Events succession in South East

Name: Events business succession in South East
Creator: ExitRadar
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266 of 829 events companies in South East (32.1%) have a director aged 60 or over.

Companies measured829

Director aged 60+266

Exposure rate32.1%

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

829

Companies measured

266

Director 60+

Director 70+

32.1%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; events nationally runs at 29.6%.

Measure	Companies
Events companies in South East measured	829
Oldest director aged 60 or over	266
Oldest director aged 70 or over	85

Of the 266 with a director over 60, 24 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 in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
West Midlands	131	35%
East Midlands	89	34%
Yorkshire & The Humber	87	33%
South West	121	30.1%
East of England	126	28.4%
London	396	26.9%
North West	110	24%

Other trades in South East

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	16,025	41.1%
Lettings	11,044	42%
Retail	7,147	27.8%
Investment	6,093	33.4%
IT Services / Consultancy	5,861	25.1%
Other Leisure	5,831	33.2%
Investment / Fund Management	5,134	39.8%
Property Development	4,665	46%

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

See all Events succession data or everything in South East.

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