Media succession in East of England

Name: Media business succession in East of England
Creator: ExitRadar
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1,574 of 5,628 media companies in East of England — 28% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 6th highest of 10 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured5,628

Director aged 60+1,574

Exposure rate28%

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

5,628

Companies measured

1,574

Director 60+

573

Director 70+

28%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; media nationally runs at 28.9%.

Measure	Companies
Media companies in East of England measured	5,628
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,574
Oldest director aged 70 or over	573

Of the 1,574 with a director over 60, 63 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Media in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South West	1,805	34.3%
Scotland	894	32.4%
Wales	661	32.2%
South East	3,602	31.6%
West Midlands	935	28.3%
London	9,313	28%
North East	289	27.9%
Yorkshire & The Humber	811	26.6%

Other trades in East of England

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	6,652	38.7%
Lettings	5,623	39.6%
Retail	3,692	25%
Other Leisure	3,011	30.7%
Investment	2,999	30.9%
Agriculture	2,850	60.3%
Property Development	2,647	45.5%
Investment / Fund Management	2,597	37.4%

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, "Media succession in East of England", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-media/east-of-england/

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.