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Who runs things in a town or council area, which addresses many companies share, and what changed this year.

There are a lot of new companies at one address in this town. Is that unusual, or is that how the place works?

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Step by step, on real recordsiEach example below is live from the public register, not a mock-up.

  1. 1

    Get the numbers

    Charities, companies and schools registered here, with the period each number covers.

    TownKettering

    Example place: Kettering. Choose your own place at the top of the page.

    66,231Residentsmid-2024 estimate
    113Charities based hereas at Oct 2026
    4,097Companies registered hereas at 2 Oct 2026
    27Schoolsas at Oct 2026
    492New companies, last 12 monthsyear to 30 Oct 2026
    1New charities, last 12 monthsOct 2025 to Sep 2026

    Zoom out: North Northamptonshire · East Midlands · England · United Kingdom

    Sources: Charity Commission, OSCR and CCNI registers; Companies House; DfE and devolved school lists; ONS population estimates. Compiled by Local Intelligence.

  2. 2

    Spot shared registered addresses

    Addresses used by many companies in a postcode district. Usually an accountant or a formation agent, not where the companies trade.

    Why it matters. A shared address is a lead to check, not a finding.

    Shared registered addressesKettering

    Example place: Kettering. Choose your own place at the top of the page.

    Registered addresses shared by many companies. Usually an accountant or formation agent, not where the businesses trade.

    • 130 companies share one registered address, 207 Rockingham Road (NN16 9JA)
    • 33 companies share one registered address, Timsons Business Centre (NN16 8NQ)
    • 20 companies share one registered address, 1 Piccadilly Buildings (NN16 0AN)
    • 13 companies share one registered address, 24 Dalkeith Place (NN16 0BS)
    • 13 companies share one registered address, 44 Rockingham Road (NN16 8JS)

    2 more shared addresses not listed. Together that is 267 of the 1,790 companies. A shared address is usually an accountant or company formation agent, not where the businesses operate, so these are grouped rather than listed.

    Source: Companies House. Only the postcode district of a company is shown here.

  3. 3

    See what is forming and dissolving

    New and dissolved companies and new charities in the last 12 months.

    What changed in the last 12 monthsKettering

    Example place: Kettering. Choose your own place at the top of the page.

    492New companiesyear to 30 Oct 2026
    1New charitiesOct 2025 to Sep 2026
    455Companies dissolvedyear to 30 Oct 2026

    The changes feed for a place lists these as they happen. See what changed in Kettering

    Sources: Companies House and the charity registers, compiled by Local Intelligence.

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