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Back Bay Financial Planning & Investments

Bethany Beach, DESEC-registered investment adviserCRD 335236

Filed as BACK BAY FINANCIAL PLANNING & INVESTMENTS · Legal name Back Bay Financial Planning & Investments, LLC

Back Bay Financial Planning & Investments is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Bethany Beach, DE, registered since 2026, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 31, 2026.

0 years
registered since 2026
$120,474,144
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Back Bay Financial Planning & Investments compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Back Bay Financial Planning & Investments reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Back Bay Financial Planning & Investments located?

Back Bay Financial Planning & Investments' principal office is in Bethany Beach, DE, according to its Form ADV.

Is Back Bay Financial Planning & Investments registered with the SEC or a state?

Back Bay Financial Planning & Investments is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2026. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 335236.

How much does Back Bay Financial Planning & Investments manage?

Back Bay Financial Planning & Investments reports $120,474,144 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 31, 2026 (98% discretionary).

What types of clients does Back Bay Financial Planning & Investments serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (53); high net worth individuals (41).

Which custodians does Back Bay Financial Planning & Investments use?

Back Bay Financial Planning & Investments' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Back Bay Financial Planning & Investments 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/335236

Does Back Bay Financial Planning & Investments state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated August 31, 2026 says: "We do not have a minimum account size requirement to open or maintain an account."

What changed in Back Bay Financial Planning & Investments' recent Form ADV filings?

In the September 2026 filing data: Newly registered with the SEC.

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
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)

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
We do not have a minimum account size requirement to open or maintain an account.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated August 31, 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
$120,474,144

$120,474,144 as of October 2026, filing dated August 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $118,508,594.Non-discretionary: $1,965,550.

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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 53 Assets $23,420,169 (19%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 41 Assets $95,924,207 (80%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $893,585 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $236,183 (0%)

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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Back Bay Financial Planning & Investments, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2026 (0 years)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
DCDEMD

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

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. September 2026
    • Newly registered with the SEC.

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
backbayfp.combsky.app/profile/backbayfp.bsky.social

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. Back Bay Financial Planning & Investments (CRD 335236): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/back-bay-financial-planning-and-investments-bethany-beach-de-335236