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Captain Sir Tom Moore's charity under formal investigation.

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Urmstongran Thu 30-Jun-22 11:33:59

From the Telegraph today:

“The foundation set up in the name of Captain Sir Tom Moore by his daughter is under investigation by the Charity Commission over a possible “significant profit” generated for her company.

The statutory inquiry is examining a deal done by Sir Tom’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin through their own company to register trademarks relating to “Captain Tom”

I think it’s a real shame if someone is found to have been coining it in on the back of the original charity. Where big money arises it's sometimes seen as an opportunity by someone.

Doodledog Mon 04-Jul-22 16:10:22

Oh, for goodness sake!

I did the searching and gave Toetoe the links. All I said was that she could have found them herself in the time it took to ask others to do it, which is true.

I am very hurt by this public dressing down - I thought this was a friendly group?

oodles Wed 06-Jul-22 15:26:31

Captain Tom inspires me when i was in a difficult place, if he xould do what he dis at his age then so could i at a much younger age
Someone had to gp alonb with him, he was 99 ffs, and needed lovinv care. I think had the family not done that there would ve those cruticiaing them for that
Did you heard what his grandson said about how he had been living eith him all his life, it wasnt a last minute thing.
As for the trademarking, a charity trustee has a responsibility to the charity toprotext their assets, and trademarking the name is one way of doinv that, anythingvlicensed under the name is guaranteed to have benefit for the charity, also protexting the charitys reputatiin, what wpuld people have saud if moneygrabbinv companies started tryinh to use his name purely for profit
It us a complex thing to set up a charity, maybe they pight tp have sought the help of a specialist silicitor, but i certainly approve that sime local charities got grants from the foundation enabling them to privide sercuces for terminally ill patients
As for the holiday, it was donsted andbhow much nicer for him to spend his last christmas in the warmth with his family rather than in cold miserable Bedfordshire. Maybe if he had stayed longer he wouldn't have got covid, the area has been moved into a higher category of risk.