New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   Q1 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Wilmslow when compared to any previous Q1.

   Q1 2010 was a record quarter for company registrations in Wilmslow when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 111 companies were registered in Wilmslow during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).

   This figure is an increase of 91.4% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 15.5% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Wilmslow	UK
   2010	111	105,137
   2009	58	91,034
   % change	91.4%	15.5%
   Record Year	2010 (111)	2007 (166,814)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2010	111	Q1 2010	105137	1
   Q1 2009	58	Q1 2009	91034	1
   Q1 2008	93	Q1 2008	96698	1
   Q1 2007	81	Q1 2007	166814	1
   Q1 2006	82	Q1 2006	109194	1
   Q1 2005	64	Q1 2005	94205	1
   Q1 2004	42	Q1 2004	91484	1
   Q1 2003	79	Q1 2003	97427	1
   Q1 2002	42	Q1 2002	65051	1
   Q1 2001	49	Q1 2001	60662	1
   Q1 2010	111	Q1 2007	166814	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   March 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Wilmslow when compared to any previous March.

   March 2010 was a record month for company registrations in Wilmslow when compared to any month in history.

   January 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Wilmslow when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2010	42779	45
   Feb 2010	33214	26
   Jan 2010	29144	40
   Dec 2009	25819	29
   Nov 2009	30706	40
   Oct 2009	29458	19
   Sep 2009	33700	27
   Aug 2009	29371	17
   Jul 2009	31600	34
   Jun 2009	31660	29
   May 2009	28623	28
   Apr 2009	30704	26

   New Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   New companies in 2010	40	26	45
   New companies in 2009	19	17	22
   % change	110.5%	52.9%	104.5%
   Record Year	2010 (40)	2006 (31)	2010 (45)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   A total of 49 companies were dissolved in Wilmslow during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).

   This figure is a decrease of 30.0% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 23.5% against the same period last year.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Wilmslow	UK
   2010	49	82,677
   2009	70	108,060
   % change	-30.0%	-23.5%
   Record Year	2009 (70)	2009 (108,060)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q1 2010	49	Q1 2010	82677	1
   Q1 2009	70	Q1 2009	108060	1
   Q1 2008	30	Q1 2008	51375	1
   Q1 2007	49	Q1 2007	55532	1
   Q1 2006	36	Q1 2006	48364	1
   Q1 2005	20	Q1 2005	43301	1
   Q1 2004	20	Q1 2004	42065	1
   Q1 2003	27	Q1 2003	41930	1
   Q1 2002	16	Q1 2002	42180	1
   Q1 2001	29	Q1 2001	38713	1
   Q1 2009	70	Q1 2009	108060	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Mar 2010	33870	21
   Feb 2010	24398	16
   Jan 2010	24409	12
   Dec 2009	31581	12
   Nov 2009	25313	21
   Oct 2009	28242	17
   Sep 2009	72972	39
   Aug 2009	46302	13
   Jul 2009	40127	14
   Jun 2009	54906	37
   May 2009	78275	51
   Apr 2009	47995	30

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	January	February	March
   Closed companies in 2010	12	16	21
   Closed companies in 2009	15	10	45
   % change	-20.0%	60.0%	-53%
   Record Year	2009 (15)	2008 (21)	2009 (45)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   Net company growth for Wilmslow during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) was 62 companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Wilmslow	UK
   2010	62	22,460
   2009	-12	-17,026
   Record Year	2008 (63)	2007 (111,282)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q1 2010	62	58	Q1 2010	22460	91034	1
   Q1 2009	-12	93	Q1 2009	-17026	96698	1
   Q1 2008	63	81	Q1 2008	45323	166814	1
   Q1 2007	32	82	Q1 2007	111282	109194	1
   Q1 2006	46	64	Q1 2006	60830	94205	1
   Q1 2005	44	42	Q1 2005	50904	91484	1
   Q1 2004	22	79	Q1 2004	49419	97427	1
   Q1 2003	52	42	Q1 2003	55497	65051	1
   Q1 2002	26	49	Q1 2002	22871	60662	1
   Q1 2001	20	53	Q1 2001	21949	63706	1
   Q1 2008	63	0	Q1 2007	111282	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   January 2010 saw a new record in net growth in Wilmslow when compared to any previous January.

