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Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Capt Tom's shameless daughter & her husband owed eye-watering sum by their OWN company as firm falls £117k into the red
The couple are due tens of thousands of pounds from their consultancy MOORE TROUBLE Capt Tom's shameless daughter & her husband owed eye-watering sum by their OWN company as firm falls £117k into the red CAPTAIN Sir Tom Moore's shameless daughter and her husband are owed an eye-watering sum from their own business, company accounts have revealed. Hannah Ingram-Moore, 54, and her husband Colin, 68, were due £59,323 from their company Maytrix Group Limited in 2024, according to figures filed with Companies House. Advertisement 3 Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin are owed tens of thousands of pounds from their business, according to company accounts Credit: Getty Images - Getty 3 Ms Ingram-Moore was previously found to have personally benefited from the charity set-up in honour of Captain Sir Tom Moore Credit: PA 3 The veteran's daughter has maintained that she 'did nothing wrong' Credit: PA However, this was an enormous increase from the £30,523 they were owed in 2023 - with all of this coming as the management consultancy company's net assets plummeted from £5,385 to negative £117,880 between 2023 and 2024, reports the Daily Mail. It is not yet clear, however, if the money has been paid out to the couple - and it could be that the £30,523 due in 2023 is still included in 2024's figures. Mr and Ms Ingram-Moore have found themselves embroiled in scandals ever since their involvement with Covid hero Captain Tom and the charity set up in his name. The veteran won the nation's hearts when he walked 100 laps of his garden to help raise money for the NHS ahead of his 100th birthday in 2020. Advertisement Read More on UK News PIGGY FLAK Moment cyclist with child clinging to back goes WRONG WAY across roundabout Raising more than £38 million for NHS Charities Together, Captain Tom was knighted by the Queen in July that year - and later published his memoir, Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day. Despite writing in the book that there was "a chance to raise even more money for the charitable foundation now established in my name", his new charity - the Captain Tom Foundation - was marred by scandals related to his daughter and son-in-law. Following the veteran's death in 2021, a charity watchdog eventually discovered "repeated failures of governance and integrity", finding Mr and Ms Ingram-Moore had pocketed more than £1 million in the veteran's name from links to the Captain Tom Foundation. Perhaps the most notable peak of the scandal was when the couple put the charity's money into the construction of an illegal £200,000 luxury spa in their garden, which was eventually ordered to be demolished. Advertisement In January, they went a step further in erasing the walking veteran's name from the charity set up in his honour. Since these scandals have erupted in the media, the couple have faced even more money problems. Captain Tom's daughter STILL cashing in on dad's legacy by using him to flog £3.5k 'life-coaching' sessions The pair, who have been trying to sell their home, where Captain Tom achieved his famous feat, have seen its price slashed multiple times. Despite releasing a book to try and improve incomes, Mrs Ingram-Moore's work Grief: Public Face Private Loss was reported to have only sold around one copy a day. Advertisement Documents from Companies House also show that the amount of money the Ingram-Moores owe to creditors increased by more than £80,000 in one year for Maytrix Group Ltd. In that same time frame, the amount of money held in fixed assets crashed by more than £60,000. On top of this, the cash owed by debtors and held at a bank or in hand increased by less than £20,000. This could indicate that the money the couple are owed from the company is unlikely to be paid out, due to the debts. Advertisement The Ingram-Moores are the sole directors of the company, which cut down its employees from five to two between 2023 and 2024. Government documents also showed last year that Maytrix Group claimed up to £100,000 in furlough money over a 10-month period. How Captain Sir Tom Moore rose to fame & his daughter's controversies March 2020 - D-Day veteran Captain Tom Moore walks 100 laps around his Bedfordshire garden before his 100th birthday, raising £30million for the NHS during the first lockdown. - D-Day veteran Captain Tom Moore walks 100 laps around his Bedfordshire garden before his 100th birthday, raising £30million for the NHS during the first lockdown. April 2020 - Captain Tom reaches No. 1 in the charts with his cover of 'You'll Never