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RIA / WealthRegistered adviserindependent wealth managerSEC registeredRAUM 1b 10b

STERLING INVESTMENT ADVISORS LTD.

CRD 140710

BERWYN, PA

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Data as of Mar 21, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 1:49 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 15
Dated events: 4
On other graphs: 1
Observed: Mar 19, 2012 to Mar 21, 2026
39 observations

Across DFX

same identity by shared identifier, citation, or a bridge measured by hand

Private Equityidentity

Sterling Investment Advisors Ltd.

Intermediary · shared crd

Facts

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

Firm class: independent wealth managerderivedprivate_client_share=0.99 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.0 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=4.0
Regulatory AUM: $1.1BItem 5.F on the latest filing (2026-03-21); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $1.1B
Private client RAUM: $1.1BderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 99%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 7
RAUM per advisor: $154Mderivedthe firm's RAUM over its IAPD headcount: a firm average, never a person's book
Employees: 7
Advisory employees: 7
Offices: 1Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 1,611
Individual clients: 242
High net worth clients: 194
Custody, client assets: $325M
SEC number: 801-66769
CIK: 1701132
CRD: 140710
Filings on the tape: 39
First filed: Mar 19, 2012
Latest filed: Mar 21, 2026
Organised: Corporation, PA

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
TIMOTHY EDWARD FLATLEY	Chartered Financial Consultant	BERWYN, PA \| NAPLES, FL	20	43	2	yes
DAVID SCOTT NEWCOMB	n/a	BERWYN, PA	20	24	n/a	yes
SEAN MICHAEL FLATLEY	Certified Financial Planner	BERWYN, PA	20	26	1	yes
MATTHEW PAUL CROLEY	n/a	BERWYN, PA	18	24	1	yes
BRAY ANDREW HANSEL	Certified Financial Planner\|Chartered Financial Consultant	BERWYN, PA	9	15	n/a	no
Gabriel Michael Fairorth	n/a	BERWYN, PA	4	13	n/a	no
Conor Joseph Bradley	n/a	BERWYN, PA	0	10	n/a	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
FLATLEY, SEAN, MICHAEL	Treasurer	A	yes	05/2006	Mar 21, 2026	Mar 21, 2026
FLATLEY, TIMOTHY, EDWARD	President	E	yes	05/2000	Mar 21, 2026	Mar 21, 2026
WHETSTONE, CATHERINE, MARY	CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER	Na	yes	09/2020	Mar 21, 2026	Mar 21, 2026

Offices

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

City	State	Country	Employees	Also broker-dealer
n/a	n/a	n/a	1	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; showing 15 of 16

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2025	Mar 21, 2026	$1.1B	$1.1B	7	7	1	n/a	n/a
2024	Apr 24, 2025	$961M	$961M	8	7	1	n/a	n/a
2023	Mar 20, 2024	$746M	$746M	9	8	1	n/a	n/a
2022	Mar 29, 2023	$619M	$619M	8	8	0	n/a	n/a
2021	Mar 31, 2022	$688M	$688M	8	8	0	n/a	n/a
2020	Mar 31, 2021	$551M	$551M	7	7	0	n/a	n/a
2019	Mar 16, 2020	$446M	$446M	8	7	0	n/a	n/a
2018	Mar 16, 2019	$348M	$348M	6	6	0	n/a	n/a
2017	Mar 30, 2018	$344M	$344M	7	7	0	n/a	n/a
2016	Mar 31, 2017	$283M	$278M	8	7	n/a	n/a	n/a
2015	Mar 19, 2016	$234M	$227M	6	6	n/a	n/a	n/a
2014	Feb 20, 2015	$341M	$207M	10	7	n/a	n/a	n/a
2013	Mar 6, 2014	$207M	$178M	10	7	n/a	n/a	n/a
2012	Feb 28, 2013	$162M	$162M	9	7	n/a	n/a	n/a
2011	Mar 19, 2012	$131M	$131M	n/a	n/a	n/a	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	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0

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	$1.1B	$961M	11.9%	$619M	20.3%	7	8	1	1

Relationships

Registered with (12)

