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Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc.

Sausalito, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 10489

Filed as CALDWELL SUTTER CAPITAL, INC.

Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Sausalito, CA, registered since 2006, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 17, 2026.

20 years
registered since 2006
$605,675,350
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc. located?

Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc.'s principal office is in Sausalito, CA, according to its Form ADV; the May 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2006. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 10489.

How much does Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc. manage?

Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc. reports $605,675,350 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 17, 2026 (95% discretionary).

How have Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $235,242,733 in the October 2021 data and $605,675,350 in the October 2026 data, up 157%. Total employees: 19 in October 2021 and 17 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (381); high net worth individuals (147); corporations or other businesses not listed above (11).

Which custodians does Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc. use?

Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Wedbush Securities Inc. as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation). 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/10489

What changed in Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the January 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 6 to 5. Registered or notice-filed in FL.

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

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 April 17, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$605,675,350

$605,675,350 as of October 2026, filing dated April 17, 2026.

Discretionary: $574,731,511.Non-discretionary: $30,943,839.

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 381 Assets $153,909,207 (25%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 147 Assets $425,020,062 (70%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 7 Assets $3,521,965 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $546,084 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 11 Assets $22,678,032 (4%)

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
2006 (20 years)
Employees
Total: 17. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.Wedbush Securities Inc.

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
Santa Rosa, CA
States registered or notice-filed
11 states or jurisdictions
AZCAFLIDILNVNYOHORTXWA

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

1 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(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?

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
$235M 2021 $307M 2022 $300M 2023 $488M 2024 $571M 2025 $606M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$605,675,35017April 17, 2026
October 2025$571,092,07020May 27, 2025
October 2024$488,409,19823December 11, 2023
October 2023$299,739,88819March 2, 2023
October 2022$306,527,75519July 11, 2022
October 2021$235,242,73319July 12, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $235,242,733 in the October 2021 data and $605,675,350 in the October 2026 data, up 157%.

Total employees: 19 in October 2021 and 17 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. January 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 6 to 5.
    • Registered or notice-filed in FL.

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
cald.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 Sutter Capital, Inc. (CRD 10489): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/caldwell-sutter-capital-inc-sausalito-ca-10489