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

  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 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 AlbansUK
    2014396150,722
    2013336134,802
    % change17.9%11.8%
    Record Year 2007 (531) 2007 (166,814)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. 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
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    New companies in 2014148117131
    New companies in 2013127105104
    % change16.5%11.4%26.0%
    Record Year2014 (148)2012 (123)2007 (341)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. 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 AlbansUK
    201422782,370
    201331077,914
    % change-26.8%5.7%
    Record Year 2013 (310) 2009 (108,066)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Closed companies in 2014667982
    Closed companies in 20138714776
    % change-24.1%-46.3%8%
    Record Year2011 (93)2013 (147)2009 (126)

Net Company Growth

  1. 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 AlbansUK
    201416968,352
    20132656,888
    Record Year 2007 (365) 2007 (111,282)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. 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
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Net growth in 2014823849
    Net growth in 201340-4228
    Record Year2014 (82)2007 (58)2007 (286)

UK Company Share

  1. 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
    20140.3%
    20130.2%
    20120.3%
    20110.3%
    20100.3%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1992 (0.5%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2014)

    Company Share by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    UK formation share in 20140.3%0.2%0.2%
    UK formation share in 20130.3%0.2%0.2%
    % change9.0%2.9%5.1%
    Record Year1988 (0.6%)1970 (0.7%)2007 (0.5%)

Director Age

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2013-Mar 2014)

    Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    CONSULTING1.92%CONSULTING5.22%
    MANAGEMENT1.87%MANAGEMENT4.67%
    MEDICAL1.10%CONSULTANCY3.49%
    CONSULTANCY0.96%PROPERTY2.64%
    DESIGN0.91%TRADING2.05%
    PROPERTY0.81%LONDON1.88%
    M0.77%ENGINEERING1.86%
    MEDIA0.72%CARE1.79%
    PRODUCTIONS0.67%CONSTRUCTION1.75%
    PROPERTIES0.67%DESIGN1.75%
    ASSOCIATES0.67%CONSULTANTS1.73%
    RIGGING0.62%BUSINESS1.71%
    J0.62%PROPERTIES1.60%
    ST0.57%INVESTMENTS1.60%
    BUILDING0.53%GLOBAL1.58%
    B0.48%J1.48%
    ENGINEERING0.48%ASSOCIATES1.48%
    S0.48%MEDIA1.48%
    PARTNERS0.48%IT1.33%
    ALBANS0.48%TRANSPORT1.30%
    TRAINING0.43%DEVELOPMENTS1.29%
    CO0.43%BUILDING1.24%
    DEVELOPMENTS0.43%M1.21%
    IN0.43%CAPITAL1.20%
    MARKETING0.43%ELECTRICAL1.19%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied501280,210
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management19337,882
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified16956,411
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities10127,750
    99999 - Dormant Company9547,084
    86101 - Hospital activities912,870
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified7518,491
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified4926,700
    43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified458,155
    62090 - Other information technology service activities4412,813
    86900 - Other human health activities4210,273
    59113 - Television programme production activities382,162
    41100 - Development of building projects339,855
    62012 - Business and domestic software development299,509
    68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate279,284
    74100 - specialised design activities254,475
    69201 - Accounting and auditing activities257,313
    74990 - Non-trading company2314,135
    43390 - Other building completion and finishing215,521
    41202 - Construction of domestic buildings206,559

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    08830521 EUTURNAROUND LIMITED 03 Jan 2014
    08837607 ES CONTRACTING (UK) LIMITED 09 Jan 2014
    08838569 A MERRY OPTICS LTD 09 Jan 2014
    08840532 WELLBEING PSYCHOLOGY LIMITED 10 Jan 2014
    08842014 MJ WAIN BUILDERS LIMITED 13 Jan 2014
    08846838 HOVIS LIMITED 15 Jan 2014
    08852442 SUZIE FASCIANI LIMITED 20 Jan 2014
    08854905 ROOM 94 LTD 21 Jan 2014
    08856537 LARCHFIELD MANAGEMENT LIMITED 22 Jan 2014
    08866629 MIRANTE LTD 29 Jan 2014
    08832465 MELDRUMBROWN LIMITED 06 Jan 2014
    08835432 SERALAN LIMITED 07 Jan 2014
    08842248 STRATTON RECRUITMENT LTD 13 Jan 2014
    08849208 ABDEL-KARIM TRADINGS LIMITED 16 Jan 2014
    08855627 GRIPSTRONG LTD 22 Jan 2014
    08856158 BODYANTIKS LIMITED 22 Jan 2014
    08857060 HAND RAILS R US LTD 22 Jan 2014
    08859043 GO2 ANALYTICS LIMITED 23 Jan 2014
    08864795 RODE IMPORT & EXPORT LTD. 28 Jan 2014
    08869353 CNM ESTATES (NEW MALDEN) LIMITED 30 Jan 2014
    OC390127 ADVIESGROEP PAUW LLP 02 Jan 2014
    OC390128 VAN DEN BROEK & PARTNERS LLP 02 Jan 2014
    08831788 RESOURCEFUL INTERIM MANAGEMENT LIMITED 06 Jan 2014
    08844360 DANIELLA TUOHY LIMITED 14 Jan 2014
    08844544 SOPHIE RAINE LIMITED 14 Jan 2014