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Overview of all the Non-Essential/Education expenses

Jack Blackborough: Non-Essential/Education 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?

£67,364.74

Number of expenses

How many purchases have we made?

2963 (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.

£22,773.74

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Non-Essential

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

£40,973.37

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Hobbies and Interests

All the fun extras.

£3,617.63

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.

£2,205.38

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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.

£879.35

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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.

£800.95

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Takeaways & Dining

The food we could probably manage without.

£676.13

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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/Education expenses for Jack - (View all Non-Essential/Education 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/Education expenses for Jack
Expense Date Categories Total Allocation Amount
Books about growing up 18 Jun 202518/06/2025 Non-Essential / Education £14.55 100% £14.55
Jurassic Park Book 15 Jun 202515/06/2025 Non-Essential / Education £9.99 100% £9.99
I Robot Book 15 Jun 202515/06/2025 Non-Essential / Education £9.99 100% £9.99
Cadbury World Trip 2 Jun 202502/06/2025 Non-Essential / Education £25.00 100% £25.00
Duolingo 3 Nov 202403/11/2024 Non-Essential / Education £59.99 100% £59.99
French dictionary 28 Sep 202428/09/2024 Non-Essential / Education £5.99 100% £5.99
Flowers for teachers 19 Jul 202419/07/2024 Non-Essential / Education £11.50 100% £11.50
The hobbit 14 Jun 202414/06/2024 Non-Essential / Education £8.99 100% £8.99
The railway children 14 Jun 202414/06/2024 Non-Essential / Education £7.99 100% £7.99
Donation for Mrs Kavanagh 9 May 202409/05/2024 Non-Essential / Education £10.00 100% £10.00
How money works 2 Apr 202402/04/2024 Non-Essential / Education £17.12 100% £17.12
T-shirt for book day 1 Mar 202401/03/2024 Non-Essential / Education £12.99 100% £12.99
French for autumn term second half 3 Nov 202303/11/2023 Non-Essential / Education £36.00 100% £36.00
French lessons 27 Oct 202327/10/2023 Non-Essential / Education £36.00 100% £36.00
Sleeping bag for residential trip 4 Oct 202304/10/2023 Non-Essential / Education £24.99 100% £24.99
Alton Castle residential trip 8 Sep 202308/09/2023 Non-Essential / Education £150.00 100% £150.00
Autumn term French lessons 19 Jul 202319/07/2023 Non-Essential / Education £42.00 100% £42.00
Group present for teacher 14 Jul 202314/07/2023 Non-Essential / Education £5.00 100% £5.00
SAT and 11plus books 27 Jun 202327/06/2023 Non-Essential / Education £42.93 100% £42.93
Scientist costume 12 Jun 202312/06/2023 Non-Essential / Education £12.00 100% £12.00
Trainers for school 21 Apr 202321/04/2023 Non-Essential / Education £19.00 100% £19.00
Book: Logic puzzles for clever kids 17 Mar 202317/03/2023 Non-Essential / Education £11.64 100% £11.64
Book: Interesting facts for curious minds 17 Mar 202317/03/2023 Non-Essential / Education £10.90 100% £10.90
Maths workbook year 6 9 Mar 202309/03/2023 Non-Essential / Education £5.31 100% £5.31
Physics book 2 Mar 202302/03/2023 Non-Essential / Education £9.99 100% £9.99

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/oL1nxDnOmJ
9 25 most recent expenses for subcategory GET /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/kw8gLq31VB/items?category=RjXM5VJDw6&subcategory=oL1nxDnOmJ&limit=25&include-categories=true&include-subcategories=true

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