Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Q1 2010 Business Confidence Report
Headlines
- February 2010 saw a new record in company closures in Wakefield when compared to any previous February.
Contents
New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
A total of 247 companies were registered in Wakefield during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).
This figure is an increase of 1.6% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 15.5% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) Wakefield UK 2010 247 105,137 2009 243 91,034 % change 1.6% 15.5% Record Year 2007 (514) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2010 67 76 104 New companies in 2009 74 81 88 % change -9.5% -6.2% 18.2% Record Year 2006 (168) 2007 (167) 2007 (194)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
A total of 321 companies were dissolved in Wakefield during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).
This figure is a decrease of 22.7% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 23.5% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) Wakefield UK 2010 321 82,677 2009 415 108,060 % change -22.7% -23.5% Record Year 2009 (415) 2009 (108,060) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
February 2010 saw a new record in company closures in Wakefield when compared to any previous February.
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2010 73 123 125 Closed companies in 2009 36 51 328 % change 102.8% 141.2% -62% Record Year 2008 (84) 2010 (123) 2009 (328)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
Net company growth for Wakefield during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) was -74 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) Wakefield UK 2010 -74 22,460 2009 -172 -17,026 Record Year 2006 (367) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2010 -6 -47 -21 Net growth in 2009 38 30 -240 Record Year 2006 (138) 2005 (109) 2008 (143)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
In the first quarter of 2010, Wakefield formed 0.2% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) Wakefield 2010 0.2% 2009 0.3% 2008 0.4% 2007 0.3% 2006 0.4% Record Year (since 1960) 2008 (0.4%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2010 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% UK formation share in 2009 0.3% 0.3% 0.2% % change -16.0% -19.7% -1.8% Record Year 2006 (0.5%) 1965 (0.7%) 2008 (0.4%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2010 was 45.4.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 1.1% compared to the UK figure of 2.0%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 5.3% compared to the UK figure of 4.9%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
The record first quarter for female directors in Wakefield was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
22.9% of all director appointments in Wakefield in the first quarter of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 24.7% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2009-Mar 2010)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 1.42% MANAGEMENT 5.01% MANAGEMENT 1.36% CONSULTING 4.60% DESIGN 0.84% CONSULTANCY 2.87% SERVICE 0.78% PROPERTY 2.50% CONSULTANCY 0.78% ASSOCIATES 2.04% (WAKEFIELD) 0.71% TRADING 1.93% - 0.71% DESIGN 1.91% MARKETING 0.71% CONSTRUCTION 1.87% (YORKSHIRE) 0.71% MEDIA 1.84% IT 0.58% BUSINESS 1.74% SYSTEMS 0.58% INTERNATIONAL 1.73% R 0.58% CONSULTANTS 1.63% MEDIA 0.52% ENGINEERING 1.54% UND 0.52% J 1.48% WAKEFIELD 0.45% LONDON 1.45% TRAINING 0.45% INVESTMENTS 1.45% PROPERTY 0.45% GROUP 1.37% TRADING 0.45% GLOBAL 1.35% INVEST 0.45% PROPERTIES 1.35% ELECTRICAL 0.39% BUILDING 1.34% ENGINEERING 0.39% CARE 1.33% CONSTRUCTION 0.39% ELECTRICAL 1.30% D 0.39% M 1.28% YORKSHIRE 0.39% SYSTEMS 1.25% K 0.39% S 1.23%
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 1,021 228,645 7499 - Non-trading company 140 15,398 7487 - Other business activities 127 74,904 7414 - Business & management consultancy 74 17,003 74990 - Non-trading company 63 8,149 7260 - Other computer related activities 45 10,331 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 41 14,007 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 35 9,659 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 34 9,325 99999 - Dormant Company 29 13,808 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 27 9,943 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 26 26,974 5190 - Other wholesale 26 1,489 9999 - Dormant Company 24 19,948 9305 - Other service activities 23 9,038 6024 - Freight transport by road 20 3,665 7440 - Advertising 19 1,918 7415 - Holding companies including head offices 17 2,286 7011 - Development & sell real estate 16 5,300 4545 - Other building completion 15 3,346
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 07171765 CALDER JOINERY & MANUFACTURING LTD 26 Feb 2010 07171716 SIMPLY POUND LTD 26 Feb 2010 07170965 JOHN SAMPSON TRAINING LIMITED 26 Feb 2010 07169660 EMYLIN LIMITED 25 Feb 2010 07169453 XOANDO LTD. 25 Feb 2010 07164551 THE MERCHANT SCARBOROUGH LIMITED 22 Feb 2010 07162564 SCS RENDER SYSTEMS LIMITED 18 Feb 2010 07161273 TECHNISCHE DIENSTLEISTUNGEN AARBERGEN LTD. 17 Feb 2010 07160025 UMZ CONSULTING LIMITED 17 Feb 2010 07154033 EUREXPERT LTD. 11 Feb 2010 07153196 INVEST DIALOG LTD. 10 Feb 2010 07151432 R H LAB SUPPLIES (WORLDWIDE) LIMITED 09 Feb 2010 07150955 PC-TECHGUY LTD 09 Feb 2010 07150234 VEGAS SPORTS BAR LTD 09 Feb 2010 07149252 MODERA BUSINESS PARK LIMITED 08 Feb 2010 07146570 N & S AUTO SERVICES LIMITED 04 Feb 2010 07145766 ALTANAY MUSTAFOV LTD. 04 Feb 2010 07144219 NAMEINVEST LIMITED 02 Feb 2010 07142213 TISCHLEREI ROESSLER LTD 02 Feb 2010 07169734 HANNELIA MORTON LTD 25 Feb 2010 07167820 KARRY 1 CAMPIN LIMITED 24 Feb 2010 07149389 BITS WEB SERVICES LTD 08 Feb 2010 07166292 WAKEFIELD CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC LIMITED 23 Feb 2010 07162779 WPR ELECTRICAL LIMITED 19 Feb 2010 07152753 SALON 365 LIMITED 10 Feb 2010
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