Security Services succession in South East

Name: Security Services business succession in South East
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621 of 2,167 security services companies in South East (28.7%) have a director aged 60 or over.

That is the 1st highest of 2 UK regions for this trade.

Companies measured2,167

Director aged 60+621

Exposure rate28.7%

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

2,167

Companies measured

621

Director 60+

172

Director 70+

28.7%

Exposure rate

The UK average across all trades is 32.4%; security services nationally runs at 25.3%.

Measure	Companies
Security Services companies in South East measured	2,167
Oldest director aged 60 or over	621
Oldest director aged 70 or over	172

Of the 621 with a director over 60, 42 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.

Security Services in other regions

Region	60+	Rate
South West	294	31.4%
Scotland	159	29.7%
North East	91	28.3%
East Midlands	240	27.4%
Wales	124	27.1%
East of England	449	26.6%
West Midlands	332	26.1%
North West	427	25.8%

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.

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 South East.

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