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Cottingham Management Company, LLC

Carlsbad, CAState-registered investment adviserCRD 134276

Filed as COTTINGHAM MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC

Cottingham Management Company, LLC is a state-registered investment advisory firm in Carlsbad, CA, registered since 2001, reporting $25 million to $100 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 4, 2026.

25 years
registered since 2001
$28,651,468
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Cottingham Management Company, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Cottingham Management Company, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Cottingham Management Company, LLC located?

Cottingham Management Company, LLC's principal office is in Carlsbad, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Cottingham Management Company, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Cottingham Management Company, LLC is a state-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2001. Status as filed: APPROVED. CRD 134276.

How much does Cottingham Management Company, LLC manage?

Cottingham Management Company, LLC reports $28,651,468 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 4, 2026 (100% discretionary).

What types of clients does Cottingham Management Company, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (3).

Does Cottingham Management Company, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's public record on IAPD: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/134276

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
  • 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

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$28,651,468

$28,651,468 as of October 2026, filing dated March 4, 2026.

Discretionary: $28,651,468.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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 3 Assets $28,651,468 (100%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
State-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: APPROVED.
Registered since
2001 (25 years)
Employees
Total: 1. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
CA

State-registered investment advisers are examined by their state securities regulator. 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

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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

Not reported.

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. Cottingham Management Company, LLC (CRD 134276): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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