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10 adults · 0 children

Children are under 18. Quantities include everyone on this list.

    Adults
    Children

    Estimated total

    £335.83

    £33.58 per guest

    Estimated total

    £335.83

    Every category below, including contingency

    Over budget by

    £35.83

    £33.58 per guest

    Fixed costs

    £165.00

    Venue, entertainment & fixed pieces

    Guest-dependent

    £170.83

    Scales with who's coming

    Full cost breakdown by category
    • Venue£0.00
    • Food£35.20
    • Drinks£42.65
    • Cake£9.90
    • Decorations£45.75
    • Entertainment£150.00
    • Equipment & tableware£21.80
    • Party bags£0.00
    • Contingency£30.53

    Venue, entertainment and contingency are planning estimates, not quotes.

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    Food

    £35.20
    • 60 pieces · Buffet savoury items (sandwich quarters, sausage rolls, quiche slices)£27.00
    • 2 sharing tubs · Crudités & dips£5.00
    • 2 150g sharing bags · Crisps & savoury snacks£3.20

    Drinks

    £42.65
    • 23 330ml cans · Soft drinks & juice£11.50
    • 9 500ml bottles · Still & sparkling water£3.15
    • 2 75cl bottles · Wine & fizz£14.00
    • 8 cans · Beer & cider£10.40
    • 3 2kg bags · Ice£3.60

    Cake

    £9.90
    • 11 slices · Celebration cake10% extra for seconds£9.90

    Decorations

    £45.75
    • 1 cloths · Tablecloths£2.00
    • 10 per-guest kits · DecorationsOne kit of themed decorations per guest — banner or bunting, table confetti, garlands and hanging pieces. Balloons are counted separately below.£40.00
    • 25 balloons · Balloons£3.75

    Venue

    £0.00

      No items calculated for this plan.

      Entertainment

      £150.00
      • 2 activities · Planned activities / gamesOne every 90 minutes£0.00
      • 1 estimate · EntertainmentPlanning estimate — adjust it in your assumptions£150.00

      Seating

      £15.00
      • 6 chairs · Chairs (to borrow or hire)£9.00
      • 1 tables · Tables (to borrow or hire)£6.00

      Supplies

      £6.80
      • 30 cups · Cups£2.40
      • 20 plates · Plates (main + cake)Covers cake too – no separate cake plates£2.00
      • 30 napkins · Napkins£0.90
      • 10 sets · Cutlery sets£1.50
      Your basic shopping list

      Bakery & deli

      • 60 pieces · Buffet savoury items (sandwich quarters, sausage rolls, quiche slices)
      • 11 slices · Celebration cake10% extra for seconds

      Beer, wine & spirits

      • 2 75cl bottles · Wine & fizz
      • 8 cans · Beer & cider

      Crisps & snacks

      • 2 150g sharing bags · Crisps & savoury snacks

      Decorations

      • 10 per-guest kits · DecorationsOne kit of themed decorations per guest — banner or bunting, table confetti, garlands and hanging pieces. Balloons are counted separately below.
      • 25 balloons · Balloons

      Drinks

      • 23 330ml cans · Soft drinks & juice
      • 9 500ml bottles · Still & sparkling water

      Equipment hire

      • 6 chairs · Chairs (to borrow or hire)
      • 1 tables · Tables (to borrow or hire)

      Frozen

      • 3 2kg bags · Ice

      Fruit & veg

      • 2 sharing tubs · Crudités & dips

      Partyware

      • 30 cups · Cups
      • 20 plates · Plates (main + cake)Covers cake too – no separate cake plates
      • 30 napkins · Napkins
      • 10 sets · Cutlery sets
      • 1 cloths · Tablecloths

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      Planned costs are £35.83 over budget.

      Estimates for 10 guests over 3 hours · setup ≈ 50 min

      • Buffet savoury items (sandwich quarters, sausage rolls, quiche slices)

        Estimate

        £27.00 est.pieces
      • Crudités & dips

        Estimate

        £5.00 est.sharing tubs
      • Crisps & savoury snacks

        Estimate

        £3.20 est.150g sharing bags
      • Celebration cake

        Estimate · 10% extra for seconds

        £9.90 est.slices
      • Soft drinks & juice

        Estimate

        £11.50 est.330ml cans
      • Still & sparkling water

        Estimate

        £3.15 est.500ml bottles
      • Wine & fizz

        Estimate

        £14.00 est.75cl bottles
      • Beer & cider

        Estimate

        £10.40 est.cans
      • Ice

        Estimate

        £3.60 est.2kg bags
      • Cups

        Estimate

        £2.40 est.cups
      • Plates (main + cake)

        Estimate · Covers cake too – no separate cake plates

        £2.00 est.plates
      • Napkins

        Estimate

        £0.90 est.napkins
      • Cutlery sets

        Estimate

        £1.50 est.sets
      • Chairs (to borrow or hire)

        Estimate

        £9.00 est.chairs
      • Tables (to borrow or hire)

        Estimate

        £6.00 est.tables
      • Tablecloths

        Estimate

        £2.00 est.cloths
      • Decorations

        Estimate · One kit of themed decorations per guest — banner or bunting, table confetti, garlands and hanging pieces. Balloons are counted separately below.

        £40.00 est.per-guest kits
      • Balloons

        Estimate

        £3.75 est.balloons
      • Planned activities / games

        Estimate · One every 90 minutes

        £0.00 est.activities

      Assumptions

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