DFX Intelligence

RIA Intelligence

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

Stark Financial Advisers, Inc.

Former SEC-registered adviserOkeechobee, FloridaCRD 121213SEC 801-112583IAPD

Latest filing Sep 26, 2022

First filing on the tape Feb 6, 2018 · 18 filings

RAUM

$55.4M

reported, Item 5.F

Discretionary

100%

of RAUM

Private clients

100%

$55.4M individuals and HNW

Advisors

registered through the firm on IAPD

RAUM per advisor

$9.2M

derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count

Employees

6 advisory (5.B.1)

Offices

beyond the principal office

Private funds

reported on Schedule D

History

18 filings and snapshots on the tape

RAUM$42.4M as of Dec 26, 2021

Nov 27, 2018$125M then

HNW client RAUM$32.8M as of Dec 26, 2021

Nov 27, 2018$49.9M then

State-registered IARs (5.B.3)5 as of Dec 26, 2021

Nov 27, 20184 then

Employees (5.A)7 as of Dec 26, 2021

Nov 27, 20184 then

Private funds: no history

RAUM +66% over the last fiscal year-24% a year over threeIARs 6 to 6

Practice profile

derived from the filing of Sep 26, 2022; every figure names its basis

RAUM per advisor: $9.2MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor: 14derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client: $1.2MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account: $407,353derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary: 100%derivedof RAUM
Institutional: 0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor: 1.2derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office: 6.0derived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year: +27%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year: -17%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year: -17%derived
Compensation: percentage of assetsreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities: portfolio management for individualsreportedItem 5.G
Wrap fee program: $25.2MreportedItem 5.I
Custody: $55.3M, 80 clientsreportedItem 9.A
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

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)
has custody of client cash or bank accounts (9.A.1.a)
has custody of client securities (9.A.1.b)

Where the RAUM sits

Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing

Individuals$28.6M52%
High-net-worth individuals$26.8M48%

Individual clients: 58reported
HNW clients: 23reported
Pension plan clients: n/areported
Charitable clients: n/areported
Accounts: 136reported
Financial planning clients: n/areported
Wrap fee programs: $0 sponsored, $0 managedreported
Custody of client assets: $55.3M for 80 clientsreported
Compensation: % of AUMreported
Class basis: absent from the latest SEC rosterderived

Advisors registered through the firm

6 on IAPD today, longest tenure first

Name	Branch	Here since	In industry	Prior firms
Gary Lester Stark	Okeechobee, Fl	Sep 19, 2002	38 y	0
Bryan R Stark	Okeechobee, Fl	Sep 21, 2007	39 y	0
Sean Edward Kilmartin	Charlotte, Nc	Jan 20, 2015	39 y	0
James Richard Scharff	Charlotte, Nc	Jan 12, 2022	27 y	1
Noah Mancini Brown	Okeechobee, Fl	Apr 6, 2023	14 y	0
Ryan Edward Kilmartin	Okeechobee, Fl	May 30, 2023	14 y	0

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

Left, latest

Stacey R Stark to Aurelia Capital Advisors, Inc.
Apr 29, 2025 · RIA to a state-registered adviser
Gerald E Shaw to Forefront
May 17, 2023 · RIA to RIA
Matthew John Fevola to Cs Planning Corp
Dec 31, 2022 · RIA to RIA
Evan W Kluttz to Harbour Investments, Inc.
Jun 6, 2017 · Other
Tamara Maxine Kotaska to Signator Financial Services, Inc.
Nov 4, 2013 · Other

Joined, latest

Gerald E Shaw from Mutual Trust Asset Mgmt., Inc.
Aug 25, 2020 · RIA to RIA
Matthew John Fevola from Osaic Wealth, Inc.
Jun 25, 2015 · Other
Tamara Maxine Kotaska from Valic Financial Advisors, Inc.
Oct 24, 2013 · Other

Every departure Every arrival

Private funds

No private fund reported.

Owners and control persons

Schedule A and B, latest filing

Lester Gary Stark · President/Ceocontrol
since 12/2001 · owns 75% or more
Ruth Ellen Adler · Chief Compliance Officer/Vice President
since 12/2020 · 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

Office	Advisors	Joined	Left	Teams out	Forming
Okeechobee, Fl · principal	6	0	0
Charlotte, Nc	3	0	0

Offices

Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest

No branch office listed.

