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South Yorkshire

Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in South Yorkshire when compared to any previous January.

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 (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    A total of 1,751 companies were registered in South Yorkshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

    This figure is a decrease of 1.2% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares badly 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)South YorkshireUK
    20121,751131,491
    20111,773116,391
    % change-1.2%13.0%
    Record Year 2011 (1,773) 2007 (166,814)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

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

    New Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    New companies in 2012540551660
    New companies in 2011509556708
    % change6.1%-0.9%-6.8%
    Record Year2012 (540)2011 (556)2007 (754)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    A total of 1,059 companies were dissolved in South Yorkshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

    This figure is a decrease of 23.9% 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)South YorkshireUK
    20121,05967,576
    20111,39190,986
    % change-23.9%-25.7%
    Record Year 2011 (1,391) 2009 (108,060)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Closed companies in 2012356334369
    Closed companies in 2011530418443
    % change-32.8%-20.1%-17%
    Record Year2011 (530)2011 (418)2009 (751)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    Net company growth for South Yorkshire during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 692 companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)South YorkshireUK
    201269263,915
    201138225,405
    Record Year 2007 (1,107) 2007 (111,282)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Net Growth by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Net growth in 2012184217291
    Net growth in 2011-21138265
    Record Year2003 (251)2007 (342)2007 (533)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    In the first quarter of 2012, South Yorkshire formed 1.3% of all UK companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)South Yorkshire
    20121.3%
    20111.5%
    20101.4%
    20091.7%
    20081.4%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1969 (2.1%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Company Share by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    UK formation share in 20121.4%1.2%1.4%
    UK formation share in 20111.5%1.5%1.6%
    % change-9.0%-15.2%-12.8%
    Record Year1969 (2.7%)1974 (2.4%)2000 (2.1%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 42.7.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 5.0% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.2% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

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

    26.1% of all director appointments in South Yorkshire in the first quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.

    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.

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    MANAGEMENT1.74%CONSULTING5.07%
    CONSULTANCY1.24%MANAGEMENT4.74%
    PROPERTY1.13%CONSULTANCY3.30%
    YORKSHIRE1.08%PROPERTY2.37%
    ENERGY1.07%TRADING2.07%
    SOLAR1.04%DESIGN1.93%
    CONSULTING0.99%ENGINEERING1.86%
    MY0.92%ASSOCIATES1.84%
    ELECTRICAL0.83%CONSULTANTS1.79%
    CONSTRUCTION0.81%BUSINESS1.73%
    J0.74%MEDIA1.72%
    CONSULTANTS0.74%CONSTRUCTION1.72%
    M0.72%LONDON1.66%
    CARE0.65%J1.54%
    S0.65%INVESTMENTS1.51%
    FREE0.65%GLOBAL1.50%
    TRADING0.64%IT1.40%
    ENGINEERING0.64%CARE1.34%
    RENEWABLE0.63%PROPERTIES1.31%
    (YORKSHIRE)0.63%ELECTRICAL1.27%
    PROPERTIES0.63%M1.27%
    BUSINESS0.61%BUILDING1.24%
    ASSOCIATES0.61%ENERGY1.20%
    DESIGN0.61%S1.20%
    TRAINING0.58%ENTERPRISES1.19%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied3,512216,665
    7487 - Other business activities78452,735
    99999 - Dormant Company36125,084
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified35135,233
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified26813,637
    9999 - Dormant Company23218,617
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management21019,704
    74990 - Non-trading company1589,729
    7414 - Business & management consultancy14712,113
    9305 - Other service activities1128,818
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities10614,303
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified1029,892
    62090 - Other information technology service activities1018,145
    7499 - Non-trading company989,102
    43210 - Electrical installation853,573
    43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified833,931
    5530 - Restaurants824,633
    4521 - General construction & civil engineering805,169
    7260 - Other computer related activities777,154
    41100 - Development of building projects744,984

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    07971727 BEST KEBAB HALLGATE LIMITED 01 Mar 2012
    07973033 A P SPECIALIST CONTRACTORS LTD 02 Mar 2012
    07976410 WHITE SWAN HIBAR LIMITED 05 Mar 2012
    07986594 IMAGINARY CHIPS LTD 12 Mar 2012
    07991882 INTERNATIONAL SOLUTIONS 4 SAFER DRIVING LIMITED 15 Mar 2012
    07992783 EXPRESS RECLINERS LIMITED 15 Mar 2012
    08002217 DONCASTER WOMENS AID 22 Mar 2012
    07986534 DONCASTER COMPUTER SALES LTD 12 Mar 2012
    07993162 CREATE SHOPFITTERS LTD 16 Mar 2012
    08009896 TYRE TORQUE DONCASTER LIMITED 28 Mar 2012
    08011400 SBJ TRISUKO LIMITED 29 Mar 2012
    07976986 M & M PARTITIONS LIMITED 06 Mar 2012
    07981384 BAYLEY PROPERTIES LIMITED 08 Mar 2012
    07985589 REYNA QUALITY FOODS LIMITED 12 Mar 2012
    07989943 MAWIRA LTD 14 Mar 2012
    07979498 MARTIN SANDERSON LIMITED 07 Mar 2012
    07985437 WELBECK HOUSE WHITWELL MANAGEMENT LIMITED 12 Mar 2012
    07974088 NSMA DESIGN & CONSTRUCTIE LTD. 02 Mar 2012
    07975357 BLADI GROUP LTD. 05 Mar 2012
    07976063 HEARTES LIMITED 05 Mar 2012
    07986406 FREIGHT CONNECTION LIMITED 12 Mar 2012
    08001980 A.R.B BELGIUM LTD 22 Mar 2012
    08003952 THE OLD BELLS (CAMPSALL) LIMITED 23 Mar 2012
    08009411 PLUMBELEC SUPPLIES LIMITED 28 Mar 2012
    08009644 INNOVENTOS PLC 28 Mar 2012