Management succession in South East

Name: Management business succession in South East
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3,391 of 7,491 management companies in South East — 45.3% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 2nd highest of 8 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured7,491

Director aged 60+3,391

Exposure rate45.3%

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

7,491

Companies measured

3,391

Director 60+

1,600

Director 70+

45.3%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; management nationally runs at 37.7%.

Measure	Companies
Management companies in South East measured	7,491
Oldest director aged 60 or over	3,391
Oldest director aged 70 or over	1,600

Of the 3,391 with a director over 60, 153 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Management in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South West	2,247	52%
Northern Ireland	373	44.5%
Wales	664	41.9%
East of England	1,876	40.5%
North East	547	38.7%
Scotland	685	35.8%
Yorkshire & The Humber	1,197	35.7%
North West	1,979	35.1%

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%
Investment	5,385	33.7%
Other Leisure	5,364	33.2%
Investment / Fund Management	4,380	40.3%
Property Development	4,170	46.3%

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