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Sandy Cove Advisors, LLC

Hingham, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 152482

Filed as SANDY COVE ADVISORS, LLC

Sandy Cove Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Hingham, MA, registered since 2016, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 23, 2026.

10 years
registered since 2016
$684,905,062
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Sandy Cove Advisors, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Sandy Cove Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Sandy Cove Advisors, LLC located?

Sandy Cove Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Hingham, MA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Sandy Cove Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Sandy Cove Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2016. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 152482.

How much does Sandy Cove Advisors, LLC manage?

Sandy Cove Advisors, LLC reports $684,905,062 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 23, 2026 (96% discretionary).

How have Sandy Cove Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Sandy Cove Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $317,545,232 in the October 2021 data and $684,905,062 in the October 2026 data, up 116%. Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 8 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Sandy Cove Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (205); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (70); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (2).

Which custodians does Sandy Cove Advisors, LLC use?

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

Does Sandy Cove Advisors, LLC 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/152482

What changed in Sandy Cove Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $581,668,473 to $684,905,062 (+18%). Employees performing advisory functions went from 7 to 4.

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 firm's brochure (dated March 23, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$684,905,062

$684,905,062 as of October 2026, filing dated March 23, 2026.

Discretionary: $654,770,497.Non-discretionary: $30,134,565.

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 70 Assets $32,835,448 (5%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 205 Assets $650,346,043 (95%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 2 Assets $1,143,112 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 1 Assets $580,459 (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)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2016 (10 years)
Employees
Total: 8. 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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
States registered or notice-filed
7 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
$318M 2021 $388M 2022 $363M 2023 $486M 2024 $582M 2025 $685M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$684,905,0628March 23, 2026
October 2025$581,668,4738February 27, 2025
October 2024$486,390,7469March 1, 2024
October 2023$362,707,3349September 26, 2023
October 2022$387,595,6898May 11, 2022
October 2021$317,545,2328March 24, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $317,545,232 in the October 2021 data and $684,905,062 in the October 2026 data, up 116%.

Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 8 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 $581,668,473 to $684,905,062 (+18%).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 7 to 4.

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
sandycoveadvisors.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. Sandy Cove Advisors, LLC (CRD 152482): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/sandy-cove-advisors-llc-hingham-ma-152482