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4900/1600 as of today. Should be another good drop next month, but after that it may slow down.About 35k March 24
<then many hours working, little sleep, much grumbling>
Now:
£13577 Jan 25
£11100 End Jan 252 -
#11 Paid another £412 today taking my total to £907.63/£4746.64.
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Good morning, can i join in please?
My total debt is £9540 and i want to have this paid off my the end of the year. It's a very lofty goal for me, but i want to try my best to achieve it, as my income will decrease in December.4 -
Happy Saturday everyone.
Another payment made today.
Total for Number 25 now - £3071.73/£10,000.
Have a good weekend.
32b3SPC9 #125 - £816.85
SPC10 #125 - £851.81
SPC 11 #7 - £968.46
SPC 12 #7 - £2682.90
SPC 13 #7 - £4829.85
SPC 17 #7 - £7313.632 -
Hi everyone,
number 21 here. Paid £200 this morning. Not the start I wanted but it’s £100 extra Iv managed to get
200/4640.40
Good luck everyone xx3 -
First payment made, £25 off cc1:
#30 - £25 / £7400
keep up the good work all Pay Off Debts by Xmas 2025 debt £0/74001 -
#8 = £453.86/£5500Debt | £224.10 / £471.90 M1 | £131.88 / £858.65 Mobile | £443.45 / £3,370.22 L1 | £383 / £6,460 CC2 | £26.25 / £0 M2 | £1,159.55 / £1,159.55 CC1 | £2,368.23 / £12,309.32 Total
Savings | £953.64 / £1,233 Other | £1,000 / £1,000 EF | £1,953.64 / £2,233 Total1 -
Hi All,
#18 update, last payment of month on loan £321 paid taking me to
#18 £965/£14,600 for January 2025 and same year to date totalLBM 02/01/2021 (£52,000) + (£27,000 2023 home repairs)
Now 05/12/2025 (£14,724)
81.5% of debt cleared
HSBC Mortgage = £43,630 (4.69% 105 repayments to go)
HSBC loan = £1,208 (5.3% APR) £302/mth (4 repayments to go)
Admiral loan = £13,516 (2.7% APR) £321/mth (42 repayments to go)
Regular Saver = £1500/2000
Emergency Fund = £200/20002 -
Hello, I would like to join please!
Carrying over what I have already paid for motivation!
£3973.42/ £19,800 (20% paid)
Monthly Totals
August 2024 starting total £19,800
January 2025 starting total- £15826.58
Santander Personal Loan- £6946.73/ £13,000
M&S Personal Loan - £279.00/ £3069
Santander CC - £7558.87/8050
Barclaycard CC- £1,1623 -
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I haven't updated for a long time, but I have just made my monthly payments and my total debt is now £5314.342
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