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"The Save £12k in 2024" challenge
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#63 with £2,300 for June please2
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#16 Gem-gem reporting £5,200 for June.
£200 into a regular saver (8%)
£5000 into a new 18m Nationwide Bond (5.5%)2025 Fashion on a ration 0/66 coupons
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#60 reporting £1347.09 for May. Thanks2
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Sorry for the radio silence from me in recent months - I'm usually so good at checking in on this thread but I've been poor lately!!
I'll give my missing figures to bring me back up to date:
Feb - £1,980
Mar - £1,340
Apr - MINUS £1,973.75 (paid for some house renovation work from savings)
May - £2,355
Jun - £2,934.98 (Pay myself first)
My running total for the year so far is: £8,636.23 so I'm 43% towards my goal with 50% of the year gone - I've got some catching up to do!
Hope everyone is well!Save £12k in 2023 #51 - £20,411.96/£15k (136.08%)
Save £12k in 2024 #24 - £19,331.23/£20k (96.66%)
Save £12k in 2025 #53 - £12,395/£20k (39%)
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#45 with £839.24 for June please.
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We are all off to a good start and good to see you posting again @steves_uk
#1 reporting another £1000 for June. Our lawn mower has died a death so we have had to replace that so I don't think there will be any more saved this month as we have a weekend away and visitors for a week.
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The 365 Day 1p Challenge 2025 #1 £667.95/£162.90
Save £12k in 2025 #1 £12000/£70002 -
#4 declaring £1,169 for May
Have decided to move a lot of savings to premium bonds to avoid paying 40% tax on the interest, we have temporarily high cash balances in preparation for some expected upcoming costs (renovations and other bits). Prefer to keep ISA allowance available for stocks & shares subscriptions, must keep these up despite everything else going on.
Good job saving some impressive numbers everyone!
"If you aren’t willing to own a stock for ten years, don’t even think about owning it for ten minutes” Warren Buffett
Save £12k in 2025 - #024 £1,450 / £15,000 (9%)1 -
#33 Kim_13 declaring £645.44 for June
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#47 t2rry declaring £1,000 for June please
That might be me done this month except for a nominal amount from my regular saver round ups at the end of the month, here's hoping I can squeeze a little more out of our budgets. Happy June challengersDebt Free I FFEF I Building Savings I 2025 Plan:- Regular Savings £7,400/£10,000
- Slush Fund £3,800/£10,000
Save £12k in 2025 - #50 - £11,200/£20,000 (56%)1 -
#41 Macsidia declaring £1,450 for May.
Would have been the best month but the government bonus arrived after the 31st so that will be in June’s total. Decent month with some spending but could have been better. Back to a standard 4 Friday month as well in June.
Save £12,000 in 2024: £17,500 out of £12,000.Save £12,000 in 2025: £0 out of £12,000.1
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