Investment succession in London

Name: Investment business succession in London
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14,536 of 50,740 investment companies in London — 28.6% — have a director aged 60 or over.

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

Companies measured50,740

Director aged 60+14,536

Exposure rate28.6%

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

50,740

Companies measured

14,536

Director 60+

5,521

Director 70+

28.6%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Investment companies in London measured	50,740
Oldest director aged 60 or over	14,536
Oldest director aged 70 or over	5,521

Of the 14,536 with a director over 60, 611 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%
West Midlands	2,985	27.5%

Other trades in London

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	20,963	33.6%
Consultancy Services	19,678	28.2%
Investment / Fund Management	10,116	33.7%
Other Leisure	10,038	26.5%
Media	9,313	28%
Retail	9,210	15.2%
IT Services / Consultancy	7,702	15.8%
Management	7,436	34.1%

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 London", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prop-investment/london/

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.