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Credit Utilisation - scores down

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I am using a credit card of having limit 2000 pounds. I always use the credit card for all shopping. Every evening, I pay back to the credit card which I have utilised that day. So usually, my credit card balance will always retain above 1950 pounds.

Today when I check my credit score, I have seen a negative impact in the report. The report says, as below image,

I could not understand what this negative impact means for, and how to improve it. Please help


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  • Nasqueron
    Nasqueron Posts: 10,657 Forumite
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    Ignore the fake score. 

    Can you clarify what you mean about your balance being above £1950? Do you mean your available credit is £1950 i.e. you have £50 on the card or do you owe £1950?

    By paying off the CC the day you spend on it, you are harming your credit history as it appears the card is not used, this is not the way CC are meant to be used, particularly in terms of having a good credit history - not the nonsense numbers. Pay on the CC, wait for the statement, pay off in full every month by direct debit - that will build a history of good credit use. You might as well use an account like Chase and get cashback for card spending

    Please also read the prominent sticky topic at the top (right next to where you clicked "Create New") 

    As it already covers what you are asking

    Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness: 

    People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.

  • cymruchris
    cymruchris Posts: 5,562 Forumite
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    edited 16 February 2024 at 1:48PM
    You have to spend on the card over the month - get the statement for the amount you've spent - then pay the statement balance in full. (Direct debit is best)

    The records will then show you spent £X - paid £X - and everything balanced paid in full.

    At the moment you're spending/paying/spending/paying immediately - so that when the statement is produced there's little to no balance to report, so the credit reference agencies think you haven't been using your card.


  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
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    Completely pointless. You might just as well put your shopping on a debit card. The only benefit you are getting by using a CC is S75 protection.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
  • In addition to the points above regarding you not building up a credit history, paying your balance off at the end of each day is completely missing the point of what a credit card is designed for.
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