New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   Q1 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Peterborough when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2012 was a record quarter for company registrations in Peterborough when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 387 companies were registered in Peterborough during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

   This figure is an increase of 29.0% 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)	Peterborough	UK
   2012	387	131,491
   2011	300	116,391
   % change	29.0%	13.0%
   Record Year	2012 (387)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2012	387	Q1 2012	131491	1
   Q1 2011	300	Q1 2011	116391	1
   Q1 2010	275	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	249	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	261	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	331	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	254	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	323	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	226	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	279	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2012	387	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   March 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Peterborough when compared to any previous March.

   January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Peterborough when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2012	47941	151
   Feb 2012	44149	120
   Jan 2012	39401	116
   Dec 2011	30598	91
   Nov 2011	40319	102
   Oct 2011	38706	99
   Sep 2011	38920	74
   Aug 2011	38461	90
   Jul 2011	37131	109
   Jun 2011	39725	112
   May 2011	38130	92
   Apr 2011	34489	108

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2012	116	120	151
   New companies in 2011	82	111	107
   % change	41.5%	8.1%	41.1%
   Record Year	2012 (116)	2005 (157)	2012 (151)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   A total of 148 companies were dissolved in Peterborough during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

   This figure is a decrease of 38.3% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares well 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)	Peterborough	UK
   2012	148	67,576
   2011	240	90,987
   % change	-38.3%	-25.7%
   Record Year	2009 (263)	2009 (108,065)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2012	148	Q1 2012	67576	1
   Q1 2011	240	Q1 2011	90987	1
   Q1 2010	215	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	263	Q1 2009	108065	1
   Q1 2008	141	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	145	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	118	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	108	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	121	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	92	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2009	263	Q1 2009	108065	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2012	21089	43
   Feb 2012	23245	51
   Jan 2012	23242	54
   Dec 2011	29283	65
   Nov 2011	31065	81
   Oct 2011	19635	40
   Sep 2011	22852	72
   Aug 2011	25745	64
   Jul 2011	23633	53
   Jun 2011	23848	73
   May 2011	31305	71
   Apr 2011	16171	47

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2012	54	51	43
   Closed companies in 2011	81	79	80
   % change	-33.3%	-35.4%	-46%
   Record Year	2011 (81)	2011 (79)	2009 (146)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   Q1 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Peterborough when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2012 was a record quarter for net growth in Peterborough when compared to any quarter in history.

   Net company growth for Peterborough during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 239 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	Peterborough	UK
   2012	239	63,915
   2011	60	25,404
   Record Year	2012 (239)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2012	239	300	Q1 2012	63915	116391	1
   Q1 2011	60	275	Q1 2011	25404	105137	1
   Q1 2010	60	249	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	-14	261	Q1 2009	-17031	96698	1
   Q1 2008	120	331	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	186	254	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	136	323	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	215	226	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	105	279	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	187	195	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2012	239	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   March 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Peterborough when compared to any previous March.

   January 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Peterborough when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2012	26852	108
   Feb 2012	20904	69
   Jan 2012	16159	62
   Dec 2011	1315	26
   Nov 2011	9254	21
   Oct 2011	19071	59
   Sep 2011	16068	2
   Aug 2011	12716	26
   Jul 2011	13498	56
   Jun 2011	15877	39
   May 2011	6825	21
   Apr 2011	18318	61

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2012	62	69	108
   Net growth in 2011	1	32	27
   Record Year	2012 (62)	2005 (129)	2012 (108)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   In the first quarter of 2012, Peterborough formed 0.3% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	Peterborough
   2012	0.3%
   2011	0.3%
   2010	0.3%
   2009	0.3%
   2008	0.3%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1969 (0.6%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2012	0.2943	387	1
   Q1 2011	0.2578	300	1
   Q1 2010	0.2616	275	1
   Q1 2009	0.2735	249	1
   Q1 2008	0.2699	261	1
   Q1 2007	0.1984	331	1
   Q1 2006	0.2326	254	1
   Q1 2005	0.3429	323	1
   Q1 2004	0.2470	226	1
   Q1 2003	0.2864	279	1
   Q1 1969	0.5856	9	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2012	0.3150	151
   Feb 2012	0.2718	120
   Jan 2012	0.2944	116
   Dec 2011	0.2974	91
   Nov 2011	0.2530	102
   Oct 2011	0.2558	99
   Sep 2011	0.1901	74
   Aug 2011	0.2340	90
   Jul 2011	0.2936	109
   Jun 2011	0.2819	112
   May 2011	0.2413	92
   Apr 2011	0.3131	108

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2012	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
   UK formation share in 2011	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%
   % change	21.3%	-7.5%	32.0%
   Record Year	1973 (0.8%)	1969 (0.9%)	1969 (0.7%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 42.9.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.6% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.1% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q1 2012	42.9447	4.1451	2.5907	42.7076	4.6029	3.4625
   Q1 2011	43.7425	5.1896	3.3932	43.9398	3.0278	4.2627
   Q1 2010	44.8790	3.2099	3.7037	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	45.6500	6.5909	1.5909	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	46.6541	6.0150	1.1278	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	47.5830	5.5800	0.2937	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	46.9640	5.2158	0.1799	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	48.3586	6.5657	0.3367	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	48.6226	5.4475	0.0000	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	51.6506	11.7647	0.1783	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   The record first quarter for female directors in Peterborough was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.

