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Save £12k in 2026 challenge (or any other amount to challenge yourself!)

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  • time2change_2
    time2change_2 Posts: 72 Forumite
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    #10 declaring £287.37 for March.

    Less than I hoped but I paid holiday balances.

    Declutter 2024 :277

    Save £12k: #47 £4757.58/£12000

    Grocery challenge: £2080 pa, bulk buy £520 pa
  • t2rry
    t2rry Posts: 1,107 Forumite
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    #17 t2rry coming in very quickly with an additional £140 please (for April)

    Saved from car insurance budget so straight into savings!

    Debt Free I FFEF I Building Savings I 2026 Plan:
    1. 25/26 Pension £3,100/£3,100
    2. Regular Savings £3,690/£6,900
    3. Slush Fund £5,550/£10,000

    Save £12k in 2026 - #17 - £12,340/£20,000 (62%)
  • Suffolk_lass
    Suffolk_lass Posts: 11,076 Forumite
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    Save £12k in 2026 #2 I have banked £2870.61 so far, against a £10k target The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
    OS Grocery Challenge in 2026 I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026 - currently £568.34 and most of my March purchasing made
    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 here
  • Suffolk_lass
    Suffolk_lass Posts: 11,076 Forumite
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    I've updated the conditional formatting a bit, so dark green is 25% or over, light green if you are within a twelfth of that, amber for anything positive up to a sixth of the year and red for zero. Only two of these but @Guinnessdrinker and @James240 I will remove you at the end of the month if no word (zero due to a difficult start is all I need to keep you in)

    Save £12k in 2026 #2 I have banked £2870.61 so far, against a £10k target The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
    OS Grocery Challenge in 2026 I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026 - currently £568.34 and most of my March purchasing made
    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 here
  • penny_less
    penny_less Posts: 160 Forumite
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    #19 reporting for March

    -406.54

    More vet bills….😕 But, on the bright side, at least we have the savings to pay for it 🙂

    Thank you

  • sonas_baby
    sonas_baby Posts: 245 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic

    #7 reporting £799.29 for March. Thanks for running and updating this thread.

    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 2
  • Angelica123
    Angelica123 Posts: 387 Forumite
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    edited 5 April at 7:29AM

    #24 reporting £1500 for April

    #24 Save 12k in 2026
  • Nurse2047
    Nurse2047 Posts: 436 Forumite
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    #26 reporting £1386.04 for March

    Nurse striving for financial freedom
  • simsielover3
    simsielover3 Posts: 6 Forumite
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    #36 reporting an additional £150 and 80p for April. I recently switched back to nationwide and opened their new 4% single access ISA. I popped the rest of my original savings I had in my DRS with NatWest and decided to add an extra £150. The 80p came from roundups that nationwide offer! 😊

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