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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
Bellingham Capital
Legal name Bellingham Capital Management, Inc.
Latest filing Aug 18, 2026
First filing on the tape Jan 25, 2022 · 12 filings
SEC status approved since Feb 24, 2022
RAUM
$149M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
98%
of RAUM
Private clients
98%
$146M individuals and HNW
Advisors
5
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
$29.8M
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
5
4 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
1
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
12 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$149M as of Aug 18, 2026
Mar 6, 2023$109M then
HNW client RAUM$68.5M as of Aug 18, 2026
Mar 6, 2023$50.5M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)5 as of Aug 18, 2026
Mar 6, 20234 then
Employees (5.A)5 as of Aug 18, 2026
Mar 6, 20234 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +5.1% over the last fiscal year+11% a year over threeIARs 5 to 5
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Aug 18, 2026; every figure names its basis
Archetypes, each a printed rule
- 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
- RAUM per advisor
- $29.8MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
- Clients per advisor
- 49derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
- Average HNW client
- $2.7MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
- Average account
- $251,234derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
- Discretionary
- 98%derivedof RAUM
- Institutional
- 1.2%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
- Employees per advisor
- 1.0derivedItem 5.A over advisors
- Advisors per office
- 2.5derived2 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
- RAUM growth, one year
- +5.1%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
- Advisor growth, one year
- +0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
- Client growth, one year
- +1.3%derived
- Compensation
- percentage of assets, hourlyreportedItem 5.E
- Advisory activities
- financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for pooled vehiclesreportedItem 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)
- 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$77.6M52%
- High-net-worth individuals$68.5M46%
- Corporations and businesses$1.4M0.9%
- Pension and profit-sharing plans$1.4M0.9%
- Charitable organizations$364,8980.2%
- Individual clients
- 218reported
- HNW clients
- 25reported
- Pension plan clients
- 2reported
- Charitable clients
- 1reported
- Accounts
- 594reported
- Financial planning clients
- 0reported
- Wrap fee programs
- noreported
- Custody of client assets
- noreported
- Compensation
- % of AUM, hourlyreported
- Class basis
- private_client_share=0.98 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.01 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
5 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
| Name | Branch | Here since | In industry | Prior firms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Alastair Smith | Bellingham, Wa | Nov 9, 2009 | 27 y | 2 |
| Eric Geoffrey Petersen | Bellingham, Wa | Jun 27, 2014 | 12 y | 2 |
| Lucille C Dobson | Bellingham, Wa | May 21, 2021 | 10 y | 1 |
| Kerri Hargrove Russ | Bellingham, Wa | Nov 19, 2024 | 13 y | 1 |
| John Dustin Sloan III | Pella, Ia | Jun 22, 2026 | 11 y | 1 |
Advisor movement
0 left, 1 joined in 12 months
net +1 in 12 months0 left in 90 days1 joined in 90 daysdeparture rate 0.0% of current headcount0 left over 36 months
Left, latest
- Scott Michael Dirksen to LPL Financial LLCJun 30, 2020 · RIA to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
Joined, latest
- John Dustin Sloan III from FartherJun 22, 2026 · RIA to RIA
- Scott Michael Dirksen from J.P. Morgan Private Wealth Advisors LLCOct 21, 2019 · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA
- Eric Geoffrey Petersen from Waddell & ReedJun 27, 2014 · Other
- Brian Alastair Smith from Edward JonesNov 9, 2009 · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
- Geoffrey Eric Petersen · Vice President & Treasurercontrolsince 07/2016 · owns 25% to 50%
- Hargrove Kerri Russ · Secretarycontrolsince 07/2016 · owns 25% to 50%
- Alastair Brian Smith · President & Chief Compliance Officercontrolsince 09/2009 · owns 25% to 50%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellingham, Wa · principal | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
- Anacortes, WA1 employees
ADV anomalies
1 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions
- HNW share shiftChange between filings · filing Mar 20, 2026HNW share of RAUM moved from 19.0% to 46.0% between the annual amendments of 2025-03-24 and 2026-03-20peers: independent wealth managers, $100M to $500M (5,676)
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
- Accounts · 596 to 594Mar 24, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Advisory activities · 2 to 3Mar 24, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Charity clients · 2 to 1Mar 24, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Corporate clients · unset to 6.0Mar 24, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- HNW clients · 3 to 25Mar 24, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Individual clients · 237 to 218Mar 24, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Pension plan clients · unset to 2.0Mar 24, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Financial planning clients · 11-25 to 0Mar 24, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Discretionary RAUM · $142M to $147MMar 24, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- HNW RAUM · $26.3M to $68.5MMar 24, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Individual RAUM · $115M to $77.6MMar 24, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $22,812 to $2.6MMar 24, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Pension RAUM · unset to 1369966.0Mar 24, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- RAUM · $142M to $149MMar 24, 2025 to Mar 20, 2026
- Advisory employees · 3 to 4Sep 23, 2024 to Mar 24, 2025
- Advisory activities · 3 to 2Sep 23, 2024 to Mar 24, 2025
- Charity clients · unset to 2.0Sep 23, 2024 to Mar 24, 2025
- HNW clients · 27 to 3Sep 23, 2024 to Mar 24, 2025
- Individual clients · 203 to 237Sep 23, 2024 to Mar 24, 2025
- Employees · 4 to 5Sep 23, 2024 to Mar 24, 2025
- Financial planning clients · 11-25 to 11-25Sep 23, 2024 to Mar 24, 2025
- State-registered IARs · 4 to 5Sep 23, 2024 to Mar 24, 2025
- Discretionary RAUM · $125M to $142MSep 23, 2024 to Mar 24, 2025
- HNW RAUM · $67.9M to $26.3MSep 23, 2024 to Mar 24, 2025
- Individual RAUM · $56.2M to $115MSep 23, 2024 to Mar 24, 2025
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $493,131 to $22,812Sep 23, 2024 to Mar 24, 2025
- RAUM · $126M to $142MSep 23, 2024 to Mar 24, 2025
- Other offices · 2 to 1Jun 6, 2024 to Sep 23, 2024
- Charity clients · 1.0 to unsetMar 22, 2024 to Jun 6, 2024
- Corporate clients · 1.0 to unsetMar 22, 2024 to Jun 6, 2024
- Pension plan clients · 0.0 to unsetMar 22, 2024 to Jun 6, 2024
- Pooled vehicle clients · 0.0 to unsetMar 22, 2024 to Jun 6, 2024
- Pooled vehicle RAUM · 0.0 to unsetMar 22, 2024 to Jun 6, 2024
- Accounts · 565 to 596Mar 7, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
- Corporate clients · 2 to 1Mar 7, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
- HNW clients · 21 to 27Mar 7, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
- Individual clients · 215 to 203Mar 7, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
- Financial planning clients · 26-50 to 11-25Mar 7, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
- Discretionary RAUM · $109M to $125MMar 7, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
- HNW RAUM · $50.5M to $67.9MMar 7, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
Signals
1 dated events
- Bellingham Capital filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)Jan 25, 2022 · 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
- Business email
- customerservice@bellinghamcapital.comreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Business phone
- 360-685-4240reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Firm profile
- linkedin.com/company/bellingham-capital-management-inc.reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
- Website
- BELLINGHAMCAPITAL.COMreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
- Principal office phone
- 360-685-4240reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Aug 18, 2026
- Team page
- bellinghamcapital.com/our-teamreportedpublished 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
- $29.8Mderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
- Loaded
- Sep 14, 2026