Investment succession in South East

Name: Investment business succession in South East
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5,385 of 15,979 investment companies in South East — 33.7% — have a director aged 60 or over.

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

Companies measured15,979

Director aged 60+5,385

Exposure rate33.7%

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

15,979

Companies measured

5,385

Director 60+

2,137

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 South East measured	15,979
Oldest director aged 60 or over	5,385
Oldest director aged 70 or over	2,137

Of the 5,385 with a director over 60, 223 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%
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 South East

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	14,455	41.6%
Lettings	9,873	42.9%
Retail	6,015	26.7%
IT Services / Consultancy	5,392	25.7%
Other Leisure	5,364	33.2%
Investment / Fund Management	4,380	40.3%
Property Development	4,170	46.3%
Media	3,602	31.6%

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