Woking, Surrey
Q3 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.
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New Company Registrations
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
A total of 260 companies were registered in Woking during the third quarter of 2013 (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013).
This figure is an increase of 15.0% versus the same period last year (Q3 2012). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 11.6% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) Woking UK 2013 260 132,684 2012 226 118,868 % change 15.0% 11.6% Record Year 2011 (646) 2013 (132,684) New Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)
New Companies by Month
July August September New companies in 2013 84 73 103 New companies in 2012 69 82 75 % change 21.7% -11.0% 37.3% Record Year 2011 (223) 2011 (230) 2011 (193)
Closed Companies (dissolved)
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
A total of 211 companies were dissolved in Woking during the third quarter of 2013 (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013).
This figure is a decrease of 53.2% versus the same period last year (Q3 2012). This figure compares well to the UK as a whole, which saw an increase of 13.5% against the same period last year.
third quarter (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) Woking UK 2013 211 86,170 2012 451 75,908 % change -53.2% 13.5% Record Year 2012 (451) 2009 (159,405) Dissolved Companies by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)
Dissolved Companies by Month
July August September Closed companies in 2013 75 53 83 Closed companies in 2012 132 133 186 % change -43.2% -60.2% -55% Record Year 2012 (132) 2012 (133) 2012 (186)
Net Company Growth
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
Net company growth for Woking during the third quarter of 2013 (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) was 49 companies.
third quarter (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) Woking UK 2013 49 46,514 2012 -225 42,960 Record Year 2011 (410) 2013 (46,514) Net Growth by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)
Net Growth by Month
July August September Net growth in 2013 9 20 20 Net growth in 2012 -63 -51 -111 Record Year 2010 (126) 2011 (156) 2011 (137)
UK Company Share
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
In the third quarter of 2013, Woking formed 0.2% of all UK companies.
third quarter (Jul 2013 - Sep 2013) Woking 2013 0.2% 2012 0.2% 2011 0.6% 2010 0.5% 2009 0.2% Record Year (since 1960) 2011 (0.6%) Company Share by Quarter
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Monthly Data (Jul, Aug & Sep 2013)
Company Share by Month
July August September UK formation share in 2013 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% UK formation share in 2012 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% % change 9.0% -18.3% 20.4% Record Year 2011 (0.6%) 2011 (0.6%) 2011 (0.5%)
Director Age
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
The average age of a director in the third quarter of 2013 was 44.7.
The percentage of directors under the age of 25 was 2.3% compared to the UK figure of 3.7%.
The percentage of directors over the age of 65 was 1.6% compared to the UK figure of 4.5%.
Director Age by Quarter
Director Gender
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Quarterly Data (Q3 Jul-Sep 2013)
The record third quarter for female directors in Woking was in 2011 when 34.1% of all directors were female.
22.0% of all director appointments in Woking in the third quarter of 2013 were female. This compares to a UK average of 26.2% for the same period.
Director Gender by Quarter
Naming Trends
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Previous 12 months (Sep 2012-Sep 2013)
Excluding: LIMITED, LTD, &, UK, SERVICES, THE, (UK), AND, LTD., A, LLP, SOLUTIONS, COMPANY, OF.
word percentage uk word uk percentage CONSULTING 2.50% CONSULTING 5.27% MANAGEMENT 1.62% MANAGEMENT 4.75% PRODUCTIONS 1.06% CONSULTANCY 3.45% CONSULTANCY 0.87% PROPERTY 2.53% SURREY 0.75% TRADING 2.08% PROPERTY 0.62% ENGINEERING 1.83% PROPERTIES 0.62% LONDON 1.79% SECURITY 0.56% DESIGN 1.78% MONDAY 0.56% BUSINESS 1.74% ENGINEERING 0.50% CONSTRUCTION 1.70% GAMES 0.50% CONSULTANTS 1.69% GLOBAL 0.50% CARE 1.64% SCHOOL 0.44% ASSOCIATES 1.61% PROJECT 0.44% GLOBAL 1.59% MARKETING 0.44% J 1.54% INVESTMENTS 0.44% MEDIA 1.54% TRAINING 0.44% INVESTMENTS 1.53% DESIGN 0.44% PROPERTIES 1.45% HOLDINGS 0.37% IT 1.39% HOMES 0.37% M 1.25% DEVELOPMENT 0.37% ELECTRICAL 1.20% BUSINESS 0.37% BUILDING 1.19% PLC 0.37% CAPITAL 1.19% CAPITAL 0.37% DEVELOPMENTS 1.16% FINANCIAL 0.37% TRAINING 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 2,426 260,135 82990 - Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified 152 54,854 70229 - Management consultancy activities other than financial management 135 34,970 62020 - Information technology consultancy activities 131 26,675 99999 - Dormant Company 106 46,169 96090 - Other service activities not elsewhere classified 61 25,547 74909 - Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified 54 17,715 62090 - Other information technology service activities 38 12,516 62012 - Business and domestic software development 33 9,104 68100 - Buying and selling of own real estate 29 5,430 74990 - Non-trading company 29 14,228 41202 - Construction of domestic buildings 24 6,039 74100 - specialised design activities 22 4,171 41100 - Development of building projects 20 9,271 86900 - Other human health activities 20 9,203 68209 - Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate 18 8,312 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet 16 8,475 63990 - Other information service activities not elsewhere classified 15 5,322 43999 - Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified 14 7,590 59200 - Sound recording and music publishing activities 13 2,591
Recent Companies
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Randomly selected companies from this quarter
COMPANY NUMBER COMPANY NAME INCORPORATION DATE 08672407 FDF SYSTEMS LTD 02 Sep 2013 08673334 JSB CHANGE MANAGEMENT LTD 03 Sep 2013 08673352 SPARTAN PHYSICAL TRAINING LTD. 03 Sep 2013 08675179 BABA FIVE LIMITED 03 Sep 2013 08678001 REFRACTIONFX LTD 05 Sep 2013 08683628 R-YAZ LIMITED 10 Sep 2013 08685907 SABMILLER GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED 11 Sep 2013 08693003 DOVETECH SOFTWARE LTD 17 Sep 2013 08695734 SDRA LTD 18 Sep 2013 08703101 RBJK ASSOCIATES LTD 24 Sep 2013 08704645 THE LOFT BOARDING COMPANY LTD 25 Sep 2013 08705551 SARDAN LIMITED 25 Sep 2013 08706957 LYNDA SHORE MATHS LIMITED 26 Sep 2013 08709365 LICKY CHOPS LIMITED 27 Sep 2013 08672178 ELEGANT CHAUFFEURING LIMITED 02 Sep 2013 08687660 SYV SERVICES LTD 12 Sep 2013 08698273 JAMNAGAR LIMITED 19 Sep 2013 08701115 WORK ON MONDAY LIMITED 23 Sep 2013 08704028 ANGELUS PICTURES LIMITED 24 Sep 2013 08697826 SEND GROVE PROPERTIES LIMITED 19 Sep 2013 08707718 LA COPS LIMITED 26 Sep 2013 08707914 VIRTUAL VENOM LIMITED 26 Sep 2013 08688283 CN EDUCATION LIMITED 12 Sep 2013 08695067 VISHAK MARKETING LIMITED 18 Sep 2013 08699578 FALCO LEGAL TRAINING LIMITED 20 Sep 2013
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