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Colonial River Wealth Management LLC

Midlothian, VASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 284839

Filed as COLONIAL RIVER WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC · Legal name Colonial River Investments, LLC

Colonial River Wealth Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Midlothian, VA, registered since 2018, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

8 years
registered since 2018
$464,365,160
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Colonial River Wealth Management LLC compensated?

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

Where is Colonial River Wealth Management LLC located?

Colonial River Wealth Management LLC's principal office is in Midlothian, VA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Colonial River Wealth Management LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Colonial River Wealth Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2018. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 284839.

How much does Colonial River Wealth Management LLC manage?

Colonial River Wealth Management LLC reports $464,365,160 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Colonial River Wealth Management LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Colonial River Wealth Management LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $293,628,615 in the October 2021 data and $464,365,160 in the October 2026 data, up 58%. Total employees: 20 in October 2021 and 21 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Colonial River Wealth Management LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,624); high net worth individuals (174).

Which custodians does Colonial River Wealth Management LLC use?

Colonial River Wealth Management 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 Colonial River Wealth Management 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/284839

What changed in Colonial River Wealth Management LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $339,836,345 to $464,365,160 (+37%).

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$464,365,160

$464,365,160 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $464,365,160.Non-discretionary: $0.

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 1,624 Assets $149,135,525 (32%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 174 Assets $314,835,708 (68%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $393,927 (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 businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Colonial River Investments, LLC
Also doing business as
BURLESON FINANCIAL STRATEGIES, INC., COLONIAL RIVER WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2018 (8 years)
Employees
Total: 21. Performing investment advisory functions: 8.
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)
3 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Fredericksburg, VANewport News, VAWilliamsburg, VA
States registered or notice-filed
17 states or jurisdictions
CAFLGALAMDNCNENHNJNYPASCTNTXUTVAWA

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
$294M 2021 $484M 2022 $586M 2023 $275M 2024 $340M 2025 $464M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$464,365,16021March 31, 2026
October 2025$339,836,34516April 24, 2025
October 2024$274,599,25616March 4, 2024
October 2023$586,479,16021September 29, 2023
October 2022$484,029,06723September 28, 2022
October 2021$293,628,61520October 1, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $293,628,615 in the October 2021 data and $464,365,160 in the October 2026 data, up 58%.

Total employees: 20 in October 2021 and 21 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 $339,836,345 to $464,365,160 (+37%).
  2. February 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in PA, TN, 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
colonialriver.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. Colonial River Wealth Management LLC (CRD 284839): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/colonial-river-wealth-management-llc-midlothian-va-284839