Media succession in South West

Name: Media business succession in South West
Creator: ExitRadar
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1,805 of 5,263 media companies in South West — 34.3% — have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 1st highest of 10 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured5,263

Director aged 60+1,805

Exposure rate34.3%

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

5,263

Companies measured

1,805

Director 60+

654

Director 70+

34.3%

Exposure rate

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

Measure	Companies
Media companies in South West measured	5,263
Oldest director aged 60 or over	1,805
Oldest director aged 70 or over	654

Of the 1,805 with a director over 60, 58 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
Scotland	894	32.4%
Wales	661	32.2%
South East	3,602	31.6%
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 West

Trade	60+	Rate
Consultancy Services	6,658	43%
Lettings	6,114	44.9%
Retail	4,239	32%
Other Leisure	3,124	36%
Agriculture	2,777	56.9%
Property Development	2,716	48.2%
Investment	2,685	37.7%
Investment / Fund Management	2,473	40%

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

See all Media succession data or everything in South West.

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ExitRadar, "Media succession in South West", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-media/south-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.