Events succession in North West

Name: Events business succession in North West
Creator: ExitRadar
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113 of 452 events companies in North West — 25% — have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured452

Director aged 60+113

Exposure rate25%

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

452

Companies measured

113

Director 60+

Director 70+

25%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; events nationally runs at 29.8%.

Measure	Companies
Events companies in North West measured	452
Oldest director aged 60 or over	113
Oldest director aged 70 or over	45

Of the 113 with a director over 60, 6 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Events in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
West Midlands	116	34.1%
East of England	116	32.2%
Yorkshire & The Humber	87	32.2%
South East	232	31.2%
South West	118	29.9%
London	429	27.7%

Other trades in North West

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	7,209	34.6%
Lettings	7,207	34.4%
Retail	4,799	20.9%
Investment	3,734	25.9%
Other Leisure	3,553	27.8%
Investment / Fund Management	3,287	36%
Engineering Services	3,003	36.5%
Property Development	2,418	38.2%

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, "Events succession in North West", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-events/north-west/

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.