St Albans, Hertfordshire

Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • Q3 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in St Albans when compared to any previous Q3.
  • August 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in St Albans when compared to any previous August.
  • July 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in St Albans when compared to any previous July.

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 St Albans when compared to any previous Q3.

    A total of 321 companies were registered in St Albans during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).

    This figure is an increase of 11.5% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares well 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)St AlbansUK
    2012321118,868
    2011288114,512
    % change11.5%3.8%
    Record Year 2012 (321) 2012 (118,868)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

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

    July 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in St Albans when compared to any previous July.

    New Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    New companies in 201212198102
    New companies in 201110082106
    % change21.0%19.5%-3.8%
    Record Year2012 (121)2012 (98)2011 (106)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    A total of 232 companies were dissolved in St Albans during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).

    This figure is an increase of 18.4% 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)St AlbansUK
    201223274,772
    201119672,230
    % change18.4%3.5%
    Record Year 2009 (451) 2009 (159,401)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Closed companies in 2012916774
    Closed companies in 2011577663
    % change59.6%-11.8%17%
    Record Year2009 (100)2008 (201)2009 (184)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    Net company growth for St Albans during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 89 companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)St AlbansUK
    20128944,096
    20119242,282
    Record Year 2007 (116) 2003 (60,597)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Net Growth by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Net growth in 2012303128
    Net growth in 201143643
    Record Year2008 (52)2002 (42)2002 (59)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    In the third quarter of 2012, St Albans formed 0.3% of all UK companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)St Albans
    20120.3%
    20110.3%
    20100.3%
    20090.3%
    20080.3%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1970 (0.7%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Company Share by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    UK formation share in 20120.3%0.3%0.3%
    UK formation share in 20110.3%0.2%0.3%
    % change8.7%20.5%-4.8%
    Record Year1970 (1.1%)1962 (0.9%)1962 (0.9%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2012 was 42.8.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.7% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.2% 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 St Albans was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.

    34.9% of all director appointments in St Albans 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
    CONSULTING2.93%CONSULTING5.05%
    MEDICAL1.80%MANAGEMENT4.75%
    CONSULTANCY1.18%CONSULTANCY3.28%
    MANAGEMENT1.18%PROPERTY2.35%
    PROPERTY1.03%TRADING2.08%
    ASSOCIATES0.93%DESIGN1.87%
    CONSULTANTS0.72%ASSOCIATES1.84%
    CONSTRUCTION0.67%ENGINEERING1.83%
    J0.57%CONSULTANTS1.76%
    DESIGN0.51%BUSINESS1.72%
    MEDIA0.51%CONSTRUCTION1.70%
    EVENTS0.51%MEDIA1.67%
    LONDON0.51%LONDON1.67%
    CENTRE0.46%J1.55%
    S0.46%GLOBAL1.53%
    M0.46%INVESTMENTS1.46%
    PROPERTIES0.46%IT1.43%
    IT0.46%PROPERTIES1.34%
    GLOBAL0.41%CARE1.32%
    FINANCIAL0.41%M1.27%
    PARTNERS0.36%BUILDING1.22%
    ENTERPRISES0.36%ENTERPRISES1.20%
    ALBANS0.36%ELECTRICAL1.20%
    TRADING0.36%S1.17%
    FOR0.36%SECURITY1.16%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied757331,455
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified14633,677
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management10019,425
    7487 - Other business activities9635,545
    86101 - Hospital activities841,397
    99999 - Dormant Company7325,035
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities6114,774
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified529,891
    7414 - Business & management consultancy448,437
    8511 - Hospital activities39670
    7222 - Other software consultancy and supply284,997
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified2813,716
    62090 - Other information technology service activities277,869
    9999 - Dormant Company2112,598
    43210 - Electrical installation193,387
    59113 - Television programme production activities191,069
    41100 - Development of building projects184,965
    4521 - General construction & civil engineering153,493
    7260 - Other computer related activities154,979
    43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified153,943

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    08127226 PARIZON LTD 03 Jul 2012
    08127230 MARCVANTAGE CONSULTANTS LTD 03 Jul 2012
    08127760 CIRRIS BAKERY&CAKES LTD 03 Jul 2012
    08139031 BRONSVELD PHYSIOLOGY LIMITED 11 Jul 2012
    08139075 LEWISON WM (ST ALBANS) LTD 11 Jul 2012
    08141873 TYCADI LIMITED 13 Jul 2012
    08142338 A R EVANS (UK) LIMITED 13 Jul 2012
    08161313 VICKI HOWARD LIMITED 30 Jul 2012
    08131043 MZAKRIA AND COMPANY LTD 05 Jul 2012
    08148807 FEDORYK MEDICAL LTD 19 Jul 2012
    08154935 B BURLESQUE LIMITED 24 Jul 2012
    08158222 MADEIROS MEDICAL LTD 26 Jul 2012
    08160477 ABDELKARIM MEDICAL LTD 30 Jul 2012
    08162750 SEAN QUINN PHOTOGRAPHY LTD. 31 Jul 2012
    08131380 THE BUBBLEFRUIT COMPANY LIMITED 05 Jul 2012
    08131753 HIJKR5 LIMITED 05 Jul 2012
    08132519 STUDIO METIER LIMITED 05 Jul 2012
    08133521 PAGE COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED 06 Jul 2012
    08133775 YT-IT CONSULTANTS LIMITED 06 Jul 2012
    08134099 CADDY ASSOCIATES LIMITED 09 Jul 2012
    08143858 CANDY STRIPE PARTY LIMITED 16 Jul 2012
    08144596 REFLECTIONS PHOTOGRAPHY LIMITED 16 Jul 2012
    08152302 RESOLUTE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LTD 23 Jul 2012
    08154099 57 CHANNELS LTD 24 Jul 2012
    08155778 TEACHECO LTD 25 Jul 2012