The New Caerphilly Bird & Small Animal Rescue Sanctuary
Public disclosure and due diligence notice
Purpose: Public due diligenceFocus: Transparency & safeguardingFormat: Verbatim excerpts
Summary
This page is a public-interest disclosure intended to help the public make informed decisions before donating,
volunteering, or engaging with a proposed “animal rescue” project promoted as
“The New Caerphilly Bird & Small Animal Rescue Sanctuary”.
It focuses on identity clarity, governance, fundraising representations, and welfare/safeguarding considerations.
Quotes below are presented as verbatim excerpts supplied by the reader.
Linked entity: Jayne’s Baby Bank (JBB)
The project has been publicly linked to Jayne’s Baby Bank, including statements about a “rescue”, additional shops,
payment routing, and “two streams of income and grants”.
There is a material risk of public confusion where a new project adopts a similar identity to a pre-existing or historic local rescue brand.
You noted concerns that this project is attempting to trade on an older, locally recognised “Caerphilly Bird Rescue” name/brand (associated with Carol Gravenor).
Confirm the legal operator (organisation name, company number, named responsible persons)
Confirm whether the project is independent or linked to Jayne’s Baby Bank operations
Confirm where animals are kept and who makes welfare decisions
Confirm what oversight exists (policies, vet arrangements, record-keeping)
2) Key disclosure: linked to Jayne’s Baby Bank (JBB)
The “sanctuary” concept is publicly connected to Jayne’s Baby Bank (JBB), including statements about expanding a rescue operation,
and using shops/fundraising/payment routing tied to “the rescue” vs “the baby bank”.
Excerpts are included because they touch on infection control attitudes, substance references, charging/donations, and proposals to route payments between entities.
Presented verbatim as supplied.
Infection control remarks (hospital visits) tap
“Linda Liu said, you know, me going into hospitals is a breach of infection control. To deliver sweets and nappies and books and tea bags and... We’re not in Covid, Linda! Finished! Infection control on my backside. Hospitals are one of the most dirtiest, contagious places in the world, you know that?”
Due diligence point: ask for written policy/permission routes, infection prevention controls, and safeguarding boundaries.
Alcohol + morphine references (judgement / safeguarding optics) tap
“This refers to a post of alcohol being referenced alongside morphine on a page presented to support vulnerable mothers… Can I not have a night off and get shitfaced in a hot tub with a Baileys and a morphine pill that I’m prescribed?”
“So I’ll take my shit face post off now from 2023. I do apologize that I was drunk in a hot tub on Morphine guys.”
Due diligence point: public representations affect trust—confirm governance standards and comms policies.
Charging for baby milk/nappies, “food bank not pantry” framing tap
“And she stated that we charged baby milk and nappies… but we’ve never charged that… When we first started, we used to say suggested donation of a pound… But it was a suggested donation. We wouldn’t, we never charged.”
“As for baby milk, we’ve never charged… I had to speak to a member of staff once because she charged a mother two pound… And I went nuts on her. And I said, you do not charge the mothers for baby milk and you do not charge them for nappies.”
“We are a food bank. We’re not a pantry… They will not give you food bank status if you are charging for things.”
“If you want to put a donation in the box, you can… Just for disclaimer, it all goes towards buying more stuff to go on the food bank.”
Due diligence point: confirm how “suggested donations” are communicated and how funds are accounted for.
Proposal: two payment devices / choosing where money goes tap
“When we start fundraising for the rescue… what we could do is have one lot of shops and have two payment devices in each shop, one link to the rescue, one link to the baby bank. And we can say to you, who would you like to pay the rescue or the baby bank, or we can have separate shops.”
“Don’t forget now we’ll be applying now for two streams of income and grants from those two separate shops… One for the rescue.”
“Personally, it might be easier for people to comprehend if we have two separate shops, one for the bird rescue and small animal sanctuary and one for Jane’s baby bank.”
“The accounts will have to be two separate entities… we’d have to make it very, very clear… that… you choose which CIC the money goes to, either the birds or this one.”
Due diligence point: insist on visible, auditable separation if the public can “choose” where money goes.
“Loyalty app” / points/vouchers tied to spending tap
“Don’t forget to download our loyalty app… you get five points for every pound you spend… and it’ll come back as vouchers to spend in our shops.”
Due diligence point: ensure the public understands the commercial mechanics and who administers the scheme.
6) “Registered / trademark / grants” language
The supplied material includes repeated references to being “registered”, “trademarked”, and to grants/funding.
Verify what these terms mean in practice and which entity they apply to.
Trademark / compensation-style language (excerpts) tap
“We are trademarked… breach of trademark law is a criminal offence.”
“I’m coming after you for compensation because you’ve breached my trademark.”
Registration and funding language (excerpt) tap
“Bearing in mind we’ve only just registered as a CIC and we’ve only ever had a thousand pound grant.”
Practical check: “trademarked” does not equal “charity registered”, and “registered” can mean different things depending on context.
Ask for the exact registration type, reference number, and scope.
7) What to verify before donating or volunteering
If you are considering donating money, supplies, or time, request the following in writing:
This page is for public-interest transparency and due diligence. Quotes shown are formatted from transcript content supplied by the reader.
Readers should verify information independently. This page does not provide legal advice.
