The daughter of the record-breaking fundraiser Sir Captain Tom Moore received payments of thousands of pounds to her private company for work in the name of the Captain Tom Foundation, it has been claimed.
BBC Newsnight reported that Hannah Ingram-Moore’s family company was paid “thousands of pounds” for her involvement in the 2021 and 2022 Virgin Media O2 Captain Tom Foundation Connector Awards.
The event and the awards included the name and logo of the charity but the money Ingram-Moore was paid went to the Maytrix Group, which she owns with her husband Colin.
A Virgin Media spokesperson said: “We worked directly with the late Sir Captain Tom to recognise community groups and charities that went above and beyond during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“When payment was made, we were not aware of any concerns about Ms Ingram-Moore’s family companies or the Captain Tom Foundation that have since come to light after our campaign and relationship with Captain Tom finished.”
Ingram-Moore was the interim chief executive of the Captain Tom Foundation at the time with an annual salary of £86,000, a figure established after the Charity Commission refused to allow the charity to pay her £100,000.
A spokesperson for the charity trustees told the BBC: “The Captain Tom Foundation is aware of the commercial arrangements made by Hannah Ingram-Moore with Virgin Media O2 in respect of the ‘Virgin Media Captain Tom Foundation Connector Awards’.
“This matter is the subject of an ongoing internal investigation.
“The Charity Commission has been notified of the foundation’s review of this matter and the foundation will share its findings once the investigation has concluded.”
The regulator has had an open statutory inquiry into the foundation since June 2022 due to concerns that Club Nook Limited, another private company controlled by Hannah and Colin Ingram-Moore, had significantly profited from trademarking variations of the Captain Tom name with no objection from the charity.
A Charity Commission spokesperson said: “Our inquiry into the Captain Tom Foundation remains ongoing. Its scope includes examining whether the trustees have adequately managed conflicts of interest, including with private companies connected to the Ingram-Moore family.”