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RIA / WealthRegistered adviserindependent wealth managerSEC registeredRAUM 100m 1b

CLARIS FINANCIAL, LLC

CRD 168503

GLEN ALLEN, VA

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Data as of Mar 30, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 4:06 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 15
Dated events: 6
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 17, 2019 to Mar 30, 2026
12 observations

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Firm class: independent wealth managerderivedprivate_client_share=0.98 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.02 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0
Regulatory AUM: $330MItem 5.F on the latest filing (2026-03-30); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $306M
Private client RAUM: $325MderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 98%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 2
RAUM per advisor: $165Mderivedthe firm's RAUM over its IAPD headcount: a firm average, never a person's book
Employees: 8
Advisory employees: 5
Offices: 1Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 1,038
Individual clients: 438
High net worth clients: 161
SEC number: 801-115295
CIK: 2060278
CRD: 168503
Filings on the tape: 12
First filed: Apr 17, 2019
Latest filed: Mar 30, 2026
Organised: Limited Liability Company, VA
Website: clarisfinancial.com

Advisors on IAPD

current investment adviser representatives on the IAPD individual feed, longest tenure first

Advisor	Designations	Branch	Years here	In industry	Prior firms	Dual registered
JOHN FAULKNER PAXTON	n/a	GLEN ALLEN, VA	12	29	2	no
DEBORAH EDWARDS TUCKER	Certified Financial Planner	GLEN ALLEN, VA	1	20	3	no

Owners and control persons

Schedule A and B as filed; ownership codes are the form's bands (NA under 5%, A 5 to 10%, B 10 to 25%, C 25 to 50%, D 50 to 75%, E over 75%); people are listed as filed and never merged by name

Owner	Title	Ownership code	Control person	Acquired	First seen	Last seen
PAXTON, JOHN, FAULKNER	PRESIDENT, CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER	D	yes	01/2009	Apr 17, 2019	Mar 29, 2024
DENNIS, PATRICK, MEDARD	Investor	B	no	06/2012	Apr 17, 2019	Mar 29, 2024
HALL, BRIAN, ROBERT	INVESTOR AND CONSULTANT	B	no	06/2012	Apr 17, 2019	Mar 29, 2024

Offices

Schedule D 1.F offices beyond the principal office; street addresses are not published

City	State	Country	Employees	Also broker-dealer
Midlothian	Va	United States	3	yes

Regulatory AUM by fiscal year

annual amendments (and the roster's annual snapshot) as filed; where a year was amended twice the later filing draws the line

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2025	Mar 30, 2026	$330M	$306M	8	5	1	n/a	n/a
2024	Mar 27, 2025	$286M	$266M	8	5	1	n/a	n/a
2023	Mar 29, 2024	$232M	$212M	8	5	1	n/a	n/a
2022	Mar 31, 2023	$207M	$186M	8	5	1	n/a	n/a
2021	Mar 31, 2022	$237M	$218M	8	5	1	n/a	n/a
2020	Apr 9, 2021	$196M	$184M	8	5	1	n/a	n/a
2019	Mar 30, 2020	$162M	$151M	8	5	1	n/a	n/a

Advisor flows

derived: registrations beginning and ending at this CRD on IAPD, bulk corporate re-registrations excluded; the rate is departures over IAPD headcount

Joined, 12m	Left, 12m	Net, 12m	Departure rate, 12m	Joined, 90d	Left, 90d	Left, no destination yet	Joined, 36m	Left, 36m
0	4	-4	200.0%	0	4	0	1	4

Growth

derived from consecutive annual filings; RAUM as reported

Latest fiscal year	RAUM	A year earlier	1y change	Three years earlier	3y CAGR	Employees	A year earlier	Offices	A year earlier
2025	$330M	$286M	15.5%	$207M	16.9%	8	8	1	1

Teams out

two or more advisors whose registrations ended here and began at one firm together: a fact of two dates, not a prediction

Other firm	Advisors	First left	Last joined	From	Kind	Move type	Share of firm
Savvy	3	Jun 29, 2026	Jul 7, 2026	GLEN ALLEN, VA	Firm absorbed	RIA to RIA	50.0%
LPL FINANCIAL LLC	3	Apr 19, 2017	Apr 20, 2017	GLEN ALLEN, VA	Team lift out	Other	42.9%

Relationships

Registered with (10)

