New Company Registrations

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

   Q3 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Woking when compared to any previous Q3.

   Q3 2010 was a record quarter for company registrations in Woking when compared to any quarter in history.

   A total of 533 companies were registered in Woking during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010).

   This figure is an increase of 145.6% versus the same period last year (Q3 2009). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 7.2% against the same period last year.

   third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010)	Woking	UK
   2010	533	101,492
   2009	217	94,671
   % change	145.6%	7.2%
   Record Year	2010 (533)	2003 (107,203)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q3 2010	533	Q3 2010	101492	1
   Q3 2009	217	Q3 2009	94671	1
   Q3 2008	146	Q3 2008	84894	1
   Q3 2007	189	Q3 2007	95412	1
   Q3 2006	199	Q3 2006	95504	1
   Q3 2005	171	Q3 2005	90727	1
   Q3 2004	166	Q3 2004	85252	1
   Q3 2003	210	Q3 2003	107203	1
   Q3 2002	180	Q3 2002	80207	1
   Q3 2001	122	Q3 2001	55588	1
   Q3 2010	533	Q3 2003	107203	2

   New Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)

   September 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Woking when compared to any previous September.

   August 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Woking when compared to any previous August.

   July 2010 saw a new record in company registrations in Woking when compared to any previous July.

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Sep 2010	35149	168
   Aug 2010	32366	191
   Jul 2010	33977	174
   Jun 2010	35198	166
   May 2010	30031	202
   Apr 2010	33383	102
   Mar 2010	42779	92
   Feb 2010	33214	71
   Jan 2010	29144	68
   Dec 2009	25819	58
   Nov 2009	30706	66
   Oct 2009	29458	67

   New Companies by Month

   	July	August	September
   New companies in 2010	174	191	168
   New companies in 2009	74	62	81
   % change	135.1%	208.1%	107.4%
   Record Year	2010 (174)	2010 (191)	2010 (168)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

   A total of 148 companies were dissolved in Woking during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010).

   This figure is a decrease of 5.1% versus the same period last year (Q3 2009). This figure compares poorly to the UK as a whole, which saw a decrease of 45.0% against the same period last year.

   third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010)	Woking	UK
   2010	148	87,705
   2009	156	159,401
   % change	-5.1%	-45.0%
   Record Year	2009 (156)	2009 (159,401)

   quarter	number of companies	uk quarter	uk companies	sort
   Q3 2010	148	Q3 2010	87705	1
   Q3 2009	156	Q3 2009	159401	1
   Q3 2008	138	Q3 2008	82747	1
   Q3 2007	142	Q3 2007	58665	1
   Q3 2006	147	Q3 2006	51444	1
   Q3 2005	132	Q3 2005	50134	1
   Q3 2004	123	Q3 2004	44295	1
   Q3 2003	128	Q3 2003	46606	1
   Q3 2002	106	Q3 2002	40963	1
   Q3 2001	83	Q3 2001	37611	1
   Q3 2009	156	Q3 2009	159401	2

   Dissolved Companies by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)

   month	uk companies	number of companies
   Sep 2010	29093	42
   Aug 2010	32913	58
   Jul 2010	25699	48
   Jun 2010	35162	71
   May 2010	38045	64
   Apr 2010	21747	36
   Mar 2010	33870	70
   Feb 2010	24398	60
   Jan 2010	24409	45
   Dec 2009	31581	51
   Nov 2009	25313	38
   Oct 2009	28242	47

   Dissolved Companies by Month

   	July	August	September
   Closed companies in 2010	48	58	42
   Closed companies in 2009	40	47	69
   % change	20.0%	23.4%	-39%
   Record Year	2002 (62)	2008 (103)	2009 (69)

Net Company Growth

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

   Q3 2010 saw a new record in net growth in Woking when compared to any previous Q3.

   Q3 2010 was a record quarter for net growth in Woking when compared to any quarter in history.

   Net company growth for Woking during the third quarter of 2010 (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010) was 385 companies.

   third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010)	Woking	UK
   2010	385	13,787
   2009	61	-64,730
   Record Year	2010 (385)	2003 (60,597)

   quarter	net	prev total	uk quarter	uk net	uk prev	sort
   Q3 2010	385	217	Q3 2010	13787	94671	1
   Q3 2009	61	146	Q3 2009	-64730	84894	1
   Q3 2008	8	189	Q3 2008	2147	95412	1
   Q3 2007	47	199	Q3 2007	36747	95504	1
   Q3 2006	52	171	Q3 2006	44060	90727	1
   Q3 2005	39	166	Q3 2005	40593	85252	1
   Q3 2004	43	210	Q3 2004	40957	107203	1
   Q3 2003	82	180	Q3 2003	60597	80207	1
   Q3 2002	74	122	Q3 2002	39244	55588	1
   Q3 2001	39	142	Q3 2001	17977	58825	1
   Q3 2010	385	0	Q3 2003	60597	0	2

   Net Growth by Quarter

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)

   September 2010 saw a new record in net growth in Woking when compared to any previous September.

