Arts / Entertainment succession in London

Name: Arts / Entertainment business succession in London
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1,827 of 7,354 arts / entertainment companies in London (24.8%) have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 2nd highest of 2 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured7,354

Director aged 60+1,827

Exposure rate24.8%

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

7,354

Companies measured

1,827

Director 60+

726

Director 70+

24.8%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; arts / entertainment nationally runs at 29.1%.

Measure	Companies
Arts / Entertainment companies in London measured	7,354
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,827
Oldest director aged 70 or over	726

Of the 1,827 with a director over 60, 117 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.

Arts / Entertainment in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South West	555	39%
Scotland	325	37.5%
Wales	188	36.9%
South East	851	32.1%
North East	129	30.9%
East Midlands	224	30.2%
Yorkshire & The Humber	269	29.8%
West Midlands	318	29.3%

Other trades in London

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	19,703	32.8%
Consultancy Services	17,832	27.4%
Investment	13,221	28.4%
Investment / Fund Management	10,973	33%
Media	9,157	28.2%
Other Leisure	8,944	26.1%
Retail	8,509	14.5%
IT Services / Consultancy	6,912	15.2%

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

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ExitRadar, "Arts / Entertainment succession in London", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/hosp-arts/london/

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.