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Sechrest Financial Services

Acton, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 128688

Filed as SECHREST FINANCIAL SERVICES · Legal name Sechrest Financial Services LLC

Sechrest Financial Services is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Acton, MA, registered since 2018, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 12, 2026.

8 years
registered since 2018
$199,211,839
assets under management
1 arrangement
Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Sechrest Financial Services compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Sechrest Financial Services reports these compensation arrangements: fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Sechrest Financial Services located?

Sechrest Financial Services' principal office is in Acton, MA, according to its Form ADV.

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

Sechrest Financial Services is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2018. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 128688.

How much does Sechrest Financial Services manage?

Sechrest Financial Services reports $199,211,839 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 12, 2026 (0% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for Sechrest Financial Services: Regulatory assets under management: $145,824,644 in the October 2021 data and $199,211,839 in the October 2026 data, up 37%. Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Sechrest Financial Services serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (36); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (17).

Which custodians does Sechrest Financial Services use?

Sechrest Financial Services' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Sechrest 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/128688

Does Sechrest Financial Services state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated January 12, 2026 says: "We do not have a minimum account size."

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
  • 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

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
We do not have a minimum account size.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated January 12, 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
$199,211,839

$199,211,839 as of October 2026, filing dated January 12, 2026.

Discretionary: $0.Non-discretionary: $199,211,839.

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 17 Assets $2,381,167 (1%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 36 Assets $196,830,672 (99%)
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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Sechrest Financial Services LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2018 (8 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
2 states or jurisdictions
MANH

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
$146M 2021 $170M 2022 $140M 2023 $153M 2024 $183M 2025 $199M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$199,211,8394January 12, 2026
October 2025$183,195,6274May 8, 2025
October 2024$152,898,8824January 10, 2024
October 2023$139,838,1414January 17, 2023
October 2022$170,005,4224January 10, 2022
October 2021$145,824,6443January 12, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $145,824,644 in the October 2021 data and $199,211,839 in the October 2026 data, up 37%.

Total employees: 3 in October 2021 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
sechrestcpa.comyelp.com/biz/sechrest-and-bloom-acton

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. Sechrest Financial Services (CRD 128688): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/sechrest-financial-services-acton-ma-128688