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Bennington Financial Planning Group

Bennington, VTSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 116302

Filed as BENNINGTON FINANCIAL PLANNING GROUP

Bennington Financial Planning Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Bennington, VT, registered since 2020, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 17, 2026.

6 years
registered since 2020
$281,490,701
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Bennington Financial Planning Group compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Bennington Financial Planning Group reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges.

Where is Bennington Financial Planning Group located?

Bennington Financial Planning Group's principal office is in Bennington, VT, according to its Form ADV.

Is Bennington Financial Planning Group registered with the SEC or a state?

Bennington Financial Planning Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 116302.

How much does Bennington Financial Planning Group manage?

Bennington Financial Planning Group reports $281,490,701 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 17, 2026 (95% discretionary).

How have Bennington Financial Planning Group's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Bennington Financial Planning Group: Regulatory assets under management: $134,244,458 in the October 2021 data and $281,490,701 in the October 2026 data, up 110%. Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 3 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Bennington Financial Planning Group serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (256); high net worth individuals (120); charitable organizations (6).

Which custodians does Bennington Financial Planning Group use?

Bennington Financial Planning Group's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Raymond James & Associates, Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Bennington Financial Planning Group 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/116302

What changed in Bennington Financial Planning Group's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $223,771,861 to $281,490,701 (+26%).

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

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 firm's brochure (dated March 17, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$281,490,701

$281,490,701 as of October 2026, filing dated March 17, 2026.

Discretionary: $267,964,757.Non-discretionary: $13,525,944.

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 256 Assets $94,403,006 (34%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 120 Assets $168,414,071 (60%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 6 Assets $14,451,781 (5%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 2 Assets $1,582,738 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 2 Assets $2,639,105 (1%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2020 (6 years)
Employees
Total: 3. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
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
7 states or jurisdictions
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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
$134M 2021 $170M 2022 $150M 2023 $184M 2024 $224M 2025 $281M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$281,490,7013March 17, 2026
October 2025$223,771,8613March 20, 2025
October 2024$183,736,5653March 28, 2024
October 2023$150,046,8553March 27, 2023
October 2022$169,979,7643May 19, 2022
October 2021$134,244,4583March 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $134,244,458 in the October 2021 data and $281,490,701 in the October 2026 data, up 110%.

Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 3 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 $223,771,861 to $281,490,701 (+26%).

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. Bennington Financial Planning Group (CRD 116302): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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