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Spencer Financial Strategies

As of its Form ADV filed January 26, 2026, Spencer Financial Strategies, a state-registered independent wealth management RIA in Indianapolis, Indiana, reported $17.8 million in regulatory assets under management across 123 accounts, ranking #219 among independent RIAs in Indiana by assets.

Registration

Main office
Indianapolis, IN
Registration
State-registered, Approved
CRD number
334095
SEC file number
None (state-registered)
Registered since
January 9, 2025
Latest Form ADV filing
January 26, 2026
Legal name
SPENDES1, LLC
Organized as
Limited Liability Company
Fiscal year ends
December
Other offices
2

Key figures

Regulatory assets under management
$17.8 million
Discretionary
$17.8 million (100.0%)
Non-discretionary
$0
Accounts
123 (123 discretionary)
Clients
80, approximate as reported
Employees
2
Advisory staff
2 performing investment advisory functions
Average account
$144,634
Asset growth, 1 year
Not reported
Asset growth, 3-year annual rate
Not reported
Asset growth, 5-year annual rate
Not reported
Client growth, 1 year
Not reported

Independent wealth management RIA: individual and high net worth clients hold at least half of its regulatory assets, it offers financial planning or portfolio management for individuals, and it is not a broker-dealer, a bank or part of one by the directory's rules. How firms are classed.

Growth rates come from the SEC's yearly snapshots and are left blank when the years are not comparable.

Rankings

Among independent wealth management RIAs.

Assets over time

Spencer Financial Strategies: regulatory assets under managementThe SEC's yearly snapshots and the latest filing. Years of state registration are not in the SEC files.RAUM the firm reported as of October 7, 2026; no earlier snapshot is on file.
$0$5M$10M$15M$20M2026$17.8MOctober 7, 2026: $17.8 million
Data table
Spencer Financial Strategies: regulatory assets under management
As ofRAUM
October 7, 2026$17.8 million

Clients and services

Client mix

Regulatory assets by client typeForm ADV Item 5.D, as reported. Client counts are approximate.
MeasureBarRAUM
Individuals (other than high net worth) 80 clients $17.8 million

How the firm is paid

  • A percentage of assets under management
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees

Advisory services

  • Portfolio management for individuals or small businesses
  • Educational seminars or workshops

Wrap fee program sponsor or portfolio manager: no.

Other business, affiliations and custody

Other business activities (Item 6.A)

  • Insurance broker or agent

Financial industry affiliations (Item 7.A)

  • Insurance company or agency
  • Real estate broker, dealer or agent

Custody (Item 9)

The firm reported no custody of client cash or securities.

Investment adviser representatives

IARs registered with the firm
2
Also registered through a broker-dealer
0
Employees who are IARs (Form ADV 5.B(3))
2

0 of the firm's 2 IARs are registered in jurisdictions that require IAR CE. IAR CE requirements by state.

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Disclosures

Our source has no Form ADV Item 11 detail for this firm. See the detail on IAPD.

Succession and acquired firms

On Form ADV Item 4 the firm did not report succeeding to another adviser's business.

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Firm data as of October 7, 2026, from IA_FIRM_STATE_Feed_10_07_2026.xml.gz. Figures are as the firm reported them; corrections are made on Form ADV and appear after the next monthly reload.

Data as of October 7, 2026, from Form ADV. Sources: SEC registered adviser data (ia100226.zip) and IAPD compilation reports. How the directory is built.