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Business consultancy companies in the Reading area

3,577 business consultancy companies have a registered office in the Reading area (RG postcodes), and 665 of them were formed in 2025 or 2026. In their latest accounts, the typical one held £22,661 in cash and owed £13,715 at year end.

Companies House register, 1 September 2026, and accounts filed in the last twelve months. Compared with the official category “Management consultancy activities other than financial management” (SIC 70229). Covers companies with a registered office in RG postcodes, including Reading, Basingstoke, Newbury.

The numbers

Business consultancy companies in the Reading area (RG postcodes) compared with the same category across the UK. Typical figures are medians.
MeasureReadingUK
Registered companies3,577222,394
Formed in 2025 or 2026665 (19%)23%
Being struck off or in liquidation194 (5.4%)7.5%
Typical cash at year end£22,661902 accounts£16,856
Typical amount owed at year end£13,7152,221 accounts£14,225
Typical number of employees12,222 accounts1

What this means if you’re starting one

You can start without much equipment

The typical business consultancy company in the Reading area (RG postcodes) carries £1,384 of equipment and other fixed assets after depreciation, lower than 98% of UK industries.

Most of the cost of entry is time and running costs rather than kit, so a small test is cheap.

Most of these businesses are run by one or two people

The typical business consultancy company in the Reading area (RG postcodes) reports 1 employee; the top quarter has 2 or more (2,222 filings).

You are mostly up against owner-operators. Your own hours are likely to be your biggest cost, and the easiest one to undercount.

Businesses in this trade usually keep a cash buffer

At year end the typical business consultancy company in the Reading area (RG postcodes) holds £22,661 in cash and owes £13,715; that cash figure is lower than 69% of UK industries.

Typical operators end the year holding more cash than they owe, so there is usually some slack for a slow month.

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What these figures can’t tell you

Companies are counted where their registered office is, which may be an accountant or a home address rather than a shop. Sole traders and partnerships are not on the register, and electronically filed accounts cover roughly 60–75% of accounts filed each year. The figures describe companies that exist; they cannot prove demand for your idea or predict whether it will work. How the figures are built.

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