Walk Alone'. He receives 100,000 cards for his 100th birthday, which is marked with a Battle of Britain flypast. A train is named after him. July 2020 - Captain Tom is knighted by the Queen in a special private ceremony at Windsor Castle. September 2020 - Hannah Ingram-Moore launches the Captain Tom Foundation to combat loneliness. December 2020 - Drones swarm into the shape of Captain Tom's face at the New Year's Eve firework display in London. February 2021 - Captain Sir Tom Moore dies after catching covid-19. February 2022 - The Charity Commission launches a probe into the Captain Tom foundation after it paid £50,000 to companies run by Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin. July 2023 - The foundation stops accepting donations. Planning chiefs order Hannah to tear down an unauthorised spa at her Bedfordshire home. The building had been approved to be used "in connection with the Captain Tom Foundation and its charitable objectives". But a larger building with a spa pool was built instead and was denied retrospective planning permission. Hannah appeals. September 2023 - accounts reveal Hannah received more than £70,000 to head the foundation. October 2023 - Hannah loses her appeal and is ordered to demolish the spa and restore the garden to its original condition. January 2024 - Demolition work begins. November 2024 - Probe finds family "repeatedly benefitted" from "mismanaged" foundation. January 2025 - Her business Club Nook collapses with just £149 in assets compared to £336,300 a year prior. The foundation's website also disappears. And, despite making hefty profits during the pandemic, the company also took out £47,500 in Covid loans. It was also revealed last August that Ms Ingram-Moore was paid "thousands of pounds" through her family company for appearances linked to the charity set up in her father's name. Advertisement She reportedly attended and judged award ceremonies in both 2021 and 2022 as interim chief executive of the Captain Tom Foundation. However, payments for these appearances were made to the Maytrix Group. At the time, the BBC claimed she had received the hefty payments on behalf of Maytrix for attending the Virgin Media O2 Captain Tom Foundation Connector Awards – despite promotional videos suggesting she was representing the charity. During this time, she was understood to be on a salary of £85,000 as the charity's interim chief executive. Advertisement Accounts from the Captain Tom Moore Foundation also reveal that Maytrix made a large profit from expenses it charged to the charity. The company was given back £37,942 in reimbursements, according to foundation accounts. This included £5,030 for "website costs", £4,500 for "office rental", £656 for "phone costs", and a whopping £27,205 for "third-party consultancy costs". The Ingram-Moores, however, said that the charity incurred costs were initially funded by Maytrix Group, before then being reimbursed when "sufficient funds were available." Advertisement They also said that all spending was "correctly authorised by the independent trustees". The Charity Commission also said in 2022 that it was satisfied the payments were "reasonable reimbursement" for expenses incurred by the companies in the formation of the charity. INGRAM-MOORES BENEFITED 'SIGNIFICANTLY' In a TV interview in March, Ms Ingram-Moore claimed she "did nothing wrong" after denying she pocketed £1.5 million meant for the family's charity. It followed a Charity Commission report which found Mr and Ms Ingram-Moore benefited "significantly" through association to the foundation. Advertisement The watchdog found there were misleading suggestions the proceeds from a £1.5 million book deal would be made to the charity. This included Captain Tom's autobiography Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day. It also said the couple had twice been invited to "rectify matters" by donating money to the charity "in line with their original intentions as understood by those involved" but had "declined to do so". The Charity Commission however confirmed at the conclusion of its inquiry on 21 November 2024 that there was no criminal wrong-doing by the family. Advertisement Director of Policy at the Charity Commission Paul Latham told LBC at the time of the report's publication that no evidence of criminal activity was discovered. He said: "No, we have found no evidence of a crime. What we have found is that there was misconduct and or mismanagement in how the charity was run." The Ingram-Moores also said that the family "never had any access" to the charity's bank account, saying all payments from the charity were made by independent trustees. They added that there was a "majority" of independent trustees on the board of the charity "at all times".
