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True Wealth Design, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Akron, OH, registered since 2018, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated October 1, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is True Wealth Design, LLC compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), True Wealth Design, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees). The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.
Where is True Wealth Design, LLC located?
True Wealth Design, LLC's principal office is in Akron, OH, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 7 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is True Wealth Design, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?
True Wealth Design, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2018. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 143194.
How much does True Wealth Design, LLC manage?
True Wealth Design, LLC reports $494,042,592 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated October 1, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have True Wealth Design, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for True Wealth Design, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $341,703,339 in the October 2021 data and $494,042,592 in the October 2026 data, up 45%. Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 13 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does True Wealth Design, LLC serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (198); high net worth individuals (162); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (6).
Which custodians does True Wealth Design, LLC use?
True Wealth Design, 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 True Wealth Design, 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/143194
What changed in True Wealth Design, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?
In the October 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 6 to 7.
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 2ASee the firm's brochure (dated March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$494,042,592 as of October 2026, filing dated October 1, 2026.
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.DA 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
- Pension consulting services
- Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
- Educational seminars/workshops
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Also doing business as
- TRUE WEALTH ACCOUNTING & TAX, TWD EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2018 (8 years)
- Employees
- Total: 13. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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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)
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7 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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7 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 11None 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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $494,042,592 | 13 | October 1, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $424,792,925 | 9 | April 30, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $561,078,167 | 14 | September 30, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $431,088,083 | 11 | June 5, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $416,875,913 | 8 | September 19, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $341,703,339 | 7 | May 25, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $341,703,339 in the October 2021 data and $494,042,592 in the October 2026 data, up 45%.
Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 13 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- October 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 6 to 7.
- August 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 8 to 6.
- No longer lists an office in Newark, OH.
- April 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 7 to 8.
- Regulatory assets under management went from $424,792,925 to $494,042,592 (+16%).
- Added an office in Gahanna, OH.
- Added an office in Newark, OH.
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
- January 2026
- No longer registered or notice-filed in GA, NY, SC, 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.ISource: 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. True Wealth Design, LLC (CRD 143194): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/true-wealth-design-llc-akron-oh-143194