Captain Tom’s shamed daughter is still cashing in on her hero father’s name by flogging £3,500 life-coaching sessions on her website. 

Hannah Ingram-Moore, 54, and husband Colin, 67, were slammed by the Charity Commission for misleading the public to make a fortune off the inspirational veteran’s Covid legacy. 

This included pocketing an advance from the lockdown legend’s £1.5million book deal and giving none to charity – prompting outrage from fundraisers, politicians and the Ingram-Moores’ neighbours.

Mrs Ingram-Moore is still trying to cash in on her father’s legacy, and is offering expensive life-coach packages.

The PR expert’s online business is still being promoted with a picture of a father with coaching packages for sale between £1,450 and £3,500 saying they offer ‘intuitive guidance’.

The package promises: ‘Hannah can help you move past the challenges you’re facing in your life and achieve the goals that have felt out of reach.

‘She does this by listening intently, helping you see things in new ways, and providing you with practical tools and advice. 

‘Break through your blocks, fears and limiting beliefs. Address these with Hannah in sessions to start building your positive and successful future.

Captain Tom Moore died in February 2021 aged 100. He rose to fame during the pandemic, raising millions for NHS charities by walking laps of his garden in lockdown

But his daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore (pictured) and husband Colin, 67, were slammed by the Charity Commission for misleading the public to cash in a fortune off the back of her inspirational father’s legacy

‘Payment is required at the beginning of each agreed programme.’

HannahIngramMoore.com references Mrs Ingram-Moore’s hero father 10 times. And she also appeared to shamelessly take credit for Capt Tom’s words.

She wrote: ‘I was suddenly immersed in the world of authorship. I sat and listened to my father telling his story, crafting his words, and creating joy for every age group. My father asked me to proofread all his work and so my involvement continued.’

Meanwhile, her website also has an anonymous testimony from an alleged user of her life-coaching sessions, posted next to what appears to be a stock image of a man on the phone. 

‘I chose Hannah after our initial chat because she not only carried a wealth of experience, but also I felt listened to and was asked reflective questions in equal balance that changed my perspective without giving me ‘the answer’,’ it says.  

Captain Tom rose to fame during the pandemic, raising millions for NHS charities by walking laps of his garden in lockdown before he died in February 2021 aged 100.

After his death, the Charity Commission opened an inquiry into the Captain Tom Foundation.

The watchdog concluded that Mrs Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin benefited ‘significantly’ through their association with the high-profile charity and were guilty of ‘repeated misconduct’.

Hannah Ingram-Moore pictured with her late father Captain Tom Moore in the garden of his home near Milton Keynes in April 2020

Ms Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin (pictured together) were found to have benefited ‘significantly’ through their association with the high-profile charity

The Ingram-Moores’ biggest payday came from the ‘misleading’ suggestion that the proceeds from a £1.4million book deal would go to the organisation.

The commission revealed they had been asked to ‘rectify matters by making a donation to the charity in line with their original intentions as understood by those involved’ but they had ‘declined to do so’.

The report also revealed Mrs Ingram-Moore -blocked from paying herself a £150,000 salary as charity CEO – took £85,000 and reimbursed her firm with £80,000 in costs from the foundation.

The couple hoodwinked the public by promising royalties to the charity from its merchandise website. But no commission for good causes was ever collected. 

The findings of the charity watchdog came as MailOnline visited the family’s Bedfordshire home yesterday — the site of the demolished £200,000 back garden spa the couple became notorious for building.

Locals who once worshipped the intrepid military veteran have now been left incensed by the way Mrs Ingram-Moore has tarnished his legacy.

Lisa Shaw said: ‘Captain Tom would have been so unhappy about this – he must be turning in his grave.’

The Marston Moretaine-based waitress added: ‘His fundraising efforts raised a lot of attention and helped a lot of people. I’m sure this is not how he would’ve wanted it to be seen.’

Another neighbour Marilyn Wright, 74, whose bungalow backs onto the Moore mansion, said: ‘It is a disgrace. ‘All those millions were raised and now it has been made to look a bit tacky with this report.

The findings of the charity watchdog came as MailOnline visited the family’s Bedfordshire home (pictured) yesterday 

The home of Mrs Ingram-Moore and her husband (left) next to their unauthorised home spa (right) in their garden, which has been demolished after a planning row 

‘We need to be told exactly where the money went and how. I know that Tom had a book in his name and that raised a lot of money, but I understand the royalties didn’t go to the charity. It’s also mucky.’

The former chief executive of the Captain Tom Foundation has said he was ‘gobsmacked’ by what he discovered at the charity. 

Jack Gilbert has told of what he believed the be questionable practices within the foundation and said Captain Tom’s daughter was motivated by a ‘level of self-interest’. 

Mr Gilbert took over as chief executive from Mrs Ingram-Moore and ran the charity for five months until the watchdog investigation into the charity caused it to become inactive.

Speaking in his first interview, he told the BBC: ‘When I came in, I must admit, I was gobsmacked. I was shocked at the number of systems that just did not accord with best practice.

‘One of my first exercises was, of course, to get trusted charity status for the foundation, which meant going through a whole range of different hurdles.

‘And the fact was that although we had done many of them, there were lots of key practices that simply were not in place.’

Also among those criticising the Ingram-Moores was former Met detective Mick Neville, who said their behaviour ‘strikes me as greedy and wicked’.

Meanwhile, former Liberal Democrat MP Norman Baker told MailOnline: ‘Captain Tom won the hearts of the nation with his selfless activity at his age, and generated much admiration.

‘For his family to now be accused of misappropriating funds is not only tacky in the extreme but a betrayal of everything Captain Tom stood for.’ 

Ms Ingram-Moore pictured with her lockdown hero father Captain Tom in April 2020

The commission report found Mrs Ingram-Moore, 54, made disingenuous statements over the six-figure sum she wanted to become Captain Tom Foundation chairman and pocketed £18,000 for appearing at an awards ceremony which should have gone to the foundation.

She and her 67-year-old husband also caused potential losses to the charity over confusion of intellectual property rights and used the foundation’s name in a planning application for a luxury spa.

The couple have been banned from being trustees of charities – while the Captain Tom Foundation has even claimed it may take ‘action’ to get back funds that should have been donated. 

The Ingram-Moores have been approached for comment.

In a response to the commission’s report, they said previously of the book deal: ‘The publisher paid Captain Sir Tom a fee, it was his and he decided what to do with it.’



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