Other Leisure succession in South West

Name: Other Leisure business succession in South West
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3,124 of 8,679 other leisure companies in South West — 36% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 2nd highest of 11 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured8,679

Director aged 60+3,124

Exposure rate36%

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

8,679

Companies measured

3,124

Director 60+

1,384

Director 70+

36%

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 West measured	8,679
Oldest director aged 60 or over	3,124
Oldest director aged 70 or over	1,384

Of the 3,124 with a director over 60, 77 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 East	5,364	33.2%
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 West

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	6,658	43%
Lettings	6,114	44.9%
Retail	4,239	32%
Agriculture	2,777	56.9%
Property Development	2,716	48.2%
Investment	2,685	37.7%
Investment / Fund Management	2,473	40%
IT Services / Consultancy	2,379	27.4%

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 West.

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

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.