Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report

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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 109 companies were registered in Rickmansworth during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 4.4% 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) Rickmansworth UK 2012 109 118,868 2011 114 114,512 % change -4.4% 3.8% Record Year 2009 (126) 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 33 35 41 New companies in 2011 41 36 37 % change -19.5% -2.8% 10.8% Record Year 2006 (51) 2011 (36) 2003 (47)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 79 companies were dissolved in Rickmansworth during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is an increase of 46.3% 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) Rickmansworth UK 2012 79 74,772 2011 54 72,230 % change 46.3% 3.5% Record Year 2009 (143) 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 22 37 20 Closed companies in 2011 22 16 16 % change 0.0% 131.3% 25% Record Year 2009 (38) 2008 (57) 2009 (59)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
Net company growth for Rickmansworth during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 30 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Rickmansworth UK 2012 30 44,096 2011 60 42,282 Record Year 2011 (60) 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 11 -2 21 Net growth in 2011 19 20 21 Record Year 2006 (35) 2011 (20) 2004 (26)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
In the third quarter of 2012, Rickmansworth formed 0.1% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Rickmansworth 2012 0.1% 2011 0.1% 2010 0.1% 2009 0.1% 2008 0.1% Record Year (since 1960) 1969 (0.3%) 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 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% UK formation share in 2011 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% % change -27.7% -2.0% 9.6% Record Year 1985 (0.3%) 1969 (0.7%) 1961 (0.4%)
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 44.3.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 7.5% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.3% 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 Rickmansworth was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
21.3% of all director appointments in Rickmansworth 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 CONSULTING 2.61% CONSULTING 5.05% MANAGEMENT 1.04% MANAGEMENT 4.75% ASSOCIATES 0.91% CONSULTANCY 3.28% MEDIA 0.91% PROPERTY 2.35% CONSULTANCY 0.91% TRADING 2.08% PROPERTY 0.78% DESIGN 1.87% DESIGN 0.78% ASSOCIATES 1.84% DEVELOPMENTS 0.78% ENGINEERING 1.83% PROPERTIES 0.78% CONSULTANTS 1.76% IT 0.65% BUSINESS 1.72% CONSTRUCTION 0.65% CONSTRUCTION 1.70% TECHNOLOGIES 0.65% MEDIA 1.67% HOUSE 0.65% LONDON 1.67% LONDON 0.65% J 1.55% CROXLEY 0.52% GLOBAL 1.53% M 0.52% INVESTMENTS 1.46% BUSINESS 0.52% IT 1.43% ENTERPRISES 0.52% PROPERTIES 1.34% BUILDING 0.52% CARE 1.32% C 0.52% M 1.27% EDUCATION 0.52% BUILDING 1.22% ESTATE 0.52% ENTERPRISES 1.20% MUSIC 0.39% ELECTRICAL 1.20% LOGISTICS 0.39% S 1.17% JOHN 0.39% 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 274 331,455 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 45 33,677 7487 - Other business activities 37 35,545 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 36 19,425 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 26 14,774 99999 - Dormant Company 24 25,035 9999 - Dormant Company 15 12,598 74990 - Non-trading company 12 9,203 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 12 13,716 7414 - Business & management consultancy 11 8,437 41100 - Development of building projects 10 4,965 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 10 9,891 86900 - Other human health activities 9 4,998 7499 - Non-trading company 8 6,164 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 8 4,997 70100 - Activities of head offices 8 2,514 68100 - Buying and selling of own real estate 7 3,003 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 7 3,493 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 6 4,119 62012 - Business and domestic software development 6 4,584
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 08163692 JAVA HUT LIMITED 01 Aug 2012 08165260 ANERI WORLDWIDE LIMITED 02 Aug 2012 08167621 CALL FOR A HANDYMAN UK LIMITED 03 Aug 2012 08168066 LITTLE ELM DESIGN LIMITED 03 Aug 2012 08168176 FOGDEN CONSULTING LIMITED 03 Aug 2012 08171433 JOHN ROBERTS & CO SALES (RICKMANSWORTH) LIMITED 07 Aug 2012 08175081 J. PIKETT ASSOCIATES LIMITED 10 Aug 2012 08177708 SPORTS TECHNOLOGIES LTD 13 Aug 2012 08179420 MARKET DELIVERY LIMITED 14 Aug 2012 08180098 PALMER//HARDING LTD 15 Aug 2012 08180124 INTHEORY MEDIA LTD 15 Aug 2012 08181813 JAKELUI LTD 16 Aug 2012 08182072 SWPW LIMITED 16 Aug 2012 08184697 BEAR AND PUDDLE LIMITED 20 Aug 2012 08186347 TAPIR CONSULTING LIMITED 21 Aug 2012 08188894 HAMILTON PRYCE LIMITED 23 Aug 2012 08189800 SCOTT MAINTENANCE SERVICES LTD 23 Aug 2012 08193906 RAGAROO LIMITED 29 Aug 2012 08194465 SFE CENTRE LIMITED 29 Aug 2012 08194892 CUE DIGITAL MEDIA LIMITED 29 Aug 2012 08195275 RICKWOOD CAR SALES LIMITED 29 Aug 2012 08195681 BROOKS LANDSCAPE SERVICES LTD 30 Aug 2012 08197020 NEWTECH DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 31 Aug 2012 08197044 SALES ENABLED LIMITED 31 Aug 2012 08197760 NTS SOLUTIONS (UK) LIMITED 31 Aug 2012
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