New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   Q1 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Waterlooville when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2012 was a record quarter for company registrations in Waterlooville when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 177 companies were registered in Waterlooville during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

   This figure is an increase of 32.1% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares well 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)	Waterlooville	UK
   2012	177	131,491
   2011	134	116,391
   % change	32.1%	13.0%
   Record Year	2012 (177)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2012	177	Q1 2012	131491	1
   Q1 2011	134	Q1 2011	116391	1
   Q1 2010	141	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	113	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	106	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	164	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	115	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	119	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	101	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	151	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2012	177	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   March 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Waterlooville when compared to any previous March.

   March 2012 was a record month for company registrations in Waterlooville when compared to any month in history.

   February 2012 saw a new record in company registrations in Waterlooville when compared to any previous February.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2012	47941	70
   Feb 2012	44149	58
   Jan 2012	39401	49
   Dec 2011	30598	18
   Nov 2011	40319	52
   Oct 2011	38706	44
   Sep 2011	38920	43
   Aug 2011	38461	57
   Jul 2011	37131	41
   Jun 2011	39725	37
   May 2011	38130	42
   Apr 2011	34489	30

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2012	49	58	70
   New companies in 2011	44	40	50
   % change	11.4%	45.0%	40.0%
   Record Year	2003 (55)	2012 (58)	2012 (70)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   A total of 72 companies were dissolved in Waterlooville during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012).

   This figure is a decrease of 12.2% versus the same period last year (Q1 2011). This figure compares poorly 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)	Waterlooville	UK
   2012	72	67,576
   2011	82	90,987
   % change	-12.2%	-25.7%
   Record Year	2009 (120)	2009 (108,065)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2012	72	Q1 2012	67576	1
   Q1 2011	82	Q1 2011	90987	1
   Q1 2010	81	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	120	Q1 2009	108065	1
   Q1 2008	49	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	57	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	88	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	47	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	59	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	42	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2009	120	Q1 2009	108065	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2012	21089	19
   Feb 2012	23245	16
   Jan 2012	23242	37
   Dec 2011	29283	33
   Nov 2011	31065	29
   Oct 2011	19635	25
   Sep 2011	22852	16
   Aug 2011	25745	25
   Jul 2011	23633	42
   Jun 2011	23848	31
   May 2011	31305	30
   Apr 2011	16171	26

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2012	37	16	19
   Closed companies in 2011	18	34	30
   % change	105.6%	-52.9%	-37%
   Record Year	2006 (55)	2011 (34)	2009 (77)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   Net company growth for Waterlooville during the first quarter of 2012 (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012) was 105 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	Waterlooville	UK
   2012	105	63,915
   2011	52	25,404
   Record Year	2003 (109)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2012	105	134	Q1 2012	63915	116391	1
   Q1 2011	52	141	Q1 2011	25404	105137	1
   Q1 2010	60	113	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	-7	106	Q1 2009	-17031	96698	1
   Q1 2008	57	164	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	107	115	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	27	119	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	72	101	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	42	151	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	109	94	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2003	109	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   March 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Waterlooville when compared to any previous March.

   February 2012 saw a new record in net growth in Waterlooville when compared to any previous February.

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2012	26852	51
   Feb 2012	20904	42
   Jan 2012	16159	12
   Dec 2011	1315	-15
   Nov 2011	9254	23
   Oct 2011	19071	19
   Sep 2011	16068	27
   Aug 2011	12716	32
   Jul 2011	13498	-1
   Jun 2011	15877	6
   May 2011	6825	12
   Apr 2011	18318	4

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2012	12	42	51
   Net growth in 2011	26	6	20
   Record Year	2003 (40)	2012 (42)	2012 (51)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   In the first quarter of 2012, Waterlooville formed 0.1% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2012 - Mar 2012)	Waterlooville
   2012	0.1%
   2011	0.1%
   2010	0.1%
   2009	0.1%
   2008	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1970 (0.2%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2012	0.1346	177	1
   Q1 2011	0.1151	134	1
   Q1 2010	0.1341	141	1
   Q1 2009	0.1241	113	1
   Q1 2008	0.1096	106	1
   Q1 2007	0.0983	164	1
   Q1 2006	0.1053	115	1
   Q1 2005	0.1263	119	1
   Q1 2004	0.1104	101	1
   Q1 2003	0.1550	151	1
   Q1 1970	0.1807	3	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2012)

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2012	0.1460	70
   Feb 2012	0.1314	58
   Jan 2012	0.1244	49
   Dec 2011	0.0588	18
   Nov 2011	0.1290	52
   Oct 2011	0.1137	44
   Sep 2011	0.1105	43
   Aug 2011	0.1482	57
   Jul 2011	0.1104	41
   Jun 2011	0.0931	37
   May 2011	0.1101	42
   Apr 2011	0.0870	30

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2012	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   UK formation share in 2011	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   % change	-4.5%	24.1%	30.9%
   Record Year	1970 (0.4%)	1964 (0.3%)	1974 (0.2%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2012 was 45.0.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 5.5% compared to the UK figure of 4.6%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.5% compared to the UK figure of 3.5%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q1 2012	44.9682	4.5455	5.4545	42.7076	4.6029	3.4625
   Q1 2011	44.0903	2.5806	3.8710	43.9398	3.0278	4.2627
   Q1 2010	47.2557	5.1136	0.0000	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	47.1469	6.7797	3.3898	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	47.4897	6.7010	0.0000	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	49.7936	6.7616	0.0000	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	48.6323	5.8296	0.8969	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	48.7135	4.1667	0.0000	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	51.5989	10.9890	0.0000	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	51.2817	8.9202	0.0000	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2012)

   The record first quarter for female directors in Waterlooville was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.

