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  • taylornj
    taylornj Posts: 316 Forumite
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    £225 on full holding, two £100 wins plus one £25 win.
  • Newbie_John
    Newbie_John Posts: 1,406 Forumite
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    £0 on £40k.. third month in a row!
  • Hal17
    Hal17 Posts: 396 Forumite
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    Hal17 said:
    Only £25 on FH. That makes a total of £5,000 for tax year 2024-2025. Happy with 5% return.
    That's 10% not 5%.  I'd be very happy with that
    Ops Sorry - it was only a total of £2,500, so 5% was correct. Wishful thinking.  :D
  • Bravepants
    Bravepants Posts: 1,655 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 4 February at 9:17AM
    £175 on £30k, not too shabby.

    So far since May 2024:.

    Date Winnings Holding
    May-24
    £100
    £50,000
    Jun-24
    £250
    £25,000
    Jul-24
    £0
    £25,000
    Aug-24
    £50
    £26,000
    Sep-24
    £100
    £26,000
    Oct-24
    £0
    £26,000
    Nov-24
    £25
    £30,000
    Dec-24
    £350
    £30,000
    Jan-25
    £50
    £30,000
    Feb-25
    £175
    £30,000






    Running interest rate of 3.78% so far since May.
    If you want to be rich, live like you're poor; if you want to be poor, live like you're rich.
  • dasherman
    dasherman Posts: 267 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    £150 for me in February.

    £1,950 in winnings since my first month with £50k holding in July 2024, at an average of a tad under £244 per month.

     


    FIRE !!!
  • sonny55
    sonny55 Posts: 124 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    £25 on full holding 😭
  • Magnolia
    Magnolia Posts: 1,304 Forumite
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    edited 4 February at 9:29AM
    £100 x 2 and a Cheeky little £25 for me on £49.5k holding.  

    That's £500 for me so far this year.

    Can I just ask - have we all got spreadsheets?  :D
    Mags - who loves shopping
  • Swipe
    Swipe Posts: 6,001 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper


    It's only going to get worse going forward
  • IanManc said:
    Someone has won £10000 on a £4 bond bought in July 1961, with a total holding of £19. I love to see wins like that. I just hope they're still around to enjoy it.  :)

    And there's another with a £5000 win on a £25 bond bought in June 1958.
    Not really, these people are likely not longer around - more or less they were 30 years old in 1960, so probably would be around 90 now - and these bonds have high chances of being abandoned/forgotten. 
    So sadly they just take prizes away from us 😅
    They are very likely to be around! Often grandparents would buy a premium bond for their new grandchild, which would make these winners in their 60s.
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