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
New Company Registrations
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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) Woking UK 2013 267 134,802 2012 421 131,491 % change -36.6% 2.5% Record Year 2011 (624) 2007 (166,814) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
New Companies by Month
January February March New companies in 2013 71 104 92 New companies in 2012 154 118 149 % change -53.9% -11.9% -38.3% Record Year 2011 (204) 2011 (194) 2011 (226)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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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) Woking UK 2013 378 77,914 2012 474 67,576 % change -20.3% 15.3% Record Year 2012 (474) 2009 (108,066) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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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
January February March Closed companies in 2013 247 66 65 Closed companies in 2012 171 138 165 % change 44.4% -52.2% -61% Record Year 2013 (247) 2012 (138) 2012 (165)
Net Company Growth
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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) Woking UK 2013 -111 56,888 2012 -53 63,915 Record Year 2011 (422) 2007 (111,282) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
Net Growth by Month
January February March Net growth in 2013 -176 38 27 Net growth in 2012 -17 -20 -16 Record Year 2011 (125) 2011 (138) 2011 (159)
UK Company Share
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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 2013 0.2% 2012 0.3% 2011 0.5% 2010 0.2% 2009 0.2% Record Year (since 1960) 2011 (0.5%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jan, Feb & Mar 2013)
Company Share by Month
January February March UK formation share in 2013 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% UK formation share in 2012 0.4% 0.3% 0.3% % change -58.7% -12.5% -36.2% Record Year 2011 (0.6%) 2011 (0.5%) 2011 (0.5%)
Director Age
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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
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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
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Previous 12 months (Mar 2012-Mar 2013)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 3.10% CONSULTING 5.18% MANAGEMENT 1.55% MANAGEMENT 4.78% PRODUCTIONS 0.97% CONSULTANCY 3.30% CONSULTANCY 0.97% PROPERTY 2.44% NEWINCCO 0.84% TRADING 2.06% M 0.65% DESIGN 1.79% BUSINESS 0.65% ENGINEERING 1.78% PLC 0.65% BUSINESS 1.77% SURREY 0.58% ASSOCIATES 1.75% DESIGN 0.58% LONDON 1.72% SECURITY 0.52% CONSULTANTS 1.71% CAPITAL 0.52% CONSTRUCTION 1.69% ENERGY 0.52% MEDIA 1.63% GREEN 0.52% GLOBAL 1.57% CONSULTANTS 0.52% J 1.56% CONSTRUCTION 0.45% CARE 1.46% PROPERTY 0.45% IT 1.43% MUSIC 0.45% INVESTMENTS 1.41% ENGINEERING 0.45% PROPERTIES 1.36% BUILDING 0.45% M 1.25% GLOBAL 0.45% BUILDING 1.21% MEDIA 0.39% ENTERPRISES 1.19% PROPERTIES 0.39% ELECTRICAL 1.18% DIGITAL 0.39% TRAINING 1.17% D 0.39% SECURITY 1.15%
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 2,788 249,183 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 162 54,531 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 125 24,894 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 121 32,624 7499 - Non-trading company 90 1,582 99999 - Dormant Company 86 43,384 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 54 23,532 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 51 16,448 62090 - Other information technology service activities 47 12,664 62012 - Business and domestic software development 35 8,099 68100 - Buying and selling of own real estate 29 5,059 74990 - Non-trading company 27 14,129 41202 - Construction of domestic buildings 21 5,372 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 20 7,507 41100 - Development of building projects 20 8,637 86900 - Other human health activities 19 8,465 7487 - Other business activities 18 7,556 63990 - Other information service activities not elsewhere classified 17 4,719 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet 16 7,199 74100 - specialised design activities 16 3,645
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 08345415 K-SQUARED EMEA LIMITED 03 Jan 2013 08347765 INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECT FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT (UK) LTD 04 Jan 2013 08351033 DIGITAL AGILE LTD 08 Jan 2013 08360546 COCO AND BOB LTD 15 Jan 2013 08360935 GEORGE IRVIN LTD 15 Jan 2013 08361473 BING CONSULTING LTD 15 Jan 2013 08361517 LYCANTHROPE ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 15 Jan 2013 08363796 INGA SERVICE QUALITY FOOD LTD 17 Jan 2013 08369475 SPIRITFORCE SOLUTIONS LTD 22 Jan 2013 08374099 DIGITECH SUPPLIES LIMITED 24 Jan 2013 08382393 FIRWOOD CONSULTING LIMITED 30 Jan 2013 08346146 GRSTAR LIMITED 03 Jan 2013 08352065 UK DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS LIMITED 08 Jan 2013 08358579 BAYARD LIMITED 14 Jan 2013 08361116 PARTNER-UP LIMITED 15 Jan 2013 08362778 SHELL PACIFIC LTD 16 Jan 2013 08367753 WILLOWE CONSULTANCY LTD 21 Jan 2013 08372994 SUPATHRILLS LTD 24 Jan 2013 08376066 HENDERSONS KITCHEN LIMITED 25 Jan 2013 08377375 CHALLENGERS WORLD LIMITED 28 Jan 2013 08382745 FAB & GORGEOUS LIMITED 31 Jan 2013 08383096 ANASHE LTD 31 Jan 2013 08375642 KEHOE DANCE ACADEMY LTD 25 Jan 2013 08346818 HOFAC LTD 04 Jan 2013 08353672 JULIAN TREASURE LIMITED 09 Jan 2013
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