New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

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

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

   A total of 305 companies were registered in Portsmouth during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

   This figure is an increase of 62.2% 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)	Portsmouth	UK
   2012	305	131,491
   2011	188	116,391
   % change	62.2%	13.0%
   Record Year	2012 (305)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2012	305	Q1 2012	131491	1
   Q1 2011	188	Q1 2011	116391	1
   Q1 2010	169	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	138	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	176	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	216	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	160	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	150	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	166	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	170	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2012	305	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 Portsmouth when compared to any previous March.

   March 2012 was a record month for company registrations in Portsmouth when compared to any month in history.

   February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Portsmouth when compared to any previous February.

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

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2012	47941	129
   Feb 2012	44149	90
   Jan 2012	39401	86
   Dec 2011	30598	76
   Nov 2011	40319	76
   Oct 2011	38706	87
   Sep 2011	38920	69
   Aug 2011	38461	85
   Jul 2011	37131	87
   Jun 2011	39725	81
   May 2011	38130	63
   Apr 2011	34489	64

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2012	86	90	129
   New companies in 2011	45	72	71
   % change	91.1%	25.0%	81.7%
   Record Year	2012 (86)	2012 (90)	2012 (129)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   A total of 133 companies were dissolved in Portsmouth during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

   This figure is an increase of 2.3% 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)	Portsmouth	UK
   2012	133	67,576
   2011	130	90,987
   % change	2.3%	-25.7%
   Record Year	2009 (176)	2009 (108,065)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2012	133	Q1 2012	67576	1
   Q1 2011	130	Q1 2011	90987	1
   Q1 2010	157	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	176	Q1 2009	108065	1
   Q1 2008	92	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	95	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	115	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	62	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	103	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	73	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2009	176	Q1 2009	108065	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

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

   January 2012 saw a new record in company closures in Portsmouth when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2012	21089	39
   Feb 2012	23245	44
   Jan 2012	23242	50
   Dec 2011	29283	53
   Nov 2011	31065	54
   Oct 2011	19635	30
   Sep 2011	22852	37
   Aug 2011	25745	46
   Jul 2011	23633	48
   Jun 2011	23848	44
   May 2011	31305	55
   Apr 2011	16171	19

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2012	50	44	39
   Closed companies in 2011	44	33	53
   % change	13.6%	33.3%	-26%
   Record Year	2012 (50)	2008 (60)	2009 (93)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

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

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

   Net company growth for Portsmouth during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 172 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	Portsmouth	UK
   2012	172	63,915
   2011	58	25,404
   Record Year	2012 (172)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2012	172	188	Q1 2012	63915	116391	1
   Q1 2011	58	169	Q1 2011	25404	105137	1
   Q1 2010	12	138	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	-38	176	Q1 2009	-17031	96698	1
   Q1 2008	84	216	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	121	160	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	45	150	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	88	166	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	63	170	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	97	138	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2012	172	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 Portsmouth when compared to any previous March.

   March 2012 was a record month for net growth in Portsmouth when compared to any month in history.

   February 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Portsmouth when compared to any previous February.

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2012	26852	90
   Feb 2012	20904	46
   Jan 2012	16159	36
   Dec 2011	1315	23
   Nov 2011	9254	22
   Oct 2011	19071	57
   Sep 2011	16068	32
   Aug 2011	12716	39
   Jul 2011	13498	39
   Jun 2011	15877	37
   May 2011	6825	8
   Apr 2011	18318	45

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2012	36	46	90
   Net growth in 2011	1	39	18
   Record Year	1999 (37)	2012 (46)	2012 (90)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   In the first quarter of 2012, Portsmouth formed 0.2% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	Portsmouth
   2012	0.2%
   2011	0.2%
   2010	0.2%
   2009	0.2%
   2008	0.2%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1962 (0.3%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2012	0.2320	305	1
   Q1 2011	0.1615	188	1
   Q1 2010	0.1607	169	1
   Q1 2009	0.1516	138	1
   Q1 2008	0.1820	176	1
   Q1 2007	0.1295	216	1
   Q1 2006	0.1465	160	1
   Q1 2005	0.1592	150	1
   Q1 2004	0.1815	166	1
   Q1 2003	0.1745	170	1
   Q1 1962	0.2741	5	2

   Company Share by Quarter

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

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2012	0.2691	129
   Feb 2012	0.2039	90
   Jan 2012	0.2183	86
   Dec 2011	0.2484	76
   Nov 2011	0.1885	76
   Oct 2011	0.2248	87
   Sep 2011	0.1773	69
   Aug 2011	0.2210	85
   Jul 2011	0.2343	87
   Jun 2011	0.2039	81
   May 2011	0.1652	63
   Apr 2011	0.1856	64

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2012	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%
   UK formation share in 2011	0.1%	0.2%	0.2%
   % change	63.9%	6.9%	70.0%
   Record Year	1975 (0.4%)	1960 (0.4%)	1964 (0.4%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 42.0.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.3% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 2.8% 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	42.0356	2.8470	4.2705	42.7076	4.6029	3.4625
   Q1 2011	43.3900	3.7344	3.7344	43.9398	3.0278	4.2627
   Q1 2010	43.9701	2.9851	1.9900	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	44.9826	3.4884	0.5814	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	46.2217	5.6522	3.0435	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	45.4410	5.9028	0.0000	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	48.0901	9.8712	0.4292	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	47.3064	6.9364	0.0000	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	48.5041	6.5041	0.0000	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	49.3517	5.5085	0.0000	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 Portsmouth was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.