   month	uk net	net
   Mar 2010	8909	24
   Feb 2010	8816	10
   Jan 2010	4735	28
   Dec 2009	-5762	17
   Nov 2009	5393	19
   Oct 2009	1216	2
   Sep 2009	-39272	-12
   Aug 2009	-16931	4
   Jul 2009	-8527	20
   Jun 2009	-23246	-8
   May 2009	-49652	-23
   Apr 2009	-17291	-4

   Net Growth by Month

   	January	February	March
   Net growth in 2010	28	10	24
   Net growth in 2009	4	7	-23
   Record Year	2010 (28)	2006 (18)	2008 (37)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   In the first quarter of 2010, Wilmslow formed 0.1% of all UK companies.

   first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010)	Wilmslow
   2010	0.1%
   2009	0.1%
   2008	0.1%
   2007	0.0%
   2006	0.1%
   Record Year (since 1960)	1970 (0.2%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q1 2010	0.1056	111	1
   Q1 2009	0.0637	58	1
   Q1 2008	0.0962	93	1
   Q1 2007	0.0486	81	1
   Q1 2006	0.0751	82	1
   Q1 2005	0.0679	64	1
   Q1 2004	0.0459	42	1
   Q1 2003	0.0811	79	1
   Q1 2002	0.0646	42	1
   Q1 2001	0.0808	49	1
   Q1 1970	0.1807	3	2

   Company Share by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)

   month	percentage	num town
   Mar 2010	0.1052	45
   Feb 2010	0.0783	26
   Jan 2010	0.1372	40
   Dec 2009	0.1123	29
   Nov 2009	0.1303	40
   Oct 2009	0.0645	19
   Sep 2009	0.0801	27
   Aug 2009	0.0579	17
   Jul 2009	0.1076	34
   Jun 2009	0.0916	29
   May 2009	0.0978	28
   Apr 2009	0.0847	26

   Company Share by Month

   	January	February	March
   UK formation share in 2010	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   UK formation share in 2009	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
   % change	95.2%	30.9%	70.0%
   Record Year	1961 (0.3%)	1974 (0.4%)	1970 (0.3%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

   The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2010 was 48.7.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 0.5% compared to the UK figure of 2.0%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 7.0% compared to the UK figure of 4.9%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q1 2010	48.6989	6.9892	0.5376	44.9785	1.9778	4.8745
   Q1 2009	47.0944	7.2222	0.5556	45.5715	1.5134	5.2072
   Q1 2008	48.1667	4.2636	0.3876	46.5709	0.9116	5.8926
   Q1 2007	47.9913	8.2609	0.4348	47.1084	0.5165	6.6902
   Q1 2006	49.9545	7.0707	1.5152	48.2082	0.3646	7.2793
   Q1 2005	49.8323	11.1801	0.0000	49.0706	0.2127	8.3205
   Q1 2004	50.5194	7.7670	0.0000	49.6859	0.1398	9.1950
   Q1 2003	52.9126	12.6214	0.0000	51.4824	0.1191	11.5520
   Q1 2002	53.1097	13.5484	0.0000	51.7001	0.1341	11.7600
   Q1 2001	51.8580	14.8148	0.0000	52.4938	0.1011	13.1636

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)

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

   28.3% of all director appointments in Wilmslow in the first quarter of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 24.7% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q1 2010	28.2511	Q1 2010	24.6957	1
   Q1 2009	26.0417	Q1 2009	26.0897	1
   Q1 2008	23.4875	Q1 2008	28.3315	1
   Q1 2007	24.6964	Q1 2007	27.4167	1
   Q1 2006	30.2326	Q1 2006	26.9103	1
   Q1 2005	21.7143	Q1 2005	26.8135	1
   Q1 2004	23.0047	Q1 2004	27.0979	1
   Q1 2003	29.9578	Q1 2003	30.5269	1
   Q1 2002	32.5301	Q1 2002	26.5307	1
   Q1 2001	27.1186	Q1 2001	26.2646	1
   Q1 1861	40.0000	Q1 1954	66.6667	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

