How Captain Tom's charity got caught up in controversy | Stories of Our Times
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- Опубліковано 5 лис 2023
- Captain Sir Tom Moore’s daughter has come under scrutiny after the Charity Commission opened an investigation into links between her family and the charity set up in his name, the Captain Tom Foundation. They are also facing questions over Captain Tom’s book deal, and over an unauthorised spa.
Guest: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
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There was no confusion, nothing was "lost in translation" , no mixups or innocent errors. These grifters knew exactly what they were doing. From the start they traded on her father's good name and public reputation for their own selfish profit.
All because of a jealous neighbour.
Tommy was in on it.
@@rhodarobertson9835no, all because they were money grabbing grifter, learning from our current government.
They need to see the inside of a prison cell.
I couldn’t agree Moore
I’m too disgusted to comment… sick to the stomach for that poor kind and noble man to have his good name smeared by his daughters behaviour… shameful.
He was in on it.
He was no more noble than millions of other old British people, it was a well thought out scam from start to finish 😅😅and I donated😊😅😂🤣😂
@@taffyterrierno he wasnt
@@stephenholmes1036 He was in on it.
The daughter and family was paid £150k for their services and the charity gave out £150k, split between 3 charities. Approving 3 charities must be very hard work if their management fees costed the around the same as the money given to charities. I guess in her mind, charity start at home....her home.
She saw an opportunity and grabbed it with both of her sticky hands.
😊😊
Man, this woman is a piece of work...the fact she damn near broke her arm patting herself on the back should have been the 1st clue she and her husband were scam artists.
A Filthy Grifter with an Accountant husband. I bet they couldn't believe their luck when the £££ started rolling in. Money doesn't change a person it just heightens who they already were.
Shameful behaviour. Tainted the legacy of a great man. How could you use charitable money for a jacuzzi? Disgraceful.
Well they claim it was their own money. But...they made the building application using the charities name. To me that's certainly disgraceful and I hope it gets demolished as they don't deserve to benefit in any way.
@@Richard-hv5hh sounds to me like they both saw ££££ in Captain Tom and just did the whole thing to then skim money off for themselves. Captain Tom must be turning in his grave.
More to this story..channel 5 are filming. Captain tom and tge missing millions...what will they uncover.
He was probably in on it to make money for his family.
They just couldn’t stomach all that money going to charity, they were overcome with GREED despicable people !
Let’s not tarnish the whole of Captain Tom’s family. His other daughter Lucy, does not appear to be involved in these “suspicious activities “
Perhaps not, though presumably she received monies from the book sales just like Hannah I M.
@Helvetica247 not too sure about that ,don't seem to remember her getting involved in all the hype at the time,mabe she knew more at the time what her scrounger sister was like than we did.
I’m not keeping a book on the family it’s just a bit sickening and sad. There is also a 100 year old man being exploited. If she wants to come out and call her sister out I imagine she would get a lot of support (maybe not if she then opens up for new donations).
Shameful, deceitful, disgraceful behaviour 😢🙁
I was never that keen on Captain Tom although I didn’t dislike him. I was utterly against the knighthood - ridiculously over the top. If his children are not nice people he should have brought them up better.
He raised £32,000,000 which directly to the NHS fact. I have never had time for his family.
i believe now it was a big scam orchestrated by the daughter. how on earth did he write 3 books in so little time he can just about talk ffs. then when it was all rolling in she take him out the country at the Hight of covid. he got covid and died. what a selfish thing to do taking him to Barbados his life long dream ?? or hers
All orchestrated for the money grabbing daughter and dodgy son in law, yes all total money milking BS!
He raised £32,000,000 which was paid directly to the NHS fact.
At no time did i like his daughter someone i didn't like.
@stephenholmes1036 yes obviously but the books stated they go to charity it sais it in the books. But she denies it. That's what it's about the books .the money he raised was from walking in garden. She cashed in on the books that misleading the public buying them
Thank you for this great summary of events which needs to be kept in the publics attention.
To say these people are disgusting is an understatement. There are many many people in prison who are far far better people.
