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 08838913 ETHAN DRAKES OPTICAL LIMITED 09 Jan 2014 08843077 COODE & FAIRBURN LIMITED 13 Jan 2014 08856236 FORECASTTHIS LIMITED 22 Jan 2014 08859816 HANWELL PROPERTIES (1) LIMITED 24 Jan 2014 08860630 IMPERIAL VEHICLE RENTALS LTD 24 Jan 2014 08866208 DSPK LIMITED 29 Jan 2014 08867831 DAVID P BUNYAN BUILDERS LTD 29 Jan 2014 08868896 SOOTY & CO LTD 30 Jan 2014 08871222 HRLR LTD 31 Jan 2014 08871808 HOLIDAY SORTED LIMITED 31 Jan 2014 08829987 HERTFORDSHIRE GARDEN SERVICES LTD 02 Jan 2014 08835432 SERALAN LIMITED 07 Jan 2014 08835513 DANIELA PALEACU LTD 07 Jan 2014 08836922 PIXDOTCOM LTD 08 Jan 2014 08841369 ABBEY ORCHARD LIMITED 13 Jan 2014 08847237 STRIPPING SERVICES LIMITED 16 Jan 2014 08853605 KAR TRAINING SOLUTIONS LIMITED 21 Jan 2014 08856777 BABAY MEDICAL LTD 22 Jan 2014 08858864 S F RIGGING LTD 23 Jan 2014 08859043 GO2 ANALYTICS LIMITED 23 Jan 2014 08870780 AMMAC SUPPORT LTD 31 Jan 2014 OC390126 DADOLOG LLP 02 Jan 2014 08832471 SANDURA HEALTHCARE LTD 06 Jan 2014 08844360 DANIELLA TUOHY LIMITED 14 Jan 2014 08849112 PHOENIX INTERIORS AND REFURBISHMENT LTD 16 Jan 2014
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