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Castellan

Louisville, KYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 299363

Filed as CASTELLAN · Legal name Castellan Group, LLC

Castellan is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Louisville, KY, registered since 2020, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 25, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2020
$882,230,876
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Castellan compensated?

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

Where is Castellan located?

Castellan's principal office is in Louisville, KY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Castellan registered with the SEC or a state?

Castellan is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 299363.

How much does Castellan manage?

Castellan reports $882,230,876 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 25, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Castellan's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Castellan: Regulatory assets under management: $150,196,859 in the October 2021 data and $882,230,876 in the October 2026 data, up 487%. Total employees: 4 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 Castellan serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (12); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (9); investment companies (2).

Which custodians does Castellan use?

Castellan'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 Castellan 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/299363

Does Castellan state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 25, 2026 says: "While CASTELLAN does not impose a minimum account size, all separately managed clients must meet the definition of “qualified investor” (please refer to Item 5)."

What changed in Castellan's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $496,086,621 to $882,230,876 (+78%).

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)
  • Performance-based 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
While CASTELLAN does not impose a minimum account size, all separately managed clients must meet the definition of “qualified investor” (please refer to Item 5).

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 25, 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
$882,230,876

$882,230,876 as of October 2026, filing dated March 25, 2026.

Discretionary: $881,142,578.Non-discretionary: $1,088,298.

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
High net worth individuals
Clients 12 Assets $650,883,464 (74%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 2 Assets $35,697,466 (4%)
Business development companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 9 Assets $59,895,490 (7%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $128,614,035 (15%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $7,140,421 (1%)
Other
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)

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 investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Castellan Group, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2020 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 8. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
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
6 states or jurisdictions
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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
$150M 2021 $235M 2022 $331M 2023 $353M 2024 $496M 2025 $882M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$882,230,8768March 25, 2026
October 2025$496,086,6217June 17, 2025
October 2024$353,473,3459March 29, 2024
October 2023$330,904,4479March 31, 2023
October 2022$235,317,5225March 31, 2022
October 2021$150,196,8594September 9, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $150,196,859 in the October 2021 data and $882,230,876 in the October 2026 data, up 487%.

Total employees: 4 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
  1. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $496,086,621 to $882,230,876 (+78%).

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
castellanetf.comcastellangroup.comcastellanria.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. Castellan (CRD 299363): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/castellan-louisville-ky-299363