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

£77,022.57

Niall Blackborough

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

£30,110.51

The Blackboroughs

Summary of all expenses

£107,133.08

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

£5,339.72

Niall Blackborough

Summary of expenses in 2026

£4,825.67

The Blackboroughs

Summary of expenses in 2026

£10,165.39

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	Coyote vs ACME	14 Nov 202614/11/2026	Hobbies and Interests / Theatre & Film	£9.99	50%	£5.00
Niall	Coyote vs ACME	14 Nov 202614/11/2026	Hobbies and Interests / Theatre & Film	£9.99	50%	£5.00
Niall	Share of shopping	13 Nov 202613/11/2026	Essential / Clothes & Food etc.	£231.79	15%	£34.77
Jack	Share of shopping	13 Nov 202613/11/2026	Essential / Clothes & Food etc.	£231.79	25%	£57.95
Niall	School dinners top up	12 Nov 202612/11/2026	Essential / Clothes & Food etc.	£60.00	100%	£60.00
Niall	Additional days after school club	12 Nov 202612/11/2026	Essential / Childcare	£48.00	100%	£48.00
Jack	School dinners top up	12 Nov 202612/11/2026	Essential / Clothes & Food etc.	£50.00	100%	£50.00
Jack	O2	7 Nov 202607/11/2026	Essential / Mobile phone	£15.93	100%	£15.93
Niall	Piri Fino takeout	7 Nov 202607/11/2026	Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining	£56.68	15%	£8.50
Jack	Piri Fino takeout	7 Nov 202607/11/2026	Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining	£56.68	25%	£14.17
Niall	Share of shopping	7 Nov 202607/11/2026	Essential / Clothes & Food etc.	£34.05	15%	£5.11
Jack	Share of shopping	7 Nov 202607/11/2026	Essential / Clothes & Food etc.	£34.05	25%	£8.51
Niall	Coffee and cake with Mum and Dad	7 Nov 202607/11/2026	Non-Essential / Sweet treats	£17.45	40%	£6.98
Jack	Applecare	5 Nov 202605/11/2026	Essential / Mobile phone	£5.99	100%	£5.99
Niall	Share of shopping	4 Nov 202604/11/2026	Essential / Clothes & Food etc.	£83.17	15%	£12.48
Jack	Share of shopping	4 Nov 202604/11/2026	Essential / Clothes & Food etc.	£83.17	25%	£20.79
Niall	Swimming	2 Nov 202602/11/2026	Hobbies and Interests / Swimming	£37.50	100%	£37.50
Niall	McDonalds	1 Nov 202601/11/2026	Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining	£5.59	100%	£5.59
Jack	McDonalds	1 Nov 202601/11/2026	Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining	£7.99	100%	£7.99
Jack	Pocket money	1 Nov 202601/11/2026	Non-Essential / Pocket Money	£15.00	100%	£15.00
Jack	Pizza	31 Oct 202631/10/2026	Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining	£54.46	25%	£13.62
Niall	Pizza	31 Oct 202631/10/2026	Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining	£54.46	15%	£8.17
Niall	Lunch at insomnia	30 Oct 202630/10/2026	Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining	£20.00	50%	£10.00
Jack	Lunch at insomnia	30 Oct 202630/10/2026	Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining	£20.00	50%	£10.00
Jack	T shirts	30 Oct 202630/10/2026	Essential / Clothes & Food etc.	£32.00	100%	£32.00

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