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Niall Blackborough: Non-Essential expenses

Niall as a baby
Name

What did we call him?

Niall Blackborough

Born

When did he emerge?

22nd April 2019 17:46

Sex & Birth weight

What were his vital statistics?

Male & 3.458kg (7lb 10oz)

Total expenses

How much to raise Niall?

£29,462.38

Number of expenses

How many purchases have we made?

1816 (View all)

Top Essential expense

The grandest expense?

£409.00 (Car seat)

Top Non-Essential expense

The grandest expense?

£657.00 (Cruise with Mother and Father)

Top Hobby and Interests expense

The grandest expense?

£147.00 (Shotgun MTB seat and handles)

Total expenses by category

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

Essential

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

£11,136.98

Non-Essential

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

£16,785.36

Hobbies and Interests

All the fun extras.

£1,590.04

Total expenses by subcategory

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

Birthday

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

£1,786.82

Childcare

Nursery and child minder costs.

£4,938.85

Christmas

The cost of the Big Guy in the red suit.

£1,698.95

Education

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

£519.07

Equipment & Aids

The things that make parenthood that little bit easier.

£386.30

Events & Seasonal Events

Events and Seasonal Events.

£227.14

Family Birthday

Cards and gifts for family birthdays.

£193.31

Fathers day

The Annual cost of Daddy Appreciation Day in June.

£28.49

Friend Birthday

The endless cost of attending birthday parties.

£162.29

Furniture

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

£154.64

Grooming

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

£10.50

Holiday

Family time away from home.

£3,179.77

Legal

The infrequent cost of passports and official documents.

£17.25

Leisure

Fun days out spending time together.

£380.85

Memories

Capturing special memories and milestones including the Tooth Fairy.

£16.00

Mothers Day

The annual cost of Mummy Appreciation Day in March.

£132.40

Pocket Money

The weekly rewards for good behaviour.

£198.10

Special Occasions

The special, once in a lifetime occasions.

£665.66

Sweet treats

Yummy occasional treats.

£387.30

Takeaways & Dining

The food we could probably manage without.

£1,189.66

Technology

All things geeky including batteries.

£243.90

Toys

Just for fun toys and games.

£211.81

Travel

Travel

£56.30

The 25 most recent Non-Essential expenses for Niall - (View all Non-Essential expenses)

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

The 25 most recent Non-Essential expenses for Niall
Expense Date Categories Total Allocation Amount
Take out 26 Sep 202626/09/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £25.89 15% £3.88
Takeout 25 Sep 202625/09/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £38.48 15% £5.77
Oct After School club 16 Sep 202616/09/2026 Non-Essential / Childcare £39.00 100% £39.00
Lunch of with Mother and Father 13 Sep 202613/09/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £9.25 100% £9.25
Coffee and cake with Dad 12 Sep 202612/09/2026 Non-Essential / Sweet treats £23.30 33% £7.69
Bus fare 11 Sep 202611/09/2026 Non-Essential / Travel £2.80 100% £2.80
Drink and chocolate 11 Sep 202611/09/2026 Non-Essential / Sweet treats £3.70 100% £3.70
Funky monkeys 11 Sep 202611/09/2026 Non-Essential / Leisure £8.75 100% £8.75
Costa lunch 11 Sep 202611/09/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £9.84 100% £9.84
Pocket money 1 Sep 202601/09/2026 Non-Essential / Pocket Money £10.00 100% £10.00
Lunch with Mother and Father 31 Aug 202631/08/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £8.00 100% £8.00
Burger King 29 Aug 202629/08/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £7.99 100% £7.99
Lunch at Lego land 29 Aug 202629/08/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £13.25 100% £13.25
Drink at lego land 29 Aug 202629/08/2026 Non-Essential / Sweet treats £4.25 100% £4.25
Funky monkeys 26 Aug 202626/08/2026 Non-Essential / Leisure £8.60 100% £8.60
Meal out with Mother and Father 23 Aug 202623/08/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £133.87 15% £20.08
Cake and hot chocolate with Mother and Father 23 Aug 202623/08/2026 Non-Essential / Sweet treats £31.18 25% £7.80
Costa lunch 21 Aug 202621/08/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £8.96 100% £8.96
Drink and sweets Inflata nation 21 Aug 202621/08/2026 Non-Essential / Sweet treats £3.70 100% £3.70
Inflata Nation 21 Aug 202621/08/2026 Non-Essential / Leisure £14.99 100% £14.99
Nero withh mum 20 Aug 202620/08/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £5.95 100% £5.95
Lunch at Costa 14 Aug 202614/08/2026 Non-Essential / Takeaways & Dining £9.86 100% £9.86
Helping hands - holiday club 10 Aug 202610/08/2026 Non-Essential / Childcare £30.00 100% £30.00
Icecream 6 Aug 202606/08/2026 Non-Essential / Holiday £3.00 100% £3.00
Arcade 6 Aug 202606/08/2026 Non-Essential / Holiday £4.50 100% £4.50

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 Niall GET /v3/summary/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/Eq9g6BgJL0/items
2 All expenses for Niall HEAD /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/Eq9g6BgJL0/items?offset=0&limit=1
3 Top Essential expense GET /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/Eq9g6BgJL0/items?category=98WLap7Bx3&sort=actualised_total:desc&limit=1
4 Top Non-Essential expense GET /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/Eq9g6BgJL0/items?category=RjXM5VJDw6&sort=actualised_total:desc&limit=1
5 Top Hobby and Interests expense GET /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/Eq9g6BgJL0/items?category=Gwg7zgL316&sort=actualised_total:desc&limit=1
6 Expenses summary by category GET /v3/summary/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/Eq9g6BgJL0/items?categories=true
7 Expenses summary by subcategory GET /v3/summary/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/Eq9g6BgJL0/items?category=RjXM5VJDw6&subcategories=true
8 25 most recent expenses for category GET /v3/resource-types/d185Q15grY/resources/Eq9g6BgJL0/items?category=RjXM5VJDw6&limit=25&include-categories=true&include-subcategories=true

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