OVERVIEW

Highlights from our November 2025 Valuation Barometer, covering deals and valuation multiples in UK M&A in October 2025. Request the Executive Summary below.

HIGHLIGHTS

As of the publication date, 422 UK M&A deals were announced in October 2025. In addition to the most up-to-date figure at the time of publication, we also report an estimated total for the month, which includes a provision for deals completed during the month but not reported until after the report cut-off date.

DEAL COMMENTARY

The largest deal was Molex’s acquisition of Smiths Group’s interconnect division for £1.3 billion.

SPOTLIGHT TRANSACTIONS

Other deals during October included:

• Barclays PLC’s acquisition of Best Egg for £603 million.
• Long Path’s acquisition of Idox for £340 million.
• Vodafone’s acquisition of Skaylink for £154 million.

The smaller end of the market witnessed the following deals:

• Stellanor Datacenters Group’s acquisition of Redcentric PLC for £127 million.
• Vestum’s acquisition of Dynamic Fluid Solutions for £31 million.
• Renew Holding’s acquisition of Emerald Power for £12.3 million.

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