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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.

SEC-registered adviser

Trident Advisors Inc

Independent wealth managerDoylestown, PennsylvaniaCRD 108920SEC 801-131929websiteIAPD
Latest filing Jan 15, 2026
First filing on the tape Feb 14, 2025 · 3 filings
SEC status approved since Feb 5, 2025
RAUM
$117M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
94%
of RAUM
Private clients
100%
$117M individuals and HNW
Advisors
1
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
$117M
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
3
1 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
3 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$117M as of Jan 15, 2026
Feb 14, 2025$100M then
HNW client RAUM$68.5M as of Jan 15, 2026
Feb 14, 2025$73.0M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)1 as of Jan 15, 2026
Feb 14, 20251 then
Employees (5.A)3 as of Jan 15, 2026
Feb 14, 20253 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +17% over the last fiscal yearIARs 1 to 1
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Jan 15, 2026; every figure names its basis
Archetypes, each a printed rule
  • HNW wealth manager · private-client share of RAUM at least 50 percent and HNW share of private-client RAUM 50 to 90 percent
  • Solo or small team · one advisor, or a wealth manager with up to three advisors and one office
RAUM per advisor
$117MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
224derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
$2.4MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$517,446derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
94%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
0.3%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
3.0derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
1.0derived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
+17%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
+0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
+75%derived
Compensation
percentage of assets, fixed feesreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
portfolio management for individualsreportedItem 5.G
Ownership
no PE, bank or public-company owner found on Schedule Aderived
Advisor book size
not public; not estimatedreported
Also answered yes on Form ADV
  • is an insurance broker or agent (6.A.6)
  • 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)
  • compensates persons for client referrals (8.G.1)
  • compensates non-employees for client referrals (8.G.2)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • High-net-worth individuals$68.5M59%
  • Individuals$48.0M41%
  • Charitable organizations$395,7030.3%
Individual clients
196reported
HNW clients
28reported
Pension plan clients
0reported
Charitable clients
1reported
Accounts
226reported
Financial planning clients
reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
% of AUM, fixedreported
Class basis
private_client_share=1.0 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.0 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=2.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
1 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
NameBranchHere sinceIn industryPrior firms
Joseph Crawford PaulDoylestown, PaFeb 12, 202543 y2
Advisor movement
0 left, 0 joined in 12 months
net 0 in 12 months0 left in 90 days0 joined in 90 daysdeparture rate 0.0% of current headcount1 left over 36 months
Joined, latest
Every departureEvery arrival
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
No Schedule A on the extract for this adviser.
Related persons
Schedule D 7.A
No related person reported.
Office movement
IAPD branch city; joins and departures in 12 months
OfficeAdvisorsJoinedLeftTeams outForming
Doylestown, Pa · principal100
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
No branch office listed.
ADV anomalies
1 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions
  • client count surgeChange between filings · filing Jan 15, 2026
    individual and HNW clients (Item 5.D) moved from 128.0 to 224.0 (+75.0%) between the annual amendments of 2025-02-14 and 2026-01-15; the peer median change was +3.0% (3310 comparable advisers, 98.0th percentile of changes)
    peers: independent wealth managers, $100M to $500M (3,310) · 98% percentile
How anomalies are measured
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
  • Accounts · 262 to 226
    Nov 17, 2025 to Jan 15, 2026
  • Advisory employees · 2 to 1
    Nov 17, 2025 to Jan 15, 2026
  • Corporate clients · 2 to 0
    Nov 17, 2025 to Jan 15, 2026
  • HNW clients · 29 to 28
    Nov 17, 2025 to Jan 15, 2026
  • Individual clients · 99 to 196
    Nov 17, 2025 to Jan 15, 2026
  • Pension plan clients · unset to 0.0
    Nov 17, 2025 to Jan 15, 2026
  • Discretionary RAUM · $94.2M to $110M
    Nov 17, 2025 to Jan 15, 2026
  • HNW RAUM · $73.0M to $68.5M
    Nov 17, 2025 to Jan 15, 2026
  • Individual RAUM · $26.2M to $48.0M
    Nov 17, 2025 to Jan 15, 2026
  • Non-discretionary RAUM · $6.0M to $6.8M
    Nov 17, 2025 to Jan 15, 2026
  • Pension RAUM · unset to 0.0
    Nov 17, 2025 to Jan 15, 2026
  • Pooled vehicle RAUM · unset to 0.0
    Nov 17, 2025 to Jan 15, 2026
  • RAUM · $100M to $117M
    Nov 17, 2025 to Jan 15, 2026
Signals
1 dated events
  • Joseph Crawford Paul left Trident Advisors Inc for Chapin Davis Asset Management (registered 2019-01-09)
    Feb 6, 2025 · 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.
How to reach
public business contact points only, each with its source
Website
tridentadvisors.comreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
Principal office phone
215-489-5383reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Jan 15, 2026
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
Independent wealth managerderiveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
RAUM per advisor
$117Mderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
Loaded
Sep 14, 2026