Financial Characteristics of Large British Companies, 1880-1926

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br><p class="x_western">The main aims of the project are three-fold: </p> <p class="x_western">(1) To identify and describe the development of the electricity industry in Britain prior to the formation of the national grid using company market-based financial data; and</p> <p class="x_western">(2) To construct a consistent data set of the key market-based financial characteristics of the principle companies.</p> <p class="x_western">(3) To use this to examine the development of the British electricity industry compared to similar development in the United States and Germany.</p><p class="x_western"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Latest edition information</span></p><p class="x_western">For the second edition (October 2021) data and documentation relating to Swan United Electric Light Company Limited (1882-1894); Edison and Swan United Electric Light Company Limited (1882-1914), Anglo-American Brush Electric Light and Power Corporation Limited (1882-1889) and Brush Electrical Engineering Limited (1889-1914) were added to the study.<br></p><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br><p class="x_western">The key financial characteristics are: </p> <p class="x_western">(1) The quarterly (January, April, July and October) market closing price of each traded security for each identified company;</p> <p class="x_western">(2) The number of each security outstanding, both traded and non-traded, at the end of each quarter;</p> <p class="x_western">(3) Multiplied together, characteristics (1) and (2) produce quarterly market capitalization for quoted companies by security. Summing all quoted securities issued by a company produces for each quarter its total market capitalizations. The value of non-quoted securities can be estimated from the dividend and interest payments they make.</p> <p class="x_western">(4) The paid-up amount for each security, including premiums and discounts (if any);</p> <p class="x_western">(5) The nominal value of each security;</p> <p class="x_western">(6) The payments (if any) made in each quarter to holders of the securities.</p>