Investment succession in North East

Name: Investment business succession in North East
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915 of 3,352 investment companies in North East — 27.3% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 10th highest of 12 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured3,352

Director aged 60+915

Exposure rate27.3%

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

3,352

Companies measured

915

Director 60+

356

Director 70+

27.3%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Investment companies in North East measured	3,352
Oldest director aged 60 or over	915
Oldest director aged 70 or over	356

Of the 915 with a director over 60, 41 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 North East

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	1,725	34.4%
Consultancy Services	1,553	37.6%
Retail	1,165	24.4%
Engineering Services	920	30.2%
Other Leisure	917	30.5%
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.

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