← DEBORAH EDWARDS TUCKERAdvisorregistration: current employment
Sep 17, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
← JOHN FAULKNER PAXTONAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jan 16, 2014 to presentfactForm ADV
← CHRISTOPHER LEE FARVERAdvisorregistration: previous registration
May 24, 2016 to Jul 7, 2026factForm ADV
← DANIEL FRANCIS MURPHYAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 17, 2014 to Jun 29, 2026factForm ADV
← RYAN DOUGLAS GIBBSAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Nov 8, 2019 to Jun 29, 2026factForm ADV
← AARON SCOTT GIBBSAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 17, 2014 to Jun 29, 2026factForm ADV
← CARL B DICKSON JR.Advisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 21, 2014 to Apr 19, 2017factForm ADV
← APPAIAH MUDAPPA BALLACHANDAAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 17, 2014 to Apr 19, 2017factForm ADV
← STEVEN GARY WHITEAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 16, 2014 to Apr 19, 2017factForm ADV
← TIMOTHY ALAN NITZAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 17, 2014 to Aug 31, 2016factForm ADV

Moved with (2)

→ SAVVYRegistered adviser3 advisors, firm absorbed, same day
Jun 29, 2026 to Jul 7, 2026factForm ADV
→ LPL FINANCIAL LLCRegistered adviser3 advisors, team lift out, same day
Apr 19, 2017 to Apr 20, 2017factForm ADV

Controls (1)

← PAXTON, JOHN, FAULKNEROwnerPRESIDENT, CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, ownership code D, individual
Apr 17, 2019 to Mar 29, 2024factForm ADV

Owns (2)

← DENNIS, PATRICK, MEDARDOwnerINVESTOR, ownership code B, individual
Apr 17, 2019 to Mar 29, 2024factForm ADV
← HALL, BRIAN, ROBERTOwnerINVESTOR AND CONSULTANT, ownership code B, individual
Apr 17, 2019 to Mar 29, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Jul 7, 2026
Advisor changed firm
Christopher Lee Farver left Claris Financial, Llc for Macroedge Capital, Llc (registered 2026-07-09)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Jun 29, 2026
Firm absorbed
Claris Financial, LLC's advisors moved to Savvy (Glen Allen, VA): 3 of 6 registered, on the same day
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
3 advisors
Occurred
Jun 29, 2026
Advisor changed firm
Aaron Scott Gibbs left Claris Financial, Llc for Savvy (registered 2026-07-07)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Jun 29, 2026
Advisor changed firm
Ryan Douglas Gibbs left Claris Financial, Llc for Savvy (registered 2026-07-06)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Jun 29, 2026
Advisor changed firm
Daniel Francis Murphy left Claris Financial, Llc for Savvy (registered 2026-07-06)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Apr 17, 2019
First Form ADV filing
Claris Financial, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:84ac8427-1020-2efe-95fc-a4e437eaffe2
First observed: Apr 17, 2019
Last observed: Mar 30, 2026 5 months ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
3 registered feeds stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

CLARIS FINANCIAL, LLC

CRD 168503

GLEN ALLEN, VA

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Data as of Mar 30, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 4:06 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Advisor

Designations

Branch

Years here

In industry

Prior firms

Dual registered

JOHN FAULKNER PAXTON

n/a

GLEN ALLEN, VA

DEBORAH EDWARDS TUCKER

Certified Financial Planner

GLEN ALLEN, VA

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

PAXTON, JOHN, FAULKNER

PRESIDENT, CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

yes

01/2009

Apr 17, 2019

Mar 29, 2024

DENNIS, PATRICK, MEDARD

Investor

06/2012

Apr 17, 2019

Mar 29, 2024

HALL, BRIAN, ROBERT

INVESTOR AND CONSULTANT

06/2012

Apr 17, 2019

Mar 29, 2024

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

Midlothian

United States

yes

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2025

Mar 30, 2026

$330M

$306M

n/a

2024

Mar 27, 2025

$286M

$266M

n/a

2023

Mar 29, 2024

$232M

$212M

n/a

2022

Mar 31, 2023

$207M

$186M

n/a

2021

Mar 31, 2022

$237M

$218M

n/a

2020

Apr 9, 2021

$196M

$184M

n/a

2019

Mar 30, 2020

$162M

$151M

n/a

Joined, 12m

Left, 12m

Net, 12m

Departure rate, 12m

Joined, 90d

Left, 90d

Left, no destination yet

Joined, 36m

Left, 36m

-4

200.0%

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2025

$330M

$286M

15.5%

$207M

16.9%

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

Savvy

Jun 29, 2026

Jul 7, 2026

GLEN ALLEN, VA

Firm absorbed

RIA to RIA

50.0%

LPL FINANCIAL LLC

Apr 19, 2017

Apr 20, 2017

GLEN ALLEN, VA

Team lift out

Other

42.9%