The cost of raising a child?

Total expenses to date

Total expenses for each child to date, select a child to see further detail.

Jack Blackborough

Summary of all expenses since 28th June 2013 05:41

£76,323.80

Niall Blackborough

Summary of all expenses since 22nd April 2019 17:46

£29,443.32

The Blackboroughs

Summary of all expenses

£105,767.12

Expenses for current year (2026)

Sum of expenses for the current year, select to see the total for each year.

Jack Blackborough

Summary of expenses in 2026

£4,640.95

Niall Blackborough

Summary of expenses in 2026

£4,158.48

The Blackboroughs

Summary of expenses in 2026

£8,799.43

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.

25 most recent expenses
Child	Expense	Date	Categories	Total	Allocation	Amount
Jack	Deodorant pack of 6	26 Sep 202626/09/2026	Essential / Grooming and Toiletries	£17.10	100%	£17.10
Niall	Take out	26 Sep 202626/09/2026	Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining	£25.89	15%	£3.88
Jack	Take out	26 Sep 202626/09/2026	Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining	£25.89	25%	£6.47
Niall	Takeout	25 Sep 202625/09/2026	Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining	£38.48	15%	£5.77
Jack	Takeout	25 Sep 202625/09/2026	Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining	£38.48	25%	£9.62
Niall	Oct After School club	16 Sep 202616/09/2026	Non-Essential / Childcare	£39.00	100%	£39.00
Niall	Lunch of with Mother and Father	13 Sep 202613/09/2026	Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining	£9.25	100%	£9.25
Jack	Lunch of with Mother and Father	13 Sep 202613/09/2026	Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining	£16.15	100%	£16.15
Niall	Coffee and cake with Dad	12 Sep 202612/09/2026	Non-Essential / Sweet treats	£23.30	33%	£7.69
Jack	Coffee ans cake with Dad	12 Sep 202612/09/2026	Non-Essential / Sweet treats	£23.30	33%	£7.69
Niall	Share of shopping	12 Sep 202612/09/2026	Essential / Clothes & Food etc.	£10.50	15%	£1.58
Jack	Share of shopping	12 Sep 202612/09/2026	Essential / Clothes & Food etc.	£10.50	25%	£2.63
Niall	Share of shopping	11 Sep 202611/09/2026	Essential / Clothes & Food etc.	£11.50	15%	£1.73
Jack	Share of shopping	11 Sep 202611/09/2026	Essential / Clothes & Food etc.	£11.50	25%	£2.88
Niall	Bus fare	11 Sep 202611/09/2026	Non-Essential / Travel	£2.80	100%	£2.80
Niall	Drink and chocolate	11 Sep 202611/09/2026	Non-Essential / Sweet treats	£3.70	100%	£3.70
Niall	Funky monkeys	11 Sep 202611/09/2026	Non-Essential / Leisure	£8.75	100%	£8.75
Niall	Costa lunch	11 Sep 202611/09/2026	Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining	£9.84	100%	£9.84
Jack	Share of shopping	6 Sep 202606/09/2026	Essential / Clothes & Food etc.	£235.37	15%	£35.31
Jack	Share of shopping	6 Sep 202606/09/2026	Essential / Clothes & Food etc.	£235.37	25%	£58.84
Jack	Applecare	5 Sep 202605/09/2026	Essential / Mobile phone	£5.99	100%	£5.99
Jack	O2	5 Sep 202605/09/2026	Essential / Mobile phone	£15.93	100%	£15.93
Niall	Share of shopping	2 Sep 202602/09/2026	Essential / Clothes & Food etc.	£7.00	15%	£1.05
Jack	Share of shopping	2 Sep 202602/09/2026	Essential / Clothes & Food etc.	£7.00	25%	£1.75
Niall	Pocket money	1 Sep 202601/09/2026	Non-Essential / Pocket Money	£10.00	100%	£10.00

API Requests to Costs to Expect API

This page was generated using the data returned from the API requests shown below.

API Requests made to https://api.costs-to-expect.com/ to generate this page.
#	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=2026
4	Current year expenses for Niall	GET	/v3/summary/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/Eq9g6BgJL0/items?year=2026
5	25 most recent expenses	GET	/v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/items?limit=25&include-categories=true&include-subcategories=true