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

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

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   MANAGEMENT	2.41%	MANAGEMENT	5.01%
   CARE	1.77%	CONSULTING	4.60%
   WILMSLOW	1.61%	CONSULTANCY	2.87%
   COMPANION	1.61%	PROPERTY	2.50%
   ASSOCIATES	1.45%	ASSOCIATES	2.04%
   D	1.45%	TRADING	1.93%
   J	1.29%	DESIGN	1.91%
   M	1.13%	CONSTRUCTION	1.87%
   PROPERTY	1.13%	MEDIA	1.84%
   CONSULTING	1.13%	BUSINESS	1.74%
   MEDIA	0.96%	INTERNATIONAL	1.73%
   (MANAGEMENT	0.96%	CONSULTANTS	1.63%
   COMPANY)	0.96%	ENGINEERING	1.54%
   B	0.80%	J	1.48%
   R	0.80%	LONDON	1.45%
   CHESHIRE	0.80%	INVESTMENTS	1.45%
   CC	0.64%	GROUP	1.37%
   GROUP	0.64%	GLOBAL	1.35%
   NEWCO	0.64%	PROPERTIES	1.35%
   DATA	0.64%	BUILDING	1.34%
   P	0.64%	CARE	1.33%
   SURGEON	0.48%	ELECTRICAL	1.30%
   S	0.48%	M	1.28%
   SYSTEMS	0.48%	SYSTEMS	1.25%
   H	0.48%	S	1.23%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	148	228,645
   7487 - Other business activities	45	74,904
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	17	26,974
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	16	14,007
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	16	17,003
   98000 - Residents property management	15	3,892
   9999 - Dormant Company	15	19,948
   75000 - Veterinary activities	11	367
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	11	9,659
   7260 - Other computer related activities	9	10,331
   64999 - Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified	9	2,375
   9305 - Other service activities	8	9,038
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	8	9,943
   68100 - Buying and selling of own real estate	7	2,973
   5540 - Bars	7	2,070
   7499 - Non-trading company	6	15,398
   86900 - Other human health activities	6	3,445
   7011 - Development & sell real estate	6	5,300
   4534 - Other building installation	6	2,840
   5530 - Restaurants	5	4,798

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07139268	VIRTUAL REALITY (COMMUNITIES) LIMITED	28 Jan 2010
   07139141	J FISCHER LTD	28 Jan 2010
   07138400	PROVISTA COMPLETE LIMITED	27 Jan 2010
   07138321	VIRTUAL REALITY (RETAIL) LIMITED	27 Jan 2010
   07136928	DAVID MCKEE ASSOCIATES LIMITED	26 Jan 2010
   07136490	EUROPEAN FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS LIMITED	26 Jan 2010
   07136133	GAP SKI AND DIVE LIMITED	26 Jan 2010
   07135448	THE FUNHOUSE (CHESHIRE) LTD	26 Jan 2010
   07135167	APL CONSULTANCY LTD	25 Jan 2010
   07135127	J D HOLMES LTD	25 Jan 2010
   07134481	PARTY MOOD LTD	25 Jan 2010
   07133502	PAH UK BIDCO LIMITED	22 Jan 2010
   07133379	PAH UK HOLDCO LIMITED	22 Jan 2010
   07132992	LEE JAMES LTD	22 Jan 2010
   07132530	C M GARNER LIMITED	21 Jan 2010
   07131107	LFL1 LIMITED	20 Jan 2010
   07131022	LFLGB LIMITED	20 Jan 2010
   07127051	CIRRUS CONNECT LIMITED	15 Jan 2010
   07126114	GREENFORT PROPERTY LIMITED	14 Jan 2010
   07125242	WBG WILMSLOW LIMITED	14 Jan 2010
   07121479	CORE MEDIA SOLUTIONS LIMITED	11 Jan 2010
   07121056	LESSONS ON LINE LIMITED	09 Jan 2010
   07121049	VIRTUAL REALITY (MEDICAL) LIMITED	09 Jan 2010
   07120312	KEVIN HANCOCK PLASTIC SURGERY LIMITED	08 Jan 2010
   07120192	MA COST MANAGEMENT LIMITED	08 Jan 2010