Sports Clubs & Recreation succession in South West

Name: Sports Clubs & Recreation business succession in South West
Creator: ExitRadar
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238 of 347 sports clubs & recreation companies in South West (68.6%) have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured347

Director aged 60+238

Exposure rate68.6%

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

347

Companies measured

238

Director 60+

168

Director 70+

68.6%

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 South West measured	347
Oldest director aged 60 or over	238
Oldest director aged 70 or over	168

Of the 238 with a director over 60, 29 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 East	435	67.4%
East Midlands	171	65.8%
East of England	230	62.8%
London	235	51.6%

Other trades in South West

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	6,563	42.4%
Lettings	6,097	43.7%
Retail	4,219	31.7%
Other Leisure	3,052	35.9%
Agriculture	2,727	56.2%
Property Development	2,682	47.6%
Investment	2,624	37.4%
Investment / Fund Management	2,581	40%

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 South West", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/hosp-sports/south-west/

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.