Captain Sir Tom Moore family members disqualified as charity trustees

Captain Sir Tom Moore’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin have been disqualified from being charity trustees by the Charity Commission.

The Captain Tom Foundation was registered as a grant-making charity in 2020 to continue the late veteran’s NHS fundraising work after he raised £38.9m doing a sponsored walk at his home in Marston Mortaine, Bedfordshire.

Sir Tom died in 2021 and the Charity Commission opened an inquiry in 2022 amid concerns about the foundation’s management and independence from Sir Tom’s family.

A statement from the family said they would not appeal against the decision but they “fundamentally disagree with the conclusions reached by the Charity Commission”.

Ms Ingram-Moore and her husband said they had been given an order of disqualification by the commission which prevents them from being charity trustees.

Their statement said: “The disqualification has been imposed without the conclusion of the statutory inquiry into The Captain Tom Foundation.

“The commission’s failure to conclude the inquiry prolongs our deep distress and hinders our ability to move on with our lives, extending the pain and impact on our family and our father/grandfather’s legacy.”

According to the family they were given a deadline of 25 June to appeal against the decision to disqualify them.

They described the investigation as a “harrowing and debilitating ordeal” and they would not appeal.

In the statement, they added: “The profound emotional upheaval and financial burden make such a course of action untenable.

“It is widely recognised that the funds raised in April 2020 were directed entirely to NHS Charities Together.

“Public donations were managed by JustGiving and transferred directly to NHS Charities Together, without any involvement from our family in the distribution process.”