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The Save £12k in 2025 challenge
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#41 reporting £4253 for August. Thanks!GOAL:- £400k in Savings by March 2026 SAVINGS: – £385,758 COMPLETE GOALS - Debt Free, Mortgage Free, £350k Savings Save 12k in 2025 #41 = £19,280 / £25,0001
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#29 declaring £235 for August 😢. Will be substantially higher in September.1
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#12 Kim_13, September
£48.39 to start, it’ll be a good month for interest but alas not for Premium Bonds.
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Kim_13 said:#12 Kim_13, September
£48.39 to start, it’ll be a good month for interest but alas not for Premium Bonds.Save £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £10,020.92 out of £6000 after September
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £2234.63/£3000 or 74.49% of my annual spend so far (not going to be much of a Christmas at this rate as no spare after 9 months!
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 thread
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#no 47 reporting £938.79 for August
Thank you to Enthusiastic Saver & Suffolk lass for running this.Declutter 2024 :277
Save £12k: #47 £4757.58/£12000
Grocery challenge: £2080 pa, bulk buy £520 pa1 -
#50 t2rry reporting £2,000 for September please
That's already my best month since January and I am aiming to have up to another £100+ in round ups before September is doneDebt Free I FFEF I Building Savings I 2025 Plan:- Regular Savings £9,800/£10,000
- Slush Fund £6,930/£10,000
Save £12k in 2025 - #50 - £16,730/£20,000 (84%)1 -
I have been a little bit AWOL. Still been saving though. #33. Belated updates:July - £948.37 - A bumper month of overtimeAugust - £362.71Thanks from #33.As that means I have now exceeded my target, I'd like to up it by £2000 to £7,000 please. I don't think I have ever come close to meeting my target before let alone increasing it, so this is a pretty big deal for me.Save £12k in 2025 #33 £2531.77/£5000 (If this carries on I might have to up my target!)
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#59 KrsyW reporting £1,538.60 for August
September won't be as great, we have a very large credit card bill for our holidays - even staycations don't come cheap!Emergency Fund: £15,000/£15,000 Mortgage Overpayment Fund: £36,000/£72,000
Mortgage: Current End: Nov 47 Target End: Apr 34 Current End Inc Overpayment Fund: Sept 432 -
KeepOnKnitting said:I have been a little bit AWOL. Still been saving though. #33. Belated updates:July - £948.37 - A bumper month of overtimeAugust - £362.71Thanks from #33.As that means I have now exceeded my target, I'd like to up it by £2000 to £7,000 please. I don't think I have ever come close to meeting my target before let alone increasing it, so this is a pretty big deal for me.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Debt free Wannabe, Budgeting and Banking and Savings and Investment boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
The 365 Day 1p Challenge 2025 #1 £667.95/£391.55
Save £12k in 2025 #1 £12000/£120002 -
#29 An early declaration for September, £1595. All down to the better half, what would I do without her2
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