Childcare / Day Nurseries: business succession in the UK

Name: Childcare / Day Nurseries business succession in the UK
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2,367 UK childcare / day nurseries companies (28%) have a director aged 60 or over.

4.4 points below the all-trades average of 32.4%.

Companies measured8,449

Director aged 60+2,367

Exposure rate28%

Companies House register·Measured base 3,631,842·Data as at 11 October 2026·Full methodology

8,449

Companies measured

2,367

With a director 60+

782

With a director 70+

28%

Exposure rate

Of the 2,367 with a director over 60, 695 score 50 or higher on business quality. That figure is an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Childcare / Day Nurseries by region

Region	Companies	60+	Rate
Scotland	351	142	40.5%
South West	481	165	34.3%
Yorkshire & The Humber	592	194	32.8%
East Midlands	554	174	31.4%
East of England	765	237	31%
North West	1,114	334	30%
South East	1,100	314	28.5%
Wales	274	77	28.1%
West Midlands	755	208	27.5%
London	2,083	392	18.8%

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 Healthcare pages go further: we score each company on business quality and exit timing, and shortlist the ones worth approaching.

See UK Healthcare →

Part of the UK Business Succession Index.

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ExitRadar, "Childcare / Day Nurseries: business succession in the UK", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/health-childcare/

Need a cut that is not published here, such as 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 3,631,842 active UK companies where Companies House records an age bracket for at least one serving director (94.0% of the 3,863,328 companies on the active register). A company counts as succession-exposed when its oldest serving director is 60 or over. We do not use 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 11 October 2026; updated quarterly, next update January 2027. Full methodology.