Southall, Greater London

Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • Q3 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Southall when compared to any previous Q3.
  • August 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Southall when compared to any previous August.
  • August 2012 saw a new record in UK company share in Southall when compared to any previous August.

Contents

  1. New Company Registrations
  2. Closed Companies (dissolved)
  3. Net Company Growth
  4. UK Company Share
  5. Director Age
  6. Director Gender
  7. Naming Trends
  8. SIC Data
  9. Recent Companies

New Company Registrations

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    Q3 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Southall when compared to any previous Q3.

    A total of 201 companies were registered in Southall during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).

    This figure is an increase of 1.5% 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)SouthallUK
    2012201118,868
    2011198114,512
    % change1.5%3.8%
    Record Year 2012 (201) 2012 (118,868)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    August 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Southall when compared to any previous August.

    New Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    New companies in 2012637365
    New companies in 2011666963
    % change-4.5%5.8%3.2%
    Record Year2011 (66)2012 (73)2010 (67)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    A total of 137 companies were dissolved in Southall during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).

    This figure is an increase of 30.5% 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)SouthallUK
    201213774,772
    201110572,230
    % change30.5%3.5%
    Record Year 2007 (244) 2009 (159,401)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Closed companies in 2012425441
    Closed companies in 2011214539
    % change100.0%20.0%5%
    Record Year2010 (42)2007 (148)2009 (96)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    Net company growth for Southall during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 64 companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)SouthallUK
    20126444,096
    20119342,282
    Record Year 2011 (93) 2003 (60,597)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Net Growth by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Net growth in 2012211924
    Net growth in 2011452424
    Record Year2011 (45)2011 (24)2008 (52)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    In the third quarter of 2012, Southall formed 0.2% of all UK companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)Southall
    20120.2%
    20110.2%
    20100.2%
    20090.2%
    20080.2%
    Record Year (since 1960) 2008 (0.2%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    August 2012 saw a new record in UK company share in Southall when compared to any previous August.

    Company Share by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    UK formation share in 20120.2%0.2%0.2%
    UK formation share in 20110.2%0.2%0.2%
    % change-14.3%6.6%2.0%
    Record Year1969 (0.4%)2012 (0.2%)1972 (0.2%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2012 was 36.2.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 9.7% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 0.8% compared to the UK figure of 3.2%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    The record third quarter for female directors in Southall was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.

    16.3% of all director appointments in Southall 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

  1. Previous 12 months (Sep 2011-Sep 2012)

    Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    LONDON1.70%CONSULTING5.05%
    CONSTRUCTION1.36%MANAGEMENT4.75%
    S1.19%CONSULTANCY3.28%
    TRADING1.02%PROPERTY2.35%
    CONSULTANTS1.02%TRADING2.08%
    PROPERTY1.02%DESIGN1.87%
    BUSINESS0.93%ASSOCIATES1.84%
    MANAGEMENT0.85%ENGINEERING1.83%
    CONSULTING0.85%CONSULTANTS1.76%
    BUILDING0.85%BUSINESS1.72%
    TRADERS0.85%CONSTRUCTION1.70%
    BUILDERS0.76%MEDIA1.67%
    IT0.68%LONDON1.67%
    CO0.68%J1.55%
    R0.59%GLOBAL1.53%
    GLOBAL0.59%INVESTMENTS1.46%
    TRAVEL0.59%IT1.43%
    C0.59%PROPERTIES1.34%
    BEAUTY0.59%CARE1.32%
    FOOD0.59%M1.27%
    SPORTS0.51%BUILDING1.22%
    ENTERPRISES0.51%ENTERPRISES1.20%
    J0.51%ELECTRICAL1.20%
    SECURITY0.51%S1.17%
    N0.51%SECURITY1.16%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied685331,455
    7487 - Other business activities4435,545
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified3813,716
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities2414,774
    99999 - Dormant Company2025,035
    9999 - Dormant Company1512,598
    62090 - Other information technology service activities137,869
    7499 - Non-trading company126,164
    47110 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating121,680
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified1233,677
    9305 - Other service activities116,142
    74990 - Non-trading company109,203
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management1019,425
    47190 - Other retail sale in non-specialised stores101,855
    5212 - Other retail non-specialised stores9697
    41202 - Construction of domestic buildings83,086
    4545 - Other building completion81,544
    5242 - Retail sale of clothing71,052
    7414 - Business & management consultancy68,437
    69202 - Bookkeeping activities61,292

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    08202351 FS FINANCIAL SERVICES LIMITED 05 Sep 2012
    08207821 AURELIO PHOTOGRAPHY LIMITED 10 Sep 2012
    08207922 LUCAN TRANS LIMITED 10 Sep 2012
    08208890 ENDEAVOUR PVT LTD 10 Sep 2012
    08211677 ADVANTAGE REMOVALS LONDON LIMITED 12 Sep 2012
    08215278 MIKHAIL LTD 14 Sep 2012
    08219427 ZAIN IMPORT AND EXPORT LTD. 18 Sep 2012
    08220736 REOOKE LIMITED 19 Sep 2012
    08229574 SILVERLINE MOT LTD 26 Sep 2012
    08230863 DORMERS WELLS FOOD & WINE LTD 27 Sep 2012
    08198266 SUPPORTS DIRECT LIMITED 03 Sep 2012
    08199384 A & I CLAIM SERVICES LTD 03 Sep 2012
    08207809 BUTT MEDICS LIMITED 10 Sep 2012
    08208993 AFRIDI MEDICS LTD 11 Sep 2012
    08212338 ONX3 LTD 12 Sep 2012
    08212936 J EDITORIALS LTD 13 Sep 2012
    08213274 BLUESTAR INVESTMENT LTD. 13 Sep 2012
    08213353 IFONE RECYCLE UK LIMITED 13 Sep 2012
    08217108 HSSANDHU LIMITED 17 Sep 2012
    08218892 GSA SERVICES(UK) LTD 18 Sep 2012
    08219078 TOUHEED 'S EDUCATION AND BUSINESS CONSULTANCY LTD 18 Sep 2012
    08223243 MSU CONSTRUCTIONS LIMITED 20 Sep 2012
    08224770 SAVIZ BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LTD 21 Sep 2012
    08228273 A ONE WHOLESALER LTD 25 Sep 2012
    08229119 PRAB CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 26 Sep 2012