.32% ENTERPRISES 0.47% M 1.27% MARKETING 0.47% BUILDING 1.22% DEVELOPMENT 0.45% ENTERPRISES 1.21% SCHOOL 0.45% ELECTRICAL 1.20% ELECTRICAL 0.45% S 1.17% PARTNERS 0.43% 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 1,390 228,243 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 446 28,990 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 337 50,446 99999 - Dormant Company 268 37,912 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 240 21,969 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 159 14,809 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 158 20,742 62090 - Other information technology service activities 141 11,950 74990 - Non-trading company 112 13,641 62012 - Business and domestic software development 105 6,943 7487 - Other business activities 94 16,361 86900 - Other human health activities 88 7,550 41100 - Development of building projects 75 7,545 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 67 5,935 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet 66 5,760 85590 - Other education not elsewhere classified 56 4,361 68320 - Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis 50 4,786 47990 - Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets 49 4,568 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 46 6,519 43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified 45 6,008
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 08211656 STRAND'S HAIR & BEAUTY LTD 12 Sep 2012 08218341 BAGDADI LTD 18 Sep 2012 08218348 BDM SURGERY LTD 18 Sep 2012 08218433 BAGDADI TRADING LTD 18 Sep 2012 08206317 ARISTOTLE LANE ESTATE COMPANY LIMITED 07 Sep 2012 08206455 A1 MOT UK LIMITED 07 Sep 2012 08232075 INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE RIGHTS INITIATIVE UK 27 Sep 2012 08214645 RANA HOMES LTD 14 Sep 2012 08216874 SPX OXFORD LTD. 17 Sep 2012 08231196 MILES CONSULTING LIMITED 27 Sep 2012 08233927 RCG CLINICAL CODING LTD 28 Sep 2012 08198671 ROMANIAN CONSULTING LTD 03 Sep 2012 08201414 SIRIGEN II LIMITED 04 Sep 2012 08201615 DAMUTU LTD. 04 Sep 2012 08217344 BENJAMIN MAN PROPERTIES LTD 17 Sep 2012 08225842 GRAHAM MOGRIDGE WEB DESIGN LIMITED 24 Sep 2012 08226531 HALLMARK CARE LIMITED 24 Sep 2012 08226936 OXFREIGHT LTD 25 Sep 2012 08232934 SONGJAR LTD 28 Sep 2012 08203368 BUTTERFLY PA SERVICES LIMITED 05 Sep 2012 08205844 ACAPPELLA HEAVEN LTD 07 Sep 2012 08215639 KROCK LIMITED 14 Sep 2012 08221325 BLUE GRANITE CAPITAL PARTNERS LIMITED 19 Sep 2012 08221989 TIME QUANTUM EXPERT FORENSICS LIMITED 20 Sep 2012 08214848 HOI YIN FOOD SUPPLIER LIMITED 14 Sep 2012
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