Surrey

Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • July 2012 saw a new record in company closures in Surrey when compared to any previous July.

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 (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    A total of 4,262 companies were registered in Surrey during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).

    This figure is a decrease of 10.5% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.8% against the same period last year.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)SurreyUK
    20124,262118,868
    20114,761114,512
    % change-10.5%3.8%
    Record Year 2011 (4,761) 2012 (118,868)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    New Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    New companies in 20121,4521,3541,456
    New companies in 20111,5351,5561,670
    % change-5.4%-13.0%-12.8%
    Record Year2010 (1,555)2011 (1,556)2011 (1,670)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    A total of 3,192 companies were dissolved in Surrey during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).

    This figure is an increase of 6.2% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 3.5% against the same period last year.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)SurreyUK
    20123,19274,772
    20113,00572,230
    % change6.2%3.5%
    Record Year 2009 (3,996) 2009 (159,401)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    July 2012 saw a new record in company closures in Surrey when compared to any previous July.

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Closed companies in 20121,0841,181927
    Closed companies in 20119561,071978
    % change13.4%10.3%-5%
    Record Year2012 (1,084)2008 (2,313)2009 (1,935)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    Net company growth for Surrey during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 1,070 companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)SurreyUK
    20121,07044,096
    20111,75642,282
    Record Year 2011 (1,756) 2003 (60,597)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Net Growth by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    Net growth in 2012368173529
    Net growth in 2011579485692
    Record Year2008 (981)1995 (512)2002 (784)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    In the third quarter of 2012, Surrey formed 3.6% of all UK companies.

    third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012)Surrey
    20123.6%
    20114.2%
    20104.2%
    20094.1%
    20083.8%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1966 (6.3%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)

    Company Share by Month
    JulyAugustSeptember
    UK formation share in 20123.5%3.5%3.7%
    UK formation share in 20114.1%4.0%4.3%
    % change-15.1%-12.3%-13.8%
    Record Year1970 (6.1%)1966 (6.9%)1966 (6.8%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2012 was 42.2.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 6.0% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 3.3% compared to the UK figure of 3.2%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)

    The record third quarter for female directors in Surrey was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.

    26.3% of all director appointments in Surrey in the third quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.7% for the same period.

    Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

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

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

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    CONSULTING3.37%CONSULTING5.06%
    MANAGEMENT2.84%MANAGEMENT4.77%
    CONSULTANCY1.96%CONSULTANCY3.29%
    TRANSPORT1.48%PROPERTY2.36%
    LONDON1.21%TRADING2.08%
    ASSOCIATES1.11%DESIGN1.87%
    PROPERTY1.10%ASSOCIATES1.83%
    CONSULTANTS0.99%ENGINEERING1.83%
    DESIGN0.93%CONSULTANTS1.76%
    MEDIA0.89%BUSINESS1.72%
    CONSTRUCTION0.87%CONSTRUCTION1.70%
    BUSINESS0.87%MEDIA1.68%
    TRADING0.85%LONDON1.67%
    GLOBAL0.79%J1.55%
    IT0.77%GLOBAL1.54%
    J0.77%INVESTMENTS1.47%
    BUILDING0.69%IT1.43%
    M0.66%PROPERTIES1.34%
    DRIVING0.66%CARE1.32%
    SURREY0.63%M1.27%
    ENTERPRISES0.62%BUILDING1.22%
    PROPERTIES0.61%ENTERPRISES1.21%
    CARE0.61%ELECTRICAL1.20%
    MARKETING0.60%S1.17%
    LOGISTICS0.57%SECURITY1.16%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied9,914228,243
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified1,79450,446
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management1,62828,990
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities1,21621,969
    99999 - Dormant Company1,19737,912
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified1,03820,742
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified63714,809
    7487 - Other business activities62216,361
    62090 - Other information technology service activities56511,950
    74990 - Non-trading company51813,641
    62012 - Business and domestic software development3366,943
    41100 - Development of building projects3287,545
    98000 - Residents property management3064,205
    69201 - Accounting and auditing activities3025,935
    86900 - Other human health activities2937,550
    68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate2776,519
    43390 - Other building completion and finishing2534,705
    41202 - Construction of domestic buildings2454,591
    9999 - Dormant Company2306,793
    47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet2215,760

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    08199778 PRITHVI DATA SOLUTIONS LIMITED 03 Sep 2012
    08200514 APOM GROUP LTD 04 Sep 2012
    08202266 KADRIA'S CARWASH & VALETING LTD 05 Sep 2012
    08203974 RAJA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED 06 Sep 2012
    08204340 ABEL BUSINESS SYSTEMS LTD 06 Sep 2012
    08208097 FAIRFIELD ACADEMY UK LIMITED 10 Sep 2012
    08208238 PALLANS CONSULTANCY LTD 10 Sep 2012
    08208746 SPLINE CREATIVES LTD 10 Sep 2012
    08210640 WILLIAM FRENCH LIMITED 11 Sep 2012
    08212386 BUSINESSCHROME LIMITED 12 Sep 2012
    08212413 BOOT BANANAS LTD 12 Sep 2012
    08213365 HEBRIDES INVESTMENTS NO.3 LIMITED 13 Sep 2012
    08214079 GRAFEEK MEDIA LTD 13 Sep 2012
    08214151 PIONEER SUBWAY FOODS LTD 13 Sep 2012
    08215325 TENDAI.A LTD 14 Sep 2012
    08215361 LJM PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED 14 Sep 2012
    08216722 LAY-BUY LTD 17 Sep 2012
    08217248 A K TRADERS (UK) LIMITED 17 Sep 2012
    08218192 LING WHOLESALES LTD 18 Sep 2012
    08218462 CLARKE ELECTRICIANS LIMITED 18 Sep 2012
    08219377 ABPARRY LTD 18 Sep 2012
    08221468 FAT WHEELS LIMITED 20 Sep 2012
    08222034 TIGER GATE LIMITED 20 Sep 2012
    08222489 INTEGRATIONS HOSPITAL SYSTEMS LIMITED 20 Sep 2012
    08223385 KAS YOUTH HUB 20 Sep 2012