St Albans, Hertfordshire
Q1 2014 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- January 2014 saw a new record in company registrations in St Albans when compared to any previous January.
- January 2014 saw a new record in net growth in St Albans when compared to any previous January.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)
A total of 396 companies were registered in St Albans during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014).
This figure is an increase of 17.9% versus the same period last year (Q1 2013). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 11.8% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014) St Albans UK 2014 396 150,722 2013 336 134,802 % change 17.9% 11.8% Record Year 2007 (531) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)
January 2014 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 2014 148 117 131 New companies in 2013 127 105 104 % change 16.5% 11.4% 26.0% Record Year 2014 (148) 2012 (123) 2007 (341)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)
A total of 227 companies were dissolved in St Albans during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014).
This figure is a decrease of 26.8% versus the same period last year (Q1 2013). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 5.7% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014) St Albans UK 2014 227 82,370 2013 310 77,914 % change -26.8% 5.7% Record Year 2013 (310) 2009 (108,066) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2014 66 79 82 Closed companies in 2013 87 147 76 % change -24.1% -46.3% 8% Record Year 2011 (93) 2013 (147) 2009 (126)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)
Net company growth for St Albans during the first quarter of 2014 (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014) was 169 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014) St Albans UK 2014 169 68,352 2013 26 56,888 Record Year 2007 (365) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)
January 2014 saw a new record in net growth in St Albans when compared to any previous January.
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2014 82 38 49 Net growth in 2013 40 -42 28 Record Year 2014 (82) 2007 (58) 2007 (286)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)
In the first quarter of 2014, St Albans formed 0.3% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2014 - Mar 2014) St Albans 2014 0.3% 2013 0.2% 2012 0.3% 2011 0.3% 2010 0.3% Record Year (since 1960) 1992 (0.5%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2014 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% UK formation share in 2013 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% % change 9.0% 2.9% 5.1% Record Year 1988 (0.6%) 1970 (0.7%) 2007 (0.5%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2014 was 38.6.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.2% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 13.6% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2014)
The record first quarter for female directors in St Albans was in 2007 when 33.3% of all directors were female.
25.3% of all director appointments in St Albans in the first quarter of 2014 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.4% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2013-Mar 2014)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 1.92% CONSULTING 5.22% MANAGEMENT 1.87% MANAGEMENT 4.67% MEDICAL 1.10% CONSULTANCY 3.49% CONSULTANCY 0.96% PROPERTY 2.64% DESIGN 0.91% TRADING 2.05% PROPERTY 0.81% LONDON 1.88% M 0.77% ENGINEERING 1.86% MEDIA 0.72% CARE 1.79% PRODUCTIONS 0.67% CONSTRUCTION 1.75% PROPERTIES 0.67% DESIGN 1.75% ASSOCIATES 0.67% CONSULTANTS 1.73% RIGGING 0.62% BUSINESS 1.71% J 0.62% PROPERTIES 1.60% ST 0.57% INVESTMENTS 1.60% BUILDING 0.53% GLOBAL 1.58% B 0.48% J 1.48% ENGINEERING 0.48% ASSOCIATES 1.48% S 0.48% MEDIA 1.48% PARTNERS 0.48% IT 1.33% ALBANS 0.48% TRANSPORT 1.30% TRAINING 0.43% DEVELOPMENTS 1.29% CO 0.43% BUILDING 1.24% DEVELOPMENTS 0.43% M 1.21% IN 0.43% CAPITAL 1.20% MARKETING 0.43% ELECTRICAL 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 501 280,210 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 193 37,882 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 169 56,411 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 101 27,750 99999 - Dormant Company 95 47,084 86101 - Hospital activities 91 2,870 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 75 18,491 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 49 26,700 43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified 45 8,155 62090 - Other information technology service activities 44 12,813 86900 - Other human health activities 42 10,273 59113 - Television programme production activities 38 2,162 41100 - Development of building projects 33 9,855 62012 - Business and domestic software development 29 9,509 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 27 9,284 74100 - specialised design activities 25 4,475 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 25 7,313 74990 - Non-trading company 23 14,135 43390 - Other building completion and finishing 21 5,521 41202 - Construction of domestic buildings 20 6,559
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 08920551 DEFINITIVE ANALYSIS LIMITED 03 Mar 2014 08922730 TOP SELECT COMMODITIES LIMITED 05 Mar 2014 08923293 CUSTOMER PATHWAYS LTD 05 Mar 2014 08925614 TECHNICLEANING LTD 06 Mar 2014 08925685 VIDEOGEL LIMITED 06 Mar 2014 08936408 ALLSTRAC LIMITED 12 Mar 2014 08940116 UPF NOMINEES 1 LIMITED 14 Mar 2014 08940181 HAWK SAFETY SYSTEMS LIMITED 14 Mar 2014 08940938 PRE RETIREMENT MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS LTD 17 Mar 2014 08941425 GOBIONS PERSONNEL SERVICES LTD 17 Mar 2014 08943411 EMG TRADINGS LIMITED 17 Mar 2014 08943716 BEED VIRTUAL ASSISTANT SERVICES LTD 17 Mar 2014 08948124 JAMES DEWE-MATHEWS LIMITED 19 Mar 2014 08953173 D15 LTD 21 Mar 2014 08936494 BOXWOOD CARPENTRY & BUILDING LTD 12 Mar 2014 08942902 KILTED TANGERINE LTD 17 Mar 2014 08943388 ZDANAVICIUS LTD 17 Mar 2014 08945541 CARTE BLANCHE 66 LTD 18 Mar 2014 08960425 RELIC FINANCE LIMITED 26 Mar 2014 08966330 RED KITE SCENIC SERVICES LTD 28 Mar 2014 08967523 AJO AGENCIES LTD 31 Mar 2014 08967700 HERTS FAMILY LAWYER LTD 31 Mar 2014 08967705 R AND A CONSULTING LIMITED 31 Mar 2014 08933526 OAKLEAF CONTRACTORS LTD 11 Mar 2014 08944035 TIMBERS ACCOUNTANTS LTD 18 Mar 2014
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