Energy succession in Wales

Name: Energy business succession in Wales
Creator: ExitRadar
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472 of 1,030 energy companies in Wales — 45.8% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured1,030

Director aged 60+472

Exposure rate45.8%

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

1,030

Companies measured

472

Director 60+

193

Director 70+

45.8%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Energy companies in Wales measured	1,030
Oldest director aged 60 or over	472
Oldest director aged 70 or over	193

Of the 472 with a director over 60, 31 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%
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 of England	648	33.6%
East Midlands	363	33.2%

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.

See all Energy succession data or everything in Wales.

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