Investment succession in Wales

Name: Investment business succession in Wales
Creator: ExitRadar
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1,120 of 3,496 investment companies in Wales — 32% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 5th highest of 12 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured3,496

Director aged 60+1,120

Exposure rate32%

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

3,496

Companies measured

1,120

Director 60+

458

Director 70+

32%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Investment companies in Wales measured	3,496
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,120
Oldest director aged 70 or over	458

Of the 1,120 with a director over 60, 69 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%
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 Wales

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	2,320	39.2%
Consultancy Services	2,043	40.7%
Retail	1,764	29.8%
Other Leisure	1,400	36.8%
Agriculture	1,194	54.8%
Hotel / Accommodation	985	50.5%
Investment / Fund Management	961	39.8%
Engineering Services	928	39.3%

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

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.