Captain Tom’s family ‘demanded his name be removed from charity’
Captain Tom’s family ‘demanded his name be removed from charity’
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Captain Sir Tom Moore’s family is said to have demanded his name be removed from the foundation set up in his honour and still not paid funds the charity insists are owed after a damning watchdog investigation. It was revealed this week that renowned pandemic fundraiser Sir Tom Moore’s name had been dropped, changing it from the Captain Tom Foundation to the 1189808 Foundation, reflecting the organisation’s charity number.
The change came just over two months after the charities watchdog found there had been “repeated” misconduct and mismanagement on the part of Sir Tom’s daughter and her husband in their running of the foundation. On Thursday, a foundation spokesperson revealed the family had demanded Sir Tom’s name be removed.
Following the Charity Commission report in November into the foundation, the remaining trustee said he was “imploring the Ingram-Moores to rectify matters by returning the funds due” so they could be donated “to well-deserving charities as intended by the late Captain Sir Tom Moore”.
But a spokesperson confirmed they have failed to do so since then. The commission’s report found a “repeated pattern of behaviour” which saw Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin make private gains and which the regulator said will have left the public feeling “misled”.
