The Save £12k in 2025 challenge

linz

Whoops, in my excitement I got it wrong 🙃 😄 thanks for correcting

Kim_13

#12 Kim_13 £980.94 for October

KrsyW

#59 KrsyW reporting £284.98 for October.

October ended up not being as bad as I thought it would - paid off the holiday spending from the month before, and had a few treats - Lego is very expensive!  Still managed to be slightly up for the month overall, which is a pleasant surprise.

Christmas shopping starts next month, although that will be split over 3 credit card billing cycles - I tend to put all of my spending on a credit card which gets paid off in full each month.

george4064

george4064 said:

#24 declaring £660 for May!

How the year has gone by. Been very busy, but got a promotion at work in August which should help with extra income going forward and progression. Sorry for not updating these at the time!

#24 reporting:

June - £175
July - £760
August - minus £600
September- minus £2,000
October - £985

Had some work done to the windows over September which took a bit of a dent, and we've got a big trip to HK and Japan booked for early 2026 which we're very excited for. Naturally, both have taken a dent in savings but thankfully all positive!

EDIT: Just remembered that I increased my salary sacrifice pension contributions and have not been counting them towards my savings, this somewhat explains the lower figures. Something to think about next year and whether I start including those pension conts, maybe I just count the conts above and beyond what I put in for the max company match..

Interested to hear how or if others count their salary sacrifice contributions into these saving challenge?

P.S. Ironically, I think this thread flies under the radar a bit more (for me at least) since it become a pinned post this year. Strange!

sonas_baby

#18 with £1124.67 saved in October on track to complete target this year, only 2 months left. 

SnarkyPuppy

This looks great. Would love to take part in this for 2026! 

linz

#39 linz £1000 for November please 🙂

Many thanks!

Dizzycap

#34 - Declaring £1802.50 for November.

YTD Total: £21,877.62 / £12,000

WOW, hasn't this year gone like the speed of light? 

Congratulations to all those who reached their 12k target and beyond or who will get their in Decemeber 

Suffolk_lass

Dizzycap said:

#34 - Declaring £1802.50 for November.

YTD Total: £21,877.62 / £12,000

WOW, hasn't this year gone like the speed of light? 

Congratulations to all those who reached their 12k target and beyond or who will get their in Decemeber 

It's only pennies @Dizzycap but we have your YTD as £21,877.08 not 62p - let me know where the disparity is and I will amend. Here's the link to the spreadsheet. And well done, btw!

Dizzycap

Suffolk_lass said:

Dizzycap said:

#34 - Declaring £1802.50 for November.

YTD Total: £21,877.62 / £12,000

WOW, hasn't this year gone like the speed of light? 

Congratulations to all those who reached their 12k target and beyond or who will get their in Decemeber 

It's only pennies @Dizzycap but we have your YTD as £21,877.08 not 62p - let me know where the disparity is and I will amend. Here's the link to the spreadsheet. And well done, btw!

@ Suffolk_lass- Yes, it should be £21,877.08 - Sticky fingers on the keyboard early in the morning 

I'm a little overwhelmed by how well I've done this year as it's usually a struggle to save much from August onwards, but this year I had some surprise bonuses, so won't complain