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Financial Freedom

Cincinnati, OHSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 118772

Filed as FINANCIAL FREEDOM · Legal name Financial Freedom, LLC

Financial Freedom is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Cincinnati, OH, registered since 2005, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 13, 2026.

21 years
registered since 2005
$443,203,000
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Financial Freedom compensated?

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

What does Financial Freedom's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 13, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 0.25% to 1% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Financial Freedom located?

Financial Freedom's principal office is in Cincinnati, OH, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 4 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Financial Freedom registered with the SEC or a state?

Financial Freedom is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2005. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 118772.

How much does Financial Freedom manage?

Financial Freedom reports $443,203,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 13, 2026 (0% discretionary).

How have Financial Freedom's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Financial Freedom: Regulatory assets under management: $322,859,000 in the October 2021 data and $443,203,000 in the October 2026 data, up 37%. Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Financial Freedom serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (96); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (18).

Which custodians does Financial Freedom use?

Financial Freedom's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Financial Freedom 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/118772

Does Financial Freedom state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 13, 2026 says: "We do not impose a set minimum dollar value of assets or other condition for opening or maintaining an account."

What changed in Financial Freedom's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 2 to 3. Registered or notice-filed in NY.

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

Asset-based fee: 0.25% to 1% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)

The brochure's wording
Percentage of assets under management fees range from 1.0% to 0.25% depending on the value of assets under management.

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
We do not impose a set minimum dollar value of assets or other condition for opening or maintaining an account.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 13, 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
$443,203,000

$443,203,000 as of October 2026, filing dated March 13, 2026.

Discretionary: $0.Non-discretionary: $443,203,000.

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 18 Assets $9,360,700 (2%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 96 Assets $433,842,300 (98%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Financial Freedom, LLC
Also doing business as
FINANCIAL FREEDOM OHIO, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2005 (21 years)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
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)
4 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Beavercreek, OHMalvern, PASarasota, FLYork, ME
States registered or notice-filed
6 states or jurisdictions
FLMENHNYOHPA

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
$323M 2021 $347M 2022 $309M 2023 $392M 2024 $407M 2025 $443M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$443,203,0004March 13, 2026
October 2025$407,111,0003March 21, 2025
October 2024$391,584,0003March 11, 2024
October 2023$309,162,0003March 27, 2023
October 2022$347,478,0003March 5, 2022
October 2021$322,859,0003March 23, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $322,859,000 in the October 2021 data and $443,203,000 in the October 2026 data, up 37%.

Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 4 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 2 to 3.
    • Registered or notice-filed in NY.

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
finfree.comfinfreeohio.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. Financial Freedom (CRD 118772): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/financial-freedom-cincinnati-oh-118772