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Registered investment advisers, the advisors registered through them, the capital they report, the private vehicles they run and the people who own them, as a graph with a filing date behind every number. RAUM is what the adviser filed, a move is two registration dates, and a class is a rule you can read.

Former SEC-registered adviser

Capital Financial Services LLC

Former SEC-registered adviserClifton Park, New YorkCRD 107960SEC 801-57725IAPD
Latest filing Jan 23, 2023
First filing on the tape Mar 28, 2012 · 16 filings
RAUM
$128M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
100%
$128M individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
5
2 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
16 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$128M as of Jan 18, 2022
Mar 28, 2012$62.6M then
HNW client RAUM$38.5M as of Apr 2, 2020
Mar 29, 2018$29.6M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)0 as of Jan 18, 2022
Mar 28, 20120 then
Employees (5.A)5 as of Jan 18, 2022
Mar 26, 20132 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +20% over the last fiscal year+19% a year over threeIARs 0 to 0
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Jan 23, 2023; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
unknownderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
unknownderivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
unknownderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$263,645derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
100%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
unknownderivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
unknownderived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
+20%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
unknownderivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
+1.9%derived
Compensation
percentage of assets, hourly, fixed feesreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
financial planning, portfolio management for individualsreportedItem 5.G
Ownership
controlled by a public reporting companyderived
Advisor book size
not public; not estimatedreported
Also answered yes on Form ADV
  • buys or sells securities as principal to or from clients (8.A.2)
  • has discretionary authority over which securities are bought or sold (8.C.1)
  • receives research or other products from a broker-dealer, soft dollars (8.E)
  • controlled by a public reporting company (10.A)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • Individuals$128M100%
Individual clients
215reported
HNW clients
0reported
Pension plan clients
0reported
Charitable clients
0reported
Accounts
484reported
Financial planning clients
1-10reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
% of AUM, fixed, hourlyreported
Class basis
absent from the latest SEC rosterderived
Advisors registered through the firm
0 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
No representative is registered through this CRD on IAPD.
Advisor movement
Left, latest
Joined, latest
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
  • Joseph William Jerome · Chief Compliance Officercontrol
    since 01/2023 · owns 75% or more
  • Gayle Cherry Laska · Principalcontrol
    since 01/2023 · owns less than 5%
Related persons
Schedule D 7.A
No related person reported.
Office movement
IAPD branch city; joins and departures in 12 months
OfficeAdvisorsJoinedLeftTeams outForming
Clifton Park, Ny · principal000
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
No branch office listed.
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
  • Advisory employees · 3 to 2
    Dec 1, 2022 to Jan 23, 2023
  • Accounts · 462 to 484
    Mar 25, 2021 to Jan 18, 2022
  • Individual clients · 211 to 215
    Mar 25, 2021 to Jan 18, 2022
