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Clayton Financial Group, LLC

St. Louis, MOSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 226729

Filed as CLAYTON FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

Clayton Financial Group, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in St. Louis, MO, registered since 2015, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 25, 2026.

11 years
registered since 2015
$793,758,079
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Clayton Financial Group, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Clayton Financial Group, LLC located?

Clayton Financial Group, LLC's principal office is in St. Louis, MO, according to its Form ADV.

Is Clayton Financial Group, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Clayton Financial Group, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2015. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 226729.

How much does Clayton Financial Group, LLC manage?

Clayton Financial Group, LLC reports $793,758,079 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 25, 2026 (41% discretionary).

How have Clayton Financial Group, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Clayton Financial Group, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $1,102,774,777 in the October 2021 data and $793,758,079 in the October 2026 data, down 28%. Total employees: 17 in October 2021 and 7 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Clayton Financial Group, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (167); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (76); charitable organizations (5).

Which custodians does Clayton Financial Group, LLC use?

Clayton Financial Group, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Clayton Financial Group, 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/226729

Does Clayton Financial Group, LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 25, 2026 says: "There is no minimum account size and Clients are not required to have a certain amount of investment experience or sophistication."

What changed in Clayton Financial Group, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the March 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 8 to 3. Regulatory assets under management went from $1,736,034,368 to $793,758,079 (-54%).

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

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

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
There is no minimum account size and Clients are not required to have a certain amount of investment experience or sophistication.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 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
$793,758,079

$793,758,079 as of October 2026, filing dated February 25, 2026.

Discretionary: $321,604,611.Non-discretionary: $472,153,468.

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 76 Assets $33,558,319 (4%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 167 Assets $746,655,786 (94%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 5 Assets $13,543,974 (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
  • Pension consulting services

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2015 (11 years)
Employees
Total: 7. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
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
15 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
$1.1B 2021 $1.38B 2022 $1.2B 2023 $1.52B 2024 $1.74B 2025 $794M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$793,758,0797February 25, 2026
October 2025$1,736,034,36823July 9, 2025
October 2024$1,521,649,86023March 1, 2024
October 2023$1,197,461,94822March 6, 2023
October 2022$1,382,539,76422March 16, 2022
October 2021$1,102,774,77717June 21, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,102,774,777 in the October 2021 data and $793,758,079 in the October 2026 data, down 28%.

Total employees: 17 in October 2021 and 7 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. March 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 8 to 3.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,736,034,368 to $793,758,079 (-54%).
  2. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in UT, WA.

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
claytonfinancialgroup.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. Clayton Financial Group, LLC (CRD 226729): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/clayton-financial-group-llc-st-louis-mo-226729