Management succession in Wales

Name: Management business succession in Wales
Creator: ExitRadar
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664 of 1,585 management companies in Wales — 41.9% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured1,585

Director aged 60+664

Exposure rate41.9%

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

1,585

Companies measured

664

Director 60+

301

Director 70+

41.9%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Management companies in Wales measured	1,585
Oldest director aged 60 or over	664
Oldest director aged 70 or over	301

Of the 664 with a director over 60, 45 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%
South East	3,391	45.3%
Northern Ireland	373	44.5%
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 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%
Investment	1,120	32%
Hotel / Accommodation	985	50.5%
Investment / Fund Management	961	39.8%

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