Energy succession in East of England

Name: Energy business succession in East of England
Creator: ExitRadar
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648 of 1,928 energy companies in East of England — 33.6% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured1,928

Director aged 60+648

Exposure rate33.6%

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

1,928

Companies measured

648

Director 60+

229

Director 70+

33.6%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Energy companies in East of England measured	1,928
Oldest director aged 60 or over	648
Oldest director aged 70 or over	229

Of the 648 with a director over 60, 27 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Energy in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
Scotland	1,117	48.8%
Wales	472	45.8%
South West	937	44.8%
Northern Ireland	378	40.8%
South East	908	35.8%
West Midlands	515	34.4%
Yorkshire & The Humber	488	34.4%
East Midlands	363	33.2%

Other trades in East of England

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	6,652	38.7%
Lettings	5,623	39.6%
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%

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

See all Energy succession data or everything in East of England.

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ExitRadar, "Energy succession in East of England", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-energy/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.