Return on investment

[prpr]

Some of these are cracking, if you're one of the winners. Sadly, I'm not.

Prize value	Winning Bond	Holding	Area	Bond Value	Purchased
£1,000,000	193NH145072	£20,002	Leeds	£20,000	Jun-12
£1,000,000	446WL848124	£50,000	Essex	£10,000	Mar-21
£100,000	401JA104555	£3,575	Wales	£2,700	Jul-20
£100,000	416JB539691	£50,000	West Midlands	£20,000	Oct-20
£100,000	255QP699407	£50,000	Cheshire East	£50,000	Sep-15
£100,000	461FD867517	£50,000	Devon	£22,000	Jun-21
£100,000	411DV757388	£19,800	Hampshire and Isle of Wight	£25	Sep-20
£100,000	440QH082482	£49,995	Gloucestershire	£49,970	Feb-21

 

[EEPhil]

The rich get richer...

 

[Black Hole]

What's the "bond value"? All I can think of is the size of the block of bonds purchased in one go, but it seems inappropriate to publish that information (also the total holding an individual has).

 

[EEPhil]

I’ve got a £4 and 2x £1 ones. They are over 50 years old. Don’t think you can buy those denominations anymore.

 

[Black Hole]

They're still £1 bonds, but I think you have to buy 25 at a time.

 

[sine24]

Some of these are cracking, if you're one of the winners. Sadly, I'm not.

Prize value	Winning Bond	Holding	Area	Bond Value	Purchased
£1,000,000	193NH145072	£20,002	Leeds	£20,000	Jun-12
£1,000,000	446WL848124	£50,000	Essex	£10,000	Mar-21
£100,000	401JA104555	£3,575	Wales	£2,700	Jul-20
£100,000	416JB539691	£50,000	West Midlands	£20,000	Oct-20
£100,000	255QP699407	£50,000	Cheshire East	£50,000	Sep-15
£100,000	461FD867517	£50,000	Devon	£22,000	Jun-21
£100,000	411DV757388	£19,800	Hampshire and Isle of Wight	£25	Sep-20
£100,000	440QH082482	£49,995	Gloucestershire	£49,970	Feb-21

Mine only won £25.

 

[RobH1]

I have a £1 from 1965, must dig it out. I've moved around a lot since then. A family member won £500 and £25 yesterday.

 

[Black Hole]

IIRC I had a £50 win on a £5 block received as a gift as a child, which I never knew about until my life settled down a bit and I went reconnecting with old accounts.

 

[EEPhil]

That’s what happened to me. Back as a child parents bought £6 worth of bonds for themselves and gifted £6 to me. Only got the bonds when I was 26 and we administered my father’s estate. Yes, they are mine - they have my name written on them in pencil. And not in my handwriting. I think there’s been a £25 win on one of those bonds, but it wasn’t mine.