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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.
SEC-registered adviser
Sandy Cove Advisors, LLC
Latest filing Mar 23, 2026
First filing on the tape Apr 15, 2016 · 27 filings
SEC status approved since Apr 22, 2016
RAUM
$685M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
96%
of RAUM
Private clients
100%
$683M individuals and HNW
Advisors
3
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
$228M
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
8
4 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
1
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
27 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$685M as of Mar 23, 2026
Mar 21, 2017$152M then
HNW client RAUM$650M as of Mar 23, 2026
Mar 23, 2018$176M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)4 as of Mar 23, 2026
Mar 21, 20175 then
Employees (5.A)8 as of Mar 23, 2026
Mar 21, 20178 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +18% over the last fiscal year+24% a year over threeIARs 5 to 4
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Mar 23, 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
- $228MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
- Clients per advisor
- 92derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
- Average HNW client
- $3.2MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
- Average account
- $647,971derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
- Discretionary
- 96%derivedof RAUM
- Institutional
- 0.3%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
- Employees per advisor
- 2.7derivedItem 5.A over advisors
- Advisors per office
- 1.5derived2 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
- RAUM growth, one year
- +18%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
- Advisor growth, one year
- -20%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
- Client growth, one year
- +22%derived
- Compensation
- percentage of assets, hourly, fixed feesreportedItem 5.E
- Advisory activities
- financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, selection of other advisers, otherreportedItem 5.G
- Custody
- $191M, 285 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)
- a related person has custody of client cash (9.B.1.a)
- a related person has custody of client securities (9.B.1.b)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
- High-net-worth individuals$650M95%
- Individuals$32.8M4.8%
- Pension and profit-sharing plans$1.1M0.2%
- Charitable organizations$580,4590.1%
- Individual clients
- 70reported
- HNW clients
- 205reported
- Pension plan clients
- 2reported
- Charitable clients
- 1reported
- Accounts
- 1,057reported
- Financial planning clients
- 51-100reported
- Wrap fee programs
- noreported
- Custody of client assets
- $191M for 285 clientsreported
- Compensation
- % of AUM, fixed, hourlyreported
- Class basis
- private_client_share=1.0 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.0 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
3 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
| Name | Branch | Here since | In industry | Prior firms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deirdre Reilly Prescott | Hingham, Ma | Jan 28, 2010 | 20 y | 2 |
| Katherine SaltonstallChartered Financial Analyst | Hingham, Ma | Sep 18, 2019 | 32 y | 2 |
| Emily A FlukeCertified Financial Planner | Hingham, Ma | Aug 28, 2025 | 10 y | 4 |
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 headcount2 left over 36 months
Left, latest
- Suellen Durkin to Ballentine PartnersMar 21, 2025 · RIA to RIA
- Keiron Obrien to MML Investors Services, LLCApr 3, 2024 · RIA to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
- Janet Lynn Schwartz to Ballentine PartnersMar 16, 2023 · RIA to RIA
- Connor Daniel Reardon to Natixis Advisors, LLCOct 10, 2022 · RIA to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
- Joseph Gauvin to Stonehearth Capital ManagementApr 11, 2022 · RIA to RIA
- Antonette Maria Grimm to Tfc Financial Management IncDec 3, 2021 · RIA to RIA
- Kelley Roche Ellis to Prio Wealth LPApr 25, 2018 · RIA to RIA
- Katherine Saltonstall to Brown AdvisoryNov 23, 2016 · Other
- David Edwin Powers to Coldstream Wealth ManagementApr 3, 2015 · Other
Joined, latest
- Emily A Fluke from Citizens Private WealthAug 28, 2025 · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA
- Joseph Gauvin from Gw & Wade, LLCJan 25, 2022 · RIA to RIA
- Katherine Saltonstall from Brown AdvisorySep 18, 2019 · RIA to RIA
- Kelley Roche Ellis from Svb WealthMar 7, 2016 · Other
- David Edwin Powers from Kanon Bloch CarreMar 4, 2014 · Other
- Deirdre Reilly Prescott from Silver BridgeJan 28, 2010 · Other
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
- Reilly Deirdre Prescott · Managing Membercontrolsince 11/2009 · owns 75% or more
- Katherine Saltonstall · Chief Investment/Chief Compliance Officercontrolsince 10/2019 · owns 5% to 10%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hingham, Ma · principal | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
