The Top 6000 Companies in Inner London: Companies with assets exceeding £100000000 (Business and Finance)

This study looks at all companies registered in Inner London and where their total assets are more than £100000000.The statutory Inner London boroughs are: Camden Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith and Fulham Islington Kensington and Chelsea Lambeth Lewisham Southwark Tower Hamlets Wandsworth and Westminster. The population in 2011 was 3232000.The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the key movers and shakers in the Inner London corporate sector. Only key data has been isolated particularly the companys net worth and total assets but also its full name date incorporated registered office activities shareholders directors (with date of birth occupation and nationality) and number of employees.Two indicators of size are used: net worth and total assets. These are preferable to turnover which is influenced by profit margins and whether the companies are capital or labour intensive.For Inner London there are approximately 288000 businesses with around 2 million employees. Most commercial activity is focused on Central London and Canary Wharf and 10% of public sector employment is in Westminster.Over two-thirds of all Londons GVA was produced in Inner London. 39% of all jobs are in four highly specialised high value sectors (information and communication; finance and insurance; real estate; professional scientific and technical).In 2015 there were 55295 new businesses and 30785 businesses ceased trading.Regarding both Inner and Outer London: The population is 9 million (UK 66 million).The total output (GVA) in 2016 was £408 billion (UK £1748 billion). The total output (GVA) per head in 2016 was £46482 (UK £26621). Economic Growth (GVA) 2010-2016 was 3.2% (UK 1.9%).Jobs in Manufacturing experienced a rapid decline from 872000 in 1971 to 128000 in 2015.The number employed May-July 2018 was 4735000 (UK 32397000) with an employment rate of 74.7% (UK 75.5%). The number unemployed was 235000 (UK 1361000) with an unemployment rate of 4.7% (UK 4%). In 2017 there were 140000 jobs in manufacturing (UK 2685000).Manufacturing employment January-March 2018 was 2.4% of total jobs (UK 7.7%) Public sector employment was 13.6% (UK 16.6%).The number of VAT/PAYE businesses were in 2016: 477000 (18.7%); in 2017: 506000 (18.9%) and in 2018: 506000 (19%).London at 1.1 million and South East England at 874000 had the most private sector businesses accounting for 35% of the UK.In 2017 there were 92300 new businesses (up 15%) and 86270 businesses ceased trading (up 14%). In 2018 there were 1096000 businesses (UK 5668000) and 239000 employers (UK 1360000). In the UK in 2018 there were 1059 businesses per 10000 resident adults. In London there were 1563 businesses per 10000 residents the highest number of business density in the UK.