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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.
Former SEC-registered adviser
Aurora Wealth Advisors
Legal name Sandena, Inc.
Latest filing Mar 3, 2026
First filing on the tape Dec 12, 2022 · 18 filings
SEC status approved since Apr 26, 2023
RAUM
$149M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
100%
$148M individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
7
2 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
18 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$149M as of Mar 3, 2026
Feb 29, 2024$184M then
HNW client RAUM$93.9M as of Mar 3, 2026
Feb 29, 2024$74.2M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)2 as of Mar 3, 2026
Feb 29, 20244 then
Employees (5.A)7 as of Mar 3, 2026
Feb 29, 20249 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +11% over the last fiscal yearIARs 3 to 2offices 1 to 0
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Mar 3, 2026; every figure names its basis
- RAUM per advisor
- $74.4MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
- Clients per advisor
- 144derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
- Average HNW client
- $1.4MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
- Average account
- $220,414derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
- Discretionary
- 100%derivedof RAUM
- Institutional
- 0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
- Employees per advisor
- 3.5derivedItem 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
- -33%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
- Client growth, one year
- -2.0%derived
- Compensation
- percentage of assets, hourly, fixed feesreportedItem 5.E
- Advisory activities
- financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for businesses and institutions, pension consulting, selection of other advisersreportedItem 5.G
- Custody
- $44.5M, 175 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)
- compensates persons for client referrals (8.G.1)
- has custody of client cash or bank accounts (9.A.1.a)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
- High-net-worth individuals$93.9M63%
- Individuals$54.4M37%
- Corporations and businesses$401,5190.3%
- Individual clients
- 220reported
- HNW clients
- 67reported
- Pension plan clients
- n/areported
- Charitable clients
- n/areported
- Accounts
- 675reported
- Financial planning clients
- 1-10reported
- Wrap fee programs
- noreported
- Custody of client assets
- $44.5M for 175 clientsreported
- Compensation
- % of AUM, fixed, hourlyreported
- Class basis
- absent from the latest SEC rosterderived
Advisors registered through the firm
0 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
No representative is registered through this CRD on IAPD.
Advisor movement
3 left, 0 joined in 12 months
net -3 in 12 months2 left in 90 days0 joined in 90 days4 left over 36 months
Left, latest
- Michael Anthony Delgado to Gladstone Wealth PartnersAug 11, 2026 · RIA to RIA
- Leah Crystal Burnett to Gladstone Wealth PartnersAug 11, 2026 · RIA to RIA
- Cristina M. Jimenez to Gladstone Wealth PartnersNov 6, 2025 · RIA to RIA
- Jessica Marie Simmons to Tcp Asset Management, LLCFeb 28, 2024 · RIA to RIA
Joined, latest
- Jessica Marie Simmons from Ameriprise Financial Services, LLCJan 16, 2023 · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to a newly registered adviser
- Cristina M. Jimenez from Ameriprise Financial Services, LLCJan 16, 2023 · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to a newly registered adviser
- Leah Crystal Burnett from Ameriprise Financial Services, LLCJan 12, 2023 · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to a newly registered adviser
Teams: two or more advisors moving together within fourteen days, from one state
- 2 left for Gladstone Wealth PartnersAug 11, 2026 · San Diego, Ca
- 3 joined from Ameriprise Financial Services, LLCJan 18, 2023 · San Diego, Ca
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
- Crystal Leah Burnett · Managing Membercontrolsince 11/2022 · owns 75% or more
- Elaine Nina Faraca · Chief Compliance Officercontrolsince 11/2022 · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego, Ca · principal | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
- Pasadena, CA