The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- Business
- The Irish Sun
Capt Tom's shameless daughter & her husband owed eye-watering sum by their OWN company as firm falls £117k into the red
CAPTAIN Sir Tom Moore's shameless daughter and her husband are owed an eye-watering sum from their own business, company accounts have revealed. Advertisement 3 Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin are owed tens of thousands of pounds from their business, according to company accounts Credit: Getty Images - Getty 3 Ms Ingram-Moore was previously found to have personally benefited from the charity set-up in honour of Captain Sir Tom Moore Credit: PA 3 The veteran's daughter has maintained that she 'did nothing wrong' Credit: PA However, this was an enormous increase from the £30,523 they were owed in 2023 - with all of this coming as the management consultancy company's net assets plummeted from £5,385 to negative £117,880 between 2023 and 2024, reports the It is not yet clear, however, if the money has been paid out to the couple - and it could be that the £30,523 due in 2023 is still included in 2024's figures. Mr and Ms Ingram-Moore have found themselves The veteran won the nation's hearts when he walked 100 laps of his garden to help raise money for the NHS ahead of his 100th birthday in 2020. Advertisement Read More on UK News Raising more than £38 million for NHS Charities Together, Captain Tom was knighted by the Queen in July that year - and later published his memoir, Despite writing in the book that there was "a chance to raise even more money for the charitable foundation now established in my name", his new charity - the Captain Tom Foundation - was marred by scandals related to his daughter and son-in-law. Following the veteran's death in 2021, a charity watchdog eventually discovered "repeated failures of governance and integrity", finding Mr and Ms Ingram-Moore had Perhaps the most notable peak of the scandal was when the couple put the charity's money into the construction of an Advertisement Most read in The Sun In January, they went a step further in Since these scandals have erupted in the media, the couple have faced even more money problems. Captain Tom's daughter STILL cashing in on dad's legacy by using him to flog £3.5k 'life-coaching' sessions The pair, who have been trying to sell their home, where Captain Tom achieved his famous feat, have seen its price slashed multiple times. Despite releasing a book to try and improve incomes, Mrs Ingram-Moore's work Grief: Public Face Private Loss was reported to have Advertisement Documents from Companies House also show that the amount of money the Ingram-Moores owe to creditors increased by more than £80,000 in one year for Maytrix Group Ltd. In that same time frame, the amount of money held in fixed assets crashed by more than £60,000. On top of this, the cash owed by debtors and held at a bank or in hand increased by less than £20,000. This could indicate that the money the couple are owed from the company is unlikely to be paid out, due to the debts. Advertisement The Ingram-Moores are the sole directors of the company, which cut down its employees from five to two between 2023 and 2024. Government documents also showed last year that Maytrix Group claimed up to £100,000 in furlough money over a 10-month period. How Captain Sir Tom Moore rose to fame & his daughter's controversies March 2020 - D-Day veteran Captain Tom Moore walks 100 laps around his Bedfordshire garden before his 100th birthday, raising £30million for the NHS during the first lockdown. April 2020 - Captain Tom reaches No. 1 in the charts with his cover of 'You'll Never Walk Alone'. He receives 100,000 cards for his 100th birthday, which is marked with a Battle of Britain flypast. A train is named after him. July 2020 - Captain Tom is knighted by the Queen in a special private ceremony at Windsor Castle. September 2020 - Hannah Ingram-Moore launches the Captain Tom Foundation to combat loneliness. December 2020 - Drones swarm into the shape of Captain Tom's face at the New Year's Eve firework display in London. February 2021 - Captain Sir Tom Moore dies after catching covid-19. February 2022 - The Charity Commission launches a probe into the Captain Tom foundation after it paid £50,000 to companies run by Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin. July 2023 - The foundation stops accepting donations. Planning chiefs order Hannah to tear down an unauthorised spa at her Bedfordshire home. The building had been approved to be used "in connection with the Captain Tom Foundation and its charitable objectives". But a larger building with a spa pool was built instead and was denied retrospective planning permission. Hannah appeals. September 2023 - accounts reveal Hannah received more than £70,000 to head the foundation. October 2023 - Hannah loses her appeal and is ordered to demolish the spa and restore the garden to its original condition. January 2024 - Demolition work begins. November 2024 - Probe finds family "repeatedly benefitted" from "mismanaged" foundation. January 2025 - Her business Club Nook collapses with just £149 in assets compared to £336,300 a year prior. The foundation's website also disappears. And, despite making hefty profits during the pandemic, the company also took out £47,500 in Covid loans. It was also revealed last August that Ms Ingram-Moore was paid "thousands of pounds" through her family company for appearances linked to the charity set up in her father's name. Advertisement She reportedly attended and judged award ceremonies in both 2021 and 2022 as interim chief executive of the Captain Tom Foundation. However, payments for these appearances were made to the Maytrix Group. At the time, the BBC claimed she had received the hefty payments on behalf of Maytrix for attending the Virgin Media O2 Captain Tom Foundation Connector Awards – despite promotional videos suggesting she was representing the charity. During this time, she was understood to be on a salary of £85,000 as the charity's interim chief executive. Advertisement Accounts from the Captain Tom Moore Foundation also reveal that Maytrix made a large profit from expenses it charged to the charity. The company was given back £37,942 in reimbursements, according to foundation accounts. This included £5,030 for "website costs", £4,500 for "office rental", £656 for "phone costs", and