We recently released Budget and Budget Pro, our budgeting Apps.
Dashboard
Jack
Welcome to Costs to Expect.com
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
£90,965.87
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
£5,128.71
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 | 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 |
| Jack | Hair cut | 27 Jun 202527/06/2025 | Essential / Grooming and Toiletries | £15.00 | 100% | £15.00 |
| Jack | Bus fare | 27 Jun 202527/06/2025 | Non-Essential / Travel | £2.60 | 100% | £2.60 |
| Niall | Pocket money minus expenses | 22 Jun 202522/06/2025 | Non-Essential / Pocket Money | £1.50 | 100% | £1.50 |
| Niall | Drink and Pancakes at M&S | 22 Jun 202522/06/2025 | Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining | £4.20 | 100% | £4.20 |
| Jack | Drink and Pancakes at M&S | 22 Jun 202522/06/2025 | Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining | £4.20 | 100% | £4.20 |
| Niall | Share of shopping | 20 Jun 202520/06/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £6.15 | 15% | £0.92 |
| Jack | Share of shopping | 20 Jun 202520/06/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £6.15 | 25% | £1.54 |
| Jack | Share of shopping | 20 Jun 202520/06/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £6.15 | 25% | £1.54 |
| Niall | Ice Cream + 2 friends! | 18 Jun 202518/06/2025 | Non-Essential / Sweet treats | £2.00 | 100% | £2.00 |
| Jack | Ice Cream + 2 friends! | 18 Jun 202518/06/2025 | Non-Essential / Sweet treats | £6.00 | 100% | £6.00 |
| Jack | Books about growing up | 18 Jun 202518/06/2025 | Non-Essential / Education | £14.55 | 100% | £14.55 |
| Niall | Ice cream | 16 Jun 202516/06/2025 | Non-Essential / Sweet treats | £2.30 | 100% | £2.30 |
| Jack | Ice cream | 16 Jun 202516/06/2025 | Non-Essential / Sweet treats | £1.60 | 100% | £1.60 |
| Niall | Pocket money | 15 Jun 202515/06/2025 | Non-Essential / Pocket Money | £2.50 | 100% | £2.50 |
| Niall | Drawing book | 15 Jun 202515/06/2025 | Hobbies and Interests / Creative | £2.49 | 100% | £2.49 |
| Jack | Drawing book | 15 Jun 202515/06/2025 | Hobbies and Interests / Creative | £2.49 | 100% | £2.49 |
| Niall | Pokémon Encyclopaedia | 15 Jun 202515/06/2025 | Hobbies and Interests / Literature | £18.99 | 100% | £18.99 |
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 |