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Councilor Wealth LLC

Bethesda, MDSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 170858

Filed as COUNCILOR WEALTH LLC

Councilor Wealth LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Bethesda, MD, registered since 2017, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 1, 2026.

9 years
registered since 2017
$316,945,133
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Councilor Wealth LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Councilor Wealth LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees). The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Councilor Wealth LLC located?

Councilor Wealth LLC's principal office is in Bethesda, MD, according to its Form ADV.

Is Councilor Wealth LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Councilor Wealth LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2017. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 170858.

How much does Councilor Wealth LLC manage?

Councilor Wealth LLC reports $316,945,133 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 1, 2026 (94% discretionary).

How have Councilor Wealth LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Councilor Wealth LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $267,882,615 in the October 2021 data and $316,945,133 in the October 2026 data, up 18%. Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 13 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Councilor Wealth LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (96); high net worth individuals (95); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (5).

Which custodians does Councilor Wealth LLC use?

Councilor Wealth LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Councilor Wealth 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/170858

What changed in Councilor Wealth LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: Changed its legal name from May Barnhard Investments LLC to Councilor Wealth LLC.

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

See the firm's brochure (dated June 1, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$316,945,133

$316,945,133 as of October 2026, filing dated June 1, 2026.

Discretionary: $297,882,187.Non-discretionary: $19,062,946.

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 96 Assets $32,442,283 (10%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 95 Assets $268,971,741 (85%)
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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 5 Assets $2,552,197 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 1 Assets $12,978,912 (4%)
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%)
Other
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 businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2017 (9 years)
Employees
Total: 13. Performing investment advisory functions: 11.
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
7 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
$268M 2021 $325M 2022 $298M 2023 $296M 2024 $301M 2025 $317M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$316,945,13313June 1, 2026
October 2025$300,721,20711March 31, 2025
October 2024$295,830,2668June 28, 2024
October 2023$298,000,0004September 22, 2023
October 2022$324,553,1137August 2, 2022
October 2021$267,882,6156April 13, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $267,882,615 in the October 2021 data and $316,945,133 in the October 2026 data, up 18%.

Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 13 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. July 2026
    • Changed its legal name from May Barnhard Investments LLC to Councilor Wealth LLC.
  2. February 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 9 to 11.
    • Registered or notice-filed in NJ.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. December 2025
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 8 to 9.
    • Registered or notice-filed in CA, DE.

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
cbmcpa.comcouncilor.commaybarnhardinvestments.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. Councilor Wealth LLC (CRD 170858): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/councilor-wealth-llc-bethesda-md-170858