Investment succession in East of England

Name: Investment business succession in East of England
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2,999 of 9,691 investment companies in East of England — 30.9% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 6th highest of 12 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured9,691

Director aged 60+2,999

Exposure rate30.9%

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

9,691

Companies measured

2,999

Director 60+

1,160

Director 70+

30.9%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Investment companies in East of England measured	9,691
Oldest director aged 60 or over	2,999
Oldest director aged 70 or over	1,160

Of the 2,999 with a director over 60, 134 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%
Yorkshire & The Humber	2,335	29.2%
London	14,536	28.6%
West Midlands	2,985	27.5%

Other trades in East of England

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	6,652	38.7%
Lettings	5,623	39.6%
Retail	3,692	25%
Other Leisure	3,011	30.7%
Agriculture	2,850	60.3%
Property Development	2,647	45.5%
Investment / Fund Management	2,597	37.4%
IT Services / Consultancy	2,401	24.7%

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 of England", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prop-investment/east-of-england/

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.