Investment succession in Scotland

Name: Investment business succession in Scotland
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2,115 of 6,355 investment companies in Scotland (33.3%) have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 4th highest of 12 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured6,355

Director aged 60+2,115

Exposure rate33.3%

Companies House register·Measured base 3,631,842·Data as at 11 October 2026·Full methodology

6,355

Companies measured

2,115

Director 60+

845

Director 70+

33.3%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; investment nationally runs at 29.9%.

Measure	Companies
Investment companies in Scotland measured	6,355
Oldest director aged 60 or over	2,115
Oldest director aged 70 or over	845

Of the 2,115 with a director over 60, 87 score 50 or higher on business quality. That figure is 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	970	43.9%
South West	2,624	37.4%
South East	6,093	33.4%
East of England	4,220	31.1%
Wales	1,044	31.1%
Yorkshire & The Humber	2,296	29%
London	13,221	28.4%
East Midlands	2,192	28%

Other trades in Scotland

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	4,028	37%
Consultancy Services	3,979	40.5%
Retail	2,697	25.3%
Agriculture	2,268	50.9%
Other Leisure	2,235	32.6%
Engineering Services	2,119	33.4%
Investment / Fund Management	1,634	40.5%
Hotel / Accommodation	1,490	46.7%

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

Next step

This page counts director ages across the whole register. If you are looking to buy rather than to research, our Property pages go further: we score each company on business quality and exit timing, and shortlist the ones worth approaching.

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ExitRadar, "Investment succession in Scotland", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prop-investment/scotland/

Need a cut that is not published here, such as 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 3,631,842 active UK companies where Companies House records an age bracket for at least one serving director (94.0% of the 3,863,328 companies on the active register). A company counts as succession-exposed when its oldest serving director is 60 or over. We do not use 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 11 October 2026; updated quarterly, next update January 2027. Full methodology.