These greedy people have no shame. They tried to pull a fast one over planning regulations & got caught out. Then when faced with the possibility of demolition they appealed - And Lost. There is still the possibility of a further appeal and it would not suprise me if they went ahead with that - of course all paid for from the legacy of her father. Despicable is the only word for them (that is printable on here).
And then they took him on holiday which killed him. She has so much to answer for. Poor man
The Witch his daughter ,
got her claws in to the Cash...Sickly
All very sad . Lack of integrity.
She paid herself 10 grand to appear at an award ceremony!! Disgraceful
EIGHTEEN GRAND !! of which she gave 2 thousand to the charity
Her dad stated on TV that he wanted his books to go to charity too.
And in the foreword to the book…
Typical of today ........ where money is concerned , one will always find parasites 😢😢😢. SHAMEFUL !!
i hope they face justice this family went on holiday to Barbados for 2 weeks first class flights steak and chips i like millions of others could not travel or see families friends for over 2 years i really hope now they get the full force of the law. To have one rule for them and another rule for all the rest of us people died and dying people lost jobs because of it people like myself could not see friends family for 2 years and they went on hoilday abroad. Not only that but she took funds that was meant for the NHS and built a saunas and swimming pool in her garden without permission i really hope they the government and police do throw the book at them i find it reaĺly unfair and very inconsiderate
The £32,000,000 from the walk DID GO directly to the NHS. She calls her dad Capt. Tom that tells you alot
didnt build a sauna it was just a jacuzi
I always thought there was something fishy going on with his relatives, so it does not surprise me😮
I am wary of most charities; look at the wages of the CEO’s.
Spot on. It's our taxes that should be used for this stuff. The solution to gaps in support is political activism.
I never fell for this debacle, not for one minute. I predicted from the outset that this was an astute daughter out to make money off the back of her father. I couldn’t get my head around why the Thursday Happy Clappers fell for it, but I was immediately shot down when I pointed this out. Cat’s out the bag now though. I’d hate to think that Captain Tom, bless him, was in on any of this.
Thursday happy clappers 🤣🤣🤣
So agree ..I never did the happy flappy but either.this was a total set up..as I said ..public are so gullible..
Sorry but I think Tom was on to it.
I’ve never met him but I gather those that have don’t see him as a sweet old man,like father like daughter.
It’s strange,but ingenious that just as Hannah was announcing how broke they were trying to blame Covid,but remember Colin has been bankrupt more than once owing HMRC millions along with the poor smaller companies that he never paid,just wrote it all off because he could claiming bankruptcy without a thought to how the smaller companies were going to cope,something I hate as it’s sheer greed,
All of a sudden Tom and the family decided to count laps in order to raise money,anybody counting? knowing damn well that they could siphon off a few million here and there and what a fantastic way of making them look oh so good as his daughter controlled the whole situation .Nobody who wants to do good charity works appoints themselves a huge salary as CEO ,they do it for nothing,but not the Ingram Moores.
If they were so broke where did they find the money to build a Spa in the first place? More worrying what was their next move going to be? Must have been something about and including the Spa. If it went ahead I wouldn’t have been at all surprised if they rented it out to NHS purposes for a huge amount.After all,she charged a fortune just to be in the limelight.
It all stinks.I feel sorry for their children having been paraded about the Country and let’s face it,kids can be very cruel and they might have to live with this for a very long time.
Was he though?
Agree with you 100% @@Partyanimal1066
He managed to write three books,so why didn’t he write a will?
Don't know why all this money was given to the NHS, it certainly didn't go to the doctors and nurses! Get rid of overpaid useless administrators.
It had nothing to do with captain Tom it’s just greedy family members and I am so glad they lost the appeal and the sauna needs to be demolished after all it was build from Tom Moors charity money
not a sauna its a jacuzi
They have no shame!
Make her and her shady hubby do a hundred laps of Britain with no shoes on, despicable! They have a nice jacuzzi waiting for them when they get home🤦🏼♂️ SOS 🇬🇧
Captain Tom didn't raise that money, his daughter a marketing professional moved heaven and earth to promote the sponsorship in a time of great national darkness when the country NEEDED a good news story to rally towards. She then exploited the position and money to her personal benefit. During the recent strikes in the NHS why has not ALL of this money helped NHS staff otherwise using food-banks.
