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Vaughn Investment Advisors Inc

Tustin, CAState-registered investment adviserCRD 111249

Filed as VAUGHN INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC

Vaughn Investment Advisors Inc is a state-registered investment advisory firm in Tustin, CA, registered since 2012, reporting $25 million to $100 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 19, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$60,000,000
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Other
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Vaughn Investment Advisors Inc compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Vaughn Investment Advisors Inc reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; other.

Where is Vaughn Investment Advisors Inc located?

Vaughn Investment Advisors Inc's principal office is in Tustin, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Vaughn Investment Advisors Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Vaughn Investment Advisors Inc is a state-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: APPROVED. CRD 111249.

How much does Vaughn Investment Advisors Inc manage?

Vaughn Investment Advisors Inc reports $60,000,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 19, 2026 (100% discretionary).

What types of clients does Vaughn Investment Advisors Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (12); high net worth individuals (10); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (5).

Does Vaughn Investment Advisors Inc report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's public record on IAPD: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/111249

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
  • Other

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

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$60,000,000

$60,000,000 as of October 2026, filing dated February 19, 2026.

Discretionary: $60,000,000.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 12 Assets $20,000,000 (33%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 10 Assets $25,000,000 (42%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 5 Assets $15,000,000 (25%)

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 individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
State-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: APPROVED.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 2. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
CA

State-registered investment advisers are examined by their state securities regulator. 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

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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

Not reported.

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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