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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
£89,385.47
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
£3,548.31
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 | Cadbury World Trip | 2 Jun 202502/06/2025 | Non-Essential / Education | £25.00 | 100% | £25.00 |
| Jack | Screen protector | 2 Jun 202502/06/2025 | Essential / Mobile phone | £3.99 | 100% | £3.99 |
| Niall | Pokémon’s 500 Cirlcle | 1 Jun 202501/06/2025 | Hobbies and Interests / Puzzles | £11.89 | 100% | £11.89 |
| Niall | 200 piece Squishmallows | 1 Jun 202501/06/2025 | Hobbies and Interests / Puzzles | £13.44 | 100% | £13.44 |
| Niall | Pocket money left over | 1 Jun 202501/06/2025 | Non-Essential / Pocket Money | £1.00 | 100% | £1.00 |
| Jack | Pocket money | 1 Jun 202501/06/2025 | Non-Essential / Pocket Money | £20.00 | 100% | £20.00 |
| Jack | School diners | 1 Jun 202501/06/2025 | Essential / Education | £56.00 | 100% | £56.00 |
| Niall | Chocolate bar | 28 May 202528/05/2025 | Non-Essential / Sweet treats | £1.00 | 100% | £1.00 |
| Jack | Chocolate bar | 28 May 202528/05/2025 | Non-Essential / Sweet treats | £1.00 | 100% | £1.00 |
| Niall | Share of shopping | 26 May 202526/05/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £6.91 | 15% | £1.04 |
| Jack | Share of shopping | 26 May 202526/05/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £6.91 | 25% | £1.73 |
| Jack | Share of shopping | 23 May 202523/05/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £12.32 | 25% | £3.08 |
| Niall | Share of shopping | 23 May 202523/05/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £12.32 | 15% | £1.85 |
| Jack | Top-up lunch money | 22 May 202522/05/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £5.00 | 100% | £5.00 |
| Niall | Ice Cream | 20 May 202520/05/2025 | Non-Essential / Sweet treats | £2.50 | 100% | £2.50 |
| Jack | Ice Cream | 20 May 202520/05/2025 | Non-Essential / Sweet treats | £2.50 | 100% | £2.50 |
| Niall | Swimming lessons 10 weeks | 20 May 202520/05/2025 | Hobbies and Interests / Swimming | £56.00 | 100% | £56.00 |
| Niall | Friend birthday gift | 18 May 202518/05/2025 | Non-Essential / Friend Birthday | £11.50 | 100% | £11.50 |
| Niall | Pocket money last two weeks | 17 May 202517/05/2025 | Non-Essential / Pocket Money | £3.00 | 100% | £3.00 |
| Jack | Parkrun tag | 16 May 202516/05/2025 | Hobbies and Interests / Clubs | £5.00 | 100% | £5.00 |
| Jack | New school lanyard | 16 May 202516/05/2025 | Essential / Education | £1.00 | 100% | £1.00 |
| Jack | Share of shopping | 13 May 202513/05/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £21.50 | 25% | £5.38 |
| Niall | Share of shopping | 13 May 202513/05/2025 | Essential / Clothes & Food etc. | £21.50 | 15% | £3.23 |
| Niall | Nathenael birthday | 11 May 202511/05/2025 | Non-Essential / Friend Birthday | £11.50 | 100% | £11.50 |
| Niall | Gift for Mothers Birthday (One massage) | 6 May 202506/05/2025 | Non-Essential / Family Birthday | £50.00 | 100% | £50.00 |
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 |