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Forthright Family Wealth Advisory LLC

Houston, TXSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 304547

Filed as FORTHRIGHT FAMILY WEALTH ADVISORY LLC

Forthright Family Wealth Advisory LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Houston, TX, registered since 2019, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

7 years
registered since 2019
$191,160,666
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Forthright Family Wealth Advisory LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Forthright Family Wealth Advisory LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Forthright Family Wealth Advisory LLC located?

Forthright Family Wealth Advisory LLC's principal office is in Houston, TX, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Forthright Family Wealth Advisory LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Forthright Family Wealth Advisory LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2019. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 304547.

How much does Forthright Family Wealth Advisory LLC manage?

Forthright Family Wealth Advisory LLC reports $191,160,666 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Forthright Family Wealth Advisory LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Forthright Family Wealth Advisory LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $181,192,305 in the October 2021 data and $191,160,666 in the October 2026 data, up 6%. Total employees: 2 in October 2021 and 2 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Forthright Family Wealth Advisory LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (45); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (19).

Which custodians does Forthright Family Wealth Advisory LLC use?

Forthright Family Wealth Advisory LLC'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 Forthright Family Wealth Advisory LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 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/304547

Does Forthright Family Wealth Advisory LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 2026 says: "The preferred minimum account size is $1 million; however, Forthright may make exceptions to accept smaller accounts."

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 2A

Account minimum: $1,000,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
The preferred minimum account size is $1 million; however, Forthright may make exceptions to accept smaller accounts.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 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
$191,160,666

$191,160,666 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $191,160,666.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 19 Assets $2,501,889 (1%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 45 Assets $188,658,472 (99%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $305 (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
  • 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
2019 (7 years)
Employees
Total: 2. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
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)
2 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Houston, TXShenandoah, TX
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
TX

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.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

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$181M 2021 $223M 2022 $152M 2023 $161M 2024 $203M 2025 $191M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$191,160,6662March 31, 2026
October 2025$202,634,3512March 28, 2025
October 2024$160,849,9942March 25, 2024
October 2023$151,928,0543March 30, 2023
October 2022$223,384,1504August 15, 2022
October 2021$181,192,3052March 9, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $181,192,305 in the October 2021 data and $191,160,666 in the October 2026 data, up 6%.

Total employees: 2 in October 2021 and 2 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

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
forthrightwealth.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. Forthright Family Wealth Advisory LLC (CRD 304547): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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