Captain Tom

The Charity Commission has launched an inquiry into whether WW2 veteran Captain Sir Tom Moore's family profited from the charity set up in the NHS ...

What's the highest, what's the lowest?'. The highest happened to be £150,000'. 'We never thought of the darkness, never. What the trustees did was ask for a benchmarking: 'Please tell us if we were to employ a CEO, what would be the benchmark? Helen Stephenson, chief executive of the Charity Commission, said: 'The late Captain Sir Tom Moore inspired the nation with his courage, tenacity and concern for others. These will be externally validated as part of the process.' This period has now ended and the charity has recruited a new CEO. What the trustees did was ask for a benchmarking: 'Please tell us if we were to employ a CEO, what would be the benchmark? He received a special BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award and achieved a UK number one with a cover of You'll Never Walk Alone - making him the oldest person to record a UK number one. The Commission requested evidence of the benchmarking exercise undertaken. 'We never thought of the darkness, never. Sir Tom became a national hero after raising £38million for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his Bedfordshire garden before his 100th birthday at the height of the first national Covid lockdown in April 2020. The foundation was set up after this fundraising effort.

The Charity Commission will be examining concerns about the management of the foundation, set up in honour of Army veteran who inspired the nation during ...

“On behalf of our family, there are two points we would like to make. These will be externally validated as part of the process.” Helen Stephenson, chief executive of the Charity Commission, said: “The late Captain Sir Tom Moore inspired the nation with his courage, tenacity and concern for others. “We do not take any decision to open an inquiry lightly but in this case our concerns have mounted. “We welcome that the Charity Commission today reports that it is ‘satisfied’ in relation to questions that had been raised about the foundation’s annual report which was published in February, and has concluded that payments were reasonable and that conflicts of interest were identified and managed. The commission previously raised concerns about the payment of consultancy fees to third parties but said it was later “satisfied” that these specific payments were a reasonable reimbursement for expenses incurred by the companies in the formation of the charity.

The watchdog opened a case into the charity in March 2021, a month after Sir Tom died, and began reviewing the set-up of the organisation.

“We do not take any decision to open an inquiry lightly but in this case our concerns have mounted. Helen Stephenson, chief executive of the Charity Commission, said: “The late Captain Sir Tom Moore inspired the nation with his courage, tenacity and concern for others. “I note that the trustees confirmed with the commission during the process of registration that the ‘image rights and intellectual property rights of the name were held within a private family trust’, and the commission were aware that this was always intended to be the case."

The Commission has launched the inquiry over newly identified concerns about arrangements between the charity and a company linked to the Ingram-Moore ...

However, it is now satisfied that these payments are reasonable reimbursement for expenses incurred by the companies in the formation of the charity. This proposal was refused by the Commission on the grounds that the salary was neither reasonable nor justifiable, but in August 2021 it permitted the charity to appoint Ingram-Moore as interim CEO on a salary of £85,000 per year. The inquiry, which opened on 16 June, will also look into whether there was any mismanagement and misconduct by The Captain Tom Foundation’s trustees in the administration of the charity.

Britain's charity watchdog said on Thursday it had launched an investigation into the foundation set up in honour of record-breaking fundraiser Captain Tom ...

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