   August 2010 saw a new record in net growth in Woking when compared to any previous August.

   July 2010 saw a new record in net growth in Woking when compared to any previous July.

   month	uk net	net
   Sep 2010	6056	126
   Aug 2010	-547	133
   Jul 2010	8278	126
   Jun 2010	36	95
   May 2010	-8014	138
   Apr 2010	11636	66
   Mar 2010	8909	22
   Feb 2010	8816	11
   Jan 2010	4735	23
   Dec 2009	-5762	7
   Nov 2009	5393	28
   Oct 2009	1216	20

   Net Growth by Month

   	July	August	September
   Net growth in 2010	126	133	126
   Net growth in 2009	34	15	12
   Record Year	2010 (126)	2010 (133)	2010 (126)

UK Company Share

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

   In the third quarter of 2010, Woking formed 0.5% of all UK companies.

   third quarter (Jul 2010 - Sep 2010)	Woking
   2010	0.5%
   2009	0.2%
   2008	0.2%
   2007	0.2%
   2006	0.2%
   Record Year (since 1960)	2010 (0.5%)

   quarter	percentage	num town	sort
   Q3 2010	0.5252	533	1
   Q3 2009	0.2292	217	1
   Q3 2008	0.1720	146	1
   Q3 2007	0.1981	189	1
   Q3 2006	0.2084	199	1
   Q3 2005	0.1885	171	1
   Q3 2004	0.1947	166	1
   Q3 2003	0.1959	210	1
   Q3 2002	0.2244	180	1
   Q3 2001	0.2195	122	1
   Q3 2010	0.5252	533	2

   Company Share by Quarter

   Q3 2010 saw a new record in UK company share in Woking when compared to any previous Q3.

2. Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2010)

   month	percentage	num town
   Sep 2010	0.4780	168
   Aug 2010	0.5901	191
   Jul 2010	0.5121	174
   Jun 2010	0.4716	166
   May 2010	0.6726	202
   Apr 2010	0.3055	102
   Mar 2010	0.2151	92
   Feb 2010	0.2138	71
   Jan 2010	0.2333	68
   Dec 2009	0.2246	58
   Nov 2009	0.2149	66
   Oct 2009	0.2274	67

   Company Share by Month

   	July	August	September
   UK formation share in 2010	0.5%	0.6%	0.5%
   UK formation share in 2009	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
   % change	118.7%	179.5%	98.8%
   Record Year	1971 (0.7%)	1969 (0.7%)	1961 (0.8%)

Director Age

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

   The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2010 was 46.3.

   The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.1% compared to the UK figure of 2.7%.

   The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 5.8% compared to the UK figure of 4.4%.

   quarter	average age	over 65	under 25	uk average age	uk under 25	uk over 65
   Q3 2010	46.2770	5.8047	2.1108	44.1040	2.6545	4.3760
   Q3 2009	47.2627	8.1921	0.8475	45.0196	1.9363	5.1277
   Q3 2008	45.0000	4.9180	0.0000	45.7773	1.2079	5.3952
   Q3 2007	47.3136	6.4267	1.5424	46.7855	0.7349	6.2511
   Q3 2006	49.0536	7.5107	0.2146	47.6734	0.4904	6.9245
   Q3 2005	49.2627	7.7748	0.2681	48.5090	0.2806	7.7910
   Q3 2004	50.0049	10.2941	0.4902	49.3684	0.1860	9.1307
   Q3 2003	51.0163	11.5854	0.2033	50.5510	0.1275	10.1545
   Q3 2002	52.3645	13.1894	0.0000	51.6440	0.1157	11.8134
   Q3 2001	52.8515	13.6364	0.0000	51.8211	0.1238	12.0478

   Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

1. Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2010)

   The record third quarter for female directors in Woking was in 1862 when 50.0% of all directors were female.

