New Company Registrations

1. Half Year Data (Jan-Jun 2010)

   The first half of 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Welling when compared to any previous first half year.

   In the first half of 2010 a total of 84 companies were formed in Welling. This figure is 7.7% higher than last year, which compares badly to the UK wide figure of 11.9%.

   The highest total for a first half year in Welling occurred in 2010 when a total of 84 were formed.

   Half Year (Jan-Jun)	Welling	UK
   2010	84	203,749
   2009	78	182,021
   % change	7.7%	11.9%
   Record Year	2010 (84)	2007 (279,097)

   half	uk companies	number of companies
   H1 2010	203749	84
   H1 2009	182021	78
   H1 2008	188271	70
   H1 2007	279097	76
   H1 2006	215409	66
   H1 2005	187398	44
   H1 2004	174429	50
   H1 2003	202224	65
   H1 2002	136517	46
   H1 2001	117082	39

   New Companies by Half Year

2. Quarterly Data (Q2 Apr-Jun 2010)

   Q2 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Welling when compared to any previous Q2.

   A total of 44 companies were registered in Welling during the second quarter of 2010 (Apr 2010 - Jun 2010).

   This figure is an increase of 29.4% versus the same period last year (Q2 2009). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 8.4% against the same period last year.

   second quarter (Apr 2010 - Jun 2010)	Welling	UK
   2010	44	98,612
   2009	34	90,987
   % change	29.4%	8.4%
   Record Year	2010 (44)	2007 (112,283)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q2 2010	44	Q2 2010	98612	1
   Q2 2009	34	Q2 2009	90987	1
   Q2 2008	29	Q2 2008	91573	1
   Q2 2007	31	Q2 2007	112283	1
   Q2 2006	28	Q2 2006	106215	1
   Q2 2005	20	Q2 2005	93193	1
   Q2 2004	23	Q2 2004	82945	1
   Q2 2003	36	Q2 2003	104797	1
   Q2 2002	23	Q2 2002	71466	1
   Q2 2001	23	Q2 2001	56420	1
   Q2 2010	44	Q2 2007	112283	2

   New Companies by Quarter

3. Monthly Data (Apr, May & Jun 2010)

   June 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Welling when compared to any previous June.

   May 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Welling when compared to any previous May.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Jun 2010	35198	16
   May 2010	30031	16
   Apr 2010	33383	12
   Mar 2010	42779	17
   Feb 2010	33214	12
   Jan 2010	29144	11
   Dec 2009	25819	16
   Nov 2009	30706	20
   Oct 2009	29458	19
   Sep 2009	33700	17
   Aug 2009	29371	11
   Jul 2009	31600	21

   New Companies by Month

   	April	May	June
   New companies in 2010	12	16	16
   New companies in 2009	10	11	13
   % change	20.0%	45.5%	23.1%
   Record Year	2003 (13)	2010 (16)	2010 (16)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Half Year Data (Jan-Jun 2010)

   In the first half of 2010 a total of 56 companies were dissolved in Welling. This figure is 34.9% lower than last year, which compares badly to the UK wide change of -38.6%.

   The highest total for a first half year in Welling occurred in 2009 when a total of 86 were closed.

   Half Year (Jan-Jun)	Welling	UK
   2010	56	177,631
   2009	86	289,236
   % change	-34.9%	-38.6%
   Record Year	2009 (86)	2009 (289,236)

   half	uk companies	number of companies
   H1 2010	177631	56
   H1 2009	289236	86
   H1 2008	103103	35
   H1 2007	107801	32
   H1 2006	99266	37
   H1 2005	90666	39
   H1 2004	84537	32
   H1 2003	77453	70
   H1 2002	73040	32
   H1 2001	72055	45

   Dissolved Companies by Half Year

2. Quarterly Data (Q2 Apr-Jun 2010)

   A total of 24 companies were dissolved in Welling during the second quarter of 2010 (Apr 2010 - Jun 2010).

   This figure is a decrease of 60.7% versus the same period last year (Q2 2009). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 47.6% against the same period last year.

   second quarter (Apr 2010 - Jun 2010)	Welling	UK
   2010	24	94,954
   2009	61	181,176
   % change	-60.7%	-47.6%
   Record Year	2009 (61)	2009 (181,176)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q2 2010	24	Q2 2010	94954	1
   Q2 2009	61	Q2 2009	181176	1
   Q2 2008	13	Q2 2008	51728	1
   Q2 2007	12	Q2 2007	52269	1
   Q2 2006	22	Q2 2006	50902	1
   Q2 2005	21	Q2 2005	47365	1
   Q2 2004	14	Q2 2004	42472	1
   Q2 2003	27	Q2 2003	35523	1
   Q2 2002	20	Q2 2002	30860	1
   Q2 2001	20	Q2 2001	33342	1
   Q2 2009	61	Q2 2009	181176	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

