Catering / Events succession in London

Name: Catering / Events business succession in London
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1,472 of 8,323 catering / events companies in London — 17.7% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 5th highest of 5 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured8,323

Director aged 60+1,472

Exposure rate17.7%

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

8,323

Companies measured

1,472

Director 60+

397

Director 70+

17.7%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; catering / events nationally runs at 21.7%.

Measure	Companies
Catering / Events companies in London measured	8,323
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,472
Oldest director aged 70 or over	397

Of the 1,472 with a director over 60, 80 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Catering / Events in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South West	490	26.1%
Northern Ireland	101	25.8%
South East	834	25%
Scotland	368	24.8%
North East	133	24.4%
Wales	185	23.7%
East Midlands	309	23.4%
East of England	466	23.1%

Other trades in London

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	20,963	33.6%
Consultancy Services	19,678	28.2%
Investment	14,536	28.6%
Investment / Fund Management	10,116	33.7%
Other Leisure	10,038	26.5%
Media	9,313	28%
Retail	9,210	15.2%
IT Services / Consultancy	7,702	15.8%

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 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, "Catering / Events succession in London", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/hosp-catering/london/

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.