Charity drops pandemic fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore’s name
Charity drops pandemic fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore’s name
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Renowned charity fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore’s name has been dropped from the foundation set up in his honour. The Captain Tom Foundation is now known as the 1189808 Foundation, reflecting the organisation’s charity number. The update this week comes 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.
The Charity 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”. The report found that a £1.4 million book deal and an £18,000 awards ceremony appearance fee were among the financial benefits the Ingram-Moores enjoyed through their family links to the Captain Tom Foundation.
At the time of the commission’s report in November, a spokesperson for the foundation said it was “imploring the Ingram-Moores to rectify matters by returning the funds due” to the charity. The Ingram-Moores argued it was a “breach of privacy” for the book deal to have been disclosed by the Charity Commission and said “significant fees” had been paid to the literary agent, legal and PR professionals, as well as some money having “supported” the foundation.
The Ingram-Moores had already been banned last year from being charity trustees, with Mrs Ingram-Moore prohibited from being a trustee or holding a senior management role in any charity in England and Wales for 10 years, and Mr Ingram-Moore for eight years.
