Investment succession in Scotland

Name: Investment business succession in Scotland
Creator: ExitRadar
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2,104 of 6,251 investment companies in Scotland — 33.7% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 3rd highest of 12 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured6,251

Director aged 60+2,104

Exposure rate33.7%

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

6,251

Companies measured

2,104

Director 60+

834

Director 70+

33.7%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Investment companies in Scotland measured	6,251
Oldest director aged 60 or over	2,104
Oldest director aged 70 or over	834

Of the 2,104 with a director over 60, 108 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%
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%
West Midlands	2,985	27.5%

Other trades in Scotland

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	3,930	37.6%
Consultancy Services	3,898	40.8%
Retail	2,680	25.9%
Agriculture	2,266	51.5%
Other Leisure	2,250	32.8%
Engineering Services	2,065	33.5%
Investment / Fund Management	1,505	40.7%
Hotel / Accommodation	1,447	47.1%

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

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.