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
    08165982 NAYA BARAKAH LIMITED 02 Aug 2012
    08166503 SAGA LAW LTD 02 Aug 2012
    08167982 PANTHERA TECH LIMITED 03 Aug 2012
    08168921 XIAO WORLD LIMITED 06 Aug 2012
    08168989 NUDGE MEDIA LTD 06 Aug 2012
    08169733 DORSAA COMPANY LIMITED 06 Aug 2012
    08170286 CAPSTONE FOOTBALL AGENTS LIMITED 07 Aug 2012
    08170758 ROTA EXPRESS LIMITED 07 Aug 2012
    08171402 REDPATH MOTORS LTD 07 Aug 2012
    08171799 SPICE OF LIFE RECIPES LIMITED 08 Aug 2012
    08172721 KIMANI MOORE LIMITED 08 Aug 2012
    08172865 ZENTLE LTD 08 Aug 2012
    08175224 PERRIER SERVICES LIMITED 10 Aug 2012
    08175606 HENPHIL LIMITED 10 Aug 2012
    08176017 R & S (UK) SOLUTIONS LIMITED 10 Aug 2012
    08176263 MIKE YIANNI LIMITED 13 Aug 2012
    08176621 YOURPHARM LIMITED 13 Aug 2012
    08176686 SURREY SCAFFOLDING SERVICES LIMITED 13 Aug 2012
    08179713 CROYDON TAMIL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION (CTCO) LIMITED 14 Aug 2012
    08180648 GLOBAL LBS LTD 15 Aug 2012
    08181062 HOLNESS CONSULTANCY LTD 15 Aug 2012
    08181869 SAI IT LIMITED 16 Aug 2012
    08182456 VINECARE SERVICES LTD 16 Aug 2012
    08183482 TRINITY ENTERPRISE (UK) LIMITED 17 Aug 2012
    08184722 HINDSY CLEANING SERVICES LIMITED 20 Aug 2012