Sports Clubs & Recreation succession in West Midlands

221 of 316 sports clubs & recreation companies in West Midlands (69.9%) have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured316
Director aged 60+221
Exposure rate69.9%
Companies House register·Measured base 3,631,842·Data as at 11 October 2026·Full methodology
316
Companies measured
221
Director 60+
149
Director 70+
69.9%
Exposure rate

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

MeasureCompanies
Sports Clubs & Recreation companies in West Midlands measured316
Oldest director aged 60 or over221
Oldest director aged 70 or over149

Of the 221 with a director over 60, 20 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

Region60+Rate
North West29070.7%
South West23868.6%
South East43567.4%
East Midlands17165.8%
East of England23062.8%
London23551.6%

Other trades in West Midlands

Trade60+Rate
Consultancy Services5,52638.3%
Lettings5,32233.2%
Retail3,86420.9%
Investment3,17927.7%
Investment / Fund Management2,93638.1%
Other Leisure2,55530.4%
Property Development2,17743.3%
Engineering Services2,00036.8%

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

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.