a whopping £27,205 for "third-party consultancy costs". The Ingram-Moores, however, said that the charity incurred costs were initially funded by Maytrix Group, before then being reimbursed when "sufficient funds were available." Advertisement They also said that all spending was "correctly authorised by the independent trustees". The Charity Commission also said in 2022 that it was satisfied the payments were "reasonable reimbursement" for expenses incurred by the companies in the formation of the charity. INGRAM-MOORES BENEFITED 'SIGNIFICANTLY' In a TV interview in March, Ms Ingram-Moore It followed a Advertisement The watchdog found there were misleading suggestions the proceeds from a £1.5 million book deal would be made to the charity. This included Captain Tom's autobiography Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day. It also said the couple had twice been invited to "rectify matters" by donating money to the charity "in line with their original intentions as understood by those involved" but had "declined to do so". The Charity Commission however confirmed at the conclusion of its inquiry on 21 November 2024 that there was no criminal wrong-doing by the family. Advertisement Director of Policy at the Charity Commission Paul Latham told He said: "No, we have found no evidence of a crime. What we have found is that there was misconduct and or mismanagement in how the charity was run." The Ingram-Moores also said that the family "never had any access" to the charity's bank account, saying all payments from the charity were made by independent trustees. They added that there was a "majority" of independent trustees on the board of the charity "at all times". Advertisement
The Independent
06-03-2025
- General
- The Independent
I'm sorry public felt misled, says Captain Tom's daughter after charity controversy
Captain Sir Tom Moore's daughter has apologised if the public 'felt misled' following a controversy over a charity set up in her father's name. The Second World War veteran became a household name during the Covid pandemic after raising £38.9m for NHS charities by doing laps of his garden in the run-up to his 100th birthday. He died with coronavirus in February 2021. But it was repeatedly rocked by controversy, with a damning Charity Commission report finding in November that the family 'repeatedly benefited' from the charity and engaged in a 'pattern of behaviour' which saw them personally earn more than £1m. The Charity Commission said Ms Ingram-Moore and her husband had allowed the public to 'understandably feel misled' after sales from her father's autobiography were not donated to the charity.
The Independent
06-03-2025
- Business
- The Independent
Captain Tom Moore's daughter says using father's name for charity is ‘deepest regret'
The daughter of Captain Sir Tom Moore has said it is her family's 'deepest regret' that their charity accused of repeated misconduct was set up in her late father's name. The Second World War veteran became a household name during the Covid pandemic after raising £38.9m for NHS charities by doing laps of his garden in the run-up to his 100th birthday. He died with coronavirus in February 2021. Established in June 2020, the Captain Tom Foundation aimed to use his legacy to raise money for organisations supporting the elderly. The veteran's daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin were appointed trustees in February 2021. But it was repeatedly rocked by controversy, with a damning Charity Commission report finding in November that the family 'repeatedly benefited' from the charity and engaged in a 'pattern of behaviour' which saw them personally earn more than £1m. In fresh remarks to the BBC, Ms Ingram-Moore said: 'It didn't need to be set up as a charity, we could have continued that legacy without it, because what it's done is all but completely derailed our lives. 'It was set up with my father's name and that is our deepest regret.' In its report, the Charity Commission said Ms Ingram-Moore and her husband had allowed the public to 'understandably feel misled' after sales from her father's autobiography were not donated to the charity. Despite the prologue of Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day implying that its sales would benefit the charity, his family kept the reported £800,000 profits for themselves, the commission said. But Ms Ingram-Moore told BBC Three Counties Radio on Thursday: 'There is nothing dishonest about what happened. The book said it would support the launch [of the foundation] and it did. There was never a specific amount of money required. '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.' Ms Ingram-Moore said her late father had signed the £1.5m publishing agreement with Penguin Random House and their family's company Club Nook via his agent, and had wanted the money to go to his family. '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.' In January, Captain Sir Tom's name was dropped from the charity – and was changed instead to the 1189808 Foundation, reflecting the organisation's charity number. The foundation first came under investigation in March 2021 over its accounts, which showed that during its first year of operation, just £160,000 was given away in charitable grants while £240,000 was spent on management. The Charity Commission expanded this into a statutory inquiry in June 2022 amid concerns about the charity's management and independence from Sir Tom's family and their companies. That expansion came after the Charity Commission had intervened to block a move to appoint Ms Ingram-Moore as chief executive on a £100,000 salary, which it said was 'neither reasonable nor justifiable'. Another point of controversy was the family's application for planning permission for a Captain Tom Foundation building containing a spa facility on disused tennis courts at their Grade II-listed family home in Bedfordshire. They were later ordered to demolish the structure. Last July, the Ingram-Moores released a statement saying they had been banned from being charity trustees, and described the Charity Commission's investigation as a 'harrowing and debilitating ordeal'. damning 30-page report but said it would have taken too much time and money to contest the findings. 'We gracefully bowed out and said we'll have to accept what they say, even though we know it not to be true and get on with our lives,' she said.
