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‘I did NOTHING wrong’ – Capt Tom’s shameless daughter doubles down & denies pocketing £1.5m meant for charity on GMB
She has claimed 'we own the truth' over the past five years which have been marred by controversy
CAPTAIN Tom's shameless daughter has claimed she "did nothing wrong" after denying she pocketed £1.5million for the family's charity.
Hannah Ingram-Moore appeared on Good Morning Britain today in her first live TV interview since the Charity Commission found her guilty of mismanaging her father's foundation.
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Captain Sir Tom Moore won the nation's hearts after raising nearly £40million for the NHS by walking laps around his garden in the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
Hannah was however found to have personally benefited from his charity in her position as director of the Captain Tom Foundation alongside her husband, and now former trustee, Colin Ingram-Moore.
The watchdog found there were misleading suggestions the proceeds from a book deal would be made to the charity.
This included Captain Tom's autobiography Tomorrow Will Be A Good Day.
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She was grilled by host Rob Rinder on the show this morning about the £1.5million book deal, and claimed it was "never said" that sales from the three books would go to the charity.
She said: "He signed that contract with Penguin Random House and I signed to say where the money was going on his behalf.
"He was alive and he decided. It never said anywhere that sales would go to the charity, not us.
"We agreed it would go to support the launch of the charity and money from the book revenue did support the charity."
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She also explained in a BBC interview earlier this week that the family took £80,000 from the book sales although most of this was taken up by legal costs.
However, publisher Penguin told the BBC the family said part of the autobiography's advance would be used to finance the foundation.
A press release about the memoir also stated money would be used to support or raise money for the charity.
Hannah claimed her dad had signed the contract, not her, although she later clarified on the show today that she had signed "on his behalf" for where the money would go from the deal.
However, she said claimed there was "no signature" to say that the funds would go to the charity.
She said: "First and foremost there was never any contract with the charity, ever.
"He [Captain Tom] signed the book deal, I signed on behalf of the company.
"There was never ever ever a contract with the charity."
When pressed by Rob on how much money eventually went to the foundation, Hannah pushed back saying it would "not be helpful for anyone" to quote a figure.
However, she later relented, saying: "Tens of thousands went it".
She was also asked "how much" she had asked for from the charity, to which she replied: "What I was offered and accepted in the end was £85,000.
"In fact my role could only ever last for nine months, I was employed for three months at a time for a maximum of nine months.
"So what I earned was around £60,000."
The couple were ordered to demolish a £200,000 luxury spa that they had built in their grounds using the Captain Tom Foundation charity name last year.
Hannah claimed that money from the charity did not pay for the building or the hot tub, saying it was instead "personal money on our land".
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Rob then asked her: "Do you have no shame?" for her actions over the previous years.
Hannah replied: "When I look back at the last five years, we know that we own the truth and what I can't do is sit here and persuade everyone to believe our reality."
She added: "There was no wilful mismanagement, no will to do anything but support the legacy."
The charity, set up in Captain Tom's name, came under scrutiny last year following a damning report by the Charity Commission.
It revealed Colin and Hannah had pocketed around £1.5million and benefited "significantly" through association to the foundation.
The report 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".
It was reported by The Sun earlier this week that disgraced Hannah now plans to release a new book about coping with death.
Speaking out for the first time since the inquiry, Hannah told "there was never any intent to mislead", adding: "If there was any misleading it wasn't our doing."
She said her dad was of "very sound mind" and had wanted to ensure his loved ones "lived well" after his death, with the pandemic having but pressure on their business.
The Charity Commission report found the foundation had given grants amounting to £160,000 to four charities and spent over £162,000 on management fees during the same 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.
It also raised concerns about deals with Virgin Media worth £28,000.
The report further found a "repeated pattern of behaviour" relating to the couple's private gains, but concluded the family's actions did not represent criminal behaviour.
Hannah has disputed the findings but said it would've cost too much money to challenge the report.
The Commission had already banned her from being a trustee or holding a senior management role in any charity in England or Wales for a decade, and Mr Ingram-Moore was struck off for eight years.
This also comes as it was revealed Hannah had re-listed her £2million Grade-II listed home just months after its controversial spa was torn down.
It was reportedly taken off the market last year but now appears to be available, according to the .
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War hero Captain Tom raised £38.9million walking 100 laps of its garden during the Covid pandemic.
Last month, it was also discovered that Captain Sir Tom Moore's name had been removed from the scandal-hit charity.
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