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Surrey

Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Surrey 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 2012)

    A total of 5,242 companies were registered in Surrey during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

    This figure is an increase of 10.5% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares equally to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 13.0% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)SurreyUK
    20125,242131,491
    20114,742116,391
    % change10.5%13.0%
    Record Year 2007 (5,850) 2007 (166,814)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    January 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Surrey when compared to any previous January.

    New Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    New companies in 20121,6061,6761,960
    New companies in 20111,4351,5001,807
    % change11.9%11.7%8.5%
    Record Year2012 (1,606)2007 (1,743)2007 (2,543)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    A total of 3,061 companies were dissolved in Surrey during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

    This figure is a decrease of 11.7% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 25.7% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)SurreyUK
    20123,06167,576
    20113,46890,986
    % change-11.7%-25.7%
    Record Year 2009 (3,670) 2009 (108,060)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Closed companies in 20129891,0571,015
    Closed companies in 20111,3799401,149
    % change-28.3%12.4%-12%
    Record Year2011 (1,379)2010 (1,170)2009 (2,364)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    Net company growth for Surrey during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 2,181 companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)SurreyUK
    20122,18163,915
    20111,27425,405
    Record Year 2007 (3,493) 2007 (111,282)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Net Growth by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Net growth in 2012617619945
    Net growth in 201156560658
    Record Year2007 (682)2007 (1,052)2007 (1,759)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    In the first quarter of 2012, Surrey formed 4.0% of all UK companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)Surrey
    20124.0%
    20114.1%
    20104.0%
    20093.9%
    20084.2%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1970 (5.8%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

    Company Share by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    UK formation share in 20124.1%3.8%4.1%
    UK formation share in 20114.2%4.0%4.0%
    % change-4.0%-4.4%1.5%
    Record Year1967 (6.4%)1970 (6.1%)1970 (6.6%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 43.3.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 4.8% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.4% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

    The record first quarter for female directors in Surrey was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.

    25.4% of all director appointments in Surrey in the first quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.

    Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

  1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2011-Mar 2012)

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

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    CONSULTING3.39%CONSULTING5.07%
    MANAGEMENT2.71%MANAGEMENT4.74%
    CONSULTANCY1.79%CONSULTANCY3.30%
    TRANSPORT1.31%PROPERTY2.37%
    ASSOCIATES1.17%TRADING2.07%
    PROPERTY1.11%DESIGN1.93%
    LONDON1.06%ENGINEERING1.86%
    CONSULTANTS1.05%ASSOCIATES1.84%
    CONSTRUCTION0.99%CONSULTANTS1.79%
    DESIGN0.91%BUSINESS1.73%
    TRADING0.90%MEDIA1.72%
    BUSINESS0.83%CONSTRUCTION1.72%
    MEDIA0.80%LONDON1.66%
    BUILDING0.74%J1.54%
    IT0.72%INVESTMENTS1.51%
    J0.70%GLOBAL1.50%
    GLOBAL0.66%IT1.40%
    CARE0.66%CARE1.34%
    SURREY0.65%PROPERTIES1.31%
    ENTERPRISES0.64%ELECTRICAL1.27%
    M0.60%M1.27%
    MARKETING0.58%BUILDING1.24%
    INVESTMENTS0.57%ENERGY1.20%
    DEVELOPMENTS0.56%S1.20%
    S0.55%ENTERPRISES1.19%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied8,954216,665
    7487 - Other business activities2,11452,735
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified1,21335,233
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management1,10119,704
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities80114,303
    99999 - Dormant Company74425,084
    7414 - Business & management consultancy71112,113
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified63713,637
    9999 - Dormant Company62118,617
    7499 - Non-trading company5389,102
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified4809,892
    74990 - Non-trading company4059,729
    62090 - Other information technology service activities3938,145
    7222 - Other software consultancy and supply3816,934
    9305 - Other service activities3788,818
    7260 - Other computer related activities3637,154
    98000 - Residents property management2373,050
    41100 - Development of building projects2214,984
    62012 - Business and domestic software development2164,356
    69201 - Accounting and auditing activities2114,132

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    07898274 FIRST CLASS BUY LIMITED 05 Jan 2012
    07898970 MKLL LTD 05 Jan 2012
    07900053 SYBEE LIMITED 06 Jan 2012
    07901614 JAYS AUTOCARE LIMITED 09 Jan 2012
    07901936 RAVENO LTD 09 Jan 2012
    07902388 SOLUTION COMPUTING LIMITED 09 Jan 2012
    07902860 GOLDSTONE TRANSLATION LTD 09 Jan 2012
    07903486 CHENNAIFOODS LIMITED 10 Jan 2012
    07904329 PRIMARY COLOURS IRL LTD 10 Jan 2012
    07905114 LONDON PROPERTY INVESTORS LTD 11 Jan 2012
    07905974 TRENDSETTER ENTERTAINMENTS LIMITED 11 Jan 2012
    07906295 PACIFICWAVE PARTNERS UK LTD 11 Jan 2012
    07909875 COLE NICHOLLS LIMITED 16 Jan 2012
    07910312 GUXVU LTD 16 Jan 2012
    07910638 L G FURNITURE LIMITED 16 Jan 2012
    07911761 CAERUS ENTERPRISES LTD 16 Jan 2012
    07913201 HOT GRILL LTD 17 Jan 2012
    07913262 BOWLAND RETAIL LIMITED 17 Jan 2012
    07913348 SAJBESTWAY LTD 17 Jan 2012
    07913796 O K FIT LIMITED 18 Jan 2012
    07914074 RCCG THE GATEWAY CHURCH LTD 18 Jan 2012
    07915131 CONSULTING OPTIONS LIMITED 18 Jan 2012
    07916369 SAMIAPPA LTD 19 Jan 2012
    07916529 SRI PADMA TRADERS LIMITED 19 Jan 2012
    07918072 ESKIMO JO EVENTS LTD 20 Jan 2012