“Hoorah!” Public Reacts After JBB Caerphilly Unit Allegedly Reclaimed by Landlord

A lead from the community

We did not know about the repossession until it appeared in the Facebook group Jayne’s Baby Bank Exposed. Members with sources close to the shop posted it first, and pieced the picture together between them. Their comments are set out here as they were posted, because they show the community at work: watching, checking and sharing what they learned.

CleverKangaroo9112 wrote on 7 May 2026:

I have received information today from a reliable source the landlord of the Caerphilly shop on Pentrebane Street has successfully regained possession of the shop as of yesterday, the locks have now been changed and she will not be permitted to collect any of the items inside.

CleverKangaroo9112, Jayne’s Baby Bank Exposed, 7 May 2026

ExcellentSquirrel4668 replied:

Correct. Although she is refusing to give the keys back & Dan is saying he needs 6 months to clear the shop out 🤣

ExcellentSquirrel4668, Jayne’s Baby Bank Exposed, May 2026

Others had noticed activity around her shops in the days before. Karmahaha26 wrote:

That may be why she was in pontypool today her car had quite a lot of junk in it and it looked like Daniel was taking something out of the car 🚙

Karmahaha26, Jayne’s Baby Bank Exposed, May 2026

Another member pointed to the timing:

Bit of coincidence saying she was opening up the unit to the public yesterday after they completed maintenance and then this today… maybe didn’t think it would get out just waiting on her post of decided to leave Caerphilly landlord (sorry) XYZ no footfall etc etc

A member of the group, May 2026

These were reports from people close to events, not confirmed facts, and this article was first published on that basis. The main point, that the landlord had taken the shop back and changed the locks, proved right (see what happened next).

Two days earlier, on 5 May, her page had asked followers to “give us some more time before we reopen shops and take donations” (archive).

The reaction

The news drew a lot of comment in the group, especially from former supporters, donors and local people. Some were openly pleased. YellowFox7749 posted:

Well done you lovely people… Hoorah the people of Caerphilly are safe again. 😃

YellowFox7749, Jayne’s Baby Bank Exposed, May 2026

Others worried about the donations still inside. BrightGreenPea wrote:

I’m so sorry to every kind hearted person that donated, thinking it would going to the people in need only to find many thousands of items will be binned 😭

BrightGreenPea, Jayne’s Baby Bank Exposed, May 2026

The shop before

The Caerphilly shop had been under scrutiny for months. When fire officers visited on 4 November 2025 they found no fire risk assessment and an excessive amount of stock, “in some parts obstructing the MOE [means of escape] routes”. Their case note records that the council’s environmental health officer already had a “current enforcement order in place on this premise for excessive stock”. The full fire service record is in our article on the 72 pages of FOI disclosures.

What happened next

• 6 May to 15 September 2026: landlords took back all four of her shop premises: Pentrebane Street, Caerphilly, first; then 68 Tredegar Street, Risca; 5 Crane Street, Pontypool; and 6 Commercial Street, Pontypool.
• 27 July 2026: her page posted: “We have packed up all the nappies before the landlords dump them like Risca and Caerphilly landlord did. The could have at least offered them out to the public.” (archive). So, by her own account, the stock left in the Caerphilly shop did not reach families.

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