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Sound Financial, LLC

SEC-registered investment adviserCRD 292271

Filed as SOUND FINANCIAL, LLC

Sound Financial, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 30, 2026.

4 years
registered since 2022
$210,821,790
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Sound Financial, LLC compensated?

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

How much does Sound Financial, LLC charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 6, 2026 states: Flat fee: $2,000 to $20,000 (speaking engagement services). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Is Sound Financial, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Sound Financial, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 292271.

How much does Sound Financial, LLC manage?

Sound Financial, LLC reports $210,821,790 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 30, 2026 (85% discretionary).

How have Sound Financial, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2022?

In the Form ADV data for Sound Financial, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $119,499,703 in the October 2022 data and $210,821,790 in the October 2026 data, up 76%. Total employees: 6 in October 2022 and 9 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Sound Financial, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (180); high net worth individuals (68).

Which custodians does Sound Financial, LLC use?

Sound Financial, LLC's 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 Sound Financial, 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/292271

Does Sound Financial, LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 6, 2026 says: "There is no account minimum."

What changed in Sound Financial, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $169,835,413 to $210,821,790 (+24%).

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
  • 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.

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
There is no account minimum.

Flat fee: $2,000 to $20,000 (speaking engagement services)

The brochure's wording
The fixed fees for speaking engagement services are between $2,000 - $20,000 plus travel expenses.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 6, 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
$210,821,790

$210,821,790 as of October 2026, filing dated July 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $178,918,611.Non-discretionary: $31,903,179.

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 180 Assets $85,019,915 (40%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 68 Assets $125,801,875 (60%)
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)
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
SOUND FINANCIAL GROUP
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2022 (4 years)
Employees
Total: 9. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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
9 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
$119M 2022 $116M 2023 $142M 2024 $170M 2025 $211M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$210,821,7909July 30, 2026
October 2025$169,835,4137July 25, 2025
October 2024$142,121,4457July 15, 2024
October 2023$115,716,0846February 9, 2023
October 2022$119,499,7036September 14, 2022

Regulatory assets under management: $119,499,703 in the October 2022 data and $210,821,790 in the October 2026 data, up 76%.

Total employees: 6 in October 2022 and 9 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 $169,835,413 to $210,821,790 (+24%).
  2. December 2025
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 5 to 7.
    • Registered or notice-filed in ID.

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
sfgwa.comsoundfinancialbites.libsyn.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. Sound Financial, LLC (CRD 292271): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/sound-financial-llc-292271