UK Business Succession Index

Catering / Events succession in Scotland

379 of 1,537 catering / events companies in Scotland (24.7%) have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured1,537
Director aged 60+379
Exposure rate24.7%
Companies House register·Measured base 3,631,842·Data as at 11 October 2026·Full methodology
1,537
Companies measured
379
Director 60+
100
Director 70+
24.7%
Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; catering / events nationally runs at 21.4%.

MeasureCompanies
Catering / Events companies in Scotland measured1,537
Oldest director aged 60 or over379
Oldest director aged 70 or over100

Of the 379 with a director over 60, 27 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.

Catering / Events in other regions

Region60+Rate
South West49326%
Northern Ireland10425.8%
South East93625%
Wales17723.6%
East Midlands35522.9%
North East12922.9%
East of England57422.5%
North West54022%

Other trades in Scotland

Trade60+Rate
Lettings4,02837%
Consultancy Services3,97940.5%
Retail2,69725.3%
Agriculture2,26850.9%
Other Leisure2,23532.6%
Engineering Services2,11933.4%
Investment2,11533.3%
Investment / Fund Management1,63440.5%

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.

See UK Hospitality & Leisure →

See all Catering / Events succession data or everything in Scotland.

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ExitRadar, "Catering / Events succession in Scotland", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/hosp-catering/scotland/

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.