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Adams Funds Advisers

Baltimore, MDSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 226613

Filed as ADAMS FUNDS ADVISERS · Legal name Adams Funds Advisers, LLC

Adams Funds Advisers is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Baltimore, MD, registered since 2015, with no regulatory assets under management reported in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026.

11 years
registered since 2015
Not reported
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Adams Funds Advisers compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Adams Funds Advisers reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Adams Funds Advisers located?

Adams Funds Advisers' principal office is in Baltimore, MD, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Adams Funds Advisers registered with the SEC or a state?

Adams Funds Advisers is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2015. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 226613.

How have Adams Funds Advisers' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Adams Funds Advisers: Total employees: 21 in October 2021 and 20 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

Does Adams Funds Advisers report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/226613

Does Adams Funds Advisers state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 2026 says: "AFA does not have established account minimums."

What changed in Adams Funds Advisers' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 11 to 10.

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
AFA does not have established account minimums.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F

Not reported.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D

Not reported.

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Adams Funds Advisers, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2015 (11 years)
Employees
Total: 20. Performing investment advisory functions: 10.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
FLMD

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026Not reported20March 27, 2026
October 2025Not reported20March 31, 2025
October 2024Not reported20March 28, 2024
October 2023Not reported21March 30, 2023
October 2022Not reported20March 31, 2022
October 2021Not reported21March 31, 2021

Total employees: 21 in October 2021 and 20 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 11 to 10.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I

Not reported.

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Adams Funds Advisers (CRD 226613): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/adams-funds-advisers-baltimore-md-226613