Other Leisure succession in South East

Name: Other Leisure business succession in South East
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5,364 of 16,179 other leisure companies in South East — 33.2% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 3rd highest of 11 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured16,179

Director aged 60+5,364

Exposure rate33.2%

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

16,179

Companies measured

5,364

Director 60+

2,083

Director 70+

33.2%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; other leisure nationally runs at 30.1%.

Measure	Companies
Other Leisure companies in South East measured	16,179
Oldest director aged 60 or over	5,364
Oldest director aged 70 or over	2,083

Of the 5,364 with a director over 60, 102 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Other Leisure in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
Wales	1,400	36.8%
Northern Ireland	705	36.5%
South West	3,124	36%
Scotland	2,250	32.8%
East of England	3,011	30.7%
North East	917	30.5%
Yorkshire & The Humber	2,227	30.5%
East Midlands	1,747	30.3%

Other trades in South East

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	14,455	41.6%
Lettings	9,873	42.9%
Retail	6,015	26.7%
IT Services / Consultancy	5,392	25.7%
Investment	5,385	33.7%
Investment / Fund Management	4,380	40.3%
Property Development	4,170	46.3%
Media	3,602	31.6%

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 Other Leisure succession data or everything in South East.

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ExitRadar, "Other Leisure succession in South East", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/hosp-leisure/south-east/

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.