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Brighton Securities Corp.

Rochester, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 3875

Filed as BRIGHTON SECURITIES CORP.

Brighton Securities Corp. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Rochester, NY, registered since 2003, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 21, 2026.

23 years
registered since 2003
$930,950,057
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
7
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Brighton Securities Corp. compensated?

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

Where is Brighton Securities Corp. located?

Brighton Securities Corp.'s principal office is in Rochester, NY, according to its Form ADV; the May 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Brighton Securities Corp. registered with the SEC or a state?

Brighton Securities Corp. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2003. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 3875.

How much does Brighton Securities Corp. manage?

Brighton Securities Corp. reports $930,950,057 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 21, 2026 (38% discretionary).

How have Brighton Securities Corp.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Brighton Securities Corp.: Regulatory assets under management: $607,493,646 in the October 2021 data and $930,950,057 in the October 2026 data, up 53%. Total employees: 38 in October 2021 and 26 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Brighton Securities Corp. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,379); high net worth individuals (374); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (17).

Which custodians does Brighton Securities Corp. use?

Brighton Securities Corp.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Brighton Securities Corp. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 7 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 7 questions about regulatory matters (11.C(1), 11.C(2), 11.C(4), 11.C(5), 11.D(1), 11.D(2), 11.E(2)). 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/3875

What changed in Brighton Securities Corp.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the May 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in DE, VT, WI.

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)
  • 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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 24, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$930,950,057

$930,950,057 as of October 2026, filing dated April 21, 2026.

Discretionary: $354,982,329.Non-discretionary: $575,967,728.

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 1,379 Assets $567,064,860 (61%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 374 Assets $333,765,740 (36%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 17 Assets $9,797,394 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 12 Assets $7,923,385 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 13 Assets $12,398,678 (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
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2003 (23 years)
Employees
Total: 26. Performing investment advisory functions: 21.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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)
2 other offices, as of the May 2026 filing
Batavia, NYHuntersville, NC
States registered or notice-filed
28 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

7 Reports 7 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(1) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
  • 11.D(1) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission, or was dishonest, unfair, or unethical?
  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?

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

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$607M 2021 $641M 2022 $549M 2023 $612M 2024 $986M 2025 $931M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$930,950,05726April 21, 2026
October 2025$986,154,86435March 18, 2025
October 2024$611,855,68835August 6, 2024
October 2023$549,240,67340June 5, 2023
October 2022$640,923,14936September 15, 2022
October 2021$607,493,64638September 2, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $607,493,646 in the October 2021 data and $930,950,057 in the October 2026 data, up 53%.

Total employees: 38 in October 2021 and 26 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. May 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in DE, VT, WI.
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 27 to 21.
    • No longer lists an office in Hamburg, NY.
    • No longer lists an office in Olympia, WA.
    • No longer lists an office in Sarasota, FL.
    • Registered or notice-filed in DC, LA, ME, NH.
    • 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
brightonsecurities.comcalwilliswealth.comcrossedpineswealth.commbwealthadvisors.comsoutherntierfinancial.com/cfp

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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