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Compass Financial Management LLC

Tampa, FLSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 156345

Filed as COMPASS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LLC

Compass Financial Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Tampa, FL, registered since 2020, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 18, 2026.

6 years
registered since 2020
$893,836,789
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Compass Financial Management LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Compass Financial Management LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Compass Financial Management LLC located?

Compass Financial Management LLC's principal office is in Tampa, FL, according to its Form ADV; the June 2026 filing also lists 11 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Compass Financial Management LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Compass Financial Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 156345.

How much does Compass Financial Management LLC manage?

Compass Financial Management LLC reports $893,836,789 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 18, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Compass Financial Management LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Compass Financial Management LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $142,633,733 in the October 2021 data and $893,836,789 in the October 2026 data, up 527%. Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 33 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Compass Financial Management LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,955); high net worth individuals (197); corporations or other businesses not listed above (39).

Which custodians does Compass Financial Management LLC use?

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

Does Compass Financial Management LLC 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/156345

What changed in Compass Financial Management LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the June 2026 filing data: Added the business name Souza Wealth Management. Added the business name Executive Financial Services, Inc..

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

See the firm's brochure (dated May 11, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$893,836,789

$893,836,789 as of October 2026, filing dated May 18, 2026.

Discretionary: $893,836,789.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 1,955 Assets $402,003,433 (45%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 197 Assets $443,954,127 (50%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 37 Assets $29,446,913 (3%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 39 Assets $18,432,316 (2%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

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
Also doing business as
BURGESS WEALTH ADVISORY, DISE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, DMK ADVISOR GROUP, EXECUTIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., FORTIFIED WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INDEPENDENCE MONEY, INTELLIVISOR FAMILY OFFICE, JOHN DANIELS CPA, KDH FINANCIAL, KELLY INVESTMENT ADVISORS, MICHAEL LEE STRATEGY, MOWERY CAPITAL, MY ROADMAP ADVISOR, NATURE COAST CAPITAL, SOUZA WEALTH MANAGEMENT, TEXAS RETIREMENT STRATEGIES, THEUS WEALTH ADVISORS, ZODA FINANCIAL
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2020 (6 years)
Employees
Total: 33. Performing investment advisory functions: 31.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
11 other offices, as of the June 2026 filing
Allen, TXBloomington, MNLutz, FLNew York, NYOxford, CTPhoenix, AZSan Diego, CASarasota, FLSt. Petersburg, FLTampa, FLTreasure Island, FL
States registered or notice-filed
23 states or jurisdictions
AZCACOCTFLILLAMAMEMNNCNHNJNYOHPRSCTNTXUTVAWAWY

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
$143M 2021 $221M 2022 $264M 2023 $409M 2024 $519M 2025 $894M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$893,836,78933May 18, 2026
October 2025$518,984,61128July 17, 2025
October 2024$409,358,13020May 10, 2024
October 2023$263,643,48916September 29, 2023
October 2022$220,916,89614February 18, 2022
October 2021$142,633,7337August 24, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $142,633,733 in the October 2021 data and $893,836,789 in the October 2026 data, up 527%.

Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 33 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. June 2026
    • Added the business name Souza Wealth Management.
    • Added the business name Executive Financial Services, Inc..
  2. April 2026
    • Added the business name Theus Wealth Advisors.
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 27 to 31.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $518,984,611 to $893,836,789 (+72%).
    • Added an office in Phoenix, AZ.
    • Added an office in St. Petersburg, FL.
    • Added an office in Tampa, FL.
    • No longer lists an office in Franklin, TN.
    • No longer lists an office in Jacksonville, FL.
    • No longer lists an office in McMinnville, TN.
  3. February 2026
    • Added the business name Texas Retirement Strategies.
    • Added the business name Burgess Wealth Advisory.
  4. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in AZ, VA.

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
compassfmllc.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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