3. Monthly Data (Apr, May & Jun 2010)

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Jun 2010	35162	13
   May 2010	38045	8
   Apr 2010	21747	3
   Mar 2010	33870	18
   Feb 2010	24398	11
   Jan 2010	24409	3
   Dec 2009	31581	8
   Nov 2009	25313	6
   Oct 2009	28242	5
   Sep 2009	72972	16
   Aug 2009	46302	8
   Jul 2009	40127	8

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	April	May	June
   Closed companies in 2010	3	8	13
   Closed companies in 2009	19	28	14
   % change	-84.2%	-71.4%	-7%
   Record Year	2009 (19)	2009 (28)	2009 (14)

Net Company Growth

1. Half Year Data (Jan-Jun 2010)

   In the first half of 2010 the company register for Welling increased by 28 companies.

   Half Year (Jan-Jun)	Welling	UK
   2010	28	26,118
   2009	-8	-107,215
   Record Year	1997 (52)	2007 (171,296)

   half	uk net	net
   H1 2010	26118	28
   H1 2009	-107215	-8
   H1 2008	85168	35
   H1 2007	171296	44
   H1 2006	116143	29
   H1 2005	96732	5
   H1 2004	89892	18
   H1 2003	124771	-5
   H1 2002	63477	14
   H1 2001	45027	-6

   Net Growth by Half Year

2. Quarterly Data (Q2 Apr-Jun 2010)

   Q2 2010 saw a new record in net growth in Welling when compared to any previous Q2.

   Net company growth for Welling during the second quarter of 2010 (Apr 2010 - Jun 2010) was 20 companies.

   second quarter (Apr 2010 - Jun 2010)	Welling	UK
   2010	20	3,658
   2009	-27	-90,189
   Record Year	2010 (20)	2003 (69,274)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q2 2010	20	34	Q2 2010	3658	90987	1
   Q2 2009	-27	29	Q2 2009	-90189	91573	1
   Q2 2008	16	31	Q2 2008	39845	112283	1
   Q2 2007	19	28	Q2 2007	60014	106215	1
   Q2 2006	6	20	Q2 2006	55313	93193	1
   Q2 2005	-1	23	Q2 2005	45828	82945	1
   Q2 2004	9	36	Q2 2004	40473	104797	1
   Q2 2003	9	23	Q2 2003	69274	71466	1
   Q2 2002	3	23	Q2 2002	40606	56420	1
   Q2 2001	3	20	Q2 2001	23078	65664	1
   Q2 2010	20	0	Q2 2003	69274	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

3. Monthly Data (Apr, May & Jun 2010)

   month	uk net	net
   Jun 2010	36	3
   May 2010	-8014	8
   Apr 2010	11636	9
   Mar 2010	8909	-1
   Feb 2010	8816	1
   Jan 2010	4735	8
   Dec 2009	-5762	8
   Nov 2009	5393	14
   Oct 2009	1216	14
   Sep 2009	-39272	1
   Aug 2009	-16931	3
   Jul 2009	-8527	13

   Net Growth by Month

   	April	May	June
   Net growth in 2010	9	8	3
   Net growth in 2009	-9	-17	-1
   Record Year	2000 (10)	1997 (11)	2007 (9)

UK Company Share

1. Half Year Data (Jan-Jun 2010)

   In the first half of 2010 Welling formed 0.0% of all UK companies. This is the same as the 2009 figure of 0.0%.

   Half Year (Jan-Jun)	Welling
   2010	0.0%
   2009	0.0%
   2008	0.0%
   2007	0.0%
   2006	0.0%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1971 (0.1%)

   half	percentage	num town	sort
   H1 2010	0.0412	84	1
   H1 2009	0.0429	78	1
   H1 2008	0.0372	70	1
   H1 2007	0.0272	76	1
   H1 2006	0.0306	66	1
   H1 2005	0.0235	44	1
   H1 2004	0.0287	50	1
   H1 2003	0.0321	65	1
   H1 2002	0.0337	46	1
   H1 2001	0.0333	39	1
   H1 1971	0.0897	4	2

   Company Share by Half Year

2. Quarterly Data (Q2 Apr-Jun 2010)

   In the second quarter of 2010, Welling formed 0.0% of all UK companies.