   28.2% of all director appointments in Peterborough in the first quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q1 2012	28.2090	Q1 2012	25.1929	1
   Q1 2011	27.6042	Q1 2011	25.4684	1
   Q1 2010	24.8394	Q1 2010	24.7553	1
   Q1 2009	28.4823	Q1 2009	26.1125	1
   Q1 2008	26.4659	Q1 2008	28.3497	1
   Q1 2007	30.3329	Q1 2007	27.4481	1
   Q1 2006	31.8979	Q1 2006	26.9433	1
   Q1 2005	26.4036	Q1 2005	26.8387	1
   Q1 2004	30.0178	Q1 2004	27.1410	1
   Q1 2003	29.8507	Q1 2003	30.5573	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1950	83.3333	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. 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
   MANAGEMENT	1.58%	CONSULTING	5.07%
   PETERBOROUGH	1.38%	MANAGEMENT	4.74%
   CARE	1.27%	CONSULTANCY	3.30%
   CONSULTING	1.07%	PROPERTY	2.37%
   (PETERBOROUGH)	1.02%	TRADING	2.07%
   CONSULTANCY	0.92%	DESIGN	1.93%
   DESIGN	0.82%	ENGINEERING	1.86%
   CENTRE	0.76%	ASSOCIATES	1.84%
   ENGINEERING	0.76%	CONSULTANTS	1.79%
   PROPERTY	0.71%	BUSINESS	1.73%
   CAR	0.71%	MEDIA	1.72%
   M	0.66%	CONSTRUCTION	1.72%
   PROPERTIES	0.66%	LONDON	1.66%
   PARK	0.66%	J	1.54%
   S	0.61%	INVESTMENTS	1.51%
   BUSINESS	0.61%	GLOBAL	1.50%
   ASSOCIATES	0.61%	IT	1.40%
   CONSULTANTS	0.56%	CARE	1.34%
   SALES	0.51%	PROPERTIES	1.31%
   CARS	0.46%	ELECTRICAL	1.27%
   GLOBAL	0.46%	M	1.27%
   RECRUITMENT	0.46%	BUILDING	1.24%
   INVESTMENTS	0.41%	ENERGY	1.20%
   J	0.41%	S	1.20%
   HOMES	0.41%	ENTERPRISES	1.19%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	539	216,665
   7487 - Other business activities	107	52,735
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	74	35,233
   99999 - Dormant Company	61	25,084
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	51	19,704
   9999 - Dormant Company	50	18,617
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	37	14,303
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	35	12,113
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	32	13,637
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	24	6,934
   7260 - Other computer related activities	24	7,154
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	19	9,892
   9305 - Other service activities	19	8,818
   86900 - Other human health activities	19	5,066
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	19	8,145
   7499 - Non-trading company	18	9,102
   74990 - Non-trading company	18	9,729
   69201 - Accounting and auditing activities	18	4,132
   43210 - Electrical installation	17	3,573
   62012 - Business and domestic software development	15	4,356

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07933216	JAF MOTORS LTD	02 Feb 2012
   07938747	AM RESOLUTIONS LTD	07 Feb 2012
   07944597	WORLD GOLF GAMES LIMITED	10 Feb 2012
   07948186	SUPERTREADS AUTOMOTIVE LTD	14 Feb 2012
   07949564	GREEN ENERGY PARKS CONSULTING LIMITED	14 Feb 2012
   07953416	GODDEN'S CARPETS & FURNISHING'S LTD	17 Feb 2012
   07956014	E SURVEYORS LIMITED	20 Feb 2012
   07958954	JT ESTATES LIMITED	21 Feb 2012
   07959535	SST CARE LIMITED	21 Feb 2012
   07963650	R & SL SOLUTIONS LTD	24 Feb 2012
   07965548	NPM LTD	27 Feb 2012
   07968229	JC FUNDING LIMITED	28 Feb 2012
   07969115	MOTION ACTIVE LIMITED	29 Feb 2012
   07940906	LESS TAXING LIMITED	08 Feb 2012
   07956441	HAWKSHAWS PLANNING LTD	20 Feb 2012
   07932105	A M LITTLECHILD CONSULTANCY LIMITED	01 Feb 2012
   07939885	BEST CARS LIMITED	07 Feb 2012
   07951865	KOSTE LTD	16 Feb 2012
   07966960	CJF PROJECTS LTD	28 Feb 2012
   07959789	LTM MORTGAGE SERVICES LIMITED	22 Feb 2012
   07965871	SALLIS TILING LTD	27 Feb 2012
   07937027	COBHAM MSA BUSINESS CENTRE LIMITED	06 Feb 2012
   07938629	MATCHMEUP LIMITED	07 Feb 2012
   07956592	AMBIANCE BY DESIGN LTD	20 Feb 2012
   07959232	NICHE COPPER COILS LIMITED	21 Feb 2012