Charity stops using Captain Sir Tom Moore's name

Captain Sir Tom Moore raised £38.9m for NHS Charities Together.

A charity set up to further the legacy of Captain Sir Tom Moore will no longer use his name.

The Captain Tom Foundation was set up in honour of the fundraiser from Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire. His daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin Ingram-Moore later become directors.

The pair were both disqualified from being charity trustees by the Charity Commission in July after a report found they benefited from and mismanaged the foundation.

The commission confirmed the charity has applied to change its name on the Register of Charities after documents submitted to Companies House showed it has been renamed as The 1189808 Foundation.

The charity has been approached for comment.

The new name includes the charity number registered with the Charity Commission.

Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin Ingram-Moore were disqualified as directors by the Charity Commission

Capt Sir Tom became a household name during the first Covid-19 lockdown after he walked up and down his driveway to raise £38.9m for NHS Charities Together.

The Captain Tom Foundation was registered as a grant-making charity two months after his walk began.

The World War Two veteran died aged 100 in February 2021, with coronavirus.

Mr and Mrs Ingram-Moore became directors the day before he died.

The couple's roles came into question in June 2022, when the commission launched a statutory inquiry to determine if they had benefited privately at the charity's expense.

David Holdsworth, the chief executive of the Charity Commission, said there were repeated instances of a "blurring of boundaries between private and charitable interests" and that Hannah and Colin Ingram-Moore benefited significantly.

Capt Sir Tom's family said they had been treated "unfairly and unjustly".