Energy succession in Yorkshire & The Humber

Name: Energy business succession in Yorkshire & The Humber
Creator: ExitRadar
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488 of 1,417 energy companies in Yorkshire & The Humber — 34.4% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured1,417

Director aged 60+488

Exposure rate34.4%

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

1,417

Companies measured

488

Director 60+

171

Director 70+

34.4%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Energy companies in Yorkshire & The Humber measured	1,417
Oldest director aged 60 or over	488
Oldest director aged 70 or over	171

Of the 488 with a director over 60, 36 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%
East of England	648	33.6%
East Midlands	363	33.2%

Other trades in Yorkshire & The Humber

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	4,682	36.3%
Consultancy Services	4,374	37.5%
Retail	3,302	23%
Investment	2,335	29.2%
Other Leisure	2,227	30.5%
Investment / Fund Management	2,124	36.9%
Engineering Services	1,736	38.2%
Agriculture	1,667	57.7%

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

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ExitRadar, "Energy succession in Yorkshire & The Humber", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-energy/yorkshire-and-the-humber/

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.