Build a gilt ladder

A set of gilts whose redemptions land one per year, sized to your target

Income per year

£2,066

£10,000 invested pays this much inflation-adjusted income a year for 5 years.

Gilts in the ladder

Ladder length

5 years

Inflation assumed

3.0%

Tax rate

Allocation

Gilt	Dirty price	Allocation	Amount	Quantity
T30K	£99.520	22.35%	£2,234.55	2,245.33
T29K	£99.558	20.76%	£2,076.38	2,085.60
TS28	£101.211	19.62%	£1,962.00	1,938.53
TR27	£101.181	18.04%	£1,804.34	1,783.27
T26A	£99.964	19.23%	£1,922.74	1,923.43
Total	–	100.00%	£10,000.00	–

Deflated at the 3.0% inflation assumption, so every bar is what that year's payment is worth today.