  • Financial planning clients · 11-25 to 1-10
    Mar 25, 2021 to Jan 18, 2022
  • HQ city · GLENVILLE to CLIFTON PARK
    Mar 25, 2021 to Jan 18, 2022
  • Discretionary RAUM · $107M to $128M
    Mar 25, 2021 to Jan 18, 2022
  • Individual RAUM · $107M to $128M
    Mar 25, 2021 to Jan 18, 2022
  • RAUM · $107M to $128M
    Mar 25, 2021 to Jan 18, 2022
  • Accounts · 428 to 462
    Oct 14, 2020 to Mar 25, 2021
  • HNW clients · 42 to 0
    Oct 14, 2020 to Mar 25, 2021
  • Individual clients · 158 to 211
    Oct 14, 2020 to Mar 25, 2021
  • Assets in custody · 96451095.0 to unset
    Oct 14, 2020 to Mar 25, 2021
  • Discretionary RAUM · $96.5M to $107M
    Oct 14, 2020 to Mar 25, 2021
  • HNW RAUM · 38475133.0 to unset
    Oct 14, 2020 to Mar 25, 2021
  • Individual RAUM · $58.0M to $107M
    Oct 14, 2020 to Mar 25, 2021
  • RAUM · $96.5M to $107M
    Oct 14, 2020 to Mar 25, 2021
  • Accounts · 410 to 428
    Feb 2, 2019 to Apr 2, 2020
  • Advisory employees · 2 to 3
    Feb 2, 2019 to Apr 2, 2020
  • HNW clients · 29 to 42
    Feb 2, 2019 to Apr 2, 2020
  • Individual clients · 164 to 158
    Feb 2, 2019 to Apr 2, 2020
  • Assets in custody · $77.9M to $96.5M
    Feb 2, 2019 to Apr 2, 2020
  • Employees · 4 to 5
    Feb 2, 2019 to Apr 2, 2020
  • Discretionary RAUM · $75.7M to $96.5M
    Feb 2, 2019 to Apr 2, 2020
  • HNW RAUM · $38.6M to $38.5M
    Feb 2, 2019 to Apr 2, 2020
  • Individual RAUM · $37.1M to $58.0M
    Feb 2, 2019 to Apr 2, 2020
  • RAUM · $75.7M to $96.5M
    Feb 2, 2019 to Apr 2, 2020
  • Accounts · 399 to 410
    May 9, 2018 to Feb 2, 2019
  • Advisory employees · 1 to 2
    May 9, 2018 to Feb 2, 2019
  • HNW clients · 17 to 29
    May 9, 2018 to Feb 2, 2019
  • Individual clients · 175 to 164
    May 9, 2018 to Feb 2, 2019
  • Discretionary RAUM · $76.1M to $75.7M
    May 9, 2018 to Feb 2, 2019
  • HNW RAUM · $29.6M to $38.6M
    May 9, 2018 to Feb 2, 2019
  • Individual RAUM · $46.4M to $37.1M
    May 9, 2018 to Feb 2, 2019
  • RAUM · $76.1M to $75.7M
    May 9, 2018 to Feb 2, 2019
  • Assets in custody · unset to 77879897.0
    Mar 29, 2018 to May 9, 2018
  • Accounts · 386 to 399
    Oct 16, 2017 to Mar 29, 2018
  • HNW clients · 0 to 17
    Oct 16, 2017 to Mar 29, 2018
  • Individual clients · 0 to 175
    Oct 16, 2017 to Mar 29, 2018
  • Discretionary RAUM · $58.7M to $76.1M
    Oct 16, 2017 to Mar 29, 2018
  • HNW RAUM · unset to 29638765.0
    Oct 16, 2017 to Mar 29, 2018
Signals
5 dated events
  • Cherry Gayle Laska left Capital Financial Services Llc for Trillium Wealth Llc (registered 2026-04-30)
    Dec 31, 2023 · Advisor changed firm · fact
  • Charles William Jerome (Member) no longer on Schedule A of Capital Financial Services Llc (listed 2022-12-01, absent 2023-01-23)
    Jan 23, 2023 · Control person left · inference
  • Gayle Cherry Laska (Principal) appeared on Schedule A of Capital Financial Services Llc
    Jan 23, 2023 · Control person joined · fact
  • Joseph William Jerome (Executive Vice President) appeared on Schedule A of Capital Financial Services Llc
    Jan 23, 2023 · Control person joined · fact
  • Christine Elizabeth Suozzi left Capital Financial Services Llc for Atlas Private Wealth Management, Llc (registered 2023-01-10)
    Jan 9, 2023 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Across DFX
shared identifiers only, never a name match
No identifier-backed link to the venture, private equity, family office or sponsor graphs.
Provenance
Form ADV
SEC filing data 2011 to 2024 and the monthly roster 2025 onreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
Advisors
IAPD individual compilation feed, dailyreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
Class
Former SEC-registered adviserderiveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
RAUM per advisor
n/aderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
Loaded
Sep 14, 2026