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Richardson Financial Services

Medway, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 130715

Filed as RICHARDSON FINANCIAL SERVICES · Legal name Richardson Financial Services Inc.

Richardson Financial Services is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Medway, MA, registered since 2020, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 30, 2026.

6 years
registered since 2020
$256,090,825
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Richardson Financial Services compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Richardson Financial Services reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees). The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Richardson Financial Services located?

Richardson Financial Services' principal office is in Medway, MA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Richardson Financial Services registered with the SEC or a state?

Richardson Financial Services is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 130715.

How much does Richardson Financial Services manage?

Richardson Financial Services reports $256,090,825 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 30, 2026 (87% discretionary).

How have Richardson Financial Services' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Richardson Financial Services: Regulatory assets under management: $135,722,385 in the October 2021 data and $256,090,825 in the October 2026 data, up 89%. Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 6 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Richardson Financial Services serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (106); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (86); other investment advisers (1).

Which custodians does Richardson Financial Services use?

Richardson Financial Services' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Pershing LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Richardson 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/130715

What changed in Richardson Financial Services' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 3 to 4. Regulatory assets under management went from $212,852,046 to $256,090,825 (+20%).

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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$256,090,825

$256,090,825 as of October 2026, filing dated April 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $222,495,008.Non-discretionary: $33,595,817.

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 86 Assets $27,622,933 (11%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 106 Assets $193,270,798 (75%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 1 Assets $1,601,276 (1%)
Other
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $33,595,818 (13%)

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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Richardson Financial Services Inc.
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2020 (6 years)
Employees
Total: 6. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
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
10 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
$136M 2021 $176M 2022 $145M 2023 $180M 2024 $213M 2025 $256M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$256,090,8256April 30, 2026
October 2025$212,852,0465March 31, 2025
October 2024$180,044,5745March 28, 2024
October 2023$145,286,8565March 30, 2023
October 2022$176,118,2054April 1, 2022
October 2021$135,722,3854March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $135,722,385 in the October 2021 data and $256,090,825 in the October 2026 data, up 89%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 6 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 3 to 4.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $212,852,046 to $256,090,825 (+20%).

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
rfsria.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. Richardson Financial Services (CRD 130715): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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