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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Simon Murphy

Captain Tom charity ‘tried to appoint daughter as CEO on six-figure salary’

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A charity set up in the name of Captain Sir Tom Moore tried to appoint the fundraiser’s daughter as its CEO on a six-figure salary before a watchdog intervened to block the move, The Independent understands.

The Captain Tom Foundation – at the centre of a Charity Commission regulatory compliance case – found itself under scrutiny last week after accounts revealed it had paid thousands of pounds to firms run by the late veteran’s daughter and son-in-law.

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