- Palm Beach Gardens, FL1 employees
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
- Accounts · 971 to 1,057Feb 27, 2025 to Mar 23, 2026
- Advisory employees · 7 to 4Feb 27, 2025 to Mar 23, 2026
- HNW clients · 159 to 205Feb 27, 2025 to Mar 23, 2026
- Individual clients · 67 to 70Feb 27, 2025 to Mar 23, 2026
- Pension plan clients · 3 to 2Feb 27, 2025 to Mar 23, 2026
- Assets in custody · $175M to $191MFeb 27, 2025 to Mar 23, 2026
- State-registered IARs · 5 to 4Feb 27, 2025 to Mar 23, 2026
- Discretionary RAUM · $541M to $655MFeb 27, 2025 to Mar 23, 2026
- HNW RAUM · $551M to $650MFeb 27, 2025 to Mar 23, 2026
- Individual RAUM · $28.5M to $32.8MFeb 27, 2025 to Mar 23, 2026
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $40.5M to $30.1MFeb 27, 2025 to Mar 23, 2026
- Pension RAUM · $2.0M to $1.1MFeb 27, 2025 to Mar 23, 2026
- RAUM · $582M to $685MFeb 27, 2025 to Mar 23, 2026
- Accounts · 893 to 971Nov 26, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
- Advisory employees · 8 to 7Nov 26, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
- HNW clients · 128 to 159Nov 26, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
- Individual clients · 88 to 67Nov 26, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
- Assets in custody · $144M to $175MNov 26, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
- Employees · 9 to 8Nov 26, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
- Financial planning clients · 51-100 to 51-100Nov 26, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
- State-registered IARs · 7 to 5Nov 26, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
- Discretionary RAUM · $457M to $541MNov 26, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
- HNW RAUM · $447M to $551MNov 26, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
- Individual RAUM · $36.9M to $28.5MNov 26, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $29.2M to $40.5MNov 26, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
- Pension RAUM · $1.5M to $2.0MNov 26, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
- RAUM · $486M to $582MNov 26, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
- Accounts · 776 to 893Sep 26, 2023 to Mar 1, 2024
- Charity clients · unset to 1.0Sep 26, 2023 to Mar 1, 2024
- HNW clients · 107 to 128Sep 26, 2023 to Mar 1, 2024
- Individual clients · 114 to 88Sep 26, 2023 to Mar 1, 2024
- Pension plan clients · 2 to 3Sep 26, 2023 to Mar 1, 2024
- Assets in custody · $82.6M to $144MSep 26, 2023 to Mar 1, 2024
- State-registered IARs · 8 to 7Sep 26, 2023 to Mar 1, 2024
- Discretionary RAUM · $316M to $457MSep 26, 2023 to Mar 1, 2024
- HNW RAUM · $328M to $447MSep 26, 2023 to Mar 1, 2024
- Individual RAUM · $33.1M to $36.9MSep 26, 2023 to Mar 1, 2024
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $46.8M to $29.2MSep 26, 2023 to Mar 1, 2024
- Pension RAUM · $1.1M to $1.5MSep 26, 2023 to Mar 1, 2024
- RAUM · $363M to $486MSep 26, 2023 to Mar 1, 2024
Signals
8 dated events
- Suellen Durkin left Sandy Cove Advisors, Llc for Ballentine Partners (registered 2025-03-27)Mar 21, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- Keiron Obrien left Sandy Cove Advisors, Llc for Mml Investors Services, Llc (registered 2024-08-22)Apr 3, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- Sandy Cove Advisors, Llc reported RAUM $486.4M, up 34% from $362.7M (2023-09-26 to 2024-03-01)Mar 1, 2024 · RAUM change · derived
- Janet Lynn Schwartz left Sandy Cove Advisors, Llc for Ballentine Partners (registered 2023-11-15)Mar 16, 2023 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- Connor Daniel Reardon left Sandy Cove Advisors, Llc for Natixis Advisors, Llc (registered 2022-12-21)Oct 10, 2022 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- Joseph Gauvin left Sandy Cove Advisors, Llc for Stonehearth Capital Management (registered 2022-06-16)Apr 11, 2022 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- James Robert Reilly (Chief Investment Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Sandy Cove Advisors, Llc (listed 2019-10-22, absent 2020-03-13)Mar 13, 2020 · Control person left · inference
- Sandy Cove Advisors filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)Apr 15, 2016 · First SEC registration · fact
Across DFX
shared identifiers only, never a name match
- Sandy Cove Advisors, LLC · Family Officesshared crd · office
How to reach
public business contact points only, each with its source
- Firm profile
- linkedin.com/company/sandy-cove-advisors-llcreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
- Website
- SANDYCOVEADVISORS.COMreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
- Principal office phone
- 617-622-1500reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Mar 23, 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
- $228Mderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
- Loaded
- Sep 14, 2026