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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

Bradford Financial Services Corp

Independent wealth managerCRD 133220SEC 801-117576websiteIAPD
Latest filing Feb 17, 2026
First filing on the tape Oct 3, 2019 · 15 filings
SEC status approved since Nov 6, 2019
RAUM
$262M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
96%
$251M individuals and HNW
Advisors
1
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
$262M
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
1
1 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
1
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
15 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$262M as of Feb 17, 2026
Feb 13, 2020$140M then
HNW client RAUM: no history
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)1 as of Feb 17, 2026
Feb 13, 20201 then
Employees (5.A)1 as of Feb 17, 2026
Feb 13, 20201 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +11% over the last fiscal year+15% a year over threeIARs 1 to 1
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Feb 17, 2026; every figure names its basis
Archetypes, each a printed rule
  • Solo or small team · one advisor, or a wealth manager with up to three advisors and one office
RAUM per advisor
$262MderivedRAUM 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
$318,174derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
100%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
1.0derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
0.5derived2 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
unknownderived
Compensation
percentage of assets, hourly, fixed feesreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for businesses and institutions, selection of other advisers, publications, educational seminarsreportedItem 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
  • Individuals$251M96%
  • Corporations and businesses$11.2M4.3%
Individual clients
549reported
HNW clients
n/areported
Pension plan clients
n/areported
Charitable clients
n/areported
Accounts
823reported
Financial planning clients
1-10reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
% of AUM, fixed, hourlyreported
Class basis
private_client_share=0.96 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.0 related_bd=true related_bank=false bd_reps=1.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
1 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
NameBranchHere sinceIn industryPrior firms
Haralambos Ignatios KitsosCertified Financial PlannerTarpon Springs, Fl Mar 3, 199734 y1
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 headcount0 left over 36 months
Left, latest
none on the tape
    Joined, latest
    none on the tape
      Private funds
      No private fund reported.
      Owners and control persons
      Schedule A and B, latest filing
      • Ignatios Haralambos Kitsos · Owner, Ccocontrol
        since 06/1994 · owns 75% or more
      Related persons
      Schedule D 7.A
      Offices
      Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
      • North Andover, MA1 employees
      What changed
      consecutive filings, newest first
      • Accounts · 842 to 823
        Feb 4, 2025 to Feb 17, 2026
      • Corporate clients · unset to 28.0
        Feb 4, 2025 to Feb 17, 2026
      • Individual clients · 565 to 549
        Feb 4, 2025 to Feb 17, 2026
      • Discretionary RAUM · $235M to $262M
        Feb 4, 2025 to Feb 17, 2026
      • Individual RAUM · $236M to $251M
        Feb 4, 2025 to Feb 17, 2026
      • Non-discretionary RAUM · $1.1M to $183,532
        Feb 4, 2025 to Feb 17, 2026
      • RAUM · $236M to $262M
        Feb 4, 2025 to Feb 17, 2026
      • Succession · true to false
        Feb 4, 2025 to Feb 17, 2026
      • Accounts · 878 to 842
        Jan 31, 2024 to Feb 4, 2025
      • Business name · BRADFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. to BRADFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP
        Jan 31, 2024 to Feb 4, 2025
      • Corporate clients · 29.0 to unset
        Jan 31, 2024 to Feb 4, 2025
      • Individual clients · 558 to 565
        Jan 31, 2024 to Feb 4, 2025
      • Financial planning clients · 11-25 to 1-10
        Jan 31, 2024 to Feb 4, 2025
      • HQ city · unset to
        Jan 31, 2024 to Feb 4, 2025
      • HQ state · unset to
        Jan 31, 2024 to Feb 4, 2025
      • Legal name · BRADFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. to BRADFORD FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP
        Jan 31, 2024 to Feb 4, 2025
      • Discretionary RAUM · $149M to $235M
        Jan 31, 2024 to Feb 4, 2025
      • Individual RAUM · $189M to $236M
        Jan 31, 2024 to Feb 4, 2025
      • Non-discretionary RAUM · $46.4M to $1.1M
        Jan 31, 2024 to Feb 4, 2025
      • RAUM · $196M to $236M
        Jan 31, 2024 to Feb 4, 2025
      • Succession · false to true
        Jan 31, 2024 to Feb 4, 2025
      • Accounts · 473 to 878
        Mar 29, 2023 to Jan 31, 2024
      • Corporate clients · 20 to 29
        Mar 29, 2023 to Jan 31, 2024
      • Individual clients · 453 to 558
        Mar 29, 2023 to Jan 31, 2024
      • Discretionary RAUM · $120M to $149M
        Mar 29, 2023 to Jan 31, 2024
      • Individual RAUM · $168M to $189M
        Mar 29, 2023 to Jan 31, 2024
      • Non-discretionary RAUM · $52.7M to $46.4M
        Mar 29, 2023 to Jan 31, 2024
      • RAUM · $172M to $196M
        Mar 29, 2023 to Jan 31, 2024
      • Accounts · 492 to 473
        Feb 17, 2023 to Mar 29, 2023
      • Individual clients · 472 to 453
        Feb 17, 2023 to Mar 29, 2023
      • Discretionary RAUM · $123M to $120M
        Feb 17, 2023 to Mar 29, 2023
      • Individual RAUM · $173M to $168M
        Feb 17, 2023 to Mar 29, 2023
      • Non-discretionary RAUM · $54.5M to $52.7M
        Feb 17, 2023 to Mar 29, 2023
      • RAUM · $178M to $172M
        Feb 17, 2023 to Mar 29, 2023
      • HQ city · NORTH ANDOVER to unset
        Aug 6, 2022 to Feb 17, 2023
      • HQ state · MA to unset
        Aug 6, 2022 to Feb 17, 2023
      • Other offices · 0 to 1
        Aug 6, 2022 to Feb 17, 2023
      • Corporate clients · unset to 20.0
        Mar 16, 2022 to Aug 6, 2022
      • Individual clients · 492 to 472
        Mar 16, 2022 to Aug 6, 2022
      • Commission compensation · true to false
        Mar 16, 2022 to Aug 6, 2022
      Signals
      2 dated events
      • Bradford Financial Services Corp reported succeeding to the business of Bradford Financial Services, Inc. (Form ADV Item 4)
        Feb 4, 2025 · Succession (Item 4) · fact
      • Bradford Financial Services, Inc. filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
        Oct 3, 2019 · First SEC registration · fact
      Across DFX
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      How to reach
      public business contact points only, each with its source
      Business phone
      978-685-8529reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 15, 2026
      Business phone
      978-685-9995reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 15, 2026
      Website
      BRADFORDFINANCIALSERVICES.COMreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
      Principal office phone
      978-809-2338reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Feb 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
      Independent wealth managerderiveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
      RAUM per advisor
      $262Mderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
      Loaded
      Sep 14, 2026