AdvisorCensus by AdvisorSEO Max

AdvisorCensus / Financial advisors / District of Columbia / Washington / Warner Financial, Inc

Warner Financial, Inc

Bethesda, MDSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 135303

Filed as WARNER FINANCIAL, INC

Warner Financial, Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Bethesda, MD, registered since 2005, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 9, 2026.

21 years
registered since 2005
$851,810,607
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Warner Financial, Inc compensated?

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

Where is Warner Financial, Inc located?

Warner Financial, Inc's principal office is in Bethesda, MD, according to its Form ADV.

Is Warner Financial, Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Warner Financial, Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2005. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 135303.

How much does Warner Financial, Inc manage?

Warner Financial, Inc reports $851,810,607 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 9, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have Warner Financial, Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Warner Financial, Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $514,606,231 in the October 2021 data and $851,810,607 in the October 2026 data, up 66%. Total employees: 3 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 Warner Financial, Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (174); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (82).

Which custodians does Warner Financial, Inc use?

Warner Financial, Inc's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Warner Financial, Inc 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/135303

Does Warner Financial, Inc state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 9, 2026 says: "Warner Financial typically requires an initial minimum investment amount of $1,000,000 for its Asset Management Services."

What changed in Warner Financial, Inc's recent Form ADV filings?

In the March 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $745,317,324 to $851,810,607 (+14%).

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

Account minimum: $1,000,000

The brochure's wording
Warner Financial typically requires an initial minimum investment amount of $1,000,000 for its Asset Management Services.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 9, 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
$851,810,607

$851,810,607 as of October 2026, filing dated February 9, 2026.

Discretionary: $840,784,820.Non-discretionary: $11,025,787.

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 82 Assets $42,740,354 (5%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 174 Assets $781,942,563 (92%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $1,525,897 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $25,601,793 (3%)

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
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2005 (21 years)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
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
9 states or jurisdictions
CADCFLMDNCNJPATXVA

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
$515M 2021 $603M 2022 $540M 2023 $628M 2024 $745M 2025 $852M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$851,810,6074February 9, 2026
October 2025$745,317,3244March 5, 2025
October 2024$627,513,5884March 29, 2024
October 2023$539,675,6614March 23, 2023
October 2022$602,826,1524April 15, 2022
October 2021$514,606,2313April 19, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $514,606,231 in the October 2021 data and $851,810,607 in the October 2026 data, up 66%.

Total employees: 3 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. March 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $745,317,324 to $851,810,607 (+14%).

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
warner-financial.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

Cite this page

AdvisorCensus. Warner Financial, Inc (CRD 135303): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/warner-financial-inc-bethesda-md-135303