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Overview of all the Non-Essential/Birthday expenses

Jack Blackborough: Non-Essential/Birthday expenses

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Name

What did we call him?

Jack Blackborough

Born

When did he emerge?

28th June 2013 05:41

Sex & Birth weight

What were his vital statistics?

Male & 3.373kg (7lb 7oz)

Total expenses

How much to raise Jack?

£67,146.43

Number of expenses

How many purchases have we made?

2940 (View all)

Top Essential expense

The grandest expense?

£687.98 (Surface Go)

Top Non-Essential expense

The grandest expense?

£1,195.00 (Nursery Fees)

Top Hobby and Interests expense

The grandest expense?

£159.00 (Bicycle)

Total expenses by category

We group expenses into three core categories, these are the totals for each category, select a category for more detail.

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Essential

The costs that we see as absolutely necessary in raising a child and in essence, keeping them healthy and well, alive.

£22,653.67

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Non-Essential

The optional costs of raising a child and those which spark lively debate between Mummy and Daddy.

£40,877.62

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Hobbies and Interests

All the fun extras.

£3,615.14

Total expenses by subcategory

These are the totals for all the subcategories in the Non-Essential category, select a subcategory for more detail.

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Birthday

Everything to make a birthday special – cards, presents and parties.

£3,060.92

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Childcare

Nursery and child minder costs.

£22,018.56

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Christmas

The cost of the Big Guy in the red suit.

£2,353.44

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Education

Anything that is classed as educational including books, learning games, jigsaws and puzzles.

£2,145.85

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Equipment & Aids

The things that make parenthood that little bit easier.

£670.26

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Events & Seasonal Events

Events and Seasonal Events.

£320.05

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Family Birthday

Cards and gifts for family birthdays.

£205.07

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Fathers day

The Annual cost of Daddy Appreciation Day in June.

£28.49

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Friend Birthday

The endless cost of attending birthday parties.

£421.16

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Furniture

The things that make a house a home but aren’t essential.

£639.61

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Grooming

They are getting older, they are starting to care about their appearance

£19.68

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Holiday

Family time away from home.

£3,319.05

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Legal

The infrequent cost of passports and official documents.

£2.11

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Leisure

Fun days out spending time together.

£308.77

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Memories

Capturing special memories and milestones including the Tooth Fairy.

£363.37

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Mothers Day

The annual cost of Mummy Appreciation Day in March.

£275.14

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Pocket Money

The weekly rewards for good behaviour.

£859.35

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Special Occasions

The special, once in a lifetime occasions.

£1,058.96

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Sweet treats

Yummy occasional treats.

£793.35

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Takeaways & Dining

The food we could probably manage without.

£667.51

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Technology

All things geeky including batteries.

£604.48

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Toys

Just for fun toys and games.

£700.04

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Travel

Travel

£42.40

The 25 most recent Non-Essential/Birthday expenses for Jack - (View all Non-Essential/Birthday expenses)

The table below lists the last 25 expenses we have logged for Jack in the Non-Essential category, to see more select any summary count, category or subcategory.

25 most recent Non-Essential/Birthday expenses for Jack
Expense Date Categories Total Allocation Amount
Birthday meal with friends 28 Jun 202428/06/2024 Non-Essential / Birthday £69.20 100% £69.20
Birthday cake 28 Jun 202428/06/2024 Non-Essential / Birthday £48.00 100% £48.00
Office Chair 24 Jun 202424/06/2024 Non-Essential / Birthday £152.15 100% £152.15
Trainers 24 Jun 202424/06/2024 Non-Essential / Birthday £22.00 100% £22.00
Cap 24 Jun 202424/06/2024 Non-Essential / Birthday £9.99 100% £9.99
Kids Against Maturity Card Game 24 Jun 202424/06/2024 Non-Essential / Birthday £19.99 100% £19.99
Birthday cake 29 Jun 202329/06/2023 Non-Essential / Birthday £10.50 100% £10.50
Skipping rope 28 Jun 202328/06/2023 Non-Essential / Birthday £7.99 100% £7.99
Hollow Knight 28 Jun 202328/06/2023 Non-Essential / Birthday £29.98 100% £29.98
Pokémon 1000 Piece Challenge 28 Jun 202328/06/2023 Non-Essential / Birthday £16.29 100% £16.29
LEGO 42139 Technic All-Terrain Vehicle, 6 Wheeled Off Roader 28 Jun 202328/06/2023 Non-Essential / Birthday £58.74 100% £58.74
Birthday sweets for school 26 Jun 202326/06/2023 Non-Essential / Birthday £4.50 100% £4.50
Birthday party at Inflatable Ninja 2 Jul 202202/07/2022 Non-Essential / Birthday £224.00 100% £224.00
Mini Rubik’s cubes for party bags 1 Jul 202201/07/2022 Non-Essential / Birthday £12.99 100% £12.99
Glow in dark sticks 29 Jun 202229/06/2022 Non-Essential / Birthday £9.99 100% £9.99
Glow in dark sticks 29 Jun 202229/06/2022 Non-Essential / Birthday £9.99 100% £9.99
Birthday cake 28 Jun 202228/06/2022 Non-Essential / Birthday £3.99 100% £3.99
Books 28 Jun 202228/06/2022 Non-Essential / Birthday £9.98 100% £9.98
Watercolour paint brushes 28 Jun 202228/06/2022 Non-Essential / Birthday £4.99 100% £4.99
Trampoline and safety bits 28 Jun 202228/06/2022 Non-Essential / Birthday £201.00 100% £201.00
Birthday card 28 Jun 202228/06/2022 Non-Essential / Birthday £1.99 100% £1.99
Sweet box 28 Jun 202228/06/2022 Non-Essential / Birthday £2.00 100% £2.00
T-shirts 28 Jun 202228/06/2022 Non-Essential / Birthday £23.00 100% £23.00
Birthday sweets for school 22 Jun 202222/06/2022 Non-Essential / Birthday £8.00 100% £8.00
Number 8 balloon 28 Jun 202128/06/2021 Non-Essential / Birthday £7.84 100% £7.84

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 All expenses for Jack HEAD /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/kw8gLq31VB/items?offset=0&limit=1
3 Top Essential expense GET /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/kw8gLq31VB/items?category=98WLap7Bx3&sort=actualised_total:desc&limit=1
4 Top Non-Essential expense GET /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/kw8gLq31VB/items?category=RjXM5VJDw6&sort=actualised_total:desc&limit=1
5 Top Hobby and Interests expense GET /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/kw8gLq31VB/items?category=Gwg7zgL316&sort=actualised_total:desc&limit=1
6 Expenses summary by category GET /v3/summary/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/kw8gLq31VB/items?categories=true
7 Expenses summary by subcategory GET /v3/summary/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/kw8gLq31VB/items?category=RjXM5VJDw6&subcategories=true
8 Subcategory details GET /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/categories/RjXM5VJDw6/subcategories/8bVnWQ6YgE
9 25 most recent expenses for subcategory GET /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/kw8gLq31VB/items?category=RjXM5VJDw6&subcategory=8bVnWQ6YgE&limit=25&include-categories=true&include-subcategories=true

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