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  • Sarahspangles
    Sarahspangles Posts: 3,239 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Nothing on a full holding, £50 on £20k (holding reduced).

    Rolling annual return 1.9% and 2.18% :(
    £50 each. Rolling return now down to 1.45% and 2.38%.
    £150 on the full holding, nothing on £20k. Rolling annual return down again to 1.3% and 1.68%.

    We’ll be moving cash about at the beginning of the tax year and these are firmly in our sights - even with falling savings interest rates and knowing we’d pay tax on that interest, we could do better.
    Fashion on the Ration
    2024 - 43/66 coupons used, carry forward 23
    2025 - 62/89
  • Sarahspangles
    Sarahspangles Posts: 3,239 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Reminder the nominal interest rate falls 0.2% to 3.8% from April’s draw.
    Fashion on the Ration
    2024 - 43/66 coupons used, carry forward 23
    2025 - 62/89
  • Dugal
    Dugal Posts: 30 Forumite
    10 Posts First Anniversary Name Dropper
    On a FH £225 this month.  A total of £1750 in the last 12 months, with an average of 2.58 prizes per month.
  • BooJewels
    BooJewels Posts: 3,070 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    It's now working for me this morning.  £75 on £22k holding.  

    That takes my stats to 49 prizes in 26 draws, out of the 35 I've been in.  My rolling year return has now dropped to 4.659%.  My lowest ever was last month after a £50 win, a bit below this months number.  I had been bobbling about at a better rate for the previous 18 months - even topped 7% a couple of times. 

    I had intended to buy some more, but when factoring in the blank waiting month, decided I'd rather put it elsewhere - I'm not quite as close to paying tax on interest as I initially projected, now interest rates are falling.

  • Swipe
    Swipe Posts: 6,003 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    £75 on full holding. Could have been worse, I suppose.
  • arthurdick
    arthurdick Posts: 3,741 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    £200 for March on my now holding of £9100.  Very happy with that.
    Corduroy pillows are making headlines! Back home in London now after 27years wait! Duvet know it's Christmas, not original, it's a cover.
  • Zilch on FH.  
  • Martico
    Martico Posts: 1,235 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Third Anniversary Name Dropper
    £125 on FH, can't complain
  • Greta
    Greta Posts: 145 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    £100 win for me this month on 26k.  I wasn't expecting anything this month after an £800 win last month.  My return rate for the past year has been 6.95%.
  • PeskyBlunder
    PeskyBlunder Posts: 153 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    £550 on a near full-holding including my first ever £500 prize - over the moon!
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