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Bridgelight Financial Advisors, Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Shelton, CT, registered since 2025, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 8, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Bridgelight Financial Advisors, Inc compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Bridgelight Financial Advisors, Inc reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges.
Where is Bridgelight Financial Advisors, Inc located?
Bridgelight Financial Advisors, Inc's principal office is in Shelton, CT, according to its Form ADV.
Is Bridgelight Financial Advisors, Inc registered with the SEC or a state?
Bridgelight Financial Advisors, Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2025. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 139518.
How much does Bridgelight Financial Advisors, Inc manage?
Bridgelight Financial Advisors, Inc reports $150,777,009 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 8, 2026 (99% discretionary).
What types of clients does Bridgelight Financial Advisors, Inc serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (210); high net worth individuals (36).
Which custodians does Bridgelight Financial Advisors, Inc use?
Bridgelight Financial Advisors, Inc's 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 Bridgelight Financial Advisors, Inc report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/139518
Does Bridgelight Financial Advisors, Inc state an account minimum?
Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 3, 2026 says: "BFA requires a minimum of $250,000 in assets under management per client, unless otherwise reduced or waived at the discretion of BFA."
What changed in Bridgelight Financial Advisors, Inc's recent Form ADV filings?
In the January 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $139,027,913 to $155,797,683 (+12%).
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 2AAccount minimum: $250,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)
The brochure's wording
BFA requires a minimum of $250,000 in assets under management per client, unless otherwise reduced or waived at the discretion of BFA.
As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 3, 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$150,777,009 as of October 2026, filing dated September 8, 2026.
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.DA 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
- Other
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2025 (1 year)
- Employees
- Total: 3. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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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
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4 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 111 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.
Questions answered yes on this filing
Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G
- 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures
Changes in the filing
Last 12 months- January 2026
- Regulatory assets under management went from $139,027,913 to $155,797,683 (+12%).
- December 2025
- 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.ISource: 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. Bridgelight Financial Advisors, Inc (CRD 139518): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/bridgelight-financial-advisors-inc-shelton-ct-139518