The Charity Commission has confirmed that the daughter of the late charity fundraiser Captain Tom Moore and her husband have been disqualified from being trustees and holding senior charity roles.

Hannah Ingram-Moore has been banned for 10 years, while her husband Colin Ingram-Moore has been disqualified for eight years.

“The legal test for disqualification was met because there has been misconduct and/or mismanagement, the individuals are not fit to be a trustee or hold senior management functions and disqualification is in the public interest,” said the regulator.

The confirmation has been after the couple made the decision public last week.

The bans come amid a statutory inquiry into the Captain Tom Foundation, which started two years ago to probe concerns around the charity’s governance and financial controls.

Concerns focused on the couple’s involvement in the charity, which was set up in 2020 after Captain Tom Moore attracted widespread publicity for his sponsored walk in aid of NHS charities during Covid lockdown. This raised a record £38m for NHS Charities Together.

Earlier this year a spa and pool complex at the couple’s home, which was built in Captain Tom’s name but was for private use, was demolished.

It emerged last year that the charity is to be closed and it has already shut down its funding and donation channels.

Being looked at is an arrangement between the charity and a company linked to the couple around trademark rights for her father’s name.

Allegations being looked at include reports that Hannah Ingram Moore was paid thousands of points to help judge a charity award ceremony. In a TV interview last year, she admitted to keeping £800,000 from books the late Captain Moore had written, despite suggestions the money from their sale would to go charity.

The regulator’s investigation is ongoing.

“As a fair, independent and evidence-led regulator we only disqualify someone from serving as a trustee or a senior manager in a charity when the evidence gathered means it is proportionate and lawful to do so,” said Charity Commission chief executive David Holdsworth.

“The evidence in this investigation meant that the level of misconduct and/or mismanagement was serious enough to warrant this action.

“People generously support good causes with the clear expectation that trustees will act in the best interests of their charities.

“As an independent regulator, it is vital that we uphold and protect this trust, including by taking robust regulatory action where appropriate, based on firm evidence.”

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