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£225 on full holding, two £100 wins plus one £25 win.
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£0 on £40k.. third month in a row!0
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Ops Sorry - it was only a total of £2,500, so 5% was correct. Wishful thinking.GrubbyGirl_2 said:
That's 10% not 5%. I'd be very happy with thatHal17 said:Only £25 on FH. That makes a total of £5,000 for tax year 2024-2025. Happy with 5% return.
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£175 on £30k, not too shabby.So far since May 2024:.Date Winnings Holding
Running interest rate of 3.78% so far since May.May-24£100£50,000Jun-24£250£25,000Jul-24£0£25,000Aug-24£50£26,000Sep-24£100£26,000Oct-24£0£26,000Nov-24£25£30,000Dec-24£350£30,000Jan-25£50£30,000Feb-25£175£30,000
If you want to be rich, live like you're poor; if you want to be poor, live like you're rich.2 -
£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 !!!0 -
£25 on full holding 😭0
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£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?
Mags - who loves shopping2 -
Magnolia said:£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?
I have several spreadsheets!
If you want to be rich, live like you're poor; if you want to be poor, live like you're rich.5 -

It's only going to get worse going forward1 -
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.Newbie_John said:
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.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.
So sadly they just take prizes away from us 😅2
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