Security Services succession in London

Name: Security Services business succession in London
Creator: ExitRadar
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911 of 4,483 security services companies in London — 20.3% — have a director aged 60 or over.

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

Companies measured4,483

Director aged 60+911

Exposure rate20.3%

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

4,483

Companies measured

911

Director 60+

235

Director 70+

20.3%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.5%; security services nationally runs at 25.6%.

Measure	Companies
Security Services companies in London measured	4,483
Oldest director aged 60 or over	911
Oldest director aged 70 or over	235

Of the 911 with a director over 60, 49 score 50 or higher on business quality — an output of our own scoring model, not a Companies House figure. How we score it.

Security Services in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South West	294	31.7%
Scotland	158	30.6%
South East	563	29.2%
North East	90	28.8%
East of England	366	27.6%
East Midlands	199	27.1%
Wales	123	27%
West Midlands	311	26.6%

Other trades in London

Trade	60+	Rate
Lettings	20,963	33.6%
Consultancy Services	19,678	28.2%
Investment	14,536	28.6%
Investment / Fund Management	10,116	33.7%
Other Leisure	10,038	26.5%
Media	9,313	28%
Retail	9,210	15.2%
IT Services / Consultancy	7,702	15.8%

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

Next step

This page counts director ages across the whole register. If you are looking to buy rather than to research, our Facility & Field Services pages go further: we score each company on business quality and exit timing, and shortlist the ones worth approaching.

See UK Facility & Field Services →

See all Security Services succession data or everything in London.

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ExitRadar, "Security Services succession in London", UK Business Succession Index, 13 August 2026. https://www.exitradar.co.uk/succession/svc-security/london/

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.