Precision Engineering / Machining succession in Yorkshire & The Humber

Name: Precision Engineering / Machining business succession in Yorkshire & The Humber
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502 of 1,034 precision engineering / machining companies in Yorkshire & The Humber — 48.5% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured1,034

Director aged 60+502

Exposure rate48.5%

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

1,034

Companies measured

502

Director 60+

190

Director 70+

48.5%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; precision engineering / machining nationally runs at 50.8%.

Measure	Companies
Precision Engineering / Machining companies in Yorkshire & The Humber measured	1,034
Oldest director aged 60 or over	502
Oldest director aged 70 or over	190

Of the 502 with a director over 60, 56 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Precision Engineering / Machining in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
West Midlands	944	56.1%
South West	410	53.5%
South East	529	52.5%
North West	536	52.1%
East Midlands	372	51.5%
Wales	181	50.8%
East of England	421	49.3%
North East	135	47.5%

Other trades in Yorkshire & The Humber

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	4,682	36.3%
Consultancy Services	4,374	37.5%
Retail	3,302	23%
Investment	2,335	29.2%
Other Leisure	2,227	30.5%
Investment / Fund Management	2,124	36.9%
Engineering Services	1,736	38.2%
Agriculture	1,667	57.7%

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 Manufacturing pages go further: we score each company on business quality and exit timing, and shortlist the ones worth approaching.

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ExitRadar, "Precision Engineering / Machining succession in Yorkshire & The Humber", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/mfg-precision/yorkshire-and-the-humber/

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.