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Wardroom Partners

SEC-registered investment adviserCRD 315511

Filed as WARDROOM PARTNERS

Wardroom Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 22, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2021
$205,593,070
assets under management
2 arrangements
Fixed fees, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Wardroom Partners compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Wardroom Partners reports these compensation arrangements: fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Is Wardroom Partners registered with the SEC or a state?

Wardroom Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 315511.

How much does Wardroom Partners manage?

Wardroom Partners reports $205,593,070 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 22, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Wardroom Partners' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Wardroom Partners: Regulatory assets under management: $98,815,100 in the October 2021 data and $205,593,070 in the October 2026 data, up 108%. Total employees: 2 in October 2021 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Wardroom Partners serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (25).

Does Wardroom Partners 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/315511

What changed in Wardroom Partners' recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: Changed its legal name from Kelson Asset Management LLC to Wardroom Partners. Registered or notice-filed in MD.

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
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$205,593,070

$205,593,070 as of October 2026, filing dated September 22, 2026.

Discretionary: $205,593,070.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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 25 Assets $205,593,070 (100%)

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)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2021 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
5 states or jurisdictions
CTDEFLMDNY

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
$98.8M 2021 $139M 2022 $174M 2023 $173M 2024 $227M 2025 $206M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$205,593,0704September 22, 2026
October 2025$226,532,3653March 31, 2025
October 2024$173,054,6943March 28, 2024
October 2023$173,526,0642March 31, 2023
October 2022$138,594,0002March 29, 2022
October 2021$98,815,1002September 21, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $98,815,100 in the October 2021 data and $205,593,070 in the October 2026 data, up 108%.

Total employees: 2 in October 2021 and 4 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
    • Changed its legal name from Kelson Asset Management LLC to Wardroom Partners.
    • Registered or notice-filed in MD.
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 2 to 3.

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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AdvisorCensus. Wardroom Partners (CRD 315511): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/wardroom-partners-315511