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Turning Point Financial

Frederick, MDSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 301282

Filed as TURNING POINT FINANCIAL · Legal name Turning Point Benefit Group, Inc.

Turning Point Financial is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Frederick, MD, registered since 2019, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 1, 2026.

7 years
registered since 2019
$339,382,378
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Turning Point Financial compensated?

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

How much does Turning Point Financial charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated July 1, 2026 states: Flat fee: $500 to $10,000 (creating client financial plans); Hourly rate: $350 an hour (standard financial plan); Hourly rate: $99 to $500 an hour (financial planning services); Hourly rate: $250 an hour (Individual or business tax consulting); Subscription: $5,000 to $150,000 a year (full-service accounting support). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Turning Point Financial located?

Turning Point Financial's principal office is in Frederick, MD, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Turning Point Financial registered with the SEC or a state?

Turning Point Financial is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2019. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 301282.

How much does Turning Point Financial manage?

Turning Point Financial reports $339,382,378 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 1, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Turning Point Financial's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Turning Point Financial: Regulatory assets under management: $186,283,726 in the October 2021 data and $339,382,378 in the October 2026 data, up 82%. Total employees: 14 in October 2021 and 23 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Turning Point Financial serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (683); high net worth individuals (101); charitable organizations (5).

Which custodians does Turning Point Financial use?

Turning Point Financial's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and SEI Private Trust / SEI Investments Distribution Co. as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Turning Point Financial report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation) and 11.E(4) (self-regulatory organization's expulsion, suspension, bar, or restriction). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/301282

Does Turning Point Financial state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated July 1, 2026 says: "There is no investment account minimum for any of Turning Point Financial’s services."

What changed in Turning Point Financial's recent Form ADV filings?

In the May 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 16 to 15. Regulatory assets under management went from $383,146,200 to $339,382,378 (-11%).

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 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 investment account minimum for any of Turning Point Financial’s services.

Flat fee: $500 to $10,000 (creating client financial plans)

The brochure's wording
The fixed rate for creating client financial plans ranges from $500 and $10,000, depending on complexity of the scope of work

Hourly rate: $350 an hour (standard financial plan)

The brochure's wording
The average rate for a standard financial plan is $3,000, or $350/hour.

Hourly rate: $99 to $500 an hour (financial planning services)

The brochure's wording
From time to time, Turning Point will offer financial planning services for an hourly charge which is agreed upon in advance. The rate for these services ranges from $99/hour to $500/hour

Hourly rate: $250 an hour (Individual or business tax consulting)

The brochure's wording
Individual or business tax consulting hourly rate starts at $250/hour.

Subscription: $5,000 to $150,000 a year (full-service accounting support)

The brochure's wording
Ongoing business consulting and accounting services range from $5,000 - $150,000 per year for full-service accounting support

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated July 1, 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
$339,382,378

$339,382,378 as of October 2026, filing dated July 1, 2026.

Discretionary: $339,382,378.Non-discretionary: $0.

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 683 Assets $151,545,789 (45%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 101 Assets $186,887,773 (55%)
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 5 Assets $654,860 (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 $293,956 (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
Turning Point Benefit Group, Inc.
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2019 (7 years)
Employees
Total: 23. Performing investment advisory functions: 15.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the August 2026 filing
Camp Hill, PA
States registered or notice-filed
20 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?
  • 11.E(4) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever disciplined the firm or an advisory affiliate by expelling or suspending it from membership, barring or suspending it from association with other members, or otherwise restricting its activities?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$186M 2021 $234M 2022 $238M 2023 $310M 2024 $383M 2025 $339M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$339,382,37823July 1, 2026
October 2025$383,146,20025March 17, 2025
October 2024$310,006,37424September 10, 2024
October 2023$238,178,46319August 15, 2023
October 2022$233,642,32317September 27, 2022
October 2021$186,283,72614March 18, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $186,283,726 in the October 2021 data and $339,382,378 in the October 2026 data, up 82%.

Total employees: 14 in October 2021 and 23 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. May 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 16 to 15.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $383,146,200 to $339,382,378 (-11%).
  2. December 2025
    • 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
tpfinancial.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. Turning Point Financial (CRD 301282): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/turning-point-financial-frederick-md-301282