That's an unusually ridiculous comment, especially the bit about food banks.
@@shortscenes9338 Explain?
@@shortscenes9338 Explain?
@@SpamMouse For a start, all that 'Darkness' was totally fake. Only dim people fell for it. In addition, media hype is not the same as people 'needing' something. Nobody 'needed' the story of that old bloke. The popularity was astroturfed.
Regarding hospital staff, they are well paid and they do not need to visit food banks. Also, you obviously don't know how food banks work. You can't just stroll along (unless you are a fake refugee). You have to apply first and get approval.
You are correct that the posh lady is a grifter but you are not correct in suggesting that she worked hard. I'd say she was a puppet grifter - a useful puppet who got a bit too greedy.
Finally, if someone is lauded as a hero by the MSM, then they are not really a hero. Just because someone is very old, it does not mean they have integrity. They can be bought and used, just like anyone younger.
Really, that is a rather nonsensical comment Spammouse. (Incidentally - FYI the issue is really about the book, and also no money was ever raised to subsidise NHS pay) - really odd juxtaposition of your thoughts there :)
Seems Hannah was ONE STEP in front of Captain Tom and the rest of us. SHE HAS TARNISHED HER FATHERS MEMORY FOREVER.
HE WAS IN ON IT.
He tarnished his own. The old British army killer .
They were clearly clever people but totally arrogant . It is such a crying shame that all of this news comes to light from such great work for all the right reasons
Why would anyone would use her father to gain money, shame on her 😢
im a father and grandfather ,,wake up ..when didant families want money of fathers
@@Wherethereisnodarkness … which he was.
@@user-by1er4kg1f They all forget it will be their turn one day. Sad world we live in. Everything is about money.
So where did the rest of the money raised go? Receipts, evidence, proof?
Scammers should do jail time
Never donate to any charity apart from Crisis at Christmas and Mountain rescue. When CEOs from the big charities are earning as much as 600k per year then you know where the money really goes.
Think the entire "charity" arena needs re-evaluating. For example Is it reasonable that institutions like Eton college can register as a charity in order to gain tax breaks just for allowing the local community access to some of their facilities?
@@eddieharris6004Totally agree eddie. If you can afford a school that costs 46k a year plus all the add ons then the school can pay its way but we both know the rich are in another world and the rest of us have to pay for everything.
@@eddieharris6004couldn't agree more
exactly .. its all a con. anyone working for a charity should do it for free ... anything else isnt a charity ..its a business
Yes true! Every charity management etc earns many as 98%, rest to needy.
The root of all evil.
Disgusting greedy greedy people who have been caught out. There will be more to this story in the future involving missing money of that I am sure. In the Piers Morgan interview in my opinion Hannah and her equally shifty husband lowered themselves even further in the direction of the gutter by having their children appear on the show with them in the hope Piers would go easy on them, thankfully he did not. It surely says a lot about the character of the parents who would use their own children in this way in front of millions of people. Shame on them
I think he would be rather ashamed of his family at this point because I know we are. R.I.P Captain Sir Tom , God bless you Sir. 🇬🇧
Don't be so daft was a money making scam they just miss read the room thing they wouldn't be held accountable
@@philw2884 no need to be so rude. We are all entitled to our opinion and that is mine. Are you right in the head, it is plain English, or is that not your first language? OPINION ! You troglodyte. 😤🤬
Poor old fella being used in his final years
I wonder just how many charities are doing the same, We have alot of NGOs in this country with very rich CEOs, most of whom seem just as willing to stamp on the neck of the English just like this one.
As an army (not navy captain) he doesn't have the right to use his military rank as it is too low in the promotion pyramid to allow for the honour of using it as a title.
No-one would have bought his books if not for the charity, and if folk had known that the forward saying "In support of" was a lie, I'm sure they wouldn't have sold at all.
Hannah and her husband are shady financial operators who have milked the gravy train of the old fellahs charity for getting on for a million quid. They have no shame...
Captain Mark Philips used his military title.