   second quarter (Apr 2010 - Jun 2010)	Welling
   2010	0.0%
   2009	0.0%
   2008	0.0%
   2007	0.0%
   2006	0.0%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1975 (0.1%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q2 2010	0.0446	44	1
   Q2 2009	0.0374	34	1
   Q2 2008	0.0317	29	1
   Q2 2007	0.0276	31	1
   Q2 2006	0.0264	28	1
   Q2 2005	0.0215	20	1
   Q2 2004	0.0277	23	1
   Q2 2003	0.0344	36	1
   Q2 2002	0.0322	23	1
   Q2 2001	0.0408	23	1
   Q2 1975	0.0929	3	2

   Company Share by Quarter

3. Monthly Data (Apr, May & Jun 2010)

   month	percentage	num town
   Jun 2010	0.0455	16
   May 2010	0.0533	16
   Apr 2010	0.0359	12
   Mar 2010	0.0397	17
   Feb 2010	0.0361	12
   Jan 2010	0.0377	11
   Dec 2009	0.0620	16
   Nov 2009	0.0651	20
   Oct 2009	0.0645	19
   Sep 2009	0.0504	17
   Aug 2009	0.0375	11
   Jul 2009	0.0665	21

   Company Share by Month

   	April	May	June
   UK formation share in 2010	0.0%	0.1%	0.0%
   UK formation share in 2009	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
   % change	10.1%	38.8%	10.7%
   Record Year	1967 (0.2%)	1960 (0.1%)	1962 (0.2%)

Director Age

1. Half Year Data (Jan-Jun 2010)

   The average age of a director in the first half of 2010 was 40.0.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 6.5% compared to the UK figure of 2.1%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 0.0% compared to the UK figure of 4.7%.

   half	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   H1 2010	39.9613	0.0000	6.4516	44.7607	2.1135	4.6542
   H1 2009	41.2338	1.2987	0.0000	45.4168	1.5987	5.1764
   H1 2008	42.7267	0.6211	3.7267	46.3189	0.9655	5.6478
   H1 2007	45.7755	4.5918	0.5102	46.9942	0.5596	6.4280
   H1 2006	46.1264	2.2989	0.5747	48.0290	0.3849	7.1321
   H1 2005	47.4463	4.9587	0.0000	48.9654	0.2469	8.1738
   H1 2004	46.6731	6.4103	1.2821	49.6375	0.1540	9.0529
   H1 2003	49.3068	3.9773	0.0000	51.2381	0.1296	11.1474
   H1 2002	50.8741	10.4895	0.0000	51.7656	0.1279	11.7665
   H1 2001	51.6887	14.1509	0.0000	52.2557	0.1168	12.7079

   Director Age by Half Year

2. Quarterly Data (Q2 Apr-Jun 2010)

   The average age of a director in the second quarter of 2010 was 40.4.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 7.5% compared to the UK figure of 2.3%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 0.0% compared to the UK figure of 4.4%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q2 2010	40.4375	0.0000	7.5000	44.5245	2.2607	4.4151
   Q2 2009	41.1918	1.3699	0.0000	45.2594	1.6854	5.1450
   Q2 2008	40.3220	0.0000	5.0847	46.0347	1.0261	5.3716
   Q2 2007	46.4938	6.1728	1.2346	46.8539	0.6126	6.1060
   Q2 2006	43.6250	2.0833	1.0417	47.8320	0.4073	6.9703
   Q2 2005	45.6129	4.8387	0.0000	48.8596	0.2813	8.0262
   Q2 2004	44.7067	2.6667	1.3333	49.5837	0.1699	8.8949
   Q2 2003	50.0543	3.2609	0.0000	50.9831	0.1406	10.7251
   Q2 2002	52.0423	12.6761	0.0000	51.8266	0.1220	11.7726
   Q2 2001	49.2941	7.8431	0.0000	51.9995	0.1336	12.2178

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Half Year Data (Jan-Jun 2010)

   The record first half year for female directors in Welling was 1857 when 40.0% of all directors were female.

   20.0% of all director appointments in Welling in the first half of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 24.9% for the same period.

   half	percentage female	uk half	uk percentage female	sort
   H1 2010	20.0000	H1 2010	24.8661	1
   H1 2009	25.1497	H1 2009	25.9426	1
   H1 2008	32.8205	H1 2008	27.6705	1
   H1 2007	37.3950	H1 2007	27.3387	1
   H1 2006	28.4264	H1 2006	26.5907	1
   H1 2005	20.7407	H1 2005	26.8497	1
   H1 2004	22.5434	H1 2004	26.8360	1
   H1 2003	28.5714	H1 2003	30.2795	1
   H1 2002	27.6730	H1 2002	27.3978	1
   H1 2001	31.3559	H1 2001	26.2189	1
   H1 1857	40.0000	H1 1962	66.6667	2

   Director Gender by Half Year

2. Quarterly Data (Q2 Apr-Jun 2010)

   The record second quarter for female directors in Welling was in 1866 when 66.7% of all directors were female.

