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 08879611 ITESO LTD 06 Feb 2014 08882551 THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL AV LIMITED 07 Feb 2014 08883543 FIRE-Q LTD 10 Feb 2014 08886242 HESKETH HOMES (HERTS) LIMITED 11 Feb 2014 08894325 CULPITS FARM MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED 13 Feb 2014 08915262 GUIDESMITHS LTD 27 Feb 2014 08917813 NORTHERN & SOUTHERN ESTATES LIMITED 28 Feb 2014 08883015 SUCCESS DRIVEN LIMITED 10 Feb 2014 08883322 CARTER VOCE SECURITY LIMITED 10 Feb 2014 08902633 NWOKORO MEDICAL SERVICES LTD 19 Feb 2014 08905484 PORSCHACARE LTD 20 Feb 2014 08874454 JOHNSON&HAYLES LTD 04 Feb 2014 08883309 CS CONSULTING ENGINEERS LIMITED 10 Feb 2014 OC390996 SPIRIT AT WORK LLP 10 Feb 2014 08885118 BELLABOO CREATIONS LTD. 11 Feb 2014 08886465 PAPWORTH ESTATES LIMITED 11 Feb 2014 OC391084 WEST HERTFORDSHIRE SWIM SCHOOL LLP 12 Feb 2014 08897127 MAC INNS LTD 17 Feb 2014 08901010 GLEN ACCOUNTING LIMITED 18 Feb 2014 08903600 CG & CO LTD 20 Feb 2014 08905611 WAGADA LIMITED 21 Feb 2014 08915433 MRH (WELWYN) LTD 27 Feb 2014 08915815 TERMINUS PROMOTIONS LIMITED 27 Feb 2014 08916500 FAST TRACK SKIP HIRE LTD 28 Feb 2014 08873489 AC BUILDING SERVICES (UK) LTD 03 Feb 2014
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