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Windrose Advisors LLC

Waltham, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 152145

Filed as WINDROSE ADVISORS LLC

Windrose Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Waltham, MA, registered since 2009, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

16 years
registered since 2009
$2,669,012,816
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Windrose Advisors LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Windrose Advisors LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

What does Windrose Advisors LLC's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: up to 1% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Windrose Advisors LLC located?

Windrose Advisors LLC's principal office is in Waltham, MA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Windrose Advisors LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Windrose Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2009. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 152145.

How much does Windrose Advisors LLC manage?

Windrose Advisors LLC reports $2,669,012,816 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (37% discretionary).

How have Windrose Advisors LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Windrose Advisors LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $2,188,754,450 in the October 2021 data and $2,669,012,816 in the October 2026 data, up 22%. Total employees: 18 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 Windrose Advisors LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (71); high net worth individuals (70); charitable organizations (12).

Which custodians does Windrose Advisors LLC use?

Windrose Advisors LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Windrose Advisors LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.H(2) (pending civil proceeding). 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/152145

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
  • 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

Asset-based fee: up to 1% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states)

The brochure's wording
Our annual advisory fee ranges up to 1.00% and covers advisory services provided by Windrose. Additionally, clients pay a 0.02% fee for reporting and data aggregation.
Fees are negotiable in certain circumstances. In all cases, Windrose discloses the fee charged in the Investment Advisory Agreement and offering documents prior to services being provided.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 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
$2,669,012,816

$2,669,012,816 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $982,503,159.Non-discretionary: $1,686,509,657.

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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 70 Assets $1,457,156,455 (55%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 71 Assets $982,503,159 (37%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 12 Assets $229,353,202 (9%)
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 0 Assets $0 (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
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2009 (16 years)
Employees
Total: 23. Performing investment advisory functions: 8.
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
6 states or jurisdictions
CAFLILMANYTX

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Civil court matters Item 11.H

  • 11.H(2) Is the firm or an advisory affiliate now the subject of a civil proceeding that could result in a yes answer to any part of 11.H(1)?

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
$2.19B 2021 $2.48B 2022 $2.37B 2023 $2.5B 2024 $2.49B 2025 $2.67B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$2,669,012,81623March 31, 2026
October 2025$2,487,640,16224July 3, 2025
October 2024$2,503,397,52323August 12, 2024
October 2023$2,368,437,75420March 29, 2023
October 2022$2,475,166,40918August 25, 2022
October 2021$2,188,754,45018May 27, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,188,754,450 in the October 2021 data and $2,669,012,816 in the October 2026 data, up 22%.

Total employees: 18 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

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
windroseadvisor.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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