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First Light Wealth Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Little Falls, NJ, registered since 2026, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 15, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is First Light Wealth Advisors, LLC compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), First Light Wealth Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).
How much does First Light Wealth Advisors, LLC charge?
Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 13, 2026 states: Flat fee: $250 to $1,000 (investment management or more limited advice…). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.
Where is First Light Wealth Advisors, LLC located?
First Light Wealth Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Little Falls, NJ, according to its Form ADV.
Is First Light Wealth Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?
First Light Wealth Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2026. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 291214.
How much does First Light Wealth Advisors, LLC manage?
First Light Wealth Advisors, LLC reports $116,263,725 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 15, 2026 (100% discretionary).
What types of clients does First Light Wealth Advisors, LLC serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (66); high net worth individuals (27); corporations or other businesses not listed above (5).
Which custodians does First Light Wealth Advisors, LLC use?
First Light Wealth Advisors, 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 First Light Wealth Advisors, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation) and 11.E(4) (self-regulatory organization's expulsion, suspension, bar, or restriction). 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/291214
Does First Light Wealth Advisors, LLC state an account minimum?
Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 13, 2026 says: "FLWA does not impose a stated minimum fee or minimum portfolio value for starting and maintaining an investment management relationship."
What changed in First Light Wealth Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?
In the June 2026 filing data: Newly registered with the SEC.
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
- 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 2AAccount minimum: None
The brochure's wording
FLWA does not impose a stated minimum fee or minimum portfolio value for starting and maintaining an investment management relationship.
Flat fee: $250 to $1,000 (investment management or more limited advice…)
The brochure's wording
Alternatively, the Firm may negotiate a fixed fee for investment management or for more limited advice (such as periodic reviews of a client’s retirement accounts). The fixed fee will vary between $250 and $1,000, depending on the advice given and the person giving the advice.
As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 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$116,263,725 as of October 2026, filing dated September 15, 2026.
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.DA 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 individuals and/or small businesses
- Pension consulting services
- Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2026 (0 years)
- Employees
- Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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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
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4 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 112 Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.
Questions answered yes on this filing
Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G
- 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?
- 11.E(4) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever disciplined the firm or an advisory affiliate by expelling or suspending it from membership, barring or suspending it from association with other members, or otherwise restricting its activities?
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
Changes in the filing
Last 12 months- June 2026
- Newly registered with the SEC.
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.ISource: 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. First Light Wealth Advisors, LLC (CRD 291214): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/first-light-wealth-advisors-llc-little-falls-nj-291214