What changed

consecutive filings, newest first

Accounts · 90 to 136
Dec 26, 2021 to Jan 12, 2022
Advisory employees · 5 to 6
Dec 26, 2021 to Jan 12, 2022
BD registered reps · 5 to 6
Dec 26, 2021 to Jan 12, 2022
HNW clients · 16 to 23
Dec 26, 2021 to Jan 12, 2022
Individual clients · 42 to 58
Dec 26, 2021 to Jan 12, 2022
Assets in custody · $42.3M to $55.3M
Dec 26, 2021 to Jan 12, 2022
State-registered IARs · 5 to 6
Dec 26, 2021 to Jan 12, 2022
Discretionary RAUM · $42.4M to $55.4M
Dec 26, 2021 to Jan 12, 2022
HNW RAUM · $32.8M to $26.8M
Dec 26, 2021 to Jan 12, 2022
Individual RAUM · $9.7M to $28.6M
Dec 26, 2021 to Jan 12, 2022
RAUM · $42.4M to $55.4M
Dec 26, 2021 to Jan 12, 2022
Discretionary RAUM · $33.3M to $42.4M
Dec 22, 2020 to Oct 20, 2021
HNW RAUM · $13.3M to $32.8M
Dec 22, 2020 to Oct 20, 2021
Individual RAUM · $20.0M to $9.7M
Dec 22, 2020 to Oct 20, 2021
RAUM · $33.3M to $42.4M
Dec 22, 2020 to Oct 20, 2021
Wrap assets (manager) · unset to 0.0
Dec 22, 2020 to Oct 20, 2021
Wrap assets (sponsor) · unset to 0.0
Dec 22, 2020 to Oct 20, 2021
HNW clients · 30 to 16
Dec 22, 2020 to Oct 20, 2021
Individual clients · 40 to 42
Dec 22, 2020 to Oct 20, 2021
Assets in custody · unset to 42319685.0
Dec 22, 2020 to Oct 20, 2021
Custody of client assets · false to true
Dec 22, 2020 to Oct 20, 2021
Employees · 6 to 7
Dec 22, 2020 to Oct 20, 2021
Advisory employees · 6 to 5
Nov 8, 2020 to Dec 22, 2020
BD registered reps · 6 to 5
Nov 8, 2020 to Dec 22, 2020
Insurance-licensed employees · 3 to 0
Nov 8, 2020 to Dec 22, 2020
HQ city · LAKE WORTH BEACH to OKEECHOBEE
Nov 8, 2020 to Dec 22, 2020
State-registered IARs · 6 to 5
Nov 8, 2020 to Dec 22, 2020
Related broker-dealer · true to false
Nov 8, 2020 to Dec 22, 2020
Accounts · 75 to 90
Jun 25, 2020 to Nov 8, 2020
Discretionary RAUM · $28.9M to $33.3M
Jun 25, 2020 to Nov 8, 2020
HNW RAUM · $11.6M to $13.3M
Jun 25, 2020 to Nov 8, 2020
Individual RAUM · $17.4M to $20.0M
Jun 25, 2020 to Nov 8, 2020
RAUM · $28.9M to $33.3M
Jun 25, 2020 to Nov 8, 2020
Other offices · 1 to 0
Nov 13, 2019 to Jun 22, 2020
Accounts · 70 to 75
Oct 31, 2019 to Nov 13, 2019
Advisory employees · 4 to 6
Oct 31, 2019 to Nov 13, 2019
BD registered reps · 4 to 6
Oct 31, 2019 to Nov 13, 2019
Employees · 4 to 6
Oct 31, 2019 to Nov 13, 2019
State-registered IARs · 4 to 6
Oct 31, 2019 to Nov 13, 2019
Discretionary RAUM · $125M to $28.9M
Oct 31, 2019 to Nov 13, 2019

Signals

5 dated events

Stacey R Stark left Stark Financial Advisers, Inc. for Aurelia Capital Advisors, Inc. (registered 2025-04-25)
Apr 29, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Gerald E Shaw left Stark Financial Advisers, Inc. for Forefront (registered 2023-07-07)
May 17, 2023 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Matthew John Fevola left Stark Financial Advisers, Inc. for Cs Planning Corp (registered 2024-03-18)
Dec 31, 2022 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Anthony Jerry Desiderio (Cco) no longer on Schedule A of Stark Financial Advisers, Inc. (listed 2020-11-08, absent 2020-12-22)
Dec 22, 2020 · Control person left · inference
Stark Financial Advisers, Inc. filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Feb 6, 2018 · First SEC registration · 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: starkadvisers.comreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 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: Former SEC-registered adviserderiveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
RAUM per advisor: $9.2Mderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
Loaded: Sep 14, 2026