Who is Captain Sir Tom Moore’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore?

Hannah Ingram-Moore has been by her father Captain Sir Tom Moore's side through his incredible fundraising efforts and his subsequent rise to fame before he died

When her father Captain Sir Tom Moore became a national treasure for his pandemic fundraising efforts, daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore was often seen by his side.

However, before the spotlight fell on their family, she was already "one of Britain’s leading business women", as per her official website.

Not only a successful businesswoman, she's also a life coach and motivational speaker, boasting a "wealth of knowledge and expertise" from her work with renowned brands like Gap and Fortnum & Mason. Her journey has been "one of business, family and leadership", according to her site.

As Covid-19 gripped the world, Mrs Ingram-Moore, one of Sir Tom's two daughters, frequently appeared in media interviews and photos, sharing her father's inspiring charity work with a nation in lockdown. She spoke fondly of the "richness of living in a multi-generational household", having invited her elderly father to live with her family in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire.

It was here that he completed his famous 100 laps, raising an incredible £38.9 million for the NHS. Alongside her chartered accountant husband, Colin, Mrs Ingram-Moore co-founded business recruitment agency Maytrix and they both serve as co-directors of private limited company Club Nook.

Mrs Ingram-Moore joined her father at Windsor Castle in 2020 to witness his knighthood and later received a warm reception in the Royal Box at Wimbledon in 2021, following Sir Tom's passing. However, just three years later, she and her husband were barred from serving as charity trustees by the Charity Commission.

Mrs Ingram-Moore described the commission's investigation as a "harrowing and debilitating ordeal" that left her family in a state of "constant fear and mental anguish". On her website, she expresses her sense of duty, stating that she feels a "weight of responsibility for doing the right thing, for not letting people down and responding to the love and compassion that has come our way".

It comes as a new report from the Charity Commission and her husband gained “significant” financial benefit from links to a charity set up during the pandemic.

The World War II hero raised nearly £39 million during the Covid-19 crisis by walking 100 lengths of his garden ahead of his 100th birthday. His fundraising efforts captured the nation’s hearts and led to a record-breaking flood of donations from well-wishers.

He was given a BBC Sports Personality of the Year award and performed in a chart-topping music single. Sir Tom was knighted by the Queen in July 2020 and died, aged 100, in February 2021 after contracting Covid-19.

The Captain Tom Foundation was set up by his daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore, 53, and her husband, Colin, 66, in his honour. However, it became the subject of several allegations, leading to investigations by the Charity Commission and Fundraising Regulator.

The Charity Commission first opened a compliance case in March 2021 and began reviewing the organisation's setup. It opened a statutory inquiry - usually reserved for only the most serious cases - in June 2022.

Now the watchdog’s report has been published - and is damning in its criticism of Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin.

It concluded there had been repeated instances of misconduct by the pair, who have already been banned from being charity trustees. The report said the couple’s “misconduct and/or mismanagement” was a “repeated pattern of behaviour”.

It revealed sales of Captain Tom’s autobiography ‘Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day’ did not benefit The Captain Tom Foundation. In the book’s foreword, he wrote of being given “the chance to raise even more money for the charitable foundation now established in my name.”

A spokesperson for the Captain Tom Foundation said: "The Captain Tom Foundation is pleased with the Charity Commission's unequivocal findings regarding the Ingram-Moores' misconduct. We join the Charity Commission in imploring the Ingram-Moores to rectify matters by returning the funds due to the Foundation, so that they can be donated to well-deserving charities as intended by the late Captain Sir Tom Moore. We hope they do so immediately and without the need for further action."

The Ingram-Moores said they felt "unfairly and unjustly" treated and accused the commission of "selective storytelling". They said: "A credible regulatory body would provide the full truth, rather than misrepresenting, and conflating facts and timelines that align with a predetermined agenda.

"True accountability demands transparency, not selective storytelling." They said the inquiry had taken a "serious toll on our family's mental and physical health, unfairly tarnishing our name and affecting our ability to carry on Captain Sir Tom's legacy".