Stump Up For Trees
Abergavenny, Wales, United Kingdom · Nonprofit · Regional · since 2020
Community charity planting a million native trees with farmers in the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons)
About
Stump Up For Trees is a community-based charity in Abergavenny, south-east Wales, that aims to plant one million native broadleaf trees in and around the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons). It began in 2017 when farmer-vet Keith Powell and author Rob Penn organised the planting of 135,000 trees on Bryn Arw Common, and registered as a charity (1188226) in February 2020. It works with upland farmers and other landowners to add trees and hedgerows to farmland and set aside unproductive land for woodland, grows stock in its own community nursery, runs volunteer work parties through the winter planting season, and passed half a million trees planted in spring 2026 across more than 150 farming families and landowners.
What they run
Grants, advice and volunteer planting that add native trees and hedgerows to working upland farms and set aside least-productive land for woodland.
The founding project: 135,000 native broadleaf trees planted on Bryn Arw Common near Abergavenny in the 2020-21 season.
Volunteer-run nursery growing locally sourced native trees for the charity's planting sites.
Trees by type of work
| Activity | Trees | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 🌱 Afforestation | 135,000 | 2021 |
Only figures attached to a named program count here. Organization-wide totals sit in the table below.
The numbers
| Metric | Year | Value | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funds raised (USD) | 2025 | 584,600 | Organization-wide | Estimated | sourceCharity Commission data (charity 1188226) for year ended 30 June 2025: income GBP 437,091, expenditure GBP 240,985. Converted at 1 GBP = 1.3374 USD (open.er-api.com, 7 Nov 2026). |
| Hectares restored | 2025 | 13 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceImpact Report 2024/25 summary: '13ha of land brought into habitat management for ecological restoration'. |
| Trees planted | 2025 | 101,052 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceImpact Report 2024/25 summary (12 months to July 2025): '101,052 trees planted (99.8% native broadleaf) including 11km of hedgerows on farms'. |
| Trees plantedto date | 2024 | 250,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceCharity news post, 22 January 2024: 250,000th tree planted on an upland farm in Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, across over 70 sites. |
| Trees plantedto date | 2026 | 500,000 | Organization-wide | Independently verified | sourceNation.Cymru, 31 March 2026: 500,000 native broadleaved trees planted across 250 farms and smallholdings; the charity's Impact Report 2025/26 page (Sept 2026) likewise says 'last season ... half a million trees planted'. |
| Trees planted | 2021 | 135,000 | Bryn Arw Common pilot plant | Self-reported | sourceHomepage: 135,000 native broadleaf trees planted at the Bryn Arw Common pilot plant in the 2020-21 season. |
How they report
What earned it
- 5/20 Publishes annual tree figures: 1 year of annual figures on record (5 points each, up to 4 years)
- 15/15 Figures are recent: Latest annual figure is for 2025
- 10/10 Every figure has a public source: 6 of 6 figures link to a source
- 15/15 Publishes financials or cost per tree: Revenue or cost-per-tree figure on record
- 0/15 Reports survival or monitoring: No survival or monitoring figure
- 10/10 Independently verified figure: At least one figure confirmed by a third party
- 10/10 Breaks figures down by program: Figures attached to named programs
- 0/5 Reports volunteers or events: No volunteer figures or events
- Latest annual figure
- 101,052 trees in 2025
- Dollars raised per tree
- $5.79 in 2025
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