Lettings succession in East of England

Name: Lettings business succession in East of England
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5,623 of 14,198 lettings companies in East of England — 39.6% — have a director aged 60 or over.

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

Companies measured14,198

Director aged 60+5,623

Exposure rate39.6%

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

14,198

Companies measured

5,623

Director 60+

2,521

Director 70+

39.6%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; lettings nationally runs at 36.8%.

Measure	Companies
Lettings companies in East of England measured	14,198
Oldest director aged 60 or over	5,623
Oldest director aged 70 or over	2,521

Of the 5,623 with a director over 60, 307 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Lettings in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South West	6,114	44.9%
Northern Ireland	1,262	43.8%
South East	9,873	42.9%
Wales	2,320	39.2%
Scotland	3,930	37.6%
Yorkshire & The Humber	4,682	36.3%
East Midlands	3,830	35.6%
North East	1,725	34.4%

Other trades in East of England

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	6,652	38.7%
Retail	3,692	25%
Other Leisure	3,011	30.7%
Investment	2,999	30.9%
Agriculture	2,850	60.3%
Property Development	2,647	45.5%
Investment / Fund Management	2,597	37.4%
IT Services / Consultancy	2,401	24.7%

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, "Lettings succession in East of England", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/prop-lettings/east-of-england/

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.