St Albans, Hertfordshire
Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in St Albans when compared to any previous February.
- January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in St Albans when compared to any previous January.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 354 companies were registered in St Albans during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is an increase of 2.6% 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) St Albans UK 2012 354 131,491 2011 345 116,391 % change 2.6% 13.0% Record Year 2007 (531) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in St Albans when compared to any previous February.
January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in St Albans when compared to any previous January.
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2012 114 123 117 New companies in 2011 113 110 122 % change 0.9% 11.8% -4.1% Record Year 2012 (114) 2012 (123) 2007 (341)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 214 companies were dissolved in St Albans during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 9.3% 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) St Albans UK 2012 214 67,576 2011 236 90,987 % change -9.3% -25.7% Record Year 2011 (236) 2009 (108,065) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2012 63 76 75 Closed companies in 2011 93 66 77 % change -32.3% 15.2% -3% Record Year 2011 (93) 2010 (87) 2009 (126)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
Net company growth for St Albans during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 140 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) St Albans UK 2012 140 63,915 2011 109 25,404 Record Year 2007 (365) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2012 51 47 42 Net growth in 2011 20 44 45 Record Year 2008 (52) 2007 (58) 2007 (286)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
In the first quarter of 2012, St Albans formed 0.3% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) St Albans 2012 0.3% 2011 0.3% 2010 0.3% 2009 0.2% 2008 0.3% Record Year (since 1960) 1971 (0.6%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2012 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% UK formation share in 2011 0.3% 0.3% 0.3% % change -13.5% -4.4% -10.3% Record Year 1967 (1.0%) 1971 (1.2%) 1976 (0.7%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 43.5.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.4% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.6% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
The record first quarter for female directors in St Albans was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
27.4% of all director appointments in St Albans 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
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2011-Mar 2012)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 2.41% CONSULTING 5.07% MEDICAL 2.03% MANAGEMENT 4.74% CONSULTANCY 1.65% CONSULTANCY 3.30% ASSOCIATES 0.99% PROPERTY 2.37% PROPERTY 0.93% TRADING 2.07% MANAGEMENT 0.88% DESIGN 1.93% J 0.77% ENGINEERING 1.86% CONSULTANTS 0.66% ASSOCIATES 1.84% ENTERPRISES 0.66% CONSULTANTS 1.79% CONSTRUCTION 0.66% BUSINESS 1.73% DESIGN 0.60% MEDIA 1.72% RECRUITMENT 0.60% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% BUSINESS 0.55% LONDON 1.66% INVESTMENTS 0.55% J 1.54% M 0.49% INVESTMENTS 1.51% ALBANS 0.49% GLOBAL 1.50% ST 0.49% IT 1.40% MEDIA 0.49% CARE 1.34% LONDON 0.49% PROPERTIES 1.31% EVENTS 0.44% ELECTRICAL 1.27% SALES 0.44% M 1.27% S 0.44% BUILDING 1.24% IT 0.44% ENERGY 1.20% PARTNERS 0.38% S 1.20% MARKETING 0.38% ENTERPRISES 1.19%
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 429 216,665 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 152 35,233 7487 - Other business activities 147 52,735 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 112 19,704 86101 - Hospital activities 88 1,414 99999 - Dormant Company 70 25,084 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 64 9,892 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 63 14,303 7414 - Business & management consultancy 56 12,113 8511 - Hospital activities 53 901 9999 - Dormant Company 35 18,617 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 32 6,934 62090 - Other information technology service activities 28 8,145 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 26 13,637 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 24 5,169 7260 - Other computer related activities 22 7,154 7499 - Non-trading company 21 9,102 41100 - Development of building projects 20 4,984 43210 - Electrical installation 18 3,573 59113 - Television programme production activities 16 1,034
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 07896181 FINNBROS LTD 04 Jan 2012 07905211 WOODLANDS RETIREMENT VILLAGE LIMITED 11 Jan 2012 07906152 RUSCH SPEECH-LANGUAGE THERAPY SERVICES LIMITED 11 Jan 2012 07908548 AL-BAYYINAH LTD 13 Jan 2012 07908965 YOUR DOCTOR TODAY LIMITED 13 Jan 2012 07913300 KERRNAL CRUISERS LIMITED 17 Jan 2012 07917206 ACF GAS SERVICES LIMITED 20 Jan 2012 07917211 TUPE SOLUTIONS LTD 20 Jan 2012 07917243 HESKETH VENTURES LTD 20 Jan 2012 07921989 SDSI CONSULTING LTD 24 Jan 2012 07922878 MIRAMAR FINANCIAL LIMITED 25 Jan 2012 07924743 C4ITP LTD 26 Jan 2012 07929804 BELVONT HOMES LIMITED 31 Jan 2012 OC371729 BELVONT LLP 24 Jan 2012 07901199 MOTIE MEDICAL LTD 09 Jan 2012 07902050 DRINK DIAL LTD 09 Jan 2012 07903357 HTH HEALTH LIMITED 10 Jan 2012 07911109 J J S DECOR LTD 16 Jan 2012 07914580 INSIGHT GIFTS LTD. 18 Jan 2012 07916788 PROFILE CREATIVE LTD 19 Jan 2012 07917751 LOCUM RHEUMATOLOGIST LTD 20 Jan 2012 07899394 DOLPHIN SPLASH ENTERPRISES LTD 05 Jan 2012 07900090 HEMEL TEACHING SERVICES LIMITED 06 Jan 2012 07911079 JNR & ASSOCIATES LTD 16 Jan 2012 07929296 LUTRIS LIMITED 30 Jan 2012
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