£10k to save for a year

Napoleon88

I have £10000 to save that I can lock away untouched for a year.

Well, actually, I have circa £16000 and change, but I need to spend just over £500/month from that amount.

I thought the best thing would be to put £10k in an account I cannot touch for a year as that would give the best interest. Unless of course anyone knows better...

One condition: has to be 100% safe, risk free and guaranteed under the UK Savig protections system.

Any advice gratefully recieved. Thanks.

useless

I'm not an expert on these matters by all means.

But you might want to look at the Guaranteed Growth Bonds from NS&I
they say 100% backed by gov
was something like 4.2% before tax last time I looked, for a one year bond
Again, don't take my word for it, there are bound to be other options.