Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Q3 2012 Business Confidence Report
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 234 companies were registered in Wakefield during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is an increase of 2.6% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares equally 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) Wakefield UK 2012 234 118,868 2011 228 114,512 % change 2.6% 3.8% Record Year 2005 (388) 2012 (118,868) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2012 82 74 78 New companies in 2011 87 68 73 % change -5.7% 8.8% 6.8% Record Year 2007 (126) 2005 (163) 2007 (127)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
A total of 172 companies were dissolved in Wakefield during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012).
This figure is a decrease of 24.9% versus the same period last year (Q3 2011). This figure compares well 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) Wakefield UK 2012 172 74,772 2011 229 72,230 % change -24.9% 3.5% Record Year 2009 (504) 2009 (159,401) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2012 64 68 40 Closed companies in 2011 78 75 76 % change -17.9% -9.3% -47% Record Year 2009 (105) 2008 (156) 2009 (267)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
Net company growth for Wakefield during the third quarter of 2012 (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) was 62 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Wakefield UK 2012 62 44,096 2011 -1 42,282 Record Year 2005 (332) 2003 (60,597) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2012 18 6 38 Net growth in 2011 9 -7 -3 Record Year 2008 (104) 2005 (142) 2005 (112)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
In the third quarter of 2012, Wakefield formed 0.2% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2012 - Sep 2012) Wakefield 2012 0.2% 2011 0.2% 2010 0.2% 2009 0.3% 2008 0.4% Record Year (since 1960) 2005 (0.4%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2012)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2012 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% UK formation share in 2011 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% % change -15.4% 9.7% 5.7% Record Year 2006 (0.4%) 1961 (0.6%) 1970 (0.5%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2012 was 44.1.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 6.3% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 6.0% compared to the UK figure of 3.2%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2012)
The record third quarter for female directors in Wakefield was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.
23.9% of all director appointments in Wakefield 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
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Previous 12 months (Sep 2011-Sep 2012)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage MANAGEMENT 1.46% CONSULTING 5.05% KOMPLEMENTAER 1.39% MANAGEMENT 4.75% CONSULTING 1.39% CONSULTANCY 3.28% KOMMANDIT 1.11% PROPERTY 2.35% WAKEFIELD 1.04% TRADING 2.08% CONSTRUCTION 0.83% DESIGN 1.87% YORKSHIRE 0.76% ASSOCIATES 1.84% DESIGN 0.69% ENGINEERING 1.83% ENGINEERING 0.69% CONSULTANTS 1.76% (WAKEFIELD) 0.69% BUSINESS 1.72% LOGICOR 0.62% CONSTRUCTION 1.70% ASSOCIATES 0.62% MEDIA 1.67% CONSULTANCY 0.62% LONDON 1.67% SERVICE 0.55% J 1.55% BUSINESS 0.55% GLOBAL 1.53% UND 0.49% INVESTMENTS 1.46% ACADEMY 0.49% IT 1.43% TRADING 0.49% PROPERTIES 1.34% MEDIA 0.49% CARE 1.32% SYSTEMS 0.49% M 1.27% (YORKSHIRE) 0.49% BUILDING 1.22% MARKETING 0.42% ENTERPRISES 1.20% ENERGY 0.42% ELECTRICAL 1.20% CENTRE 0.42% S 1.17% BUILDING 0.42% SECURITY 1.16%
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 800 331,455 7499 - Non-trading company 69 6,164 74990 - Non-trading company 66 9,203 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 49 33,677 7487 - Other business activities 37 35,545 99999 - Dormant Company 30 25,035 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 25 14,774 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 24 19,425 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 17 13,716 7260 - Other computer related activities 16 4,979 7414 - Business & management consultancy 14 8,437 41100 - Development of building projects 14 4,965 86900 - Other human health activities 13 4,998 62090 - Other information technology service activities 13 7,869 62012 - Business and domestic software development 11 4,584 9305 - Other service activities 11 6,142 6024 - Freight transport by road 10 1,523 33200 - Installation of industrial machinery and equipment 10 441 7440 - Advertising 10 1,110 86220 - Specialists medical practice activities 9 1,955
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 08165893 LONDIS WRENTHORPE LTD 02 Aug 2012 08171567 I SLEEP (WAKEFIELD) LTD 08 Aug 2012 08178967 SILVERIUM TRADING & DISTRIBUTION LTD. 14 Aug 2012 08181717 URBAN QUARTER LIMITED 16 Aug 2012 08182781 SADROBOT WEB DEVELOPMENT LIMITED 16 Aug 2012 08183033 TRADITIONAL SWEETS & COFFEE LTD 17 Aug 2012 08183984 TISCHLEREI STAMMWERK LTD 17 Aug 2012 08187513 SPOT FACTORING UK LIMITED 22 Aug 2012 08193618 EGO INVEST & CAPITAL LTD. 29 Aug 2012 08195006 NEA283 KOMPLEMENTAER LTD. 29 Aug 2012 08195023 GLOBAL STAR VENTURES LTD. 29 Aug 2012 08195056 OCTAGOS GMBH 29 Aug 2012 08195057 APELLES AUGENOPTIK LTD. 29 Aug 2012 08195096 GEOFF SHAW LTD. 29 Aug 2012 08195572 NEA287 KOMMANDIT LTD. 30 Aug 2012 08195576 RK7 TEL LTD. 30 Aug 2012 08197191 MEDIA PCON LTD. 31 Aug 2012 08175563 ADVENT CSS LIMITED 10 Aug 2012 08164239 INXUS LIMITED 01 Aug 2012 08180770 CRASCO CONSULTANCY LTD 15 Aug 2012 OC377861 BREWIS TIMPSON LLP 21 Aug 2012 08194348 I-TEX SOLUTIONS LIMITED 29 Aug 2012 08169918 TOPSHINE LIMTED LTD 07 Aug 2012 08182285 WPR PROPERTY MAINTENANCES LIMITED 16 Aug 2012 08184297 SEAN WILKINSON LTD 20 Aug 2012
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