   17.2% of all director appointments in Welling in the second quarter of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.1% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q2 2010	17.2414	Q2 2010	25.0520	1
   Q2 2009	31.2500	Q2 2009	25.7923	1
   Q2 2008	40.2778	Q2 2008	26.8958	1
   Q2 2007	37.7551	Q2 2007	27.2440	1
   Q2 2006	26.6667	Q2 2006	26.2399	1
   Q2 2005	23.5294	Q2 2005	26.8859	1
   Q2 2004	26.8293	Q2 2004	26.5468	1
   Q2 2003	33.9623	Q2 2003	30.0203	1
   Q2 2002	26.2500	Q2 2002	28.1992	1
   Q2 2001	31.5789	Q2 2001	26.1698	1
   Q2 1866	66.6667	Q2 1975	70.0000	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

1. Previous 12 months (Jun 2009-Jun 2010)

   Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   CO.,	5.21%	MANAGEMENT	5.01%
   GROUP	4.66%	CONSULTING	4.79%
   INTERNATIONAL	3.84%	CONSULTANCY	3.02%
   ITALY	2.19%	PROPERTY	2.40%
   TRADING	2.19%	ASSOCIATES	2.02%
   GARMENT	1.64%	TRADING	2.01%
   MANAGEMENT	1.37%	DESIGN	1.91%
   TRADE	1.10%	CONSTRUCTION	1.85%
   CO	1.10%	MEDIA	1.80%
   ELECTRICAL	1.10%	BUSINESS	1.75%
   INVESTMENT	1.10%	CONSULTANTS	1.71%
   INT'L	0.82%	INTERNATIONAL	1.59%
   CONSULTANCY	0.82%	ENGINEERING	1.56%
   WORLD	0.82%	LONDON	1.52%
   TECHNOLOGY	0.82%	INVESTMENTS	1.49%
   TILEMATES	0.82%	J	1.46%
   C	0.82%	CARE	1.41%
   FUTURE	0.55%	GLOBAL	1.39%
   WATER	0.55%	PROPERTIES	1.35%
   CORPORATION	0.55%	BUILDING	1.33%
   INSIGHT	0.55%	M	1.29%
   CAPITAL	0.55%	IT	1.28%
   LONDON	0.55%	ELECTRICAL	1.27%
   ACCOUNTING	0.55%	GROUP	1.25%
   WEST	0.55%	DEVELOPMENTS	1.25%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	65	207,125
   99999 - Dormant Company	24	14,342
   7487 - Other business activities	24	68,525
   7499 - Non-trading company	12	13,997
   9999 - Dormant Company	12	19,842
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	7	25,942
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	6	14,598
   4521 - General construction & civil engineering	6	8,262
   7260 - Other computer related activities	5	9,122
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	4	5,854
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	4	8,285
   8514 - Other human health activities	4	2,490
   4525 - Other special trades construction	4	2,224
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	3	6,684
   74990 - Non-trading company	3	7,893
   43210 - Electrical installation	3	2,859
   9305 - Other service activities	3	8,822
   4541 - Plastering	2	458
   43310 - Plastering	2	392
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	2	8,590

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07300032	TRANSFORM CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED	30 Jun 2010
   07297781	FOLLY PROPERTIES LIMITED	29 Jun 2010
   07297514	OH SO BABY CAKES LIMITED	28 Jun 2010
   07295845	AVERY PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED	25 Jun 2010
   07292647	FUTURE INSIGHT LIMITED	23 Jun 2010
   07289433	BATTERSEA WEST MEET EAST LTD	18 Jun 2010
   07282396	PB COURIERS (SOUTH EAST) LTD	14 Jun 2010
   07280619	GB PLUMBING LTD	10 Jun 2010
   07280489	PROCLEAN WINDOW CLEANING SERVICES LTD	10 Jun 2010
   07278475	YANAVISH EXCLUSIVE LIMITED	09 Jun 2010
   07278123	PHULKARI LIMITED	09 Jun 2010
   07272291	WATMOUGH & CO LIMITED	03 Jun 2010
   07269539	ROBINTECH COMPANY LTD	01 Jun 2010
   07269081	EQUL LTD	01 Jun 2010
   07268798	RADEMEC TANK CONTAINER SYSTEM LIMITED	01 Jun 2010
   07268618	BEXLEY HEALTH LIMITED	01 Jun 2010