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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
    07940135 EXPO CASH & CARRY LIMITED 07 Feb 2012
    07941920 G.H. OILFIELD CONSULTANTS LIMITED 08 Feb 2012
    07954253 YORKSHIRE ECO HOME SERVICES LIMITED 17 Feb 2012
    07955284 MAKKI LIMITED 20 Feb 2012
    07959478 BROVIS UK LTD 21 Feb 2012
    07964338 HAIR FANTASTIC RETAIL LIMITED 24 Feb 2012
    07970379 CAFE BAR LIMITED 29 Feb 2012
    07956964 BODYBUILDING WEAR LTD 20 Feb 2012
    07957731 WEDOPRINTS4U LTD 21 Feb 2012
    07931968 EZAM LTD 01 Feb 2012
    07948233 DONCASTER COMPUTER SOLUTIONS LTD 14 Feb 2012
    07966220 ABSOLUTE RECOVERY LIMITED 27 Feb 2012
    07938196 LINING SUPPORT & INSTALLATIONS LTD 06 Feb 2012
    07944532 FIRTH BUILDING LIMITED 10 Feb 2012
    07949445 NMC (GROUP) LIMITED 14 Feb 2012
    07952514 S & EMM LTD 16 Feb 2012
    07957277 G W ASKEW LTD 21 Feb 2012
    07960301 JQW LIMITED 22 Feb 2012
    07962957 M COMMODITIES LIMITED 23 Feb 2012
    07941674 DC CONSULTANCY SPECIALISTS LTD 08 Feb 2012
    07937815 ABDUL MADNI LTD 06 Feb 2012
    07951858 EUC HAIR CARE INT. LTD 16 Feb 2012
    07956630 SIEBIE BOESIE LIMITED 20 Feb 2012
    07963459 SMART AGENCIES LTD 24 Feb 2012
    07940205 MILLCROFT HOMES LIMITED 07 Feb 2012