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Gerald Baker Financial Group, L.l.c.dba Baker Financial Services

Arlington, TXSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 112248

Filed as GERALD BAKER FINANCIAL GROUP, L.L.C.DBA BAKER FINANCIAL SERVICES

Gerald Baker Financial Group, L.l.c.dba Baker Financial Services is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Arlington, TX, registered since 1999, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 19, 2026.

27 years
registered since 1999
$909,320,534
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Gerald Baker Financial Group, L.l.c.dba Baker Financial Services compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Gerald Baker Financial Group, L.l.c.dba Baker Financial Services reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

How much does Gerald Baker Financial Group, L.l.c.dba Baker Financial Services charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 19, 2026 states: Hourly rate: $200 an hour (advisory agent time for review and updating of your financial plan and to…). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Gerald Baker Financial Group, L.l.c.dba Baker Financial Services located?

Gerald Baker Financial Group, L.l.c.dba Baker Financial Services' principal office is in Arlington, TX, according to its Form ADV.

Is Gerald Baker Financial Group, L.l.c.dba Baker Financial Services registered with the SEC or a state?

Gerald Baker Financial Group, L.l.c.dba Baker Financial Services is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1999. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 112248.

How much does Gerald Baker Financial Group, L.l.c.dba Baker Financial Services manage?

Gerald Baker Financial Group, L.l.c.dba Baker Financial Services reports $909,320,534 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 19, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Gerald Baker Financial Group, L.l.c.dba Baker Financial Services' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Gerald Baker Financial Group, L.l.c.dba Baker Financial Services: Regulatory assets under management: $580,041,228 in the October 2021 data and $909,320,534 in the October 2026 data, up 57%. Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 7 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Gerald Baker Financial Group, L.l.c.dba Baker Financial Services serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (389); high net worth individuals (86); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (7).

Which custodians does Gerald Baker Financial Group, L.l.c.dba Baker Financial Services use?

Gerald Baker Financial Group, L.l.c.dba Baker Financial Services' 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 Gerald Baker Financial Group, L.l.c.dba Baker Financial Services 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/112248

What changed in Gerald Baker Financial Group, L.l.c.dba Baker Financial Services' recent Form ADV filings?

In the February 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in LA.

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.

Hourly rate: $200 an hour (advisory agent time for review and updating of your financial plan and to…)

The brochure's wording
The fees will be based on an hourly rate of $200 for an advisory agent time and $50 for staff time.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 19, 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
$909,320,534

$909,320,534 as of October 2026, filing dated February 19, 2026.

Discretionary: $909,320,534.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 389 Assets $124,901,000 (14%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 86 Assets $738,000,000 (81%)
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 7 Assets $46,419,534 (5%)
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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
BAKER FINANCIAL SERVICES
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1999 (27 years)
Employees
Total: 7. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
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
2 states or jurisdictions
LATX

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
$580M 2021 $675M 2022 $678M 2023 $741M 2024 $833M 2025 $909M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$909,320,5347February 19, 2026
October 2025$833,236,7108March 20, 2025
October 2024$741,000,0009March 15, 2024
October 2023$678,287,0009February 23, 2023
October 2022$675,195,1908March 4, 2022
October 2021$580,041,2288February 22, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $580,041,228 in the October 2021 data and $909,320,534 in the October 2026 data, up 57%.

Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 7 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. February 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in LA.

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
bakerfinancial.net

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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