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#22 declaring £4,000.00 for September 2026.
Moving my easy access ISA to a new provider for a better rate meant the interest earned to date was paid to the new provider rather than waiting until April 2027.
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Morning,
Number 33 - September total is £3024
Thanks for running the spreadsheet1 -
#32 here
£500 extra for August and £1000 for September*
* I’ll probably be back to update September with some birthday money.Thanks for managing
MFW 26 #32 £7,468.31/£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 £16,625/£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
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#2 £463.33 for me in September. Back from hols last night and I have just done a quick scoot round the banks. Just off to change the conditional formatting on the spreadsheet now 75% of the year is done.
Save £12k in 2026 #2 I have banked £10,373.14 in 8 months, 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 £1,959.37 to the end of August. This is too high if there is to be anything lovely for Xmas.
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 here0 -
i have absolutly smashed the target I set myself for this year!!! Managed to save £2,000 this month which now means I have saved £11,490.38 in approx 6 or 7 months!!! !!!! I am so pleased with what I have achieved, it is unreal!!!
it has been a lot of hard work, working pretty much 7 days a weeks and I will continue working like this until the end of the year to get more money behind me!
Savings Total so far for 2026: £9490.38/£10,0001 -
#17 t2rry reporting £2,000 for October please
Debt Free I FFEF I Building Savings I 2026 Plan:- 25/26 Pension £3,100/£3,100
- Regular Savings £6,890/£6,900
- Slush Fund £11,760/£10,000
Save £12k in 2026 - #17 - £21,750/£20,000 (109%)1 -
Well done to both of you - way beyond 100% of your targets with more time to save remaining!!
Save £12k in 2026 #2 I have banked £10,373.14 in 8 months, 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 £1,959.37 to the end of August. This is too high if there is to be anything lovely for Xmas.
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 here0 -
#9 putting in £1,700 for october that should get me to my total, going to post for november which will be my last month this year.
thanks Suffolk_lass for running this again and hope you will be doing again in 2027.
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#10 declaring £692.89 for September.
Were has the year gone.
Thanks for running this thread.
Declutter 2024 :277
Save £12k: #47 £4757.58/£12000
Grocery challenge: £2080 pa, bulk buy £520 pa0 -
#7 reporting £604 for September. Not bad considering new roof was paid for this month.
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 20
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