Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Q1 2012 Business Confidence Report
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 220 companies were registered in Wakefield during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is an increase of 1.9% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares badly 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) Wakefield UK 2012 220 131,491 2011 216 116,391 % change 1.9% 13.0% Record Year 2007 (514) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2012 78 69 73 New companies in 2011 68 63 85 % change 14.7% 9.5% -14.1% Record Year 2006 (168) 2007 (167) 2007 (194)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
A total of 169 companies were dissolved in Wakefield during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 34.2% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares well 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) Wakefield UK 2012 169 67,576 2011 257 90,987 % change -34.2% -25.7% Record Year 2009 (415) 2009 (108,065) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2012 57 68 44 Closed companies in 2011 94 70 93 % change -39.4% -2.9% -53% Record Year 2011 (94) 2010 (123) 2009 (328)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
Net company growth for Wakefield during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 51 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Wakefield UK 2012 51 63,915 2011 -41 25,404 Record Year 2006 (367) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2012 21 1 29 Net growth in 2011 -26 -7 -8 Record Year 2006 (138) 2005 (109) 2008 (143)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
In the first quarter of 2012, Wakefield formed 0.2% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) Wakefield 2012 0.2% 2011 0.2% 2010 0.2% 2009 0.3% 2008 0.4% Record Year (since 1960) 2008 (0.4%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2012 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% UK formation share in 2011 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% % change -1.6% -6.3% -19.6% Record Year 2006 (0.5%) 1965 (0.7%) 2008 (0.4%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 44.8.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 5.3% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 10.3% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)
The record first quarter for female directors in Wakefield was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
22.7% of all director appointments in Wakefield 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
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2011-Mar 2012)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 1.87% CONSULTING 5.07% MANAGEMENT 1.80% MANAGEMENT 4.74% CONSULTANCY 0.87% CONSULTANCY 3.30% WAKEFIELD 0.87% PROPERTY 2.37% DESIGN 0.80% TRADING 2.07% YORKSHIRE 0.80% DESIGN 1.93% ACADEMY 0.67% ENGINEERING 1.86% BUSINESS 0.60% ASSOCIATES 1.84% MEDIA 0.60% CONSULTANTS 1.79% SERVICE 0.60% BUSINESS 1.73% GLOBAL 0.53% MEDIA 1.72% (YORKSHIRE) 0.53% CONSTRUCTION 1.72% CONSULTANTS 0.53% LONDON 1.66% TRAINING 0.53% J 1.54% ASSOCIATES 0.53% INVESTMENTS 1.51% CONSTRUCTION 0.53% GLOBAL 1.50% UND 0.47% IT 1.40% B 0.47% CARE 1.34% (WAKEFIELD) 0.47% PROPERTIES 1.31% LOGISTICS 0.47% ELECTRICAL 1.27% ENGINEERING 0.47% M 1.27% ELECTRICAL 0.47% BUILDING 1.24% INVESTMENTS 0.40% ENERGY 1.20% TRADING 0.40% S 1.20% CENTRE 0.40% ENTERPRISES 1.19%
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 630 216,665 7499 - Non-trading company 91 9,102 74990 - Non-trading company 69 9,729 7487 - Other business activities 54 52,735 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 48 35,233 99999 - Dormant Company 36 25,084 7414 - Business & management consultancy 26 12,113 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 26 19,704 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 23 14,303 7260 - Other computer related activities 20 7,154 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 19 13,637 7440 - Advertising 15 1,628 9305 - Other service activities 15 8,818 62090 - Other information technology service activities 14 8,145 9999 - Dormant Company 14 18,617 86900 - Other human health activities 14 5,066 41100 - Development of building projects 13 4,984 6024 - Freight transport by road 12 2,121 73110 - Advertising agencies 11 2,000 33200 - Installation of industrial machinery and equipment 10 415
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 07932612 ICC CONSULTING COMPANY LTD. 01 Feb 2012 07934153 C4 AJF SURVEYING AND ENGINEERING LIMITED 02 Feb 2012 07936773 CROC SERVICE LTD. 06 Feb 2012 07940379 CAR TRADE DEUTSCHLAND LTD. 07 Feb 2012 07940407 PRAXMAN LTD. 07 Feb 2012 07945286 SUTTON MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS LTD 10 Feb 2012 07946372 CM-TRADING LTD 13 Feb 2012 07948486 BORISOV INVEST LTD. 14 Feb 2012 07949127 PURPLE HEARTS RECRUITMENT LIMITED 14 Feb 2012 07956422 SQUARE PAD LTD 20 Feb 2012 07957217 LOGICUK LTD 21 Feb 2012 07958589 LEARNERFIND LIMITED 21 Feb 2012 07959298 WORKSPACE ENVIROMENTS LTD 21 Feb 2012 07963573 TRANSFORM IMAGES LTD 24 Feb 2012 07963631 INTERTAIN WEB SOLUTIONS LTD. 24 Feb 2012 07963646 RETROBURN GAME STUDIOS LIMITED 24 Feb 2012 07956676 MINT SUPPORT LTD 20 Feb 2012 07939486 DABS BUILDING SERVICES LTD. 07 Feb 2012 07953255 RECRUITA LIMITED 16 Feb 2012 07956582 JUICED LTD 20 Feb 2012 07957855 TINGLEY BALTI HOUSE LTD 21 Feb 2012 07963369 CELEBRITY PROMOTIONS LIMITED 24 Feb 2012 07936744 PICKUP&GO LTD 06 Feb 2012 07952652 ATOMIC BLAST SUPPLEMENTS LTD 16 Feb 2012 07955898 DSTANLEYRD LTD 20 Feb 2012
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