Media succession in South East

Name: Media business succession in South East
Creator: ExitRadar
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3,602 of 11,415 media companies in South East — 31.6% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 4th highest of 10 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured11,415

Director aged 60+3,602

Exposure rate31.6%

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

11,415

Companies measured

3,602

Director 60+

1,303

Director 70+

31.6%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Media companies in South East measured	11,415
Oldest director aged 60 or over	3,602
Oldest director aged 70 or over	1,303

Of the 3,602 with a director over 60, 130 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%
West Midlands	935	28.3%
East of England	1,574	28%
London	9,313	28%
North East	289	27.9%
Yorkshire & The Humber	811	26.6%

Other trades in South East

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	14,455	41.6%
Lettings	9,873	42.9%
Retail	6,015	26.7%
IT Services / Consultancy	5,392	25.7%
Investment	5,385	33.7%
Other Leisure	5,364	33.2%
Investment / Fund Management	4,380	40.3%
Property Development	4,170	46.3%

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 South East", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-media/south-east/

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.