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Bucher Wealth Advisors

San Mateo, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 154878

Filed as BUCHER WEALTH ADVISORS · Legal name BWA, LLC

Bucher Wealth Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Mateo, CA, registered since 2022, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 28, 2026.

4 years
registered since 2022
$146,886,515
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Bucher Wealth Advisors compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Bucher Wealth Advisors reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

How much does Bucher Wealth Advisors charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated January 28, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: up to 1.25% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states); Flat fee: $2,500 (financial planning and consulting services). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Bucher Wealth Advisors located?

Bucher Wealth Advisors' principal office is in San Mateo, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Bucher Wealth Advisors registered with the SEC or a state?

Bucher Wealth Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 154878.

How much does Bucher Wealth Advisors manage?

Bucher Wealth Advisors reports $146,886,515 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 28, 2026 (0% discretionary).

How have Bucher Wealth Advisors' assets and staff changed since 2022?

In the Form ADV data for Bucher Wealth Advisors: Regulatory assets under management: $115,351,474 in the October 2022 data and $146,886,515 in the October 2026 data, up 27%. Total employees: 1 in October 2022 and 1 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Bucher Wealth Advisors serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (45); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (15).

Which custodians does Bucher Wealth Advisors use?

Bucher Wealth Advisors' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Bucher Wealth Advisors 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/154878

What changed in Bucher Wealth Advisors' recent Form ADV filings?

In the December 2025 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in TX.

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
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)

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

Asset-based fee: up to 1.25% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states)

The brochure's wording
The maximum annual fee charged for this service will not exceed 1. 25%. Fees to be assessed will be outlined in the advisory agreement to be signed by the Client.

Flat fee: $2,500 (financial planning and consulting services)

The brochure's wording
Our firm charges on a flat fee basis for financial planning and consulting services. The total estimated fee, as well as the ultimate fee charged, is based on the scope and complexity of our engagement with the client. Flat fees will not exceed $ 2,500.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated January 28, 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
$146,886,515

$146,886,515 as of October 2026, filing dated January 28, 2026.

Discretionary: $0.Non-discretionary: $146,886,515.

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 15 Assets $11,509,238 (8%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 45 Assets $135,377,277 (92%)

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)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
BWA, LLC
Also doing business as
BUCHER WEALTH ADVISORS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2022 (4 years)
Employees
Total: 1. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
CATX

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
$115M 2022 $102M 2023 $120M 2024 $137M 2025 $147M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$146,886,5151January 28, 2026
October 2025$136,816,5341January 23, 2025
October 2024$119,703,8281February 6, 2024
October 2023$102,244,0461January 27, 2023
October 2022$115,351,4741September 15, 2022

Regulatory assets under management: $115,351,474 in the October 2022 data and $146,886,515 in the October 2026 data, up 27%.

Total employees: 1 in October 2022 and 1 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. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in TX.

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
bucherwa.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. Bucher Wealth Advisors (CRD 154878): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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