# Captain Tom Foundation closes all payment channels amidst spa probe

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2023/07/05/captain-tom-foundation-closes-all-payment-channels-amidst-spa-probe/
- Published: 2023-07-05T10:11:52+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Following news this week that Captain Sir Tom Moore’s daughter and husband allegedly
used its name to build a spa and pool complex, The Captain Tom Foundation has closed
all payment channels and is not currently seeking any funding from donors.**

A statement on its homepage reads:

_“At this moment in time, the sole focus of [The Captain Tom Foundation](https://captaintom.org/)
is to ensure that it cooperates fully with the on-going Statutory Inquiry by the
Charity Commission.  Once the findings of the Statutory Inquiry have been communicated,
The Captain Tom Foundation will be in a better position to make a decision in relation
to its future, but for now, our main priority is to assist the Charity Commission
with its enquiry.”_

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The Sun [broke the news earlier this week](https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/22912846/captain-tom-moore-daughter-charity-spa-pool/)
that Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband had apparently told planners that they 
wanted an office for the foundation at their home but had then built a spa and pool
complex.

The foundation’s trustees told The Sun that they were completely unaware of this
and would not have authorised any such planning applications. With the Charity Commission’s
Statutory Inquiry ongoing, they have taken the decision to close all payment channels
to focus on supporting this.

#### Commission’s ongoing inquiry

The Charity Commission [opened its inquiry in June last year](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/06/30/charity-commission-opens-statutory-inquiry-into-captain-tom-foundation/),
over concerns about arrangements between the charity and a company linked to the
Ingram-Moore family, as well as ongoing concerns about the trustees’ decision making
and the charity’s governance.

The Commission had already engaged with the charity last year when it proposed appointing
Hannah Ingram-Moore as CEO on a £100,000 salary. This was turned down although Ingram-
Moore was later and temporarily appointed as interim CEO on a salary of £85,000 
per year.

## Comments

### By: Op\_Barras

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2023/07/05/captain-tom-foundation-closes-all-payment-channels-amidst-spa-probe/#comment-4508
- Published: 2023-07-05T09:47:25+01:00

People up and down the country would be extremely concerned to learn of the controversy
surrounding the charity using Captain Sir Tom Moore’s name if only they were to 
hear of it. Alas, for as long as this story remains sidelined to specialist or local
press audiences the vast majority of the general public may never hear of it.

### By: HowardLake

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2023/07/05/captain-tom-foundation-closes-all-payment-channels-amidst-spa-probe/#comment-4509
- Published: 2023-07-05T10:03:55+01:00

I imagine people who donated would be concerned. But you are not correct to suggest
that it’s only being featured in specialist or local press:

[https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/581e5385b1e661f25a7b55f3451653f50b80c822ee3ff28eb6b4dd26396e238a.png](https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/581e5385b1e661f25a7b55f3451653f50b80c822ee3ff28eb6b4dd26396e238a.png)

I can see it today covered on the BBC News, Sky News, The Independent, The Guardian,
Daily Mail, The Sun, Evening Standard, and very many more.

“Sidelined”? It’s the opposite.

Or were you trying to make another point?

And “the charity using Captain Sir Tom Moore’s name” suggests that a distinction
between Captain Tom and the charity exists. Yet the charity was set up by Captain
Tom’s family. It is only ‘using’ the name in the sense that it was set up in his
honour and with his permission.

 Or were you trying to make another point with the word ‘using’?