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
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 07208287 TREETOPS BELPER LIMITED 30 Mar 2010 07197085 COLLINS TRADITIONAL ROOFERS LTD 22 Mar 2010 07191110 TECNIKKA ENTERPRISE LTD 16 Mar 2010 07189794 GUWAPO LIMITED 15 Mar 2010 07185509 STONE COLD LTD 10 Mar 2010 07182507 FLASH DRAGON LTD 09 Mar 2010 07180151 JAY BUTCHER PHOTOGRAPHY LIMITED 05 Mar 2010 07174507 ROB HUGHES LIMITED 02 Mar 2010 07210684 C&P SAFEGUARDING CONSULTANCY LIMITED 31 Mar 2010 07209348 BAKER MARKETING SOLUTIONS LIMITED 31 Mar 2010 07201398 ART 2 LTD 24 Mar 2010 07200058 GLAM ROCKS LTD 23 Mar 2010 07197119 MEN FOR TREES ENERGY LTD 22 Mar 2010 07182090 MOVEMENT CONSULTANCY LIMITED 09 Mar 2010 07181174 VITAL BUSINESS SERVICES LTD 08 Mar 2010 07202922 GRAYMATTER ASSOCIATES LIMITED 25 Mar 2010 07180204 PROMOTIONAL MARKETING ASSOCIATION LIMITED 05 Mar 2010 07209112 STERLING ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES LTD 30 Mar 2010 07205073 HILLWAY (2010) 26 Mar 2010 07200946 ZAMALEE LIMITED 24 Mar 2010 07197402 AYRES PROPERTY SERVICES LTD 22 Mar 2010 07196411 OATLANDS 1 19 Mar 2010 07194654 ECOM-SAFE LIMITED 18 Mar 2010 07191227 CORSEC LTD 16 Mar 2010 07190502 BLUE2 SOLUTIONS LIMITED 16 Mar 2010
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