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Beacon Financial Advisory LLC

Cleveland, OHSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 174334

Filed as BEACON FINANCIAL ADVISORY LLC

Beacon Financial Advisory LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Cleveland, OH, registered since 2016, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 17, 2026.

10 years
registered since 2016
$900,724,380
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Beacon Financial Advisory LLC compensated?

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

Where is Beacon Financial Advisory LLC located?

Beacon Financial Advisory LLC's principal office is in Cleveland, OH, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 4 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Beacon Financial Advisory LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Beacon Financial Advisory LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2016. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 174334.

How much does Beacon Financial Advisory LLC manage?

Beacon Financial Advisory LLC reports $900,724,380 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 17, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Beacon Financial Advisory LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Beacon Financial Advisory LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $667,520,487 in the October 2021 data and $900,724,380 in the October 2026 data, up 35%. Total employees: 30 in October 2021 and 13 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Beacon Financial Advisory LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,263); high net worth individuals (286); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (5).

Which custodians does Beacon Financial Advisory LLC use?

Beacon Financial Advisory LLC'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 Beacon Financial Advisory LLC 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/174334

Does Beacon Financial Advisory LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 17, 2026 says: "There is no account minimum for any of Beacon FA’s services."

What changed in Beacon Financial Advisory LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $677,635,130 to $900,724,380 (+33%).

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)
  • Other

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 Beacon FA’s services.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 17, 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
$900,724,380

$900,724,380 as of October 2026, filing dated March 17, 2026.

Discretionary: $900,724,380.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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 1,263 Assets $257,492,214 (29%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 286 Assets $615,527,584 (68%)
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 5 Assets $27,449,805 (3%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 2 Assets $254,777 (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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
BEACON FINANCIAL PARTNERS, FNA WEALTH MANAGEMENT LTD, TROPP O'TOOLE JAMES PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2016 (10 years)
Employees
Total: 13. Performing investment advisory functions: 13.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
4 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Cleveland, OHDublin, OHNorth Ridgeville, OHTwinsburg, OH
States registered or notice-filed
18 states or jurisdictions
AZCACOFLILKYLAMDMINCNJNYOHPASCTNTXVA

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
$668M 2021 $831M 2022 $554M 2023 $594M 2024 $678M 2025 $901M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$900,724,38013March 17, 2026
October 2025$677,635,13013June 16, 2025
October 2024$594,419,07813September 11, 2024
October 2023$554,416,74325April 5, 2023
October 2022$831,243,25929September 15, 2022
October 2021$667,520,48730September 20, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $667,520,487 in the October 2021 data and $900,724,380 in the October 2026 data, up 35%.

Total employees: 30 in October 2021 and 13 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 $677,635,130 to $900,724,380 (+33%).
  2. January 2026
    • Added the business name Tropp O'Toole James Private Wealth Management.
    • No longer lists the business name Pistone Wealth Advisors.
    • No longer lists the business name Tartan Wealth Management.
    • Registered or notice-filed in MD, TN.
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in GA, MA, UT.

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
beaconplanners.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. Beacon Financial Advisory LLC (CRD 174334): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/beacon-financial-advisory-llc-cleveland-oh-174334