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Clearwell Group

Tampa, FLSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 306186

Filed as CLEARWELL GROUP · Legal name Clearwell Advisors, LLC

Clearwell Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Tampa, FL, registered since 2024, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 1, 2026.

2 years
registered since 2024
$413,513,497
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Clearwell Group compensated?

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

Where is Clearwell Group located?

Clearwell Group's principal office is in Tampa, FL, according to its Form ADV.

Is Clearwell Group registered with the SEC or a state?

Clearwell Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2024. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 306186.

How much does Clearwell Group manage?

Clearwell Group reports $413,513,497 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 1, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Clearwell Group's assets and staff changed since 2024?

In the Form ADV data for Clearwell Group: Regulatory assets under management: $362,080,869 in the October 2024 data and $413,513,497 in the October 2026 data, up 14%. Total employees: 8 in October 2024 and 9 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Clearwell Group serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (29); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (23); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (8).

Which custodians does Clearwell Group use?

Clearwell Group's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and JP Morgan Chase as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Clearwell Group 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/306186

Does Clearwell Group state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 1, 2026 says: "To initiate and sustain an investment management relationship, Clearwell Group generally recommends a minimum portfolio value of $10,000,000." "Clearwell Group accepts clients with less than the minimum portfolio size if the Firm determines the smaller portfolio size will not cause a substantial increase of investment risk beyond the client’s identified risk tolerance."

What changed in Clearwell Group's recent Form ADV filings?

In the May 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $351,117,412 to $413,513,497 (+18%).

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)
  • 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: $10,000,000

The brochure's wording
To initiate and sustain an investment management relationship, Clearwell Group generally recommends a minimum portfolio value of $10,000,000.
Clearwell Group accepts clients with less than the minimum portfolio size if the Firm determines the smaller portfolio size will not cause a substantial increase of investment risk beyond the client’s identified risk tolerance.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 1, 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
$413,513,497

$413,513,497 as of October 2026, filing dated April 1, 2026.

Discretionary: $413,386,660.Non-discretionary: $126,837.

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 8 Assets $997,465 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 29 Assets $219,668,475 (53%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 23 Assets $169,708,800 (41%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $23,138,757 (6%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Clearwell Advisors, LLC
Also doing business as
CLEARWELL GROUP
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2024 (2 years)
Employees
Total: 9. Performing investment advisory functions: 6.
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
1 state or jurisdiction
FL

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
$362M 2024 $351M 2025 $414M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$413,513,4979April 1, 2026
October 2025$351,117,4128March 31, 2025
October 2024$362,080,8698March 28, 2024

Regulatory assets under management: $362,080,869 in the October 2024 data and $413,513,497 in the October 2026 data, up 14%.

Total employees: 8 in October 2024 and 9 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. May 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $351,117,412 to $413,513,497 (+18%).

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
clearwellgroup.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. Clearwell Group (CRD 306186): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/clearwell-group-tampa-fl-306186