Light Financial Services, Inc.

SEC-registered Wealth Manager · Small ($100M–$1B) CRD 131678 · SEC file 801-123619 · Fargo, ND · www.lightfinancialservices.com

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Regulatory AUM: $176M
Discretionary: $175M
Clients: 622
Avg AUM / client: $282K
Accounts: 1,810
Employees: 2

AUM over time

$104M $176M

Dec 2021 Dec 2025

Annual snapshots from Form ADV filings · as of Mar 25, 2026

Who they serve

Client type	Clients	AUM	% of AUM
Individuals (non-high net worth)	588	$131M	74.4%
High net worth individuals	33	$42.1M	24.0%
Corporations and other businesses	1	$2.8M	1.59%

People (2)

roster as of Jul 20, 2026

Name	Role / title	Credentials	With firm since	Ownership
Paul Arthur Light	President, Secretary, Treasurer, Director, Chief Compliance Officer	CFP	Dec 2003 (23y)	75% or more
Samantha Jo Blanchette	Registered representative		May 2018 (8y)

Undisclosed: 0% – 25% of the firm is not attributable from the filed Schedule A bands.

Roster from the IAPD representatives feed; ownership and acquisition dates from Form ADV Schedule A/B. "Since" is the earliest filed registration or acquisition date.

Documents (1 archived)

Form	Period	Size
Form ADV (full filing)	03/25/2026	904 KB	View · PDF · Source ↗

Archived copies of the firm's regulatory filings, versioned by content hash.

Disciplinary disclosures

No disciplinary events reported on the firm's latest Form ADV filing.

How they charge

• Percentage of assets under management
• Fixed fees

Services

• Financial planning services
• Portfolio management for individuals/small businesses
• Selection of other advisers
• Educational seminars/workshops

Custody

Reported custodians

Charles Schwab & Co. $145M (82% of AUM) Mar 2026
Matrix Executions, Llc $31.0M (18% of AUM) Mar 2026

Amounts as reported in ADV Item 5.K.(3) (custodians holding 10%+ of SMA assets).

Firm reports having custody of client funds or securities (Item 9.A).

Source

All data on this page comes from this firm's Form ADV filings, reproduced without modification. Latest filing: Mar 25, 2026.

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