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  • Sandyra
    Sandyra Posts: 336 Forumite
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    #32

    May OP of £1500 please x

    MFW 26 #32 £3,873.69/£6,000; MFW 25 #32 £9,594.51/£3,000; MFW 24 #32 £4,217.84/£3,000; MFW 23 #32 £5,238.84/£4,000; MFW 22 #32 £8,246.43/£8,000; MFW 21 #32 £8,982.73/£8,000; MFW 20 #32 £12,000/£6,000

    Save £12k in 2026 #32 £11,125/£18,000; Save £12k in 2025 #48 £20,000/£14,000; Save £12k in 2024 #26 £13,055.37/£6,000; Save £12k in 2023 #31 £11,500/£6,000; Save £12k in 2022 #32 £7,180.24/£7,000; Save £12k in 2021 #32 £9,500/£8,000; Save £12k in 2020 #147 £9,370/£8,000

  • MrsG2006
    MrsG2006 Posts: 16 Forumite
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    #40

    May savings £496.24 for me please

  • sonas_baby
    sonas_baby Posts: 247 Forumite
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    #7 with £1105.92 for May.

    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
  • linz
    linz Posts: 2,004 Forumite
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    #5 linz £4000 for May please

    thankyou :)

    #5 - Save £12k in 2026
  • juststuff123
    juststuff123 Posts: 321 Forumite
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    #21 reporting in:

    April = £1884 (Slight error on last month's submission)

    May = £5119

    GOAL:- £450k in Savings by March 2028 SAVINGS: – £407,523 COMPLETE GOALS - Debt Free, Mortgage Free, £400k Savings Save 12k in 2026 #21 = £14571 / £25,000
  • penny_less
    penny_less Posts: 163 Forumite
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    #19
    Checking in with -£257.92 for May 🙁

    Thank you

  • enthusiasticsaver
    enthusiasticsaver Posts: 16,299 Ambassador
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    Welcome to June savers. I have updated the spreadsheet as now back from my travels and we are now into month 6 so almost half way through the year and we seem to be bang on target collectively.

    I have moved £2k over to savings this morning as it is pay day and monthly round up. I only transfer round amounts and the rest is left in the current account as a slush fund. Have a good month everyone.

    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.
    Save £12k in 2026 Challenge £12000/£9500
    365 day 1p Challenge 2026 £667.95/£374.01
    Click on this link for a Statement of Accounts that can be posted on the DebtFree Wannabe board: https://lemonfool.co.uk/financecalculators/soa.php
  • time2change_2
    time2change_2 Posts: 73 Forumite
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    #10 report #10 £689.84 for May.

    Declutter 2024 :277

    Save £12k: #47 £4757.58/£12000

    Grocery challenge: £2080 pa, bulk buy £520 pa
  • t2rry
    t2rry Posts: 1,109 Forumite
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    Happy June everyone!

    #17 t2rry reporting my June opener of £2,100 please

    That's £800 automated regular savings and £1300 additional from this month's forward budget.

    I have officially filled our RoundUp accounts (at least to the balance that it is worth utilising, anything over £5k per account is better saved elsewhere for a higher interest rate) so I'll be reviewing the budget I set for RoundUps and will chill out on manipulating it, which should mean more in the budget for month-start saving.

    That adjustment should mean another update for June in the coming weeks, alongside some side hustle income I'm expecting to land mid-month.

    I'm not saying that I'm wishing the time away but…

    Debt Free I FFEF I Building Savings I 2026 Plan:
    1. 25/26 Pension £3,100/£3,100
    2. Regular Savings £4,490/£6,900
    3. Slush Fund £7,110/£10,000

    Save £12k in 2026 - #17 - £14,700/£20,000 (74%)
  • James240
    James240 Posts: 16,395 Forumite
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    Apologises! Work has literally got in the way for the last few months and I have been working my butt off on overtime and varying other bits and pieces have kept me away :)

    Figures are below:

    March: £2,000

    April: £1,650

    May: £1,200

    Total saved so far: £4,850!!! GET IN!!!!

    Savings Total so far for 2026: £4,850/£10,000
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