   26.7% of all director appointments in Woking in the third quarter of 2010 were female. This compares to a UK average of 25.2% for the same period.

   quarter	percentage female	uk quarter	uk percentage female	sort
   Q3 2010	26.7442	Q3 2010	25.1918	1
   Q3 2009	30.2267	Q3 2009	25.6133	1
   Q3 2008	24.1692	Q3 2008	26.2196	1
   Q3 2007	28.1046	Q3 2007	26.8994	1
   Q3 2006	30.2281	Q3 2006	26.9861	1
   Q3 2005	25.8537	Q3 2005	26.4092	1
   Q3 2004	25.6818	Q3 2004	27.0507	1
   Q3 2003	27.9330	Q3 2003	29.5942	1
   Q3 2002	26.3736	Q3 2002	29.4906	1
   Q3 2001	25.3444	Q3 2001	26.1062	1
   Q3 1862	50.0000	Q3 1939	100.0000	2

   Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

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

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

   word	percentage	uk word	uk percentage
   RENEWABLES	4.40%	MANAGEMENT	5.06%
   CONSULTING	1.98%	CONSULTING	4.99%
   MANAGEMENT	1.29%	CONSULTANCY	3.12%
   HOUSE	0.99%	PROPERTY	2.38%
   CONSULTANCY	0.94%	TRADING	2.04%
   ROAD	0.84%	ASSOCIATES	2.01%
   COTTAGE	0.74%	DESIGN	1.93%
   2	0.69%	CONSTRUCTION	1.86%
   3	0.69%	BUSINESS	1.80%
   1	0.69%	MEDIA	1.75%
   ASSOCIATES	0.64%	CONSULTANTS	1.73%
   6	0.64%	LONDON	1.59%
   DEVELOPMENTS	0.59%	ENGINEERING	1.59%
   SURREY	0.59%	INVESTMENTS	1.49%
   PROPERTY	0.59%	CARE	1.44%
   8	0.54%	J	1.44%
   CONSULTANTS	0.54%	INTERNATIONAL	1.43%
   14	0.49%	GLOBAL	1.42%
   7	0.49%	IT	1.35%
   TRADING	0.49%	PROPERTIES	1.35%
   MARKETING	0.49%	BUILDING	1.32%
   PROPERTIES	0.45%	ELECTRICAL	1.30%
   GREEN	0.45%	M	1.28%
   QLAW	0.45%	SYSTEMS	1.26%
   9	0.45%	S	1.24%

SIC Data

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

   sic code	number of companies	uk companies
   None Supplied	333	202,902
   7487 - Other business activities	162	69,802
   82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified	68	25,053
   7414 - Business & management consultancy	46	14,940
   70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management	44	13,161
   9999 - Dormant Company	42	21,484
   7499 - Non-trading company	39	13,408
   62020 - Information technology consultancy activities	37	8,292
   74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified	35	6,460
   7222 - Other software consultancy and supply	28	8,183
   62090 - Other information technology service activities	27	5,716
   96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified	27	7,767
   99999 - Dormant Company	24	14,072
   9305 - Other service activities	20	9,454
   7260 - Other computer related activities	19	8,967
   74990 - Non-trading company	18	7,649
   41202 - Construction of domestic buildings	14	1,972
   62012 - Business and domestic software development	12	2,548
   7011 - Development & sell real estate	12	3,743
   7450 - Labour recruitment	11	2,972

Recent Companies

1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

   COMPANY NUMBER	COMPANY NAME	INCORPORATION DATE
   07390729	HAPPY SONGS LIMITED	29 Sep 2010
   07387528	WISSETT TECHNOLOGY LTD	24 Sep 2010
   07380493	KV CONSULTANTS LTD	17 Sep 2010
   07379003	SALON VERT LIMITED	16 Sep 2010
   07374943	FIGO EUROPE LIMITED	14 Sep 2010
   07374512	AQUAKIDDIES/BABIES IN NORTHWEST LONDON LIMITED	14 Sep 2010
   07369844	CUBE LEGAL LIMITED	08 Sep 2010
   07365599	EDGE-OUTCOMES LIMITED	03 Sep 2010
   07364546	WRAPNROLL WRAPS LTD	03 Sep 2010
   07378852	ICING DESIGN LIMITED	16 Sep 2010
   07377041	URBAN FED LTD	15 Sep 2010
   07373315	C. O. JONES HAMPSHIRE LIMITED	13 Sep 2010
   07370443	SURREY PROPERTIES LTD	09 Sep 2010
   07364208	MODECOR FURNITURES PVT LIMITED	02 Sep 2010
   07376640	HB BROTHERS LIMITED	15 Sep 2010
   07392988	CASA TERTIA	30 Sep 2010
   07392019	LYTTON 65	29 Sep 2010
   07391905	MILNER 34	29 Sep 2010
   07391855	DAVIGDOR 3	29 Sep 2010
   07391554	WESTHILL ASTON	29 Sep 2010
   07388904	HIGH TREES CHETTON LIMITED	28 Sep 2010
   07388499	BURLEY 101	27 Sep 2010
   07387555	COACH HOUSE TIMBER	24 Sep 2010
   07385074	IMMENDO LIMITED	23 Sep 2010
   07384911	HOULTON 7	22 Sep 2010