The daughter of lockdown hero Captain Tom Moore is coming under greater scrutiny after it emerged she is claiming credit for her prestigious award.
Captain Tom has become a symbol of resilience in Britain and around the world after raising £38million during the pandemic by completing 100 laps of his back garden. The incredible actions earned the World War II hero a knighthood from the late Queen Elizabeth II before his death in 2021 at the age of 100.
His daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore sparked a backlash earlier this month after she was accused of using the charity set up in her father’s name to add a spa pool complex to an allegedly illegal extension to the £1.2million family home in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire which was built without planning permission.
How the mood has changed – at least towards his daughter and son-in-law, Hannah (pictured with Captain Tom) and Colin Ingram-Moore
MailOnline can today exclusively reveal that Ms Ingram-Moore is said to have used her father’s George HW Bush Prize to promote Maytrix, the business she runs with her husband Colin.
The Points of Light award is one of the gongs featured in the Awards section of the website. It was presented to Captain Tom in recognition of inspirational pandemic fundraising activity in 2020.
Maytrix states on its website: “Hannah was delighted to receive the award alongside her late father, Captain Sir Tom Moore, for their fundraising efforts during the pandemic.”
During a video ceremony where Captain Tom received the award alongside his daughter, Barbara Bush – the daughter of President George W Bush, the son of George HW Bush – said: “Thank you, Captain Thomas Moore. What an incredible story and what an incredible life dedicated to service and community. We are fortunate to have your leadership and commitment to reaching out for those in need and hope that others will be inspired to follow in your footsteps.
In the description of the awards, Points of Light includes Captain Tom alone as the winner, saying he “inspired an entire nation”
But on the Business Consultants website, Maytrix says the award went to both Captain Tom and his daughter
Announcing the Captain Tom award, Jenna Bush Hager, sister of Barbara Bush, added: “Now more than ever, the more we help, the more we can achieve. Sir Captain Thomas Moore, winner of the Points of Light George Bush 2020, is well aware of this fact.
“When the global pandemic quickly began taxing healthcare resources, he decided to help. A British Army officer and World War II Green, at 100, his focus is still on helping others.
Responding to the award in the video, Ms Ingram-Moore said: ‘We just tried to come together and do the right thing and do our best, and there’s nothing more we can do. But it has been a pivot of life that we have tried to accept, deliver and push back all the love that has been sent to us. We just did our best.
Other awards listed on the website are the Women Leaders Award Female Ambassador Award at the Great British Businesswoman Awards and the company is nominated as a finalist in the Great British Workplace Wellbeing Awards 2021 in the ‘Best Support for Remote Workers’ category.
It comes amid further questions about Ms Ingram-Moore’s conduct after she was accused of naming the foundation in a planning application at their home.
They are appealing an order to demolish the office annex on the grounds of their £1.5million Grade II listed home after it emerged they had added a swimming pool and facilities including changing rooms, showers and toilets without permission.
As public anger grows over the claims, a spokesperson for NHS Charities Together said: ‘The Captain Tom Foundation is a completely separate organization which was set up after Captain Tom did his fundraising for our urgent Covid-19 appeal and the Charity Commission has made it clear that the £38million he raised for NHS Charities Together is not under investigation.
Ms Ingram-Moore on ITV’s This Morning in March 2022
The extension no longer had a flat roof but a sloping roof “which had a commanding impact on the neighbors and overshadowed their gardens” as it was 1.5 meters higher than the neighboring bungalows
In August 2021, Mr and Mrs Ingram-Moore applied for planning permission for a charity office which they said was “urgently required” for presentations and memorabilia.
The building has been given the green light, but a retrospective application for the spa complex (pictured) made under their own name was refused last year – meaning they have to demolish it
A statement added that the £160million raised by his Covid appeal had been “distributed across the network of NHS charities to reach all NHS health trusts and boards in the UK”.
He continued: “It has funded thousands of projects and provided vital mental health support to NHS staff, training for emergency volunteers, equipment and support for patients, and community partnership programs to prevent health problems and reduce pressure on NHS services.”
A Covid appeal progress report on the charity’s website said the result “demonstrates the difference” the funds are making.
The announcement was seen as a move to avoid collateral damage from the fallout surrounding the foundation and Mr. and Mrs. Ingram-Moore’s other interests.
Last year the Charity Commission launched a statutory inquiry into the foundation into decisions which “may have generated a significant profit” for a business run by the couple.
He said Club Nook Ltd had had the “opportunity to make branded variations of the ‘Captain Tom’ name without objection from the charity, which raised funds from branded products including gin and t-shirts”.
The committee previously rejected an application by Ms Ingram-Moore, 52, to become chief executive of the foundation on £100,000 a year – a salary similar to that of heads of major charities.
She was later allowed to take the job on an acting basis for the equivalent of £85,000 a year. A new CEO is now in place.
This week it emerged a request for an L-shaped office in their three-acre garden – where Captain Tom, who was knighted for his fundraising, did his rounds – had been submitted with the explanation it needed “in relation to the Captain Tom Foundation and its charitable purposes”.
But the Ingram-Moores are said to have turned it into a C-shaped building with a swimming pool and spa facilities before applying for retrospective planning approval in February last year.
The foundation made it clear in a statement that it was unaware of the construction work, saying: ‘Had they been aware of any requests, the independent trustees would not have authorized them.’
Maytrix and Points of Light have been contacted for comment.