@@willowtree9291 He was still in the kate when he got hitched up with Anne, and for quite a while after. Do they still use the title ? The rule is that Major and up are the levels where rank can be used as an honorific after leaving the service, but Major is still a relatively low rank in the scheme of things, so really anybody describing themselves as Major whatever is taking the pish ? Its also worth noting that at the end of WWII officers up to the rank of Major were ten a penny, so the use of the rank of Captain for wartime service may be considered to be jumped up in the extreme. If anybody below the rank of half colonel uses former rank, keep tight hold of your wallet.
Ghost written old books .
there's no law against it... Its just not done old bean what? If you can't rise above the rank of captain as an army officer, you're not trying hard enough...@@willowtree9291
That pair single-handedly violate and dishonour the whole purpose and integrity of Captain Tom. Same old middle-class/pseudo rich grabbing entitlement. I increasingly have the mind to stop giving to charity, until they charities commission understand the meaning of charity.
We could start by removing all private schools from the charity list - and other businesses like Churches (except the established church which supports state events) and private hospitals (I am not 100% sure if they are still charities)
Very much a story of our times; a story of someone from a more collectivist generation who "does his bit" and how that is turned into "getting our cut" by people who don't understand the duty that he symbolised. It perfectly mirrors the dedicated staff of the NHS working selflessly through the most challenging time in recent history, only to find their efforts fatally undermined by the greedy and self interested conservative government.
Perfectly stated!
Self Servatives.
Why do you single out the current government? Labour seem to be pretty much implicated as well.....
@@andymoore9977 the conservatives have been in government since 2010 and were the government during the pandemic. Since 2010 they have destroyed public services, cutting 20,000 police and 50% of local council budgets whilst also cutting public sector pay and reducing taxes for the wealthiest. Meanwhile, their chumocracy bunged billions for PPE that didn't protect and a track and trace system that didn't whilst ensuring that they could party as often as they liked.
No,. labour were nowhere near any of that.
He was in on it.
This type of avarice is not confined to a few individuals. Some international NGO's and AID AGENCIES should also take a deep and hard look in the mirror!!!
This is scandalous
I was one of the fools who bought "Tomorrow will be a good day" a few days after it arrived on the shelves. I did not finish the biography as not only was it dull but from what I recall after reading between the lines, Captain Tom in his younger life was presented at times as not a pleasant person. No surprise now that the genes have passed down. I agree with a previous comment "He should have brought his children up better."
@gordoncoombs7756, I'm sorry to hear you fell for the spiel, I had my reservations from the start as I had learnt how much of charity money is filtered off into the pockets of the people who set them up and run them. In my opinion they are all one big con. 💯
I donated to tbe walk, £32,000,000 that went directly to the NHS..
The daughter always i never liked.
Greed greed greed greed greed! Absolutely disgusting!
It's called greed
@kevinvictor9190: a.k.a. UNBRIDLED AVARICE!
This is why I don't like giving to charity because you don't know where the monies going - captain Tom will be turning in his grave ❤
Yes me too, even never pay charity greeting cards.
I know how you feel l also fell for the scam 😅😅😅
He was in on it.
Parasites. how disgraceful. I hope that this will not have any negative impact on any future money raising initiatives by other veterans but, sadly, i fear it will. Shame on them.
it has for me i now have second thoughts of donating money to any one i no longer do it even to the people i know and trust i will still not donate my trust of others gone out the window
@@lisascarrott6142 Sadly I agree
SORRY TO SAY IT BUT THIS MAN WHEN YOUNGER LIKED THE LIMELIGHT HE APPEARED ON A FEW GAME SHOWS 😮😮
So I’ve been told.Blankaty Blank is one I gather.
It really doesn’t fit with the image they are all trying to put on him ie a real gentleman in a huge house who hates the limelight.
My father was in the military and the thought of him going on a game show is unthinkable.
The family aren’t ‘old money’ ,their money came from the general public that they couldn’t be trusted to spend properly.
Imagine being able to buy a socking great house,live the life of a millionaire and when it all goes wrong,saying oops silly me,and hoping that the rest of we hardworking people pay our taxes so we could keep them going.
she has put me off donating to big charities.
It just goes to show you never know what is going on behind closed doors! Money is definitely the root of all evil charity is just a word at the end of the day!🤦🏾
The love of money is the root of all evil, very appropriate in this case.