   29.1% of all director appointments in Waterlooville in the first quarter of 2012 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q1 2012	29.1498	Q1 2012	25.1929	1
   Q1 2011	39.1304	Q1 2011	25.4684	1
   Q1 2010	27.4112	Q1 2010	24.7553	1
   Q1 2009	31.1828	Q1 2009	26.1125	1
   Q1 2008	37.8995	Q1 2008	28.3497	1
   Q1 2007	38.6228	Q1 2007	27.4481	1
   Q1 2006	30.7377	Q1 2006	26.9433	1
   Q1 2005	33.1731	Q1 2005	26.8387	1
   Q1 2004	32.1782	Q1 2004	27.1410	1
   Q1 2003	33.6134	Q1 2003	30.5573	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1958	100.0000	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. 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
   M	1.43%	CONSULTING	5.07%
   CONSULTING	1.21%	MANAGEMENT	4.74%
   CONSULTANCY	1.21%	CONSULTANCY	3.30%
   MANAGEMENT	1.21%	PROPERTY	2.37%
   BUSINESS	0.88%	TRADING	2.07%
   BUILDING	0.88%	DESIGN	1.93%
   ELECTRICAL	0.88%	ENGINEERING	1.86%
   G	0.77%	ASSOCIATES	1.84%
   ROOFING	0.77%	CONSULTANTS	1.79%
   DESIGN	0.77%	BUSINESS	1.73%
   CARE	0.66%	MEDIA	1.72%
   HAIR	0.66%	CONSTRUCTION	1.72%
   S	0.66%	LONDON	1.66%
   CONSTRUCTION	0.66%	J	1.54%
   HOLDINGS	0.66%	INVESTMENTS	1.51%
   CONTRACTORS	0.66%	GLOBAL	1.50%
   D	0.66%	IT	1.40%
   J	0.66%	CARE	1.34%
   HOME	0.66%	PROPERTIES	1.31%
   SOUTHERN	0.66%	ELECTRICAL	1.27%
   HAMPSHIRE	0.66%	M	1.27%
   PROPERTY	0.55%	BUILDING	1.24%
   C	0.55%	ENERGY	1.20%
   W	0.55%	S	1.20%
   PROJECTS	0.55%	ENTERPRISES	1.19%

SIC Data

1. Previous 36 months, excluding companies less than 12 months old

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	155	216,665
   7487 - Other business activities	63	52,735
   9999 - Dormant Company	37	18,617
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	37	35,233
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	30	19,704
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	25	9,892
   74990 - Non-trading company	23	9,729
   99999 - Dormant Company	23	25,084
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	18	5,169
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	17	14,303
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	16	12,113
   43220 - Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation	15	2,693
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	13	8,145
   96020 - Hairdressing and other beauty treatment	12	2,798
   43210 - Electrical installation	12	3,573
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	12	13,637
   43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified	11	3,931
   41100 - Development of building projects	10	4,984
   43290 - Other construction installation	10	1,764
   56302 - Public houses and bars	10	2,795

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07931524	SNOWGLO LIMITED	01 Feb 2012
   07933971	ARDITO CLAIMS VALIDATION SURVEYORS LIMITED	02 Feb 2012
   07936394	HELENIUM ENERGI LTD	06 Feb 2012
   07937164	NUJOB LTD	06 Feb 2012
   07937686	OAKLEAF ELECTRICAL SOLUTIONS LTD.	06 Feb 2012
   07940850	ICE COLD SOFTWARE LIMITED	08 Feb 2012
   07948938	AQUADART LIMITED	14 Feb 2012
   07952108	ACTION TOP SPOT LIMITED	16 Feb 2012
   07954314	MULTIVERSE CONSULTING LIMITED	17 Feb 2012
   07954364	IANADDISON LTD	17 Feb 2012
   07956677	PREMIUM CROPS (2012) LIMITED	20 Feb 2012
   07956720	L DANIELS CONSULTANCY LIMITED	20 Feb 2012
   07957142	HUGHESBROS (GRP) LTD	21 Feb 2012
   07958002	DOTTY SHOES LIMITED	21 Feb 2012
   07964449	TGL CONCISE LIMITED	24 Feb 2012
   07968813	SPIKED FS LTD	28 Feb 2012
   07968874	LEOPARD LOUNGE LTD	28 Feb 2012
   07968955	HTS (SOUTHAMPTON) LTD	29 Feb 2012
   07969894	RICHMOND HOUSE (SOUTHAMPTON) INVESTMENTS LTD	29 Feb 2012
   07939338	GUESTBERRY LIMITED	07 Feb 2012
   07940889	INNOVATION I.T. (HOME) LIMITED	08 Feb 2012
   07940997	COYO CONSTRUCTION LIMITED	08 Feb 2012
   07942370	GREEN LANDSCAPES (SOUTHERN) LTD	09 Feb 2012
   07946994	SMC WINDOWS LTD	13 Feb 2012
   07952456	JAMES MOTORCYCLES LIMITED	16 Feb 2012