Education / Training (General) succession in West Midlands

682 of 2,162 education / training (general) companies in West Midlands (31.5%) have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 3rd highest of 5 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured2,162
Director aged 60+682
Exposure rate31.5%
Companies House register·Measured base 3,631,842·Data as at 11 October 2026·Full methodology
2,162
Companies measured
682
Director 60+
272
Director 70+
31.5%
Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; education / training (general) nationally runs at 32.6%.

MeasureCompanies
Education / Training (General) companies in West Midlands measured2,162
Oldest director aged 60 or over682
Oldest director aged 70 or over272

Of the 682 with a director over 60, 34 score 50 or higher on business quality. That figure is an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Education / Training (General) in other regions

Region60+Rate
Northern Ireland18848.8%
South West78040.9%
North East23536.5%
Wales29135.9%
South East1,39735.7%
East of England83632.6%
Scotland36932.5%
East Midlands49532.4%

Other trades in West Midlands

Trade60+Rate
Consultancy Services5,52638.3%
Lettings5,32233.2%
Retail3,86420.9%
Investment3,17927.7%
Investment / Fund Management2,93638.1%
Other Leisure2,55530.4%
Property Development2,17743.3%
Engineering Services2,00036.8%

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

Next step

This page counts director ages across the whole register. If you are looking to buy rather than to research, our Education & Training pages go further: we score each company on business quality and exit timing, and shortlist the ones worth approaching.

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ExitRadar, "Education / Training (General) succession in West Midlands", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-education/west-midlands/

Need a cut that is not published here, such as 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 3,631,842 active UK companies where Companies House records an age bracket for at least one serving director (94.0% of the 3,863,328 companies on the active register). A company counts as succession-exposed when its oldest serving director is 60 or over. We do not use 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 11 October 2026; updated quarterly, next update January 2027. Full methodology.