St Albans, Hertfordshire
Q1 2015 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- February 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in St Albans when compared to any previous February.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
A total of 412 companies were registered in St Albans during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).
This figure is an increase of 4.0% versus the same period last year (Q1 2014). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 6.9% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) St Albans UK 2015 412 161,156 2014 396 150,722 % change 4.0% 6.9% Record Year 2007 (531) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)
February 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in St Albans when compared to any previous February.
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2015 117 139 156 New companies in 2014 148 117 131 % change -20.9% 18.8% 19.1% Record Year 2014 (148) 2015 (139) 2007 (341)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
A total of 248 companies were dissolved in St Albans during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).
This figure is an increase of 9.3% versus the same period last year (Q1 2014). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 8.7% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) St Albans UK 2015 248 89,523 2014 227 82,370 % change 9.3% 8.7% Record Year 2013 (310) 2009 (108,066) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2015 69 86 93 Closed companies in 2014 66 79 82 % change 4.5% 8.9% 13% Record Year 2011 (93) 2013 (147) 2009 (126)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
Net company growth for St Albans during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) was 164 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) St Albans UK 2015 164 71,633 2014 169 68,352 Record Year 2007 (365) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2015 48 53 63 Net growth in 2014 82 38 49 Record Year 2014 (82) 2007 (58) 2007 (286)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
In the first quarter of 2015, St Albans formed 0.3% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) St Albans 2015 0.3% 2014 0.3% 2013 0.2% 2012 0.3% 2011 0.3% Record Year (since 1960) 1992 (0.5%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2015 0.2% 0.3% 0.3% UK formation share in 2014 0.3% 0.2% 0.2% % change -22.5% 9.4% 8.6% Record Year 1988 (0.6%) 1970 (0.7%) 2007 (0.5%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2015 was 44.3.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.8% compared to the UK figure of 4.1%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 2.6% compared to the UK figure of 3.6%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)
The record first quarter for female directors in St Albans was in 2007 when 33.3% of all directors were female.
27.2% of all director appointments in St Albans in the first quarter of 2015 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 2014-Mar 2015)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 2.70% CONSULTING 5.23% MANAGEMENT 2.24% MANAGEMENT 4.56% CONSULTANCY 1.60% CONSULTANCY 3.62% ALBANS 1.23% PROPERTY 2.72% ST 1.14% CONSTRUCTION 2.19% PROPERTY 1.10% CARE 2.13% M 0.82% ENGINEERING 2.12% CARE 0.78% LONDON 1.91% BUILDING 0.73% TRADING 1.88% IT 0.69% TRANSPORT 1.82% S 0.69% ELECTRICAL 1.76% CONSTRUCTION 0.69% DESIGN 1.65% ELECTRICAL 0.64% PROPERTIES 1.63% PROPERTIES 0.64% CO., 1.58% D 0.64% J 1.55% RIGGING 0.64% CONSULTANTS 1.54% CONSULTANTS 0.59% BUSINESS 1.49% DESIGN 0.59% INVESTMENTS 1.49% ASSOCIATES 0.55% GLOBAL 1.46% MEDIA 0.55% ASSOCIATES 1.44% MEDICAL 0.50% DEVELOPMENTS 1.36% ALBANS) 0.46% BUILDING 1.31% RECRUITMENT 0.41% IT 1.30% FILM 0.41% MEDIA 1.28% MARKETING 0.41% M 1.27%
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 527 288,953 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 217 43,081 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 154 58,522 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 132 30,825 99999 - Dormant Company 84 49,474 86101 - Hospital activities 80 5,043 59113 - Television programme production activities 69 2,394 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 59 19,098 86900 - Other human health activities 55 13,990 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 46 29,218 41100 - Development of building projects 43 11,863 62090 - Other information technology service activities 40 12,862 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 39 11,600 62012 - Business and domestic software development 32 9,651 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 30 7,682 43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified 30 9,080 41202 - Construction of domestic buildings 26 7,797 43390 - Other building completion and finishing 24 6,052 74100 - specialised design activities 21 4,892 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet 20 10,200
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 09469021 DEEN ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED 03 Mar 2015 09469918 NICANDRO LTD 04 Mar 2015 09470936 R SIDDIQUE LIMITED 04 Mar 2015 09479045 TTHL LIMITED 09 Mar 2015 09497236 FBM HOLDINGS LIMITED 18 Mar 2015 09497332 NITECH CONSULTING LTD 19 Mar 2015 09497479 REGENCY BUILDING COMPANY LTD 19 Mar 2015 09502346 WESTSIDE ESTATE AGENCY LTD 20 Mar 2015 09502515 FUNC-EMOTION LTD 20 Mar 2015 09505498 PNP CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 24 Mar 2015 09511750 CREDIT SWIFT LTD 26 Mar 2015 09512055 MITHIKODE LIMITED 26 Mar 2015 09512907 MANDY'S MUFFINS LIMITED 26 Mar 2015 09513142 48 ALMA ROAD LIMITED 26 Mar 2015 09516702 SICILIANO BARBERS LIMITED 28 Mar 2015 09516705 BLACK GRAPE 2015 LIMITED 28 Mar 2015 09469515 BLAXILLS FITTED FURNITURE LIMITED 04 Mar 2015 09476687 OBERTELLI & CO LTD 09 Mar 2015 09479992 TOBLAR MEDICAL SERVICES LTD 10 Mar 2015 09486727 TURBO RIGGING & EQUIPMENT LTD 12 Mar 2015 09492801 WILLS HAULAGE LTD 17 Mar 2015 09499716 RLC INVESTMENTS LIMITED 19 Mar 2015 09507538 JPB CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT LTD 24 Mar 2015 09510957 BOUTIQUE DJS LIMITED 26 Mar 2015 09512268 R L G RIGGING LTD 26 Mar 2015
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