UK Business Succession Index

Agriculture succession in East Midlands

1,317 of 2,360 agriculture companies in East Midlands — 55.8% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 4th highest of 10 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured2,360
Director aged 60+1,317
Exposure rate55.8%
Companies House register·Measured base 3,475,770·Data as at 13 August 2026·Full methodology
2,360
Companies measured
1,317
Director 60+
678
Director 70+
55.8%
Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; agriculture nationally runs at 53.5%.

MeasureCompanies
Agriculture companies in East Midlands measured2,360
Oldest director aged 60 or over1,317
Oldest director aged 70 or over678

Of the 1,317 with a director over 60, 160 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Agriculture in other regions

Region60+Rate
East of England2,85060.3%
Yorkshire & The Humber1,66757.7%
South West2,77756.9%
Wales1,19454.8%
South East2,67053.8%
North East50753.6%
Scotland2,26651.5%
West Midlands1,25451.2%

Other trades in East Midlands

Trade60+Rate
Consultancy Services3,84038.8%
Lettings3,83035.6%
Retail2,46823.9%
Investment1,86726.8%
Other Leisure1,74730.3%
Investment / Fund Management1,73736.2%
Engineering Services1,39236.8%
Property Development1,34440.5%

Combinations with fewer than 250 measured companies are not listed separately. They are still counted in every total on this page.

See all Agriculture succession data or everything in East Midlands.

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ExitRadar, "Agriculture succession in East Midlands", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-agriculture/east-midlands/

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.