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Thames Financial Management

Norwich, CTSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 126295

Filed as THAMES FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT · Legal name CDM Financial Counseling Services, Inc.

Thames Financial Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Norwich, CT, registered since 2018, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 19, 2026.

8 years
registered since 2018
$315,443,079
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Thames Financial Management compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Thames Financial Management reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges.

Where is Thames Financial Management located?

Thames Financial Management's principal office is in Norwich, CT, according to its Form ADV.

Is Thames Financial Management registered with the SEC or a state?

Thames Financial Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2018. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 126295.

How much does Thames Financial Management manage?

Thames Financial Management reports $315,443,079 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 19, 2026 (60% discretionary).

How have Thames Financial Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Thames Financial Management: Regulatory assets under management: $162,234,576 in the October 2021 data and $315,443,079 in the October 2026 data, up 94%. Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 2 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Thames Financial Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (186); high net worth individuals (106); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (5).

Which custodians does Thames Financial Management use?

Thames Financial Management's 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 Thames Financial Management 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/126295

What changed in Thames Financial Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the February 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $275,379,693 to $315,443,079 (+15%).

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

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 January 19, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$315,443,079

$315,443,079 as of October 2026, filing dated January 19, 2026.

Discretionary: $190,826,526.Non-discretionary: $124,616,553.

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 186 Assets $50,746,940 (16%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 106 Assets $245,394,541 (78%)
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 5 Assets $8,897,754 (3%)
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 5 Assets $10,403,844 (3%)
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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
CDM Financial Counseling Services, Inc.
Also doing business as
THAMES FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2018 (8 years)
Employees
Total: 2. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
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
$162M 2021 $203M 2022 $197M 2023 $237M 2024 $275M 2025 $315M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$315,443,0792January 19, 2026
October 2025$275,379,6932January 17, 2025
October 2024$236,782,8142January 28, 2024
October 2023$197,428,0883January 20, 2023
October 2022$203,066,1423January 31, 2022
October 2021$162,234,5763June 11, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $162,234,576 in the October 2021 data and $315,443,079 in the October 2026 data, up 94%.

Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 2 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. February 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $275,379,693 to $315,443,079 (+15%).
  2. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in PA, VA.

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
thamesct.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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