The legal test for disqualification was met because there has been misconduct and/or mismanagement, meaning that the individuals are not fit to be a trustee or hold senior management functions and disqualification is in the public interest, the regulator said.

But the couple said in response that they “fundamentally disagree” with the decision. The Charity Commission opened a case into the Captain Tom Foundation shortly after his death in 2021 and launched an inquiry in June 2022.

And in February, a £200,000 unauthorised spa was demolished at the Ingram-Moores’ £1.2 million property in Bedfordshire as the building breached planning laws.

The couple lost an appeal against an order to remove the building in the grounds of their home after a hearing in October 2023.

The pair had initially been given permission to put up a ‘Captain Tom Foundation Building’ but instead opted for a larger structure with a spa pool.They were given three months to remove the property.

Captain Tom raised almost £40 million for NHS charities during the Covid pandemic by walking around his garden 100 times during the first lockdown in the spring of 2020.

He was later knighted by the Queen and died in February 2021.