Consultancy Services succession in North East

Name: Consultancy Services business succession in North East
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1,553 of 4,128 consultancy services companies in North East — 37.6% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 8th highest of 12 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured4,128

Director aged 60+1,553

Exposure rate37.6%

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

4,128

Companies measured

1,553

Director 60+

388

Director 70+

37.6%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; consultancy services nationally runs at 35.7%.

Measure	Companies
Consultancy Services companies in North East measured	4,128
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,553
Oldest director aged 70 or over	388

Of the 1,553 with a director over 60, 46 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Consultancy Services in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South West	6,658	43%
South East	14,455	41.6%
Scotland	3,898	40.8%
Wales	2,043	40.7%
East Midlands	3,840	38.8%
East of England	6,652	38.7%
West Midlands	5,026	38.2%
Yorkshire & The Humber	4,374	37.5%

Other trades in North East

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	1,725	34.4%
Retail	1,165	24.4%
Engineering Services	920	30.2%
Other Leisure	917	30.5%
Investment	915	27.3%
Investment / Fund Management	662	35.9%
Property Development	616	42.7%
Management	547	38.7%

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 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, "Consultancy Services succession in North East", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prof-consulting/north-east/

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.