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The cost of raising a child?
Total expenses to date
Total expenses for each child to date, select a child to see further detail.
The Blackboroughs
Summary of all expenses
£93,541.58
Expenses for current year (2025)
Sum of expenses for the current year, select to see the total for each year.
The Blackboroughs
Summary of expenses in 2025
£7,704.42
The 25 most recent expenses for both children
The table below lists the last 25 expenses we have logged for both children, to see more, select a child, any summary count or a category or subcategory.
| Child | Expense | Date | Categories | Total | Allocation | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack | Sept Pocket Money | 2 Sep 202502/09/2025 | Non-Essential / Pocket Money | £20.00 | 100% | £20.00 |
| Niall | Helping hands September | 2 Sep 202502/09/2025 | Non-Essential / Childcare | £104.00 | 100% | £104.00 |
| Jack | Lunch Money for Sept | 1 Sep 202501/09/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £50.00 | 100% | £50.00 |
| Jack | Drink at funky monkeys | 1 Sep 202501/09/2025 | Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining | £2.40 | 100% | £2.40 |
| Niall | Drink at funky monkeys | 1 Sep 202501/09/2025 | Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining | £1.80 | 100% | £1.80 |
| Niall | Funky monkeys | 1 Sep 202501/09/2025 | Non-Essential / Leisure | £7.50 | 100% | £7.50 |
| Niall | Bus fare | 1 Sep 202501/09/2025 | Non-Essential / Travel | £2.60 | 100% | £2.60 |
| Jack | Bus fare | 1 Sep 202501/09/2025 | Non-Essential / Travel | £2.60 | 100% | £2.60 |
| Niall | School socks | 31 Aug 202531/08/2025 | Essential / Education | £10.98 | 100% | £10.98 |
| Jack | School socks | 31 Aug 202531/08/2025 | Essential / Education | £10.98 | 100% | £10.98 |
| Jack | Trainers size 6 | 31 Aug 202531/08/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £39.00 | 100% | £39.00 |
| Niall | Trainers size 12 | 31 Aug 202531/08/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £19.00 | 100% | £19.00 |
| Niall | Puncture repair kit | 31 Aug 202531/08/2025 | Hobbies and Interests / Cycling | £5.95 | 50% | £2.98 |
| Jack | Puncture repair kit | 31 Aug 202531/08/2025 | Hobbies and Interests / Cycling | £5.95 | 50% | £2.98 |
| Jack | Inner tubes | 31 Aug 202531/08/2025 | Hobbies and Interests / Cycling | £10.50 | 100% | £10.50 |
| Niall | Share of shopping | 31 Aug 202531/08/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £27.00 | 15% | £4.05 |
| Jack | Share of shopping | 31 Aug 202531/08/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £27.00 | 25% | £6.75 |
| Jack | Meal out with Mother and Father | 31 Aug 202531/08/2025 | Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining | £11.99 | 100% | £11.99 |
| Niall | Meal out with Mother and Father | 31 Aug 202531/08/2025 | Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining | £11.99 | 100% | £11.99 |
| Niall | Pocket money | 31 Aug 202531/08/2025 | Non-Essential / Pocket Money | £5.00 | 100% | £5.00 |
| Niall | Sweets at cinema | 31 Aug 202531/08/2025 | Non-Essential / Sweet treats | £4.50 | 100% | £4.50 |
| Jack | Sweets at cinema | 31 Aug 202531/08/2025 | Non-Essential / Sweet treats | £4.50 | 100% | £4.50 |
| Jack | Lunch at Costa | 27 Aug 202527/08/2025 | Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining | £10.39 | 100% | £10.39 |
| Niall | Lunch at Costa | 27 Aug 202527/08/2025 | Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining | £10.39 | 100% | £10.39 |
| Niall | Jogging Bottoms for PE (3 pair pack) | 27 Aug 202527/08/2025 | Essential / Education | £18.00 | 100% | £18.00 |
API Requests to Costs to Expect API
This page was generated using the data returned from the API requests shown below.
| # | Page section | Method | API request |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Total expenses for Jack | GET | /v3/summary/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/kw8gLq31VB/items |
| 2 | Total expenses for Niall | GET | /v3/summary/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/Eq9g6BgJL0/items |
| 3 | Current year expenses for Jack | GET | /v3/summary/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/kw8gLq31VB/items?year=2025 |
| 4 | Current year expenses for Niall | GET | /v3/summary/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/Eq9g6BgJL0/items?year=2025 |
| 5 | 25 most recent expenses | GET | /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/items?limit=25&include-categories=true&include-subcategories=true |