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Balch Hill Capital

San Francisco, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 113209

Filed as BALCH HILL CAPITAL · Legal name Balch Hill Capital, LLC

Balch Hill Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Francisco, CA, registered since 2018, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

8 years
registered since 2018
$402,084,596
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Balch Hill Capital compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Balch Hill Capital reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Balch Hill Capital located?

Balch Hill Capital's principal office is in San Francisco, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Balch Hill Capital registered with the SEC or a state?

Balch Hill Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2018. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 113209.

How much does Balch Hill Capital manage?

Balch Hill Capital reports $402,084,596 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Balch Hill Capital's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Balch Hill Capital: Regulatory assets under management: $150,640,879 in the October 2021 data and $402,084,596 in the October 2026 data, up 167%. Total employees: 1 in October 2021 and 1 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Balch Hill Capital serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (1).

Does Balch Hill Capital 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/113209

Does Balch Hill Capital state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 says: "Investors in the Fund are required to invest a minimum of $1,000,000, but Balch Hill may waive this minimum."

What changed in Balch Hill Capital's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $321,157,504 to $402,084,596 (+25%).

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
  • Performance-based 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: $1,000,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
Investors in the Fund are required to invest a minimum of $1,000,000, but Balch Hill may waive this minimum.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 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
$402,084,596

$402,084,596 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $402,084,596.Non-discretionary: $0.

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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 1 Assets $402,084,596 (100%)

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
Balch Hill Capital, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2018 (8 years)
Employees
Total: 1. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
CA

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
$151M 2021 $160M 2022 $213M 2023 $239M 2024 $321M 2025 $402M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$402,084,5961March 30, 2026
October 2025$321,157,5041March 31, 2025
October 2024$238,850,1681March 27, 2024
October 2023$212,666,1261March 28, 2023
October 2022$160,394,7751March 22, 2022
October 2021$150,640,8791March 23, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $150,640,879 in the October 2021 data and $402,084,596 in the October 2026 data, up 167%.

Total employees: 1 in October 2021 and 1 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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $321,157,504 to $402,084,596 (+25%).

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. Balch Hill Capital (CRD 113209): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/balch-hill-capital-san-francisco-ca-113209