Investment succession in Wales

Name: Investment business succession in Wales
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1,044 of 3,352 investment companies in Wales (31.1%) have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 6th highest of 12 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured3,352

Director aged 60+1,044

Exposure rate31.1%

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

3,352

Companies measured

1,044

Director 60+

429

Director 70+

31.1%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Investment companies in Wales measured	3,352
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,044
Oldest director aged 70 or over	429

Of the 1,044 with a director over 60, 52 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%
Scotland	2,115	33.3%
East of England	4,220	31.1%
Yorkshire & The Humber	2,296	29%
London	13,221	28.4%
East Midlands	2,192	28%

Other trades in Wales

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	2,189	37.5%
Consultancy Services	1,911	39.6%
Retail	1,627	27.9%
Other Leisure	1,335	36.6%
Agriculture	994	52.2%
Hotel / Accommodation	942	48.3%
Investment / Fund Management	931	38.9%
Engineering Services	909	38.5%

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 Wales", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prop-investment/wales/

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.