The Top 6000 Companies in South East England: Companies with assets exceeding £20000000 (Business and Finance)

This study looks at all companies registered in South East England and where their total assets are more than £20000000.South East England (excluding London) is the most populous region with a population of 9.1 million in 2017 (UK 66 million).The region comprises the counties of Berkshire Buckinghamshire East Sussex Hampshire the Isle of Wight Kent Oxfordshire Surrey and West Sussex. The main cities are Brighton Canterbury Chichester Oxford Portsmouth Southampton and Winchester.The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the key movers and shakers in South East Englands 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.A short summary of the corporate sector in South East England: Total regional output (GVA) in 2016 was £259 billion (UK £1748 billion) with total output (GVA) per head in 2016 being £28683 (UK being £26621).Employment level May-July 2018 was 4540000 (UK 32397000) with an employment rate of 78.1% (UK 75.5%).There were 431000 manufacturing jobs in the South East and London in 2018 accounting for 4.0% of the regions total workforce the lowest of any region.The South East and London accounted for just under a quarter (24.8%) of all UK manufactured exports in 2017 the largest of any region.The South East and London is the most productive region in the UK with Londons productivity at 127.8% of the UK average and the South Easts at 104.3%.London and the South East have considerably more businesses than any other region. At the start of 2018: London (1.1 million) and the South East (874000) had the most private sector businesses accounting for 35% of the UK business population.In 2017 here were 299000 manufacturing jobs in the region (6% of all jobs).In 2017 there were 51965 new businesses (up 12%) and 48295 businesses ceased trading (up 11%).