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Stafford Capital Partners Inc.

Austin, TXSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 171419

Filed as STAFFORD CAPITAL PARTNERS INC.

Stafford Capital Partners Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Austin, TX, registered since 2014, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 22, 2026.

12 years
registered since 2014
$1,784,639,486
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Stafford Capital Partners Inc. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Stafford Capital Partners Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

What does Stafford Capital Partners Inc.'s brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated September 25, 2025 states: Asset-based fee: 0.85% to 1% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Stafford Capital Partners Inc. located?

Stafford Capital Partners Inc.'s principal office is in Austin, TX, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Stafford Capital Partners Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Stafford Capital Partners Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2014. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 171419.

How much does Stafford Capital Partners Inc. manage?

Stafford Capital Partners Inc. reports $1,784,639,486 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 22, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Stafford Capital Partners Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Stafford Capital Partners Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $390,832,952 in the October 2021 data and $1,784,639,486 in the October 2026 data, up 357%. Total employees: 16 in October 2021 and 15 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Stafford Capital Partners Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (20).

Which custodians does Stafford Capital Partners Inc. use?

Stafford Capital Partners Inc.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Perpetual Trustee Company Limited as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Stafford Capital Partners Inc. 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/171419

Does Stafford Capital Partners Inc. state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated September 25, 2025 says: "Generally each Fund is required to obtain committed capital of at least $25,000,000. This minimum may be waived at our sole discretion."

What changed in Stafford Capital Partners Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: No longer lists an office in Portland, OR. Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
  • Performance-based 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

Asset-based fee: 0.85% to 1% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)

The brochure's wording
The asset-based fee ranges from 0.85% to 1% of the net committed capital per year, as negotiated with each client.

Account minimum: $25,000,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
Generally each Fund is required to obtain committed capital of at least $25,000,000. This minimum may be waived at our sole discretion.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated September 25, 2025. 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
$1,784,639,486

$1,784,639,486 as of October 2026, filing dated September 22, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,778,254,800.Non-discretionary: $6,384,686.

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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 20 Assets $1,404,446,124 (79%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $6,384,686 (0%)
Other
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $373,808,676 (21%)

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
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2014 (12 years)
Employees
Total: 15. Performing investment advisory functions: 15.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Perpetual Trustee Company Limited

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 October 2026 filing
London
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
CAORTX

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
$391M 2021 $1.48B 2022 $1.63B 2023 $1.86B 2024 $1.81B 2025 $1.78B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,784,639,48615September 22, 2026
October 2025$1,806,223,15615October 9, 2024
October 2024$1,861,475,75115September 23, 2024
October 2023$1,626,340,84617October 2, 2023
October 2022$1,479,022,72119September 30, 2022
October 2021$390,832,95216June 14, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $390,832,952 in the October 2021 data and $1,784,639,486 in the October 2026 data, up 357%.

Total employees: 16 in October 2021 and 15 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. October 2026
    • No longer lists an office in Portland, OR.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
staffordcp.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. Stafford Capital Partners Inc. (CRD 171419): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/stafford-capital-partners-inc-austin-tx-171419