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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
£91,168.07
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
£5,350.41
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niall | Money for birthday card | 21 Jul 202521/07/2025 | Non-Essential / Friend Birthday | £10.00 | 100% | £10.00 |
| Niall | Birthday card | 21 Jul 202521/07/2025 | Non-Essential / Friend Birthday | £1.49 | 100% | £1.49 |
| Niall | Poke y money and catch up | 20 Jul 202520/07/2025 | Non-Essential / Pocket Money | £7.50 | 100% | £7.50 |
| Niall | McDonalds | 20 Jul 202520/07/2025 | Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining | £4.59 | 100% | £4.59 |
| Jack | McDonalds | 20 Jul 202520/07/2025 | Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining | £7.49 | 100% | £7.49 |
| Niall | Good school report (Pokémon expansion pass) | 20 Jul 202520/07/2025 | Non-Essential / Technology | £26.99 | 100% | £26.99 |
| Jack | Share of shopping | 18 Jul 202518/07/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £17.66 | 15% | £2.65 |
| Niall | Share of shopping | 18 Jul 202518/07/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £17.66 | 10% | £1.77 |
| Niall | Gift for Helping Hands | 18 Jul 202518/07/2025 | Non-Essential / Childcare | £20.74 | 100% | £20.74 |
| Niall | Gift for teacher | 18 Jul 202518/07/2025 | Non-Essential / Education | £10.00 | 100% | £10.00 |
| Jack | Top-up School Dinners | 17 Jul 202517/07/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £5.00 | 100% | £5.00 |
| Jack | Share of shopping | 16 Jul 202516/07/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £150.16 | 25% | £37.54 |
| Niall | Share of shopping | 16 Jul 202516/07/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £150.16 | 15% | £22.52 |
| Niall | Tooth Fairy | 15 Jul 202515/07/2025 | Non-Essential / Memories | £2.00 | 100% | £2.00 |
| Jack | O2 | 5 Jul 202505/07/2025 | Essential / Mobile phone | £15.93 | 100% | £15.93 |
| Jack | Applecare | 5 Jul 202505/07/2025 | Essential / Mobile phone | £5.99 | 100% | £5.99 |
| Jack | Pocket money | 1 Jul 202501/07/2025 | Non-Essential / Pocket Money | £20.00 | 100% | £20.00 |
| Niall | Helping Hands - July | 1 Jul 202501/07/2025 | Non-Essential / Childcare | £26.00 | 100% | £26.00 |
| Niall | Car Seat for Nana and Grandads car | 1 Jul 202501/07/2025 | Essential / Health, Safety & Wellbeing | £79.00 | 100% | £79.00 |
| Jack | School lunches | 29 Jun 202529/06/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £45.00 | 100% | £45.00 |
| Jack | PC | 28 Jun 202528/06/2025 | Non-Essential / Birthday | £861.00 | 100% | £861.00 |
| Jack | HP Chromebook | 27 Jun 202527/06/2025 | Non-Essential / Education | £269.00 | 100% | £269.00 |
| Niall | Pokeman outfit | 27 Jun 202527/06/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £10.00 | 100% | £10.00 |
| Niall | Toothpaste | 27 Jun 202527/06/2025 | Essential / Grooming and Toiletries | £1.65 | 100% | £1.65 |
| Jack | Lunch | 27 Jun 202527/06/2025 | Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining | £10.35 | 100% | £10.35 |
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 |