# United Kingdom M&A : Inward : Value of disposals : £m ()

United Kingdom M&A : Inward : Value of disposals : £m () was down 32.0% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 7.1% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 6,122.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q4 2023.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −89.7% (Q4 2020) to 1,283.6% (Q2 2021), averaging 89.8%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.MANDA.Q.NSA.DIRECTION-INBOUND.ITEM-CBDB.MEASURE-VALUE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1987-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (149 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/m-and-a-inward-value-of-disposals-m

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 6,122.0 £m | −32.0 |
| Q1 2026 | 2,418.0 £m | 7.1 |
| Q4 2025 | 4,766.0 £m | 213.3 |
| Q3 2025 | 3,851.0 £m | 34.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 9,002.0 £m | 352.4 |
| Q1 2025 | 2,258.0 £m | 70.5 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,521.0 £m | 18.5 |
| Q3 2024 | 2,873.0 £m | 86.0 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,990.0 £m | −5.6 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,324.0 £m | 22.7 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,284.0 £m | −48.5 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,545.0 £m | −27.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 2,108.0 £m | −58.4 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,079.0 £m | −83.8 |
| Q4 2022 | 2,493.0 £m | 46.0 |
| Q3 2022 | 2,128.0 £m | −31.9 |
| Q2 2022 | 5,064.0 £m | −70.9 |
| Q1 2022 | 6,661.0 £m | −26.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 1,707.0 £m | 316.3 |
| Q3 2021 | 3,124.0 £m | 357.4 |
| Q2 2021 | 17,392 £m | 1,283.6 |
| Q1 2021 | 9,017.0 £m | 653.3 |
| Q4 2020 | 410.0 £m | −89.7 |
| Q3 2020 | 683.0 £m | −88.2 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.MANDA.Q.NSA.DIRECTION-INBOUND.ITEM-CBDB.MEASURE-VALUE"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/UK.MANDA.Q.NSA.DIRECTION-INBOUND.ITEM-CBDB.MEASURE-VALUE",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```