Sir Captain Tom Moore’s tearful daughter says charity has ‘nothing to hide’

Sabrina Johnson

Published March 3, 2022 7:26pm Updated March 3, 2022 7:26pm

NEXT PLEASE - Captain Tom Moore's daughter tearfully denies claims she swindled late dad's cash — Hannah Ingram-Moore has denied claims against the charity set up in her father’s name (Picture: ITV/REX)

Sir Captain Tom Moore’s daughter has appeared on TV to tearfully deny allegations against the foundation set up in her father’s name.

Last month, it emerged the charity set up in his honour is under investigation following claims it tried to make the war veteran’s daughter its CEO -and pay her a six-figure salary.

The move, which was blocked by the Charity Commission, would have reportedly had seen Hannah Ingram-Moore receive a salary of £150,000 per year.

That would have amounted to 13.68% of the foundation’s first year of income.

The Foundation’s accounts have also come under scrutiny after it emerged the organisation spent more on management and consultancy fees than it gave out in grants during its first 12 months.

Now, Mrs Ingram-Moore has told ITV’s This Morning that the family is ‘not hiding anything’ and has even accused the media of ‘damaging’ her late father’s legacy.

Sir Tom became world-famous when he raised more than £38 million for the NHS during the coronavirus pandemic by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday.

Following the fund-raising feat and Sir Tom’s death last year, a charity was set up in his name to continue his legacy.

Captain Tom Moore 's daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore on This Morning — Mrs Ingram-Moore became tearful when she appeared on This Morning(Picture: ITV)

Accounts for The Captain Tom Foundation, released earlier this year, showed more than £162,000 was paid out in admin costs, with £6,542 spent on office costs, £8,280 on IT and £32,275 on governance.

Four £40,000 donations, amounting to £160, 000 were given to charities.

A total of £50,000 was also given to two separate firms run by members of the Ingram-Moore family.

Mrs Ingram-Moore told This Morning that the accounts were ‘a snapshot in time in the first year of the charity’ and denied all wrongdoing.

She said the Foundation’s accounts were ‘independently audited’.

Sir Captain Tom Moore and his daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore — Mrs Ingram-Moore said the family had been ‘naïve’ but ‘not bad’ in setting up a charity (Picture: REX)

When asked about the six-figure salary for being CEO Mrs Ingram-Moore said ‘the £150,000 is absolutely not true’.

‘What the trustees did was ask for a benchmarking: “Please tell us if we were to employ a CEO, what would be the benchmark? What’s the highest, what’s the lowest?” The highest happened to be £150,000,’ she said.

Captain Tom’s daughter held back tears as she said: ‘We’re not hiding anything.

‘There’s nothing wrong, we haven’t made any false action, and I genuinely think, though, that the vast majority of people think that’.

Mrs Ingram-Moore said the family had been ‘naïve’ but ‘not bad’ in setting up a charity in her father’s name and had done it out of ‘love’.

File photo dated 16/04/20 of the then 99-year-old war veteran Captain Tom Moore, at his home in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, after he achieved his goal of 100 laps of his garden. The family of Captain Sir Tom Moore are encouraging people to celebrate his spirit of generosity by taking on their own "Captain Tom 100" charity challenge on what would have been the weekend of his 101st birthday.Issue date: Tuesday April 6, 2021. PA Photo. Second World War veteran Sir Tom raised more than ?32 million for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday on April 30 last year. He died at Bedford Hospital on February 2 after testing positive for Covid-19. See PA story MEMORIAL CaptainTom. Photo credit should read: Joe Giddens/PA Wire — Sir Captain Tom Moore died on February 2 2021 after testing positive for Covid-19 (Picture: PA)

‘We stepped into this for love, for humanity, for allowing as many people as possible access to his legacy’, she said.

‘We never thought of the darkness, never. It never crossed our minds.’

‘In the end, my father taught us resilience and humanity. Ultimately our ambition in his name is a world without ageism.’

Last month on the anniversary of her father’s death, Mrs Ingram-Moore told Metro.co.uk that the 100-year-old’s guiding wisdom was much missed at her family home in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire.

A day to celebrate the war veteran’s legacy was planned to take place in June, to celebrate older generations and raise funds for organisations that support them.