Portsmouth, Hampshire
Q3 2013 Business Confidence Report
NOTICE: We have improved our calculations of the statistics in these reports, so some figures and records may not match previous reports.
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
A total of 205 companies were registered in Portsmouth during the third quarter of 2013 (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013).
This figure is a decrease of 19.6% versus the same period last year (Q3 2012). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 11.6% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) Portsmouth UK 2013 205 132,684 2012 255 118,868 % change -19.6% 11.6% Record Year 2012 (255) 2013 (132,684) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2013 76 75 54 New companies in 2012 91 80 84 % change -16.5% -6.3% -35.7% Record Year 2012 (91) 2011 (85) 2012 (84)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
A total of 172 companies were dissolved in Portsmouth during the third quarter of 2013 (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013).
This figure is an increase of 55.0% versus the same period last year (Q3 2012). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 13.5% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) Portsmouth UK 2013 172 86,170 2012 111 75,908 % change 55.0% 13.5% Record Year 2009 (214) 2009 (159,405) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2013 61 61 50 Closed companies in 2012 44 35 32 % change 38.6% 74.3% 56% Record Year 2013 (61) 2008 (97) 2009 (92)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
Net company growth for Portsmouth during the third quarter of 2013 (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) was 33 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) Portsmouth UK 2013 33 46,514 2012 144 42,960 Record Year 2012 (144) 2013 (46,514) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2013 15 14 4 Net growth in 2012 47 45 52 Record Year 2008 (51) 2012 (45) 2003 (67)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
In the third quarter of 2013, Portsmouth formed 0.2% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) Portsmouth 2013 0.2% 2012 0.2% 2011 0.2% 2010 0.2% 2009 0.2% Record Year (since 1960) 1998 (0.2%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2013 0.2% 0.2% 0.1% UK formation share in 2012 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% % change -25.2% -14.0% -43.7% Record Year 1999 (0.2%) 1995 (0.2%) 1992 (0.3%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2013 was 42.2.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.4% compared to the UK figure of 3.7%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 5.1% compared to the UK figure of 4.5%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
The record third quarter for female directors in Portsmouth was in 2007 when 37.7% of all directors were female.
24.6% of all director appointments in Portsmouth in the third quarter of 2013 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.2% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Sep 2012-Sep 2013)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage MANAGEMENT 1.54% CONSULTING 5.27% PORTSMOUTH 1.31% MANAGEMENT 4.75% PERI 0.92% CONSULTANCY 3.45% CONSULTANCY 0.92% PROPERTY 2.53% ELECTRICAL 0.92% TRADING 2.08% CLEANING 0.92% ENGINEERING 1.83% CONSULTING 0.85% LONDON 1.79% HAMPSHIRE 0.77% DESIGN 1.78% CONSTRUCTION 0.77% BUSINESS 1.74% PROPERTY 0.69% CONSTRUCTION 1.70% ENGINEERING 0.61% CONSULTANTS 1.69% TRAINING 0.61% CARE 1.64% J 0.61% ASSOCIATES 1.61% HOME 0.54% GLOBAL 1.59% SOUTH 0.54% J 1.54% 2 0.54% MEDIA 1.54% TRADING 0.46% INVESTMENTS 1.53% N 0.46% PROPERTIES 1.45% CENTRE 0.46% IT 1.39% (PORTSMOUTH) 0.46% M 1.25% MARKETING 0.46% ELECTRICAL 1.20% SECURITY 0.46% BUILDING 1.19% D 0.38% CAPITAL 1.19% MEDIA 0.38% DEVELOPMENTS 1.16% GLOBAL 0.38% TRAINING 1.15%
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 472 260,135 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 101 34,970 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 96 26,675 88990 - Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified 91 3,422 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 84 54,854 99999 - Dormant Company 56 46,169 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 50 25,547 43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified 37 7,590 86101 - Hospital activities 33 2,494 62090 - Other information technology service activities 31 12,516 86900 - Other human health activities 28 9,203 71129 - Other engineering activities 26 4,894 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 23 17,715 71122 - Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities 22 2,723 98000 - Residents property management 21 4,680 62012 - Business and domestic software development 21 9,104 56103 - Take-away food shops and mobile food stands 18 6,651 56101 - Licensed restaurants 17 7,531 56302 - Public houses and bars 16 5,437 43210 - Electrical installation 16 5,724
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 08635882 S GRIFFIN LIMITED 02 Aug 2013 08649590 ALLOYS4CARS LTD 14 Aug 2013 08651897 CHAPEL STREET PETERSFIELD LIMITED 15 Aug 2013 08652188 STATION APPROACH (SANDERSTEAD) LIMITED 15 Aug 2013 08660744 COASTAL SAFETY LTD 22 Aug 2013 08660935 JEWERCELL CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 22 Aug 2013 08662191 UTILITY REPUBLIC LIMITED 23 Aug 2013 08664568 SURVIVOR PORTSMOUTH LTD 27 Aug 2013 08633063 PORTSMOUTH TAX RETURN CENTRE LTD 01 Aug 2013 08639006 MCOLLET LIMITED 06 Aug 2013 08641801 PORTSMOUTH SCHOOLS' PARTNERSHIP 07 Aug 2013 08655804 PICHAVISION LIMITED 19 Aug 2013 08658513 VANNERS COURT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED 21 Aug 2013 08659222 K C PLUMBING LTD. 21 Aug 2013 08665613 LISA MILNER LAW CONSULTANCY LIMITED 28 Aug 2013 08638536 GENIE WIPE LIMITED 05 Aug 2013 08641404 EMAVPS LIMITED 07 Aug 2013 08643660 IMPROVE YOU LTD 08 Aug 2013 08644059 FUNDING KNIGHT SERVICES LIMITED 08 Aug 2013 08646447 TOTAL MARKETING 2014 LIMITED 12 Aug 2013 08646836 F2G LOGISTICS LTD 12 Aug 2013 08648915 ABBEYMEDE FREEHOLD LIMITED 13 Aug 2013 08656168 FEKT LTD 19 Aug 2013 08656914 HUNTIX LIMITED 20 Aug 2013 08657325 VIXEN CLOSE 5-11 LIMITED 20 Aug 2013
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