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The Save £12k in 2025 challenge
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#4 £1800 for April
Challenges
NSD - January - 4/10
1. 2026 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #61 £1,129 /£29,000, MF target May 2026, current mortgage balance - £28,756
mortgage @ Jan 2025 - £75,600
2. Loan - Jan 2026 £1,029.22 - bal £0- fully paid
3.52 Week Envelope Saving Challenge #2 £/£1,378 -( /52)
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Quick turnaround on this and #50 t2rry adding £150 for May pleaset2rry said:#50 t2rry adding £1050 for May please
I know it's still April but that's all my automated savings already gone, thanks to payday timings.
I'm just waiting for a few things to settle before I can put a figure to anything additional.
I almost certainly will have some more to add come the middle of the month but I don't count my pennies until they're in my account so we shall wait and see...and hope the budget is good enough before then to not eat into any of it! I'm eyeing up that 50% point, 'just' £900 to go!
Debt Free I FFEF I Building Savings I 2026 Plan:- 25/26 Pension £0/£3,500
- Regular Savings £790/£6,500
- Slush Fund £1,960/£10,000
Save £12k in 2026 - #17 - £2,750/£20,000 (14%)4 -
Hi everyone, another great month seeing everyones savings grow.
No 52, declaring £3000 for May.
As always thanks to @Suffolk_lass and @enthusiasticsaver for running the thread so efficiently.Frugal Living challenge 2026
Ssve £12k in 2026
Grocery Challenge January 20264 -
#18 reporting £1264.86 for April.
I noticed that I have a month missed on the spreadsheet. These are my totals for each month so far.
Jan £997.75
Feb £970.71
March £1223.64
This gives me a total of £4456.96 for the year so far. So just on target.
So glad for this challenge as it really helps me to keep focusing on keeping to budget.
It is the job that is never started that takes the longest to finish. Tolkien.Save 12k in 2025 No 18 365 1p challenge 2025 No 23 -
#23 declaring £1,000 for May please
All the best to everyone with their savings challenges!1 -
We had your March total for February but no post for Feb - now reflecting this post @sonas_babysonas_baby said:#18 reporting £1264.86 for April.
I noticed that I have a month missed on the spreadsheet. These are my totals for each month so far.
Jan £997.75
Feb £970.71
March £1223.64
This gives me a total of £4456.96 for the year so far. So just on target.
So glad for this challenge as it really helps me to keep focusing on keeping to budget.
Save £12k in 2025 #2 I saved £14,660.97 of £6000 or 244.35% of my target. The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I finished the year at £2880.99/£3000 or 96.03% of my annual spend so I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2026 discussion thread
My keep within our budget diary is here3 -
#41 reporting for April = £6425GOAL:- £400k in Savings by March 2026 SAVINGS: – £392,951 COMPLETE GOALS - Debt Free, Mortgage Free, £350k Savings Save 12k in 2025 #41 = £26,473 / £25,0002
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Thanks for updating this, Suffolk_lass I really appreciate all the work you and enthusiasticsaver do to keep this thread going.Suffolk_lass said:
We had your March total for February but no post for Feb - now reflecting this post @sonas_babysonas_baby said:#18 reporting £1264.86 for April.
I noticed that I have a month missed on the spreadsheet. These are my totals for each month so far.
Jan £997.75
Feb £970.71
March £1223.64
This gives me a total of £4456.96 for the year so far. So just on target.
So glad for this challenge as it really helps me to keep focusing on keeping to budget.It is the job that is never started that takes the longest to finish. Tolkien.Save 12k in 2025 No 18 365 1p challenge 2025 No 23 -
Managed to save about £500 this month in a new regular savings account with CBS. Aiming to save £6,000 this year instead. 🙂Suffolk_lass said:
How is it going @MiwMiwCat? - you have not posted here since 10th MarchMiwMiwCat said:I’m back I don’t use this website as much but I am still wanting to take part…. So far I’ve not saved anything. I’m starting a new job this Friday so hopefully this month I’ll be able to save 😁Save £12k in 2025 challenger #42
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Hello, I'll drop out for this year - it's going to be negative numbers for a while yet!Suffolk_lass said:
How's it going @garfield33? You haven't been back to our challenge since February but I can see you have been in and out of the forumgarfield33 said:
Hi Suffolk_lass
You've got me down for £0 for January - I'll say the same for February although in reality it'll probably be minus numbers again. I'll see how the next few weeks ago but may drop out for 2025, don't want to drag the stats down

Thanks
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