Yahoo
06-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Captain Sir Tom Moore's daughter Hannah says she's ‘sorry people feel misled'
Captain Sir Tom Moore's family's 'deepest regret' is having a charity set up in his name, his daughter has said, as she repeated her insistence there was no intention to mislead the public over money from a book deal going to charity. A damning report from the charities regulator last year found a 'repeated pattern of behaviour' which saw Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin make private gains and which the watchdog said will have left the public feeling 'misled'. Sir Tom, who died in February 2021, became a household name during the pandemic, raising millions for NHS charities by walking laps of his garden in lockdown. But separately, a £1.4 million book deal and an £18,000 awards ceremony appearance fee were among the financial benefits Mr and Mrs Ingram-Moore enjoyed through their family links to the Captain Tom Foundation. Speaking to the BBC as she prepares to write and publish her own books about grief, loneliness and resilience, Mrs Ingram-Moore said the charity had been set up after a family discussion about how to ensure Sir Tom's legacy, but that 'in hindsight, we didn't need to do that'. She added: 'It didn't need to be set up as a charity. We could have continued that legacy without it, because what it's done is all but completely derailed our lives.' Asked if her biggest regret was setting up the foundation, she said: 'We didn't set it up. 'It was set up with my father's name, and that is our deepest regret.' Sir Tom's book, Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day, had a line in the prologue where he said 'with the offer to write this memoir I have also been given the chance to raise even more money for the charitable foundation now established in my name'. The Charity Commission report, published in November, concluded: 'The inquiry cannot see how the first sentence in the above quote from Captain Tom can be interpreted as anything other than funds provided to Captain Tom for writing his memoir would flow to the charity to continue his charitable work.' When the line in the book was put to Mrs Ingram-Moore, she told the BBC: 'You can obviously read that either way.' She said that about £800,000 had been left from the book deal once fees had been paid to others, including the literary agent, legal and PR professionals. But she repeated that her father had signed the contract and wanted the money to go to his family, saying: 'He was of very sound mind. He wanted us to benefit, and he chose where to put it. It was his money.' Asked what she would say to people who feel misled, she said: 'I'm sorry they feel misled. I genuinely am. But there was never any intent to mislead. And if there was any misleading, it wasn't our doing.' The commission has called on the Ingram-Moores to make a 'suitable donation', declining to say how much, from the book advance deal, to 'honour the commitment that Captain Tom, in his own words in his first book, stated in the foreword about the money benefiting the foundation set up in his name'. Asked if she would do that, Mrs Ingram-Moore said: 'We have made, much money has gone, it's already happened. And they (the commission) also know that.' Asked to be more specific about how much money from the book advance was spent on the foundation, she declined to say. She told the BBC: 'I don't think that's even the right thing to do. I don't think it's helpful now for me to put another number out, because that's the number everyone will talk about. 'So there is nothing dishonest about what happened. The book said, it said it would support the launch (of the foundation), and it did.' In January, it was disclosed that Sir Tom's name had been removed from the foundation set up in his honour. A foundation spokesman at the time said it had 'acceded to the family's demand that it removes Captain Tom's name from its title'. It is now known as the 1189808 Foundation, reflecting the organisation's charity number. At that point, the spokesman said the Ingram-Moores had still not paid funds the charity says are owed after the watchdog investigation. The millions raised by Sir Tom and donated to NHS Charities Together before the foundation was formed were not part of the commission's inquiry.
