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Monarch Wealth Strategies

Santa Barbara, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 136029

Filed as MONARCH WEALTH STRATEGIES

Monarch Wealth Strategies is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Santa Barbara, CA, registered since 2020, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 25, 2026.

6 years
registered since 2020
$463,476,338
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Monarch Wealth Strategies compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Monarch Wealth Strategies reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges.

What does Monarch Wealth Strategies' brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 25, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: up to 1.95% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Monarch Wealth Strategies located?

Monarch Wealth Strategies' principal office is in Santa Barbara, CA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Monarch Wealth Strategies registered with the SEC or a state?

Monarch Wealth Strategies is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 136029.

How much does Monarch Wealth Strategies manage?

Monarch Wealth Strategies reports $463,476,338 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 25, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Monarch Wealth Strategies' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Monarch Wealth Strategies: Regulatory assets under management: $249,319,052 in the October 2021 data and $463,476,338 in the October 2026 data, up 86%. Total employees: 7 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 Monarch Wealth Strategies serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (229); high net worth individuals (161); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (3).

Which custodians does Monarch Wealth Strategies use?

Monarch Wealth Strategies' 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 Monarch Wealth Strategies 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/136029

What changed in Monarch Wealth Strategies' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 8 to 7. Registered or notice-filed in FL.

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

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: up to 1.95% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states)

The brochure's wording
The maximum annual fee will not exceed 1.95% of the assets under management, with a minimum fee of $7,500.

Minimum annual fee: $7,500

The brochure's wording
The maximum annual fee will not exceed 1.95% of the assets under management, with a minimum fee of $7,500.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 25, 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
$463,476,338

$463,476,338 as of October 2026, filing dated March 25, 2026.

Discretionary: $463,476,338.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 229 Assets $107,382,026 (23%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 161 Assets $331,122,320 (71%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 3 Assets $10,119,514 (2%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 2 Assets $14,783,099 (3%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 1 Assets $69,379 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

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
  • Pension consulting services

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2020 (6 years)
Employees
Total: 7. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
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
Los Angeles, CASanta Maria, CA
States registered or notice-filed
12 states or jurisdictions
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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
$249M 2021 $246M 2022 $308M 2023 $337M 2024 $435M 2025 $463M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$463,476,3387March 25, 2026
October 2025$434,765,4788March 28, 2025
October 2024$336,787,0147March 22, 2024
October 2023$308,121,7275March 17, 2023
October 2022$245,608,1714March 30, 2022
October 2021$249,319,0527August 5, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $249,319,052 in the October 2021 data and $463,476,338 in the October 2026 data, up 86%.

Total employees: 7 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. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 8 to 7.
    • Registered or notice-filed in FL.

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
mwsus.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. Monarch Wealth Strategies (CRD 136029): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/monarch-wealth-strategies-santa-barbara-ca-136029