← Conor Joseph BradleyAdvisorregistration: current employment
Sep 3, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
← Gabriel Michael FairorthAdvisorregistration: current employment
Mar 2, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
← BRAY ANDREW HANSELAdvisorregistration: current employment
Feb 1, 2017 to presentfactForm ADV
← MATTHEW PAUL CROLEYAdvisorregistration: current employment
Feb 29, 2008 to presentfactForm ADV
← TIMOTHY EDWARD FLATLEYAdvisorregistration: current employment
May 31, 2006 to presentfactForm ADV
← DAVID SCOTT NEWCOMBAdvisorregistration: current employment
May 31, 2006 to presentfactForm ADV
← SEAN MICHAEL FLATLEYAdvisorregistration: current employment
May 31, 2006 to presentfactForm ADV
← PAUL COOKE MCCLATCHYAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 28, 2014 to Jan 26, 2019factForm ADV
← ROBERT CARL ORBINAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Feb 29, 2008 to Aug 15, 2014factForm ADV
← JUDE RYAN MCDONOUGHAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Dec 22, 2009 to May 19, 2010factForm ADV
← EUGENE RICHARD WEBERAdvisorregistration: previous registration
May 31, 2006 to Jan 8, 2010factForm ADV
← JAMES GERARD HAGENEYAdvisorregistration: previous registration
May 31, 2006 to Sep 2, 2009factForm ADV

Controls (3)

← FLATLEY, TIMOTHY, EDWARDOwnerPRESIDENT, ownership code E, individual
Mar 19, 2012 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← FLATLEY, SEAN, MICHAELOwnerTREASURER, ownership code A, individual
Mar 19, 2012 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← WHETSTONE, CATHERINE, MARYOwnerCHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Sep 21, 2020 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Apr 24, 2025
Regulatory AUM changed
Sterling Investment Advisors Ltd. reported RAUM $961.4M, up 29% from $745.8M (2025-01-30 to 2025-04-24)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
$216M
Occurred
Sep 21, 2020
Control person left
Elyse Jillian Greene (Chief Compliance Officer/Head Of Office Operations) no longer on Schedule A of Sterling Investment Advisors Ltd. (listed 2020-07-07, absent 2020-09-21)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Sep 21, 2020
Control person joined
Mary Catherine Whetstone (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Sterling Investment Advisors Ltd.
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Mar 16, 2020
Control person joined
Elyse Jillian Greene (Chief Compliance Officer/Head Of Office Operations) appeared on Schedule A of Sterling Investment Advisors Ltd.
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:97ccc421-ce7a-c72a-1cd9-4ffddf32550c
First observed: Mar 19, 2012
Last observed: Mar 21, 2026 6 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.

STERLING INVESTMENT ADVISORS LTD.

CRD 140710

BERWYN, PA

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Advisor

Designations

Branch

Years here

In industry

Prior firms

Dual registered

TIMOTHY EDWARD FLATLEY

Chartered Financial Consultant

BERWYN, PA | NAPLES, FL

yes

DAVID SCOTT NEWCOMB

n/a

BERWYN, PA

n/a

yes

SEAN MICHAEL FLATLEY

Certified Financial Planner

BERWYN, PA

yes

MATTHEW PAUL CROLEY

n/a

BERWYN, PA

yes

BRAY ANDREW HANSEL

Certified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Consultant

BERWYN, PA

n/a

Gabriel Michael Fairorth

n/a

BERWYN, PA

n/a

Conor Joseph Bradley

n/a

BERWYN, PA

n/a

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

FLATLEY, SEAN, MICHAEL

Treasurer

yes

05/2006

Mar 21, 2026

FLATLEY, TIMOTHY, EDWARD

President

yes

05/2000

Mar 21, 2026

WHETSTONE, CATHERINE, MARY

CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

yes

09/2020

Mar 21, 2026

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

n/a

yes

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2025

Mar 21, 2026

$1.1B

n/a

2024

Apr 24, 2025

$961M

n/a

2023

Mar 20, 2024

$746M

n/a

2022

Mar 29, 2023

$619M

n/a

2021

Mar 31, 2022

$688M

n/a

2020

Mar 31, 2021

$551M

n/a

2019

Mar 16, 2020

$446M

n/a

2018

Mar 16, 2019

$348M

n/a

2017

Mar 30, 2018

$344M

n/a

2016

Mar 31, 2017

$283M

$278M

n/a

2015

Mar 19, 2016

$234M

$227M

n/a

2014

Feb 20, 2015

$341M

$207M

n/a

2013

Mar 6, 2014

$207M

$178M

n/a

2012

Feb 28, 2013

$162M

n/a

2011

Mar 19, 2012

$131M

n/a

Joined, 12m

Left, 12m

Net, 12m

Departure rate, 12m

Joined, 90d

Left, 90d

Left, no destination yet

Joined, 36m

Left, 36m

0.0%

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2025

$1.1B

$961M

11.9%

$619M

20.3%