Very roughly:
PPL: £6,000
Hour Building: £6,500
Bristol.GS: £2,200
CPL/ME: £6,400
IR: £11,300
MCC: £3,000
CAA exam / Test / Issue Fees: £3,000
Comes to £38,400
Travel and expenses are difficult to factor in but came to less than £2000 incl landing fees. I live 10 mins from EGCC so quite lucky.
I could have hour built in a C152 instead of an Archer III saving me about £2000. Another £1000 could have been saved on my MCC.
The US for PPL and HB are further savings.
PPL and hour building prices are circa 2006/7 prices to give a balanced arguement.
35k may be at the low end, but certainly 'doable'.
EK