Events: business succession in the UK

Name: Events business succession in the UK
Creator: ExitRadar
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1,483 UK events companies (29.6%) have a director aged 60 or over.

2.8 points below the all-trades average of 32.4%.

Companies measured5,007

Director aged 60+1,483

Exposure rate29.6%

Companies House register·Measured base 3,631,842·Data as at 11 October 2026·Full methodology

5,007

Companies measured

1,483

With a director 60+

504

With a director 70+

29.6%

Exposure rate

Of the 1,483 with a director over 60, 97 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.

Events by region

Region	Companies	60+	Rate
West Midlands	374	131	35%
East Midlands	262	89	34%
Yorkshire & The Humber	264	87	33%
South East	829	266	32.1%
South West	402	121	30.1%
East of England	444	126	28.4%
London	1,471	396	26.9%
North West	459	110	24%

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

Part of the UK Business Succession Index.

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ExitRadar, "Events: business succession in the UK", UK Business Succession Index, 11 October 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-events/

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.