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Frugal Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC

Mobile, ALSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 168390

Filed as FRUGAL FINANCIAL RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES, LLC

Frugal Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Mobile, AL, registered since 2022, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026.

4 years
registered since 2022
$194,860,997
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Frugal Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Frugal Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

What does Frugal Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 0.1% of assets a year. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Frugal Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC located?

Frugal Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC's principal office is in Mobile, AL, according to its Form ADV.

Is Frugal Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Frugal Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 168390.

How much does Frugal Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC manage?

Frugal Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC reports $194,860,997 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Frugal Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2022?

In the Form ADV data for Frugal Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $107,765,089 in the October 2022 data and $194,860,997 in the October 2026 data, up 81%. Total employees: 2 in October 2022 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Frugal Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (128).

Which custodians does Frugal Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC use?

Frugal Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Matrix Trust Company as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Frugal Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). 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/168390

Does Frugal Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 2026 says: "Frugal Financial does not require a minimum asset level and, generally, does not impose other conditions for use of the Firm’s services."

What changed in Frugal Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $170,739,667 to $194,860,997 (+14%). Registered or notice-filed in AL. Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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

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: 0.1% of assets a year

The brochure's wording
Fees for 3(38) Investment Manager Services, the Firm charges an annual fee of 0.10% (10 basis points). The quarterly charge is equal to 1/4th of this amount.

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
Frugal Financial does not require a minimum asset level and, generally, does not impose other conditions for use of the Firm’s services.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 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
$194,860,997

$194,860,997 as of October 2026, filing dated March 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $194,860,997.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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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 128 Assets $194,860,997 (100%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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
  • Pension consulting services

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2022 (4 years)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
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
13 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 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.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?

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
$108M 2022 $102M 2023 $136M 2024 $171M 2025 $195M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$194,860,9974March 27, 2026
October 2025$170,739,6672March 26, 2025
October 2024$136,310,2322March 20, 2024
October 2023$102,023,4062March 17, 2023
October 2022$107,765,0892June 6, 2022

Regulatory assets under management: $107,765,089 in the October 2022 data and $194,860,997 in the October 2026 data, up 81%.

Total employees: 2 in October 2022 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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $170,739,667 to $194,860,997 (+14%).
    • Registered or notice-filed in AL.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in AL.

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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