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Ballast Rock Private Wealth

Charleston, SCSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 322064

Filed as BALLAST ROCK PRIVATE WEALTH · Legal name Ballast Rock Private Wealth LLC

Ballast Rock Private Wealth is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Charleston, SC, registered since 2024, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 6, 2026.

2 years
registered since 2024
$405,737,187
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Commissions
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Ballast Rock Private Wealth compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Ballast Rock Private Wealth reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; commissions.

Where is Ballast Rock Private Wealth located?

Ballast Rock Private Wealth's principal office is in Charleston, SC, according to its Form ADV.

Is Ballast Rock Private Wealth registered with the SEC or a state?

Ballast Rock Private Wealth is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2024. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 322064.

How much does Ballast Rock Private Wealth manage?

Ballast Rock Private Wealth reports $405,737,187 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 6, 2026 (89% discretionary).

How have Ballast Rock Private Wealth's assets and staff changed since 2022?

In the Form ADV data for Ballast Rock Private Wealth: Regulatory assets under management: $0 in the October 2022 data and $405,737,187 in the October 2026 data. Total employees: 5 in October 2022 and 9 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Ballast Rock Private Wealth serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (140); high net worth individuals (95); corporations or other businesses not listed above (14).

Which custodians does Ballast Rock Private Wealth use?

Ballast Rock Private Wealth's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Ballast Rock Private Wealth 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/322064

Does Ballast Rock Private Wealth state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 6, 2026 says: "There is no account minimum for any of BRPW’s services."

What changed in Ballast Rock Private Wealth's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 6 to 8. Regulatory assets under management went from $238,200,333 to $405,737,187 (+70%). Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
  • Commissions

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
There is no account minimum for any of BRPW’s services.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 6, 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
$405,737,187

$405,737,187 as of October 2026, filing dated March 6, 2026.

Discretionary: $361,925,393.Non-discretionary: $43,811,794.

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 140 Assets $81,773,602 (20%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 95 Assets $302,752,808 (75%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 2 Assets $4,317,812 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 14 Assets $16,892,965 (4%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (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
  • Pension consulting services

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Ballast Rock Private Wealth LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2024 (2 years)
Employees
Total: 9. Performing investment advisory functions: 8.
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
8 states or jurisdictions
CACTILLANYSCTXWA

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
$0 2022 $171M 2024 $238M 2025 $406M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$405,737,1879March 6, 2026
October 2025$238,200,33310March 14, 2025
October 2024$170,558,26810August 1, 2024
October 2022$05September 21, 2022

Regulatory assets under management: $0 in the October 2022 data and $405,737,187 in the October 2026 data.

Total employees: 5 in October 2022 and 9 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 6 to 8.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $238,200,333 to $405,737,187 (+70%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
ballastrockpw.com

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. Ballast Rock Private Wealth (CRD 322064): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/ballast-rock-private-wealth-charleston-sc-322064