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
- BD registered reps · 2 to 1Jul 1, 2025 to Mar 3, 2026
- HNW clients · 58 to 67Jul 1, 2025 to Mar 3, 2026
- Individual clients · 235 to 220Jul 1, 2025 to Mar 3, 2026
- Assets in custody · $51.5M to $44.5MJul 1, 2025 to Mar 3, 2026
- Employees · 6 to 7Jul 1, 2025 to Mar 3, 2026
- State-registered IARs · 3 to 2Jul 1, 2025 to Mar 3, 2026
- Discretionary RAUM · $134M to $149MJul 1, 2025 to Mar 3, 2026
- HNW RAUM · $75.3M to $93.9MJul 1, 2025 to Mar 3, 2026
- Individual RAUM · $58.3M to $54.4MJul 1, 2025 to Mar 3, 2026
- RAUM · $134M to $149MJul 1, 2025 to Mar 3, 2026
- Financial planning clients · 1-10 to 1-10Jun 10, 2025 to Jul 1, 2025
- Other offices · 1 to 0Jun 10, 2025 to Jul 1, 2025
- Accounts · 1,173 to 675Jun 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- Advisory employees · 4 to 2Jun 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- HNW clients · 56 to 58Jun 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- Individual clients · 695 to 235Jun 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- Assets in custody · $53.6M to $51.5MJun 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- Employees · 9 to 6Jun 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- Financial planning clients · 11-25 to 1-10Jun 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- State-registered IARs · 4 to 3Jun 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- Discretionary RAUM · $184M to $134MJun 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- HNW RAUM · $74.2M to $75.3MJun 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- Individual RAUM · $110M to $58.3MJun 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- RAUM · $184M to $134MJun 11, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
- Advisory activities · 4 to 5Mar 5, 2024 to Jun 11, 2024
- Accounts · 775 to 1,173Sep 7, 2023 to Feb 29, 2024
- BD registered reps · 4 to 2Sep 7, 2023 to Feb 29, 2024
- Corporate clients · 15.0 to unsetSep 7, 2023 to Feb 29, 2024
- HNW clients · 39 to 56Sep 7, 2023 to Feb 29, 2024
- Individual clients · 289 to 695Sep 7, 2023 to Feb 29, 2024
- Assets in custody · $148M to $53.6MSep 7, 2023 to Feb 29, 2024
- Employees · 15 to 9Sep 7, 2023 to Feb 29, 2024
- Financial planning clients · 0 to 11-25Sep 7, 2023 to Feb 29, 2024
- Other offices · 2 to 1Sep 7, 2023 to Feb 29, 2024
- Discretionary RAUM · $139M to $184MSep 7, 2023 to Feb 29, 2024
- HNW RAUM · $64.9M to $74.2MSep 7, 2023 to Feb 29, 2024
- Individual RAUM · $81.1M to $110MSep 7, 2023 to Feb 29, 2024
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $11.8M to $0Sep 7, 2023 to Feb 29, 2024
- RAUM · $151M to $184MSep 7, 2023 to Feb 29, 2024
- Related broker-dealer · true to falseSep 7, 2023 to Feb 29, 2024
Signals
8 dated events
- Aurora Wealth Advisors no longer on the SEC adviser roster (last listed 2026-08-03, RAUM $148.8M)Sep 1, 2026 · Left the SEC roster · derived
- Leah Crystal Burnett left Aurora Wealth Advisors for Gladstone Wealth Partners (registered 2025-10-14)Aug 11, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- Michael Anthony Delgado left Aurora Wealth Advisors for Gladstone Wealth Partners (registered 2025-10-14)Aug 11, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- 2 advisors left Aurora Wealth Advisors (San Diego, CA) for Gladstone Wealth Partners on the same dayAug 11, 2026 · Team lift-out · derived
- Cristina M. Jimenez left Aurora Wealth Advisors for Gladstone Wealth Partners (registered 2025-10-14)Nov 6, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- Jessica Marie Simmons left Aurora Wealth Advisors for Tcp Asset Management, Llc (registered 2024-01-22)Feb 28, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- 3 advisors left Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC (San Diego, CA) for Aurora Wealth Advisors on the same dayJan 18, 2023 · Team lift-out · derived
- Aurora Wealth Advisors filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)Dec 12, 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.
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
- Former SEC-registered adviserderiveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
- RAUM per advisor
- n/aderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
- Loaded
- Sep 14, 2026