Woking, Surrey

Q1 2013 Business Confidence Report

NOTICE: We have improved our calculations of the statistics in these reports, so some figures and records may not match previous reports.

Headlines

  • January 2013 saw a new record in company closures in Woking when compared to any previous January.

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 2013)

    A total of 267 companies were registered in Woking during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).

    This figure is a decrease of 36.6% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares badly to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 2.5% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013)WokingUK
    2013267134,802
    2012421131,491
    % change-36.6%2.5%
    Record Year 2011 (624) 2007 (166,814)
    New Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)

    New Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    New companies in 20137110492
    New companies in 2012154118149
    % change-53.9%-11.9%-38.3%
    Record Year2011 (204)2011 (194)2011 (226)

Closed Companies (dissolved)

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    A total of 378 companies were dissolved in Woking during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013).

    This figure is a decrease of 20.3% versus the same period last year (Q1 2012). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 15.3% against the same period last year.

    first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013)WokingUK
    201337877,914
    201247467,576
    % change-20.3%15.3%
    Record Year 2012 (474) 2009 (108,066)
    Dissolved Companies by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)

    January 2013 saw a new record in company closures in Woking when compared to any previous January.

    Dissolved Companies by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Closed companies in 20132476665
    Closed companies in 2012171138165
    % change44.4%-52.2%-61%
    Record Year2013 (247)2012 (138)2012 (165)

Net Company Growth

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    Net company growth for Woking during the first quarter of 2013 (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013) was -111 companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013)WokingUK
    2013-11156,888
    2012-5363,915
    Record Year 2011 (422) 2007 (111,282)
    Net Growth by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)

    Net Growth by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    Net growth in 2013-1763827
    Net growth in 2012-17-20-16
    Record Year2011 (125)2011 (138)2011 (159)

UK Company Share

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    In the first quarter of 2013, Woking formed 0.2% of all UK companies.

    first quarter (Jan 2013 - Mar 2013)Woking
    20130.2%
    20120.3%
    20110.5%
    20100.2%
    20090.2%
    Record Year (since 1960) 2011 (0.5%)
    Company Share by Quarter
  2. Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)

    Company Share by Month
    JanuaryFebruaryMarch
    UK formation share in 20130.2%0.2%0.2%
    UK formation share in 20120.4%0.3%0.3%
    % change-58.7%-12.5%-36.2%
    Record Year2011 (0.6%)2011 (0.5%)2011 (0.5%)

Director Age

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    The average age of a director in the first quarter of 2013 was 47.7.

    The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 3.1% compared to the UK figure of 5.8%.

    The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 0.4% compared to the UK figure of 1.8%.

    Director Age by Quarter

Director Gender

  1. Quarterly Data (Q1 Jan-Mar 2013)

    The record first quarter for female directors in Woking was in 2005 when 34.4% of all directors were female.

    23.9% of all director appointments in Woking in the first quarter of 2013 were female. This compares to a UK average of 28.1% for the same period.

    Director Gender by Quarter

Naming Trends

  1. Previous 12 months (Mar 2012-Mar 2013)

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

    wordpercentageuk worduk percentage
    CONSULTING3.10%CONSULTING5.18%
    MANAGEMENT1.55%MANAGEMENT4.78%
    PRODUCTIONS0.97%CONSULTANCY3.30%
    CONSULTANCY0.97%PROPERTY2.44%
    NEWINCCO0.84%TRADING2.06%
    M0.65%DESIGN1.79%
    BUSINESS0.65%ENGINEERING1.78%
    PLC0.65%BUSINESS1.77%
    SURREY0.58%ASSOCIATES1.75%
    DESIGN0.58%LONDON1.72%
    SECURITY0.52%CONSULTANTS1.71%
    CAPITAL0.52%CONSTRUCTION1.69%
    ENERGY0.52%MEDIA1.63%
    GREEN0.52%GLOBAL1.57%
    CONSULTANTS0.52%J1.56%
    CONSTRUCTION0.45%CARE1.46%
    PROPERTY0.45%IT1.43%
    MUSIC0.45%INVESTMENTS1.41%
    ENGINEERING0.45%PROPERTIES1.36%
    BUILDING0.45%M1.25%
    GLOBAL0.45%BUILDING1.21%
    MEDIA0.39%ENTERPRISES1.19%
    PROPERTIES0.39%ELECTRICAL1.18%
    DIGITAL0.39%TRAINING1.17%
    D0.39%SECURITY1.15%

SIC Data

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

    sic codenumber of companiesuk companies
    None Supplied2,788249,183
    82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified16254,531
    62020 - Information technology consultancy activities12524,894
    70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management12132,624
    7499 - Non-trading company901,582
    99999 - Dormant Company8643,384
    96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified5423,532
    74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified5116,448
    62090 - Other information technology service activities4712,664
    62012 - Business and domestic software development358,099
    68100 - Buying and selling of own real estate295,059
    74990 - Non-trading company2714,129
    41202 - Construction of domestic buildings215,372
    68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate207,507
    41100 - Development of building projects208,637
    86900 - Other human health activities198,465
    7487 - Other business activities187,556
    63990 - Other information service activities not elsewhere classified174,719
    47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet167,199
    74100 - specialised design activities163,645

Recent Companies

  1. Randomly selected companies from this quarter

    COMPANY NUMBERCOMPANY NAMEINCORPORATION DATE
    08386048 DUE LTD 04 Feb 2013
    08407871 BROADMERE AND NEW MONUMENT MULTI ACADEMY TRUST 18 Feb 2013
    08407919 CHRISTMAS COTTAGES (GREAT DUNMOW) PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED 18 Feb 2013
    08418221 SURREY MEDICAL CONSULTANCY LTD 25 Feb 2013
    08384355 PINCHPOINT COMMUNICATIONS LTD 01 Feb 2013
    08385819 POSTTEA LTD 01 Feb 2013
    08388770 SHERWOODS INTERNATIONAL HOLDING LTD 05 Feb 2013
    08388948 COLLEGE OF NATUROPATHIC NUTRITION LTD 05 Feb 2013
    08393487 PEAKS PATHS LTD 07 Feb 2013
    08394291 1702 CONSULTING LIMITED 07 Feb 2013
    08407545 GINGER K KAT LIMITED 18 Feb 2013
    08418317 FAIROAK ESTATE MANAGEMENT LIMITED 25 Feb 2013
    08402897 OFFSET PUBLISHING LIMITED 14 Feb 2013
    08403003 UPLOAD SYSTEMS LIMITED 14 Feb 2013
    08403071 LOWKEY PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 14 Feb 2013
    08403102 MICROCAST LIMITED 14 Feb 2013
    08403117 CAKEWALK MUSIC LIMITED 14 Feb 2013
    08403130 BACKLIGHT PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 14 Feb 2013
    08403150 COMPANDER PRODUCTIONS LIMITED 14 Feb 2013
    08403747 TIE-IN PUBLISHING LIMITED 14 Feb 2013
    08405171 ZSASZ MOTION LIMITED 15 Feb 2013
    08405191 GRUNDY GRAPHICS LIMITED 15 Feb 2013
    08405196 TETCH CREATIVES LIMITED 15 Feb 2013
    08397878 REDBEAN SOLUTIONS LIMITED 11 Feb 2013
    08402325 SURREY PODIATRY LIMITED 14 Feb 2013