CAPTAIN Sir Tom Moore's family is planning an extension at their home complete with a toilet, kitchen and patio for the charity set up in his name.

The Captain Tom Foundation, founded by the war veteran's family in the wake of his fundraising efforts, is at the centre of a Charity Commission regulatory compliance case.

It was revealed the charity spent more on management than on charitable grants in its first annual account statement.

And The Sun can also reveal the Ingram-Moores were granted planning permission last year for a new property in the grounds of their home. 

The 15×6 metre building will include a toilet, kitchen and outside patio area.

Planning documents lodged with Central Bedfordshire Council said it will “be used in part for private use but mostly in connection with The Captain Tom Foundation”.

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The application was made in the name of the Maytrix Group, which already has offices in a detached building at the property.

Hannah told The Sun the new building “is funded entirely by family money”.

It comes as it was revealed the Captain Tom Foundation had paid £54,000 to two companies run by the fundraiser's daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin.

And the accounts showed the foundation — which sells Captain Tom gin, roses and T-shirts on its website — donated £160,000 to good causes while spending £240,000 on management and fundraising.

The Charity Commission confirmed it would be reviewing the accounts – but stressed there was no suggestion of criminal wrongdoing. 

SIR TOM CHARITY AUDIT

The Captain Tom Foundation was founded in June 2020 to continue the incredible fundraising efforts of the Bedfordshire army veteran after he raised a whopping £39million for NHS Charities Together.

In its first year of running, the charity accumulated almost £1.1million in donations.

But its audited accounts show just £160,000 was given away in charitable grants while £240,000 was spent on management and fundraising costs.

Of the costs, £126,424 was spent on "fundraising consultancy fees" while £20,884 was used in "advertising and marketing expenditure".

During the 12-month period, a combined total of more than £54,000 was reimbursed to two companies controlled Hannah Colin – called Club Nook Limited and Maytrix Group Limited.

Although a case has been launched into the charity, it does not mean any wrongdoing has been found.

And earlier this week, it was claimed the foundation had tried to appoint Hannah as its CEO on a £150,000 salary before the Charity Commission blocked the move.

She was instead appointed interim CEO for nine months in August 2021.

Hannah insisted claims the commission had blocked her appointment were “100 per cent lies”.

Stephen Jones, chair of the foundation’s board of trustees, said the foundation was “required in law” to seek the commission’s consent to appoint Hannah as CEO — but during discussions with the watchdog she decided the role “was not something she wished to pursue”.

A charity commission spokesman said its “engagement” with the charity’s trustees “on its set-up and governance arrangements continues”.

Hannah told The Sun she had “never been authorised to make any payments on behalf of the charity” and had not made any to her company.

In a statement, she said: "Every penny from my father, Captain Tom Moore’s wonderful fundraising efforts – a sum well in excess of £38 million – was paid directly to NHS Charities Together in early 2020 and has been used by NHS Charities Together as they see fit.

“This is entirely separate from the foundation we subsequently set up at his express wish, The Captain Tom Foundation.”

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