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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.
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SEC-registered adviser
C•••••• A•••••••• L••
Latest filing May 7, 2026
First filing on the tape Aug 16, 2012 · 26 filings
SEC status approved since Oct 11, 2011
RAUM
$176M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
99%
of RAUM
Private clients
91%
$160M individuals and HNW
Advisors
2
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
$88.2M
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
26 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$176M as of May 7, 2026
Aug 16, 2012$38.0M then
HNW client RAUM$128M as of May 7, 2026
May 2, 2018$43.5M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)1 as of May 7, 2026
Aug 16, 20120 then
Employees (5.A)3 as of May 7, 2026
Jul 31, 20133 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +11% over the last fiscal year+12% a year over threeIARs 1 to 1
Practice profile
derived from the filing of May 7, 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
- Independent boutique · a wealth manager with no broker-dealer, bank or insurance affiliate, 2 to 25 advisors, one to three offices, no public reporting company control
- Retirement plan adviser · pension consulting activity (Item 5.G.6) and pension plans at least 25 percent of RAUM or at least 25 pension-plan clients
- Solo or small team · one advisor, or a wealth manager with up to three advisors and one office
- RAUM per advisor
- $88.2MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
- Clients per advisor
- 263derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
- Average HNW client
- $2.5MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
- Average account
- $303,088derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
- Discretionary
- 99%derivedof RAUM
- Institutional
- 9.3%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
- Employees per advisor
- 1.5derivedItem 5.A over advisors
- Advisors per office
- 2.0derived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
- RAUM growth, one year
- +11%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
- Advisor growth, one year
- +0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
- Client growth, one year
- +105%derived
- Compensation
- percentage of assetsreportedItem 5.E
- Advisory activities
- financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, pension consulting, selection of other advisersreportedItem 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
- 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)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
- High-net-worth individuals$128M73%
- Individuals$31.5M18%
- Pension and profit-sharing plans$16.1M9.1%
- Charitable organizations$289,0860.2%
- Individual clients
- 473reported
- HNW clients
- 52reported
- Pension plan clients
- 56reported
- Charitable clients
- n/areported
- Accounts
- 582reported
- Financial planning clients
- 0reported
- Wrap fee programs
- noreported
- Custody of client assets
- noreported
- Compensation
- % of AUMreported
- Class basis
- private_client_share=0.91 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.09 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
2 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
| Name | Branch | Here since | In industry | Prior firms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C•••••••• L•• C••••••••• | Buffalo, Ny | Sep 30, 2022 | 21 y | 0 |
| A••• M•••• P•••••• | Buffalo, Ny | Mar 4, 2026 | 23 y | 2 |
Advisor movement
0 left, 1 joined in 12 months
net +1 in 12 months0 left in 90 days0 joined in 90 daysdeparture rate 0.0% of current headcount0 left over 36 months
Left, latest
none on the tape
Joined, latest
- A••• M•••• P•••••• from W•••• F•••• A•••••••Mar 4, 2026 · Wirehouse to independent RIA
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
- C••••••••• C••••••••• L•• · Chief Compliance Officercontrolsince 12/2005 · owns 25% to 50%
- C••••••• M•••• L•• · Managing Membercontrolsince 03/2003 · owns 50% to 75%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo, Ny · principal | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
No branch office listed.
ADV anomalies
3 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions
- business activity changedChange between filings · filing May 7, 2026selection of other advisers (Item 5.G.7): no on the filing of 2026-03-06, yes on the filing of 2026-05-07peers: independent wealth managers, $100M to $500M (5,678)
- client count surgeChange between filings · filing Mar 6, 2026individual and HNW clients (Item 5.D) moved from 256.0 to 525.0 (+105.0%) between the annual amendments of 2025-03-31 and 2026-03-06; the peer median change was +3.0% (3309 comparable advisers, 99.0th percentile of changes)peers: independent wealth managers, $100M to $500M (3,309) · 99% percentile
- account count surgeChange between filings · filing Mar 6, 2026accounts (Item 5.F.2.f) moved from 260.0 to 582.0 (+124.0%) between the annual amendments of 2025-03-31 and 2026-03-06; the peer median change was +5.0% (3686 comparable advisers, 98.0th percentile of changes)peers: independent wealth managers, $100M to $500M (3,686) · 98% percentile
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
- Advisory activities · 3 to 4Mar 6, 2026 to May 7, 2026
- Accounts · 260 to 582Mar 31, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
- Advisory employees · 3 to 1Mar 31, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
- HNW clients · 87 to 52Mar 31, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
- Individual clients · 169 to 473Mar 31, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
- Pension plan clients · unset to 56.0Mar 31, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
- Discretionary RAUM · $157M to $174MMar 31, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
- HNW RAUM · $104M to $128MMar 31, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
- Individual RAUM · $53.7M to $31.5MMar 31, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $1.9M to $2.3MMar 31, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
- Pension RAUM · $1.3M to $16.1MMar 31, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
- RAUM · $159M to $176MMar 31, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
- Accounts · 285 to 260Mar 27, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
- Charity clients · 2.0 to unsetMar 27, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
- HNW clients · 38 to 87Mar 27, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
- Individual clients · 285 to 169Mar 27, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
- Financial planning clients · 0 to 0Mar 27, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
- State-registered IARs · 3 to 1Mar 27, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
- Discretionary RAUM · $141M to $157MMar 27, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
- HNW RAUM · $90.1M to $104MMar 27, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
- Individual RAUM · $50.7M to $53.7MMar 27, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $679,074 to $1.9MMar 27, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
- Pension RAUM · unset to 1307492.0Mar 27, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
- RAUM · $142M to $159MMar 27, 2024 to Mar 31, 2025
- Accounts · 827 to 285Mar 29, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
- Corporate clients · 1.0 to unsetMar 29, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
- HNW clients · 31 to 38Mar 29, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
- Individual clients · 783 to 285Mar 29, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
- Pension plan clients · 10.0 to unsetMar 29, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
- Employees · 4 to 3Mar 29, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
- Discretionary RAUM · $124M to $141MMar 29, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
- HNW RAUM · $74.3M to $90.1MMar 29, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
- Individual RAUM · $47.9M to $50.7MMar 29, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $3.1M to $679,074Mar 29, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
- Pension RAUM · 3525387.0 to unsetMar 29, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
- RAUM · $127M to $142MMar 29, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
- Accounts · 468 to 827Mar 29, 2022 to Mar 29, 2023
- Advisory employees · 4 to 3Mar 29, 2022 to Mar 29, 2023
- Advisory activities · 1 to 3Mar 29, 2022 to Mar 29, 2023
- Corporate clients · unset to 1.0Mar 29, 2022 to Mar 29, 2023
Signals
No event on the tape.
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
- Business phone
- 716-833-6338reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Business phone
- 716-835-3739reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Firm profile
- linkedin.com/company/collins-advisors-llcreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 19, 2026
- Website
- C••••••ADVISORSLLC.COMreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 19, 2026
- Principal office phone
- 716-833-6338reportedpublic record, Form ADV, May 7, 2026
- Contact form
- mlcollins.com/contactreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 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
- $88.2Mderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
- Loaded
- Sep 14, 2026