Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Q1 2013 Business Confidence Report
NOTICE: We have improved our calculations of the statistics in these reports, so some figures and records may not match previous reports.
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
A total of 275 companies were registered in Wakefield during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).
This figure is an increase of 25.0% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 2.5% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Wakefield UK 2013 275 134,802 2012 220 131,491 % change 25.0% 2.5% Record Year 2007 (514) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2013 73 80 122 New companies in 2012 78 69 73 % change -6.4% 15.9% 67.1% Record Year 2006 (168) 2007 (167) 2007 (194)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
A total of 171 companies were dissolved in Wakefield during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).
This figure is an increase of 1.2% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 15.3% against the same period last year.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Wakefield UK 2013 171 77,914 2012 169 67,576 % change 1.2% 15.3% Record Year 2009 (416) 2009 (108,066) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2013 76 45 50 Closed companies in 2012 57 68 44 % change 33.3% -33.8% 14% Record Year 2011 (94) 2010 (123) 2009 (328)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
Net company growth for Wakefield during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) was 104 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Wakefield UK 2013 104 56,888 2012 51 63,915 Record Year 2006 (367) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2013 -3 35 72 Net growth in 2012 21 1 29 Record Year 2006 (138) 2005 (109) 2008 (143)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
In the first quarter of 2013, Wakefield formed 0.2% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) Wakefield 2013 0.2% 2012 0.2% 2011 0.2% 2010 0.2% 2009 0.3% Record Year (since 1960) 2008 (0.4%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2013 0.2% 0.2% 0.3% UK formation share in 2012 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% % change -16.1% 15.1% 72.8% Record Year 2006 (0.5%) 2008 (0.4%) 2008 (0.4%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2013 was 48.9.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 5.0% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.2% compared to the UK figure of 1.8%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)
The record first quarter for female directors in Wakefield was in 2004 when 33.6% of all directors were female.
25.8% of all director appointments in Wakefield in the first quarter of 2013 were female. This compares to a UK average of 28.1% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2012-Mar 2013)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage KOMPLEMENTAER 3.74% CONSULTING 5.18% KOMMANDIT 3.61% MANAGEMENT 4.78% MANAGEMENT 1.23% CONSULTANCY 3.30% WAKEFIELD 0.95% PROPERTY 2.44% CONSULTING 0.95% TRADING 2.06% (WAKEFIELD) 0.88% DESIGN 1.79% LOGICOR 0.75% ENGINEERING 1.78% MEDIA 0.68% BUSINESS 1.77% CONSTRUCTION 0.68% ASSOCIATES 1.75% CONSULTANCY 0.68% LONDON 1.72% BUSINESS 0.61% CONSULTANTS 1.71% PROPERTY 0.61% CONSTRUCTION 1.69% ENGINEERING 0.54% MEDIA 1.63% YORKSHIRE 0.54% GLOBAL 1.57% SYSTEMS 0.54% J 1.56% ASSOCIATES 0.54% CARE 1.46% BAR 0.48% IT 1.43% PROPERTIES 0.48% INVESTMENTS 1.41% DESIGN 0.48% PROPERTIES 1.36% TRAINING 0.48% M 1.25% H 0.41% BUILDING 1.21% SERVICE 0.41% ENTERPRISES 1.19% TECHNOLOGY 0.41% ELECTRICAL 1.18% IT 0.41% TRAINING 1.17% ELECTRICAL 0.41% SECURITY 1.15%
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 560 249,183 74990 - Non-trading company 107 14,129 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 80 54,531 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 50 32,624 99999 - Dormant Company 48 43,384 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 34 23,532 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 32 24,894 62090 - Other information technology service activities 23 12,664 41100 - Development of building projects 21 8,637 7499 - Non-trading company 18 1,582 43210 - Electrical installation 17 5,625 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 17 7,507 62012 - Business and domestic software development 16 8,099 86900 - Other human health activities 16 8,465 41201 - Construction of commercial buildings 15 2,156 43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified 15 6,954 69201 - Accounting and auditing activities 15 6,591 73110 - Advertising agencies 13 3,408 47990 - Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets 13 5,186 70100 - Activities of head offices 13 3,950
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 08394082 TRAINING COURSES 4 U LIMITED 07 Feb 2013 08395341 MILL HOUSE FARMS (CANAL HEAD) LTD 08 Feb 2013 08400970 SPECTRUM PEOPLE 13 Feb 2013 08405354 LIFEBIZ LTD. 15 Feb 2013 08405384 AML IT SERVICES LIMITED 15 Feb 2013 08409094 ELITE SPORTS EUROPE LIMITED 19 Feb 2013 08412962 APB SERVICE MANAGEMENT LTD 21 Feb 2013 08413115 INTERSYSTEMS GERMANY LTD. 21 Feb 2013 08418884 LYLES TRANSPORT LIMITED 25 Feb 2013 08418976 HETES LOGISTICS LTD 26 Feb 2013 08422460 CONCRET AND TRANSPORTSERVICE LTD. 27 Feb 2013 08406543 N WADHERA LTD 18 Feb 2013 08387679 AFHW LIMITED 04 Feb 2013 08398065 KG MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT & COACHING LIMITED 11 Feb 2013 08398449 FG PRINT LIMITED 11 Feb 2013 08404385 GENERATING OPPORTUNITIES LTD 15 Feb 2013 08406856 TASSARD LTD 18 Feb 2013 08408554 JAL ASSOCIATES UK LIMITED 19 Feb 2013 08415891 GUYMER DEVELOPMENTS LTD 22 Feb 2013 08388456 HRUNI LIMITED 05 Feb 2013 08389568 WENTWORTH PRINT GROUP FM LTD 05 Feb 2013 08399763 EFALIUS LTD 12 Feb 2013 08401680 BRAIN HEALTH LTD 13 Feb 2013 08406380 RD INDICIUM ANALYTICA LIMITED 18 Feb 2013 08416203 TS SURVEYING LIMITED 22 Feb 2013
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