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

United Kingdom M&A : Outward : Value of disposals : £m () was down 72.9% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 17.3% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 188.0 £m.
That is the lowest reading since Q1 2025.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −98.3% (Q3 2020) to 2,047.9% (Q4 2020), averaging 217.5%.

- Source agency: UK Office for National Statistics
- Makrognosis code: `UK.MANDA.Q.NSA.DIRECTION-OUTBOUND.ITEM-CBBT.MEASURE-VALUE`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: £m
- Coverage: 1987-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (148 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-kingdom/m-and-a-outward-value-of-disposals-m

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 188.0 £m | −72.9 |
| Q1 2026 | 2,686.0 £m | 17.3 |
| Q4 2025 | 2,876.0 £m | −61.1 |
| Q3 2025 | 886.0 £m | 100.0 |
| Q2 2025 | 695.0 £m | −52.0 |
| Q1 2025 | 2,290.0 £m | −80.6 |
| Q4 2024 | 7,400.0 £m | 690.6 |
| Q3 2024 | 443.0 £m | — |
| Q2 2024 | 1,447.0 £m | — |
| Q1 2024 | 11,796 £m | — |
| Q4 2023 | 936.0 £m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 1,853.0 £m | 443.4 |
| Q4 2022 | 652.0 £m | −68.9 |
| Q3 2022 | 1,183.0 £m | −64.5 |
| Q2 2022 | 3,637.0 £m | −26.9 |
| Q1 2022 | 341.0 £m | −86.1 |
| Q4 2021 | 2,095.0 £m | −83.9 |
| Q3 2021 | 3,328.0 £m | 1,881.0 |
| Q2 2021 | 4,976.0 £m | −40.7 |
| Q1 2021 | 2,445.0 £m | −59.2 |
| Q4 2020 | 12,995 £m | 2,047.9 |
| Q3 2020 | 168.0 £m | −98.3 |
| Q2 2020 | 8,388.0 £m | 1,098.3 |
| Q1 2020 | 5,988.0 £m | 383.7 |

## API

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

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