Sports Clubs & Recreation succession in London

Name: Sports Clubs & Recreation business succession in London
Creator: ExitRadar
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235 of 455 sports clubs & recreation companies in London (51.6%) have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured455

Director aged 60+235

Exposure rate51.6%

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

455

Companies measured

235

Director 60+

143

Director 70+

51.6%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; sports clubs & recreation nationally runs at 66.5%.

Measure	Companies
Sports Clubs & Recreation companies in London measured	455
Oldest director aged 60 or over	235
Oldest director aged 70 or over	143

Of the 235 with a director over 60, 22 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.

Sports Clubs & Recreation in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
North West	290	70.7%
West Midlands	221	69.9%
South West	238	68.6%
South East	435	67.4%
East Midlands	171	65.8%
East of England	230	62.8%

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, "Sports Clubs & Recreation succession in London", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/hosp-sports/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.