Investment succession in East Midlands

Name: Investment business succession in East Midlands
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1,867 of 6,956 investment companies in East Midlands — 26.8% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 11th highest of 12 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured6,956

Director aged 60+1,867

Exposure rate26.8%

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

6,956

Companies measured

1,867

Director 60+

661

Director 70+

26.8%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; investment nationally runs at 29.9%.

Measure	Companies
Investment companies in East Midlands measured	6,956
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,867
Oldest director aged 70 or over	661

Of the 1,867 with a director over 60, 94 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Investment in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
Northern Ireland	939	43.6%
South West	2,685	37.7%
Scotland	2,104	33.7%
South East	5,385	33.7%
Wales	1,120	32%
East of England	2,999	30.9%
Yorkshire & The Humber	2,335	29.2%
London	14,536	28.6%

Other trades in East Midlands

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	3,840	38.8%
Lettings	3,830	35.6%
Retail	2,468	23.9%
Other Leisure	1,747	30.3%
Investment / Fund Management	1,737	36.2%
Engineering Services	1,392	36.8%
Property Development	1,344	40.5%
Agriculture	1,317	55.8%

Combinations with fewer than 250 measured companies are not listed separately. They are still counted in every total on this page.

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ExitRadar, "Investment succession in East Midlands", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prop-investment/east-midlands/

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.