The £32,000,000 raised from the walk all went directly to the NHS. The daughter and her husband have wrecked his good work.
Setting aside the many issues of the charity legal situation, the saddest thing of all for us was Captain Tom’s demise from covid following travel to the Caribbean - which would likely never have happened had the event not happened.
It's bad that Sir Capt Tom's name is always at the forefront of these allegations. The name of his daughter and her family should be the only ones who names are used. Sir Tom was a hero, and still is, but his name is being sullied and it's not fair. RIP Capt Tom and thank-you for everything you did x
He was no hero.
@@taffyterrier oh yes he was. He served his country with honour, and brought the country together with his money raising walk.
@@suehead109 He saw no action during the war and conned a gullible public into parting with their cash to further enrich his two daughters.
The poppy cult English fanatics were fooled by this rich old conman. Hilarious 😂
@@suehead109just because he was old doesn't mean he wasn't after the money
His daughter lived it large😂😂 in Oxford street 😂😂
I love how they describe the charity "got caught up" in controversy... do me a favour 😅
Um, did anybody actually count the ‘laps’? I often wonder whether Tom,not Captain Tom as he shouldn’t be using the prefix Captain,wasn’t in on the scam as well,after all,apples tend not to fall far from the tree.What went on behind the house? It’s intriguing to compare the slow shuffling old man with his zimmer frame to the same man who shot across the lawn to meet the Queen at a much faster pace.
To describe him as a war hero is insulting to those that actually were.Teaching people to ride motorcycles far from the real fighting is not a war hero.
Also, I notice that his daughter is always by his side wherever he goes,to stop him blurting out something that raises suspicion?
When people want to give something to others,they tend to write it down,it’s called a will.
Given that Colin has been bankrupt more than once shows that neither of them can be trusted to spend other peoples money.
Apparently he wasn't known as "Captain Tom" until this whole sordid story got going
I hope "lessons have been learned "
Don’t understand the need to keep half a million cards. He seemed a nice man but doesn’t need a museum type thing.
They do say charity starts at home 🏡 they been eating good of tom moore legacy and charity they just got to greedy when they see them millions coming in. They do say money is the route of all evil and all that! 💰🤷♂️
Very greedy daughter no excuse , she is destroying her father good work and reputation of his name and intention for the good casues what he set out to do, shame on her.
I think Capt Tom Mainwaring Moore was in on it
I bet these thieves get to keep all the money. They will NEVER, EVER be investigated.
They are con men .pure and simple . Poor bloke would be turning in his grave
I am really curious as to when she added Moore to the end of her name. Usually, if you still keep your maiden name, your married name is last. Was this something to do with making money off of her father's charity earnings?
I’ve been puzzled about that as well.
She is pure evil 😢
I donated £500 to dear Captain Tom and that was a huge sum for us. He was an incredibly inspiring person 😢
Now you know where it went.
Nice donation to their spa 😢
😂😂😂 you absolute mug
He was probably in on it - shuffle round the garden a few time to make money for his family.
I was in lockdown in SW Mexico and saw something about Capt. Tom and his walk for the NHS. It sounded wonderful to me, knowing how badly funds were needed.
How sad how this turned out.
Love the podcast. Thanks.
The money did not go to the NHS, but to NHS charities. As a frontline nurse during Covid we had a therapy room where we could sit reflect and inhale therapy oils. We also had leaflets on how to cope with our trauma from caring.
£32,000,000 WAS donated to the NHS FACT! I have never liked his daughter
Dear old Tom. Given half a chance she would have had him up at Madame Tussads by Xmas
And the three (lucrative) books he dashed off prior to his death are all his own work? No ghost writers? Mmmmmmm......
What if the captain was in on it?
