UK Business Succession Index

Energy succession in North East

242 of 882 energy companies in North East (27.4%) have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured882
Director aged 60+242
Exposure rate27.4%
Companies House register·Measured base 3,631,842·Data as at 11 October 2026·Full methodology
882
Companies measured
242
Director 60+
67
Director 70+
27.4%
Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; energy nationally runs at 36.1%.

MeasureCompanies
Energy companies in North East measured882
Oldest director aged 60 or over242
Oldest director aged 70 or over67

Of the 242 with a director over 60, 11 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.

Energy in other regions

Region60+Rate
Scotland1,17948.2%
Wales47847.7%
Northern Ireland41141.4%
South West95041.4%
West Midlands59035.2%
Yorkshire & The Humber50334.8%
East Midlands47034.5%
South East1,02433.6%

Other trades in North East

Trade60+Rate
Lettings1,65832.9%
Consultancy Services1,46636%
Retail1,13023.6%
Engineering Services88829.3%
Investment88426.6%
Other Leisure86029.8%
Investment / Fund Management67335.6%
Property Development59841.6%

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 North East.

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ExitRadar, "Energy succession in North East", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-energy/north-east/

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.