Other Specialist Trades succession in East of England

Name: Other Specialist Trades business succession in East of England
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1,911 of 6,643 other specialist trades companies in East of England — 28.8% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 8th highest of 10 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured6,643

Director aged 60+1,911

Exposure rate28.8%

Companies House register·Measured base 3,475,770·Data as at 13 August 2026·Full methodology

6,643

Companies measured

1,911

Director 60+

472

Director 70+

28.8%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; other specialist trades nationally runs at 27.5%.

Measure	Companies
Other Specialist Trades companies in East of England measured	6,643
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,911
Oldest director aged 70 or over	472

Of the 1,911 with a director over 60, 151 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Other Specialist Trades in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South West	1,606	33.9%
South East	2,901	32.2%
Wales	658	32.1%
Scotland	886	30.3%
East Midlands	1,014	30%
Yorkshire & The Humber	1,297	29.8%
North West	1,794	29.5%
West Midlands	1,314	28.8%

Other trades in East of England

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	6,652	38.7%
Lettings	5,623	39.6%
Retail	3,692	25%
Other Leisure	3,011	30.7%
Investment	2,999	30.9%
Agriculture	2,850	60.3%
Property Development	2,647	45.5%
Investment / Fund Management	2,597	37.4%

Combinations with fewer than 250 measured companies are not listed separately. They are still counted in every total on this page.

Next step

This page counts director ages across the whole register. If you are looking to buy rather than to research, our Construction & Trades pages go further: we score each company on business quality and exit timing, and shortlist the ones worth approaching.

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ExitRadar, "Other Specialist Trades succession in East of England", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/const-other-specialist/east-of-england/

Need a cut that is not published here — a different trade grouping, a finer geography, or the underlying distribution? Get in touch and we will usually provide it. Methodology.

Method. Figures cover the 3,475,770 active UK companies where Companies House records an age bracket for at least one serving director — 93.8% of the 3,706,712 companies on the active register. A company counts as succession-exposed when its oldest serving director is 60 or over — not the board average, which would hide a 70-year-old founder sitting alongside younger co-directors. The business-quality figure covers only the subset our model assesses — see the methodology for why that is far smaller than the number with filed accounts. Data as at 13 August 2026; updated quarterly, next update October 2026. Full methodology.