Wembley, Greater London

Q1 2015 Business Confidence Report

Headlines

  • March 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Wembley when compared to any previous March.

Contents

  1. New Company Registrations
  2. Closed Companies (dissolved)
  3. Net Company Growth
  4. UK Company Share
  5. Director Age
  6. Director Gender
  7. Naming Trends
  8. SIC Data
  9. Recent Companies

New Company Registrations

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    A total of 483 companies were registered in Wembley during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).

    This figure is a decrease of 7.8% versus the same period last year (Q1 2014). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 6.9% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015)WembleyUK
    2015483161,156
    2014524150,722
    % change-7.8%6.9%
    Record Year 2014 (524) 2007 (166,814)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)

    March 2015 saw a new record in company registrations in Wembley when compared to any previous March.

    New Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    New companies in 2015141153189
    New companies in 2014168183173
    % change-16.1%-16.4%9.2%
    Record Year2014 (168)2014 (183)2015 (189)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    A total of 346 companies were dissolved in Wembley during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015).

    This figure is an increase of 14.2% versus the same period last year (Q1 2014). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 8.7% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015)WembleyUK
    201534689,523
    201430382,370
    % change14.2%8.7%
    Record Year 2009 (408) 2009 (108,066)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Closed companies in 201597117132
    Closed companies in 20149296115
    % change5.4%21.9%15%
    Record Year2011 (123)2008 (125)2009 (258)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    Net company growth for Wembley during the first quarter of 2015 (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015) was 137 companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015)WembleyUK
    201513771,633
    201422168,352
    Record Year 2014 (221) 2007 (111,282)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)

    Net Growth by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Net growth in 2015443657
    Net growth in 2014768758
    Record Year2014 (76)2014 (87)2008 (98)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    In the first quarter of 2015, Wembley formed 0.3% of all UK companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2015 - Mar 2015)Wembley
    20150.3%
    20140.3%
    20130.3%
    20120.3%
    20110.3%
    Record Year (since 1960) 1988 (0.4%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2015)

    Company Share by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    UK formation share in 20150.3%0.3%0.3%
    UK formation share in 20140.4%0.4%0.3%
    % change-17.7%-23.0%-0.4%
    Record Year2002 (0.4%)1988 (0.6%)1988 (0.5%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2015 was 39.9.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.6% compared to the UK figure of 4.1%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 5.2% compared to the UK figure of 3.6%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2015)

    The record first quarter for female directors in Wembley was in 2013 when 27.0% of all directors were female.

    15.9% of all director appointments in Wembley in the first quarter of 2015 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.4% for the same period.

    Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

  1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2014-Mar 2015)

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

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    LONDON1.95%CONSULTING5.23%
    CONSULTANCY1.29%MANAGEMENT4.56%
    MANAGEMENT1.22%CONSULTANCY3.62%
    CARE1.14%PROPERTY2.72%
    GLOBAL1.11%CONSTRUCTION2.19%
    TRADING1.03%CARE2.13%
    BUSINESS1.00%ENGINEERING2.12%
    PROPERTIES0.89%LONDON1.91%
    IT0.85%TRADING1.88%
    PROPERTY0.85%TRANSPORT1.82%
    CONSULTING0.85%ELECTRICAL1.76%
    WEMBLEY0.74%DESIGN1.65%
    BUILDING0.74%PROPERTIES1.63%
    CONSTRUCTION0.70%CO.,1.58%
    ENTERPRISE0.59%J1.55%
    HOUSE0.59%CONSULTANTS1.54%
    TRADERS0.59%BUSINESS1.49%
    CONSULTANTS0.59%INVESTMENTS1.49%
    BEAUTY0.52%GLOBAL1.46%
    DESIGN0.52%ASSOCIATES1.44%
    (LONDON)0.52%DEVELOPMENTS1.36%
    ENTERPRISES0.52%BUILDING1.31%
    TRAVEL0.52%IT1.30%
    CAR0.52%MEDIA1.28%
    FOOD0.52%M1.27%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied1,296288,953
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities15930,825
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified15829,218
    99999 - Dormant Company13349,474
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified11658,522
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management8043,081
    62090 - Other information technology service activities5812,862
    56101 - Licensed restaurants498,909
    47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet4910,200
    86900 - Other human health activities4613,990
    41100 - Development of building projects4011,863
    69202 - Bookkeeping activities353,069
    43390 - Other building completion and finishing356,052
    68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate3311,600
    62012 - Business and domestic software development339,651
    68100 - Buying and selling of own real estate327,450
    47110 - Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating314,256
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified3119,098
    74990 - Non-trading company2813,794
    69201 - Accounting and auditing activities277,682

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    09371125 PAPERLESS STATION LTD 02 Jan 2015
    09373917 SERENDIB CONSULTANCY LIMITED 05 Jan 2015
    09375927 MASS JOINERY LIMITED 06 Jan 2015
    09384932 KANDIAH LIMITED 12 Jan 2015
    09389999 BRUT LTD 15 Jan 2015
    09396858 WEST5 PROPERTY LTD 20 Jan 2015
    09405611 SELLAPPA TRADERS LIMITED 26 Jan 2015
    09406097 T&L STORE LTD 26 Jan 2015
    09406656 BUDDHA TRANSPORT LIMITED 26 Jan 2015
    09407307 LIONS INVESTMENT PARTNERS LTD 27 Jan 2015
    09407899 PCO HIRE LONDON LIMITED 27 Jan 2015
    09408334 H,POLLOCK & SON SITE SERVICES LTD 27 Jan 2015
    09409255 SHIYA MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LTD 27 Jan 2015
    09373088 EDI ENTERPRISES LIMITED 05 Jan 2015
    09373428 MOTORCAR WAREHOUSE UK LTD 05 Jan 2015
    09375500 DIAMOND BUILDING SERVICE LTD 06 Jan 2015
    09377359 DLG ENTERPRISE LTD 07 Jan 2015
    09377911 WEMBLEY HILL FOOD & WINE LTD 07 Jan 2015
    09378176 LUKE OWEN DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 07 Jan 2015
    09381070 DANIELS PARTS DELIVERY LIMITED 09 Jan 2015
    09388109 YOUR MONTESSORI PRE-SCHOOL & DAY NURSERY LIMITED 14 Jan 2015
    09391481 DRASHTI BEAUTY LTD 15 Jan 2015
    09392761 GREAT LINFORD FASTFOOD LTD 16 Jan 2015
    09393390 KARMAKAI PHOTOGRAPHY LTD 16 Jan 2015
    09393433 UK-GUANGZHOU CULTURE AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATION 16 Jan 2015