Accounting / Audit succession in South West

Name: Accounting / Audit business succession in South West
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1,484 of 3,466 accounting / audit companies in South West — 42.8% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 1st highest of 8 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured3,466

Director aged 60+1,484

Exposure rate42.8%

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

3,466

Companies measured

1,484

Director 60+

515

Director 70+

42.8%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; accounting / audit nationally runs at 34.9%.

Measure	Companies
Accounting / Audit companies in South West measured	3,466
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,484
Oldest director aged 70 or over	515

Of the 1,484 with a director over 60, 61 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Accounting / Audit in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
Wales	582	40.4%
South East	2,732	40.2%
North East	351	38.5%
Scotland	726	37.2%
East Midlands	843	36.9%
Northern Ireland	242	36.6%
East of England	1,385	36.2%
North West	1,561	34.8%

Other trades in South West

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	6,658	43%
Lettings	6,114	44.9%
Retail	4,239	32%
Other Leisure	3,124	36%
Agriculture	2,777	56.9%
Property Development	2,716	48.2%
Investment	2,685	37.7%
Investment / Fund Management	2,473	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 Professional Services pages go further: we score each company on business quality and exit timing, and shortlist the ones worth approaching.

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ExitRadar, "Accounting / Audit succession in South West", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prof-accounting/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.