Quarry.
Transitions

316,736 ownership changes, each one observable after the fact

A ceased owner is not a sale — most of those are the company dissolving. These are the cases where an individual handed control to a company inside 90 days. That distinction is what turns the register into a training set instead of an anecdote.

Layer by layer
2016
15,408
2017
22,649
2018
26,107
2019
27,931
2020
27,467
2021
34,328
2022
32,495
2023
33,322
2024
38,997
2025
39,274
2026
18,758

Transitions have risen in almost every year since 2016 — 15,408 then, 39,274 in the last full year. 2026 is a part-year and reads short.

Who was actually selling
53
Median age at the moment of sale
30.2%
Were 60 or over. The rest were not.
52.9
Mean age at sale
A sample of the training set
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Spinor Group Ltd
43owner’s age at exit
SC2939412019-11-29
Buchanhaven Holdings Limited
60owner’s age at exit
NI6054112021-03-11
Pak Kareem Limited
57owner’s age at exit
098208612024-04-01
Unlimited Space Limited
68owner’s age at exit
040754602020-09-29
Enterprisedb Uk Limited
55owner’s age at exit
067566812019-08-12
Th Glasshoughton Bidco Limited
38owner’s age at exit
SC3353112017-09-14
Drew Murray Limited
61owner’s age at exit
088189312019-12-18
Brighthelm Church And Community Centre Trust Limited
73owner’s age at exit
038875012022-09-01
Witan Holdings Limited
46owner’s age at exit

The buyer column is the company that took control. Names ending in “Holdings” or “Bidco” are acquisition vehicles — the register shows the structure, not just the fact.