Lincoln Sparrow Advisors, LLC is an investment adviser registered with the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and is a limited liability company (LLC) formed under the laws of the State
of New York.
• Joshua Heims is the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and Managing Member of Lincoln Sparrow
Advisors, LLC. Joshua Heims owns 100% of Lincoln Sparrow Advisors, LLC.
• Lincoln Sparrow Advisors, LLC filed its initial application to become registered as an investment
adviser in May 2013.
Introduction
The investment advisory services of Lincoln Sparrow Advisors, LLC are provided to you through an
individual who is an investment adviser representative of Lincoln Sparrow Advisors, LLC (referred to as
your investment adviser representative throughout this brochure).
Description of Advisory Services
The following are descriptions of the primary advisory services of Lincoln Sparrow Advisors, LLC. Please
understand that a written agreement, which details the exact terms of the service, must be signed by you
and Lincoln Sparrow Advisors, LLC before we can provide you the services described below.
Asset Management Services – Lincoln Sparrow Advisors, LLC offers asset management services,
which involves Lincoln Sparrow Advisors, LLC providing you with continuous and ongoing supervision
over your specified accounts.
You must appoint our firm as your investment adviser of record on specified accounts (collectively, the
“Account”). The Account consists only of separate account(s) held by qualified custodian(s) under your
name. The qualified custodians maintain physical custody of all funds and securities of the Account, and
you retain all rights of ownership (e.g., right to withdraw securities or cash, exercise or delegate proxy
voting and receive transaction confirmations) of the Account.
The Account is managed by us based on your financial situation, investment objectives and risk
tolerance. We actively monitor the Account and provide advice regarding buying, selling, reinvesting or
holding securities, cash or other investments of the Account.
We will need to obtain certain information from you to determine your financial situation and investment
objectives. You will be responsible for notifying us of any updates regarding your financial situation, risk
tolerance or investment objective and whether you wish to impose or modify existing investment
restrictions; however we will contact you at least annually to discuss any changes or updates regarding
your financial situation, risk tolerance or investment objectives. We are always reasonably available to
consult with you relative to the status of your Account. You have the ability to impose reasonable
restrictions on the management of your accounts, including the ability to instruct us not to purchase
certain securities.
It is important that you understand that we manage investments for other clients and may give them
advice or take actions for them or for our personal accounts that is different from the advice we provide to
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you or actions taken for you. We are not obligated to buy, sell or recommend to you any security or other
investment that we may buy, sell or recommend for any other clients or for our own accounts.
Conflicts may arise in the allocation of investment opportunities among accounts that we manage. We
strive to allocate investment opportunities believed to be appropriate for your account(s) and other
accounts advised by our firm among such accounts equitably and consistent with the best interests of all
accounts involved. However, there can be no assurance that a particular investment opportunity that
comes to our attention will be allocated in any particular manner. If we obtain material, non-public
information about a security or its issuer that we may not lawfully use or disclose, we have absolutely no
obligation to disclose the information to any client or use it for any client’s benefit.
VISION2020 WEALTH MANAGEMENT PLATFORM – ADVISOR MANAGED PORTFOLIOS
The Wealth Management Platform – Advisor Managed Portfolios Program (“Advisor Managed Portfolios”)
provides comprehensive investment management of your assets through the application of asset
allocation planning software as well as the provision of execution, clearing and custodial services through
Pershing, LLC (“Pershing”) or, on a limited basis National Financial Services, Inc. (“NFS”).
Advisor Managed Portfolios provides risk tolerance assessment, efficient frontier plotting, fund profiling
and performance data, and portfolio optimization and re-balancing tools. Utilizing these tools, and based
on your responses to a risk tolerance questionnaire (“Questionnaire”) and discussions that we have
together regarding, among other things, investment objective, risk tolerance, investment time horizon,
account restrictions, and overall financial situation, we construct a portfolio of investments for you. Your
Advisory Representative has the option to allocate your portfolio amongst a mix of stocks, bonds, options,
exchange-traded funds, mutual funds and other securities (“Program Investments”) which are based on
your investment goals, objectives, and risk tolerance.
Each portfolio is designed to meet your individual needs, stated goals and objectives. Additionally, you
have the opportunity to place reasonable restrictions on the types of investments to be held in the
portfolio.
Financial Planning & Consulting Services - