C2 Financial Planning is a investment adviser based in Mills River, NC, that has not yet been scored, with 1 registered advisor. Score based on public SEC and FINRA filings.
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C2 Financial Planning
C2 Financial Planning LLC · CRD #337236
A registered investment adviser with a clean regulatory record.
No longer registered
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Fidelon Fact Sheet
C2 Financial Planning LLC is a state-registered investment adviser in Mills River, NC. It has one registered advisor. It manages $5,000 across one client account. It charges a yearly percentage of your account that gets smaller as the account grows, and it can also earn commissions when it sells you a product. Its services include financial planning and portfolio management. Its record shows no customer complaints, regulatory actions or fines.
How This Firm Works
Registration & Standard of Care
Investment Adviser — this firm is a registered investment adviser, held to a fiduciary standard — legally required to act in clients' best interests.
How This Firm Gets Paid
- Charges a percentage of assets under management
- Charges fixed fees for specific services
- Can earn money selling products alongside advice — the product company pays that, so it never appears on an advisory invoice
What you’d pay
Your balance falls in the $0 - $1,000,000 band, charged at 1.00% on the full amount.
This fee is negotiable
“The annual fee may be negotiable.”
From their Form ADV Part 2A. Most investors never ask.
Not included above
- • Custodians may charge transaction fees and other related costs on the purchases or sales of mutual funds, equities, bonds, options and exchange-traded funds. Mutual funds, money market funds and exchange-traded funds also charge internal management fees, which are disclosed in the fund’s prospectus. C2 does not receive any compensation from these fees. All of these fees are in addition to the management fee you pay to C2. Financial Planning Services are offered based on a flat fee between $500 and $5,000. Fees for financial plans are due upon commencement of the Advisory Agreement.
Estimated from the firm’s Form ADV Part 2A brochure — not a quote. Actual fees are set in your agreement and may differ. Costs charged by others (custodians, fund managers) are not included.
What This Firm Charges
| Account Size | Annual Fee |
|---|---|
| $0 - $1,000,000 | 1.00% |
| $1,000,000 and above | 0.75% |
Billed quarterly in arrears
Extracted from Form ADV Part 2A brochure
Specializations
Extracted from Form ADV Part 2A brochure
Key Findings
Strengths
- Registered as investment adviser with fiduciary obligation
- Clean regulatory record — no disclosures, arbitrations, or fines
Conflict Audit
Our analysis identified 1 potential conflict of interest in regulatory filings.
Source: Form ADV Part 1, Items 6-8; Part 2A, Items 10-14
Regulatory Track Record
0
Disclosures
Clean record — no disclosures found
$0
Total Fines
Clean record — no fines found
Regulatory Events
Advisor Roster
1 advisor
| Advisor | CRD | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Church | 7648928 | — | — |
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Last scored: · Score version: 3.15 · CRD #337236