07 September 2023 , 12:19
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The daughter of lockdown hero Sir Captain Tom Moore and her company were paid nearly £100,000 from his charity amid a regulatory probe, accounts have revealed.
Hannah Ingram-Moore earned £63,750 in salaries after she took up an interim CEO role at the Captain Tom Foundation, named in honour of her late father. She was also paid £7,602 in "general travel and administration expenses". Accounts show that £24,206 was given to Maytrix Group Ltd - a company controlled by Mrs Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin - including £21,750 for office rental plus telephone costs of £2,456.
The Charity Commission launched an investigation into "concerns" about the charity's links to Mrs Ingram-Moore and her husband's private companies last year. Now accounts show that donations fell by more than half after trustees pulled the plug on donation channels during the probe.
Captain Sir Tom Moore with his daughter, Hannah Ingram-Moore (VICKIE FLORES/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)The accounts – for the 18-month period from June 1, 2021 to November 30, 2022 – reveal the charity raised £402,854, down from £1,058,676 collected in the previous year. Despite the hefty donations, the charity handed out just £210,000 in grants. It dwarfed the £465,000 spent on "support costs" which includes salaries, management costs, office costs and IT.
The Captain Tom Foundation also paid out almost £48,785 in legal fees, paperwork reveals. The Trustees said that because of "regulatory interventions" they have been "unable to deliver the plan" of continuing Sir Captain Tom's legacy. And a note on the foundation’s website - dated July 2023 - says: “The sole focus of the Captain Tom Foundation is to ensure that it co-operates fully with the on-going Statutory Inquiry by the Charity Commission. As a result the Captain Tom Foundation is not presently actively seeking any funding from donors.”
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Ms Ingram-Moore (PA)Mrs Ingram-Moore has resigned as a Director of the foundation but husband Colin’s directorship is still active. Accounts reveal the foundation gave out £210,000 in grants, which included £50,000 to Youth Network, £50,000 to Minds Trust and £25,000 to the Florence Nightingale Charity.
It comes after Mrs Ingram-Moore was accused of using her late father's name to build a spa facility at her £1.2million home in Bedfordshire. She has not responded to requests for comment.
Capt Tom lifted the nation’s spirits during Covid by walking in his Bedfordshire garden in the run-up to his 100th birthday. He raised almost £39million for the NHS. He was knighted and honoured with an RAF flypast and received 225,000 100th birthday cards. The nation mourned when he died in February 2021.