The Top 6000 Companies in Outer London: Companies with assets exceeding £5000000 (Business and Finance)

This study looks at all companies registered in Outer London and where their total assets are more than £5000000.The statutory Outer London boroughs are: Barking and Dagenham Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Croydon Ealing Enfield Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Kingston upon Thames Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Sutton and Waltham Forest. The population in 2011 was 4942040.The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the key movers and shakers in the Outer 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 Outer London total output (GVA) is twice that of Wales and three times that of Northern Ireland. Thus the total output (GVA) per boroughs was £12.3 billion in Hillingdon; £10.5 billion in Hounslow and £9.4 billion in Barnet.For 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%).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.London has a stronger service export than the rest of the UK. While London accounts for nearly half of UK service exports it only accounts for 11% of goods exports and for 27% of all UK exports. Londons service exports are 29% of Londons output compared with 15% for the UK.