   21.8% of all director appointments in Portsmouth 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	21.7666	Q1 2012	25.1929	1
   Q1 2011	26.6667	Q1 2011	25.4684	1
   Q1 2010	21.8107	Q1 2010	24.7553	1
   Q1 2009	21.0526	Q1 2009	26.1125	1
   Q1 2008	28.9753	Q1 2008	28.3497	1
   Q1 2007	27.9539	Q1 2007	27.4481	1
   Q1 2006	35.1852	Q1 2006	26.9433	1
   Q1 2005	31.3131	Q1 2005	26.8387	1
   Q1 2004	30.7971	Q1 2004	27.1410	1
   Q1 2003	31.0606	Q1 2003	30.5573	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1972	66.6667	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
   CONSULTING	3.39%	CONSULTING	5.07%
   CONSULTANCY	2.47%	MANAGEMENT	4.74%
   SOCIAL	2.28%	CONSULTANCY	3.30%
   CARE	1.37%	PROPERTY	2.37%
   MANAGEMENT	1.37%	TRADING	2.07%
   ENGINEERING	1.24%	DESIGN	1.93%
   CONSULTANTS	1.04%	ENGINEERING	1.86%
   IT	1.04%	ASSOCIATES	1.84%
   ASSOCIATES	0.91%	CONSULTANTS	1.79%
   WORK	0.85%	BUSINESS	1.73%
   ELECTRICAL	0.78%	MEDIA	1.72%
   PROPERTY	0.78%	CONSTRUCTION	1.72%
   PORTSMOUTH	0.72%	LONDON	1.66%
   SOUTHERN	0.72%	J	1.54%
   CONSTRUCTION	0.65%	INVESTMENTS	1.51%
   PROPERTIES	0.59%	GLOBAL	1.50%
   HAMPSHIRE	0.52%	IT	1.40%
   S	0.52%	CARE	1.34%
   HIRE	0.46%	PROPERTIES	1.31%
   M	0.46%	ELECTRICAL	1.27%
   BUSINESS	0.46%	M	1.27%
   DESIGN	0.46%	BUILDING	1.24%
   MEDIA	0.46%	ENERGY	1.20%
   CONTRACTORS	0.46%	S	1.20%
   MARKETING	0.39%	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	317	216,665
   7487 - Other business activities	99	52,735
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	69	35,233
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	33	14,303
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	28	19,704
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	27	13,637
   99999 - Dormant Company	21	25,084
   43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified	19	3,931
   9999 - Dormant Company	17	18,617
   98000 - Residents property management	17	3,050
   7260 - Other computer related activities	16	7,154
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	15	8,145
   9305 - Other service activities	12	8,818
   43210 - Electrical installation	12	3,573
   56103 - Take-away food shops and mobile food stands	11	2,902
   41202 - Construction of domestic buildings	11	3,052
   74990 - Non-trading company	10	9,729
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	10	6,934
   7499 - Non-trading company	10	9,102
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	9	5,169

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07934376	ACP (GROUP) LIMITED	02 Feb 2012
   07935358	THE HMS VICTORY PRESERVATION COMPANY	03 Feb 2012
   07937413	PHYSICAL FITNESS LIMITED	06 Feb 2012
   07940286	MAC MEDIA PRODUCTION LIMITED	07 Feb 2012
   07956983	CARRERA (UK) MEDIA LTD	20 Feb 2012
   07957127	OSCAR STORM CONTAINERS LIMITED	21 Feb 2012
   07931876	LOCAL FOOD AND WINE RETAIL LTD	01 Feb 2012
   07934620	BHRRH LIMITED	03 Feb 2012
   07939452	SPIRIT CLUBS UK LTD	07 Feb 2012
   07940315	YK TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED	07 Feb 2012
   07943550	AIM CONSULTANTS LIMITED	09 Feb 2012
   07947436	COMPLIANCE 4 CLIENTS LIMITED	13 Feb 2012
   07948507	KD WHITE LIMITED	14 Feb 2012
   07952781	260 SEAFRONT (MANAGEMENT) LIMITED	16 Feb 2012
   07953003	ADAPTASOFT LIMITED	16 Feb 2012
   07963325	BASEHUB LTD	24 Feb 2012
   07968052	P SAMUELS LIMITED	28 Feb 2012
   07932722	INFOLITE TRAINING LIMITED	01 Feb 2012
   07936508	EVIE (UK) LIMITED	06 Feb 2012
   07962694	EXCELLENT TRADERS LIMITED	23 Feb 2012
   07940759	SPS CLAIMS LTD	08 Feb 2012
   07942548	REDEMPTION HEALTHCARE LIMITED	09 Feb 2012
   07943853	RAYMONDS (UK) LTD	09 Feb 2012
   07955446	ANNE GILL EYECARE LTD	20 Feb 2012
   07959496	WINTERBOTHAMS LIMITED	21 Feb 2012