Woking, Surrey
Q1 2010 Business Confidence Report
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
A total of 231 companies were registered in Woking during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).
This figure is an increase of 9.5% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares badly 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) Woking UK 2010 231 105,137 2009 211 91,034 % change 9.5% 15.5% Record Year 2007 (326) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2010 68 71 92 New companies in 2009 56 64 91 % change 21.4% 10.9% 1.1% Record Year 2003 (91) 2007 (101) 2007 (141)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
A total of 175 companies were dissolved in Woking during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010).
This figure is a decrease of 10.3% versus the same period last year (Q1 2009). This figure compares poorly 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) Woking UK 2010 175 82,677 2009 195 108,060 % change -10.3% -23.5% Record Year 2009 (195) 2009 (108,060) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
Dissolved Companies by Month
January February March Closed companies in 2010 45 60 70 Closed companies in 2009 40 38 117 % change 12.5% 57.9% -40% Record Year 2006 (56) 2008 (68) 2009 (117)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
Net company growth for Woking during the first quarter of 2010 (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) was 56 companies.
first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) Woking UK 2010 56 22,460 2009 16 -17,026 Record Year 2007 (200) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2010 23 11 22 Net growth in 2009 16 26 -26 Record Year 2003 (47) 2007 (61) 2007 (107)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
In the first quarter of 2010, Woking formed 0.2% of all UK companies.
first quarter (Jan 2010 - Mar 2010) Woking 2010 0.2% 2009 0.2% 2008 0.2% 2007 0.2% 2006 0.2% Record Year (since 1960) 1968 (0.5%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2010)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2010 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% UK formation share in 2009 0.2% 0.2% 0.3% % change 12.7% -5.0% -16.0% Record Year 1968 (0.8%) 1968 (0.6%) 1961 (0.4%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2010 was 47.3.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 1.7% compared to the UK figure of 2.0%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 4.2% compared to the UK figure of 4.9%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2010)
The record first quarter for female directors in Woking was in 1861 when 40.0% of all directors were female.
24.8% of all director appointments in Woking in the first quarter of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 24.7% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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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 CONSULTING 2.47% MANAGEMENT 5.01% MANAGEMENT 2.00% CONSULTING 4.60% CONSULTANCY 1.62% CONSULTANCY 2.87% DESIGN 1.00% PROPERTY 2.50% QLAW 0.85% ASSOCIATES 2.04% PRODUCTIONS 0.77% TRADING 1.93% ASSOCIATES 0.77% DESIGN 1.91% SURREY 0.77% CONSTRUCTION 1.87% TRADING 0.69% MEDIA 1.84% SYSTEMS 0.69% BUSINESS 1.74% MARKETING 0.62% INTERNATIONAL 1.73% DEVELOPMENTS 0.62% CONSULTANTS 1.63% TREETOPS 0.62% ENGINEERING 1.54% MEDIA 0.62% J 1.48% PROPERTY 0.54% LONDON 1.45% CONSULTANTS 0.54% INVESTMENTS 1.45% PROPERTIES 0.54% GROUP 1.37% IT 0.54% GLOBAL 1.35% CONSTRUCTION 0.54% PROPERTIES 1.35% HEALTH 0.46% BUILDING 1.34% CAPITAL 0.46% CARE 1.33% LONDON 0.46% ELECTRICAL 1.30% PROJECTS 0.46% M 1.28% (SURREY) 0.46% SYSTEMS 1.25% ENGINEERING 0.39% S 1.23%
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 349 228,645 7487 - Other business activities 159 74,904 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 70 26,974 9999 - Dormant Company 50 19,948 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 44 14,007 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 44 9,943 7414 - Business & management consultancy 42 17,003 7222 - Other software consultancy and supply 37 9,659 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 37 7,143 7499 - Non-trading company 36 15,398 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 35 8,154 99999 - Dormant Company 26 13,808 62090 - Other information technology service activities 25 6,340 7260 - Other computer related activities 23 10,331 9305 - Other service activities 23 9,038 74990 - Non-trading company 19 8,149 7011 - Development & sell real estate 19 5,300 4521 - General construction & civil engineering 15 9,325 62012 - Business and domestic software development 13 2,646 41202 - Construction of domestic buildings 13 2,224
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
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