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Caldwell Advisors, LLC

Brentwood, TNSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 144408

Filed as CALDWELL ADVISORS, LLC

Caldwell Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Brentwood, TN, registered since 2015, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 7, 2026.

10 years
registered since 2015
$351,404,599
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Caldwell Advisors, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Caldwell Advisors, LLC located?

Caldwell Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Brentwood, TN, according to its Form ADV; the May 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Caldwell Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Caldwell Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2015. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 144408.

How much does Caldwell Advisors, LLC manage?

Caldwell Advisors, LLC reports $351,404,599 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 7, 2026 (98% discretionary).

How have Caldwell Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Caldwell Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $276,184,296 in the October 2021 data and $351,404,599 in the October 2026 data, up 27%. Total employees: 10 in October 2021 and 8 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Caldwell Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (250); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (249); other (7).

Which custodians does Caldwell Advisors, LLC use?

Caldwell Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists LPL Financial LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Caldwell Advisors, 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/144408

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)

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 April 7, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$351,404,599

$351,404,599 as of October 2026, filing dated April 7, 2026.

Discretionary: $344,235,754.Non-discretionary: $7,168,845.

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 249 Assets $97,442,947 (28%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 250 Assets $244,001,141 (69%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $155,105 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $307,867 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $3,030,844 (1%)
Other
Clients 7 Assets $6,466,695 (2%)

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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
AARON ZAUNER, BENTLEY LONDON, BEVERLY O. DAVIS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2015 (10 years)
Employees
Total: 8. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
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)
1 other office, as of the May 2026 filing
Murfreesboro, TN
States registered or notice-filed
9 states or jurisdictions
ALARCAFLGAMSNYTNTX

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
$276M 2021 $233M 2022 $279M 2023 $323M 2024 $339M 2025 $351M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$351,404,5998April 7, 2026
October 2025$339,088,2968July 30, 2025
October 2024$322,739,2178March 15, 2024
October 2023$279,123,4789March 30, 2023
October 2022$232,609,1719March 31, 2022
October 2021$276,184,29610May 27, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $276,184,296 in the October 2021 data and $351,404,599 in the October 2026 data, up 27%.

Total employees: 10 in October 2021 and 8 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
beverlyodavis.comcaldwellgroupllc.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. Caldwell Advisors, LLC (CRD 144408): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/caldwell-advisors-llc-brentwood-tn-144408