She should be sent to prison for obtaining money through deception. The rich profit lies it just socks when they caught. Vanity the price they pay for there souls.
very well said my sister had to pay £100 fine during covid because she had chest infection and went to the doctors for antibiotics this lady and her dad went to abroad on holiday was she fined or spoken to no but my sister was and so was thousands of others its scandalous and so really very unfair. Dusgusting i wasnt allowed to see family for two years and these people went to Barbados on holiday first class five star hotel while others was dying and or in hospitals i hope now they reaĺly face full face of the law and get sent to prison if that was us low income family or person we would have been sent to prison for fraud by deception and breaking covid rules
If you want to call a military driver instructor a war hero, be my guest
Lol You're not wrong
Yes that's right.He didn't fight in Burma that was not his role also if it was he would have been part of the army that surrendered.
@@dlmsarge8329Get a life
@@karlydocyou never fought . That's why you only have 2 subscribers 😅
he did his bit - that included being an instructor. It's what people did then and the fact that he was away from his family for six years and suffered severe illness while doing it shows that it was no easy thing. My own grandfather was more closely involved in combat for longer but it's not a competition; the point of all of this is that they were all a generation who did their bit and these Tories are a generation who take their cut.
His other daughter, Lucy, seems to be behind another initiative in partnership with the Woodland Trust to plant trees in the old fella's memory. I hope her efforts aren't being too badly undermined by the actions of her sister.
The cards can be used for betterment by recycling. The use as a community spa is a deflection from their own use as a luxury spa. It’s not in keeping with the surroundings.
she is a crook .. simple as. Terrible disrespect to Tom. Yes but the money to build the spa was money they took as earnings from the capt. Tom foundations and charities
Haha never benefited. Are you kidding me .they made 18 grand from that apperance .i dont make that in a year😂😂
Plus the books
not the morse code we were looking for...
Very Sad...a very British Scandall another one so many...and we preach to the World about our values.😮
I think the writer/wit/raconteur Oscar Wilde once said ......"Hypocrisy is our greatest export".......dosen't seem times have changed a great deal.
there's nearly ALWAYS someone profiting from these high profile charities and social movements...especially the giant international ones like OXFAM, and Save the Children who give pennies from every pound they receive. With CEO's awarding themselves 100,000's in salary, they're in it for themselves not the cause. Why I avoid giving to any, except unwanted items to local hospice charity shops.
Well, lets face it - charities are run by people for whom it is their job. Do you get paid for doing your job?
That’s the reason I stopped paying a charities greeting cards.
Put me off for donor to charity in the future 😢
Poor old Captain Tom will be spinning in his grave knowing his charity work ended up in a dreadful scandal as his greedy family got their hands stuck in the cash till of his charity legacy.
I doubt it. He was probably shuffling round his garden because he knew it would benefit his family.
Posh people shenanigans!
"What did you want this building to be" 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆................................
Just wondering where HMRC are when it comes to the £800K that "he wanted his family to have". Inheritance tax?????
I don’t trust her father anymore than I trust her.He was not a war hero,he rode and taught others to ride motorbikes well behind any active fighting. You just have to watch how quickly he managed to walk across the grass to meet the Queen to his shuffling around his garden trying to look old and vulnerable.
Blanket stackers received Falkland war medals!
The family were greedy seeing all that money was to much for them not to get a share
They'd be OK if they were tory party mp's. Disgusting that the establishment should pick on his family like this.
Not Angela Rayner, profiting from a council house! New liebour!
This is nowhere near the scandal I had originally thought it was going to be.
Certainly no worse then plenty of other charities/foundations I have come across.
Being no worse than other crooked charities is a low bar to have to get over Charles.
The Bloated God Greed,sits on everyones shoulder.some really go for it.most realise what ashady sham it all is.that family need to spend a spell behind bars.
Were did the money go..... She spent it
What the difference between this and other charities? The bosses all take a big chunk of money from donations and are rich. Pleas tell me the difference?
Greed is a human failing especially if you have such a sense of entitlement as this family so obviously do.
I’m sure it was all her idea to get him to walk and not Toms idea at all, she saw £ signs from gullible people at a period of sadness and jumped on the idea for their own greed.
He was in on it.
Greedy daughter, ....
And how much has this saga cost other charities in lost revenue????????. 😒😒😒.............
The seven sins of greed his daughter and never forget that to defend those very few in the air WWII. Rest in peace Captain Sir Tom Moore. Super-Marine Spitfire 33% & Hawker Hurricane 67%.
Crooks