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SEC-registered adviser
L••••• F•••••••• G••••• L••
Latest filing Feb 27, 2026
First filing on the tape Nov 29, 2021 · 11 filings
SEC status approved since May 13, 2022
RAUM
$399M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
100%
$399M individuals and HNW
Advisors
2
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
$199M
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
11 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$399M as of Feb 27, 2026
Mar 19, 2023$133M then
HNW client RAUM$95.7M as of Feb 27, 2026
Mar 19, 2023$17.1M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)4 as of Feb 27, 2026
Mar 19, 20233 then
Employees (5.A)5 as of Feb 27, 2026
Mar 19, 20235 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +51% over the last fiscal year+44% a year over threeIARs 4 to 4
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Feb 27, 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
- Mass-affluent RIA · private-client share at least 50 percent, non-HNW individuals at least 60 percent of private-client RAUM
- RAUM per advisor
- $199MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
- Clients per advisor
- 392derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
- Average HNW client
- $1.8MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
- Average account
- $356,520derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
- Discretionary
- 100%derivedof RAUM
- Institutional
- 0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
- Employees per advisor
- 2.5derivedItem 5.A over advisors
- Advisors per office
- 1.0derived2 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
- RAUM growth, one year
- +51%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
- Advisor growth, one year
- +0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
- Client growth, one year
- +13%derived
- Compensation
- percentage of assets, hourly, fixed feesreportedItem 5.E
- Advisory activities
- financial planning, portfolio management for individualsreportedItem 5.G
- Custody
- $238M, 496 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
- 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)
- 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$303M76%
- High-net-worth individuals$95.7M24%
- Individual clients
- 731reported
- HNW clients
- 53reported
- Pension plan clients
- n/areported
- Charitable clients
- n/areported
- Accounts
- 1,118reported
- Financial planning clients
- 0reported
- Wrap fee programs
- noreported
- Custody of client assets
- $238M for 496 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
2 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
| Name | Branch | Here since | In industry | Prior firms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B•••• A• L••••• | Champaign, Il | Jan 27, 2022 | 15 y | 0 |
| T••• A•••• L••••• | Champaign, Il | Jan 27, 2022 | 31 y | 3 |
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
- T••• A•••• L••••• from A•••• P•••• A•••••••Jan 27, 2022 · Other
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
- L•••••• T•••• A•••• · Managing Principalcontrolsince 01/2022 · owns 75% or more
- T•••••• A•••• C•••••••• · Chief Compliance Officercontrolsince 01/2022 · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champaign, Il · principal | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
- Terre Haute, IN1 employees
ADV anomalies
1 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions
- RAUM up 50 %Change between filings · filing Feb 27, 2026RAUM (Item 5.F) moved from $264,056,030 to $398,589,024 (+51.0%) between the annual amendments of 2025-03-17 and 2026-02-27; the peer median change was +15.0% (4550 comparable advisers, 96.0th percentile of changes)peers: independent wealth managers, $100M to $500M (4,550) · 96% percentile
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
- Accounts · 1,579 to 1,118Mar 17, 2025 to Feb 27, 2026
- HNW clients · 41 to 53Mar 17, 2025 to Feb 27, 2026
- Individual clients · 650 to 731Mar 17, 2025 to Feb 27, 2026
- Assets in custody · $21.8M to $238MMar 17, 2025 to Feb 27, 2026
- Financial planning clients · 1-10 to 0Mar 17, 2025 to Feb 27, 2026
- Discretionary RAUM · $264M to $399MMar 17, 2025 to Feb 27, 2026
- HNW RAUM · $75.2M to $95.7MMar 17, 2025 to Feb 27, 2026
- Individual RAUM · $189M to $303MMar 17, 2025 to Feb 27, 2026
- RAUM · $264M to $399MMar 17, 2025 to Feb 27, 2026
- Accounts · 516 to 1,579Oct 14, 2024 to Mar 17, 2025
- BD registered reps · 4 to 0Oct 14, 2024 to Mar 17, 2025
- HNW clients · 37 to 41Oct 14, 2024 to Mar 17, 2025
- Individual clients · 486 to 650Oct 14, 2024 to Mar 17, 2025
- Assets in custody · unset to 21781399.0Oct 14, 2024 to Mar 17, 2025
- Custody of client assets · false to trueOct 14, 2024 to Mar 17, 2025
- Financial planning clients · 1-10 to 1-10Oct 14, 2024 to Mar 17, 2025
- Discretionary RAUM · $164M to $264MOct 14, 2024 to Mar 17, 2025
- HNW RAUM · $37.2M to $75.2MOct 14, 2024 to Mar 17, 2025
- Individual RAUM · $126M to $189MOct 14, 2024 to Mar 17, 2025
- RAUM · $164M to $264MOct 14, 2024 to Mar 17, 2025
- Accounts · 712 to 516Oct 11, 2023 to Feb 6, 2024
- Advisory employees · 3 to 4Oct 11, 2023 to Feb 6, 2024
- HNW clients · 11 to 37Oct 11, 2023 to Feb 6, 2024
- Individual clients · 500 to 486Oct 11, 2023 to Feb 6, 2024
- Assets in custody · 133400000.0 to unsetOct 11, 2023 to Feb 6, 2024
- Custody of client assets · true to falseOct 11, 2023 to Feb 6, 2024
- Financial planning clients · 0 to 1-10Oct 11, 2023 to Feb 6, 2024
- Discretionary RAUM · $133M to $164MOct 11, 2023 to Feb 6, 2024
- HNW RAUM · $17.1M to $37.2MOct 11, 2023 to Feb 6, 2024
- Individual RAUM · $116M to $126MOct 11, 2023 to Feb 6, 2024
- RAUM · $133M to $164MOct 11, 2023 to Feb 6, 2024
- BD registered reps · 2 to 4Mar 19, 2023 to Oct 11, 2023
- HQ city · unset to CHAMPAIGNMar 19, 2023 to Oct 11, 2023
- HQ state · unset to ILMar 19, 2023 to Oct 11, 2023
- State-registered IARs · 3 to 4Mar 19, 2023 to Oct 11, 2023
- Other offices · 0 to 1Mar 19, 2023 to Oct 11, 2023
- Accounts · 593 to 712Feb 9, 2023 to Mar 19, 2023
- Advisory activities · 1 to 2Feb 9, 2023 to Mar 19, 2023
- HNW clients · 20 to 11Feb 9, 2023 to Mar 19, 2023
- Individual clients · 430 to 500Feb 9, 2023 to Mar 19, 2023
Signals
3 dated events
- L••••• F•••••••• G••••• L•• reported RAUM $398.6M, up 51% from $264.1M (2025-03-17 to 2026-02-27)Feb 27, 2026 · RAUM change · derived
- L••••• F•••••••• G••••• L•• reported RAUM $264.1M, up 61% from $163.7M (2024-10-14 to 2025-03-17)Mar 17, 2025 · RAUM change · derived
- L••••• F•••••••• G••••• L•• filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)Nov 29, 2021 · 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
- info@lesterfinancialgroup.comreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Business phone
- 217-356-6533reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Website
- H•••••••••reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 18, 2026
- Principal office phone
- 217-356-6533reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Feb 27, 2026
- Contact form
- lesterfinancialgroup.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
- $199Mderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
- Loaded
- Sep 14, 2026