# Captain Tom charity is our deepest regret, says daughter

## Hannah Ingram-Moore and Captain Sir Tom Moore

Hannah Ingram-Moore told BBC Three Counties Radio's Justin Dealey that she was sorry if the public felt misled.

The daughter of pandemic fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore has said she deeply regrets a charity being set up in his name.

Hannah Ingram-Moore admitted the decision almost "derailed" the family's life but claimed "nothing dishonest" happened.

World War Two veteran Capt Sir Tom became a household name during the first Covid-19 lockdown, raising £38.9m for NHS charities after  in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire.

Mrs Ingram-Moore and her husband became directors of the Captain Tom Foundation, but the Charity Commission has since said they misled the public by benefitting personally from the charity.



The family's private company was paid an advance of £1.47m for Capt Sir Tom’s three books.

## The inquiry





The family's private company was paid an advance of £1.47m for Capt Sir Tom’s three books.

The publisher Penguin and promoter Carver PR said the family gave repeated assurances that part of the book deal advance would be used to set up and fund the foundation.

A press release, marketing materials and the prologue of Capt Sir Tom's memoir, all stated that the books would be used to support or raise money for the foundation.

Mrs Ingram-Moore insisted her father wanted the family to benefit from the deal.

"He was of very sound mind - he wanted us to benefit and he chose where to put it. It was his money," she said.

"He wanted to ensure that we lived well, that we had future income, because he could see that Covid had been quite devastating to our business."

The publisher disputes this version of events and told the BBC the first publishing agreement was signed by Mrs Ingram-Moore on behalf of a private firm set up by the Ingram-Moores and Capt Sir Tom.

## The book deal



Mrs Ingram-Moore said that after fees were taken into account, the family received £800,000 from the book deal - most of which was spent on legal costs.

She insisted some of that payment went to charity, but declined to say how much when pushed for a figure.

"There is nothing dishonest about what happened," she insisted.

Experienced charity professional Jack Gilbert was chief executive of the foundation, and he told the BBC he was  he uncovered.

Ms Ingram-Moore was asked if she wanted to apologise to members of the public who felt misled.

She said: "The book said it would support the launch  and it did. There was never a specific amount of money required."

## 'I'm sorry they feel misled'

Mrs Ingram-Moore was played audio of some neighbours telling the BBC they had felt "duped".

"I'm sorry they feel misled, I genuinely am, but there was never any intent to mislead. If there was any misleading it wasn't our doing," she said.

When it was pointed out that the book and the charity were launched on the same day, she said it was a way to benefit the charity.

"None of that needed to happen on the same day," she said. "It was done purposefully because everyone thought it would give the charity a huge boost to get people there."



## A new chapter



Mrs Ingram-Moore is due to release a self-published book this year entitled Grief: Public Face, Private Loss.

She plans a second book about resilience, and then an autobiography in 2026.

Business clients no longer wanted to work with her, she said, forcing her to pursue a new career as an author.

"Here I am as a woman who's worked predominantly in male-dominated businesses all my life successfully - now nobody thinks that that's worth anything," she said.

"It's devastating."

## A new chapter



In a statement released on Wednesday, the Charity Commission said: "Our rigorous investigation found repeated instances where Hannah and Colin Ingram-Moore's actions blurred the boundaries between their private interests and those of the charity.

"We stand by the findings of our inquiry, which are based on robust evidence."

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