CAPTAIN Tom’s daughter has taken her controversial country home, off the market after failing to find a buyer in 10 months.
The seven-bed property in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, has been on the market since April 2024 with a whopping £2.25million price tag .
Captain Tom’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore used her dad’s name to sell the family home
RightmoveThe seven-bed £1.2million pad has now been taken off the market[/caption]
GettyWar veteran Tom became a national hero during the Covid-19 pandemic[/caption]
AlamyHannah Ingram-Moore, the daughter of Captain Sir Tom Moore[/caption]
But even after shamelessly using Captain Tom’s name in publicity material, Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin have failed to flog it.
The property is listed as “no longer available” on estate agent Fine and Country’s website – and the firm confirmed to The Sun it is “no longer appointed as the agents”.
Hannah and Colin put the Grade II-listed home, which sits within 3.5 acres, on the market just a few months after they lost their appeal to keep the spa in their garden.
Bedfordshire County Council ordered them to tear it down after it was built in her father’s name and said it was going to be partly used by the Captain Tom Foundation “and its charitable objectives”.
The property was taken off major websites such as Zoopla and Rightmove back in October – after the family opted for a more “private discreet listing”.
Fine and Country told The Mirror at the time that the family did not want the property to be advertised any longer.
It saw them removed it from property portals, although said it was still for sale and interested buyers should approach them directly.
Now, it has been taken off the market completely.
The 18th century property has a separate “coach house”, with a gym and office, four bathrooms and is in a conservation area.
The original property listing showed the family were still shamelessly cashing in on beloved Tom by using his memory to push the sale.
A bust of Tom could be seen on full view in the main hallway in the agent photos.
The “owner’s statement” read: “A particularly special memory of our time here is of my father walking 100 laps of the garden to raise a record-breaking sum of almost £40million for NHS charities during the pandemic.”
The brochure particulars add: “The property is owned by the family of Captain Sir Tom Moore who spent his final years there raising money for the NHS during the Covid pandemic.”
The sale comes after mounting anger from neighbours over besmirching of the family name.
Hannah and husband Colin have already been banned from being trustees of her father’s non-profit.
Tom inspired the nation by raising £39m with a sponsored walk in the garden of the property.
But the Ingram-Moores faced a humiliating charity probe over payments made to the couple from the Captain Tom charity they ran with donations.
They were slammed in a November report by the Charity Commission, which found “repeated instances of misconduct and/ or mismanagement”.
SplashThe home in in Marston Moretaine[/caption]
RightmoveA bust of lockdown hero Tom[/caption]
PASnaps showed the building being torn down in February last year[/caption]
Getty Images – GettyThe couple raked in tens of thousands using the fund-raising veteran’s name[/caption]
The damning report found they were responsible for a “pattern of behaviour” which saw them repeatedly benefitting personally from their involvement in the charity.
Hannah previously spoke about the ordeal in a bombshell interview with TalkTV‘s Piers Morgan and admitted to pocketing money from the £39million NHS fund-raising veteran.
She revealed they kept £800,000 from the three books her dad had written – claiming he had wanted them to keep the profits.
Their consultancy firm Maytrix Group also took up to £100,000 in furlough money and £47,500 in Covid loans despite bumper profits during the pandemic.
It also raked in cash the foundation by charging thousands of pounds’ worth of expenses.
Other controversies include her £18,000 payment to attend the Captain Tom awards – and only donating £2,000 of it to his charity.
The veteran’s daughter also was paid the large sum to attend the Virgin Media O2 Captain Tom Foundation Connector Awards in 2021.
The Sun has reached out to the Ingram-Moores for comment.
How Captain Sir Tom Moore rose to fame & his daughter’s controversies
March 2020 – D-Day veteran Captain Tom Moore walks 100 laps around his Bedfordshire garden before his 100th birthday, raising £30million for the NHS during the first lockdown.
April 2020 – Captain Tom reaches No. 1 in the charts with his cover of ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’. He receives 100,000 cards for his 100th birthday, which is marked with a Battle of Britain flypast. A train is named after him.
July 2020 – Captain Tom is knighted by the Queen in a special private ceremony at Windsor Castle.
September 2020 – Hannah Ingram-Moore launches the Captain Tom Foundation to combat loneliness.
December 2020 – Drones swarm into the shape of Captain Tom’s face at the New Year’s Eve firework display in London.
February 2021 – Captain Sir Tom Moore dies after catching covid-19.
February 2022 – The Charity Commission launches a probe into the Captain Tom foundation after it paid £50,000 to companies run by Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin.
July 2023 – The foundation stops accepting donations. Planning chiefs order Hannah to tear down an unauthorised spa at her Bedfordshire home. The building had been approved to be used “in connection with the Captain Tom Foundation and its charitable objectives”. But a larger building with a spa pool was built instead and was denied retrospective planning permission. Hannah appeals.
September 2023 – accounts reveal Hannah received more than £70,000 to head the foundation.
October 2023 – Hannah loses her appeal and is ordered to demolish the spa and restore the garden to its original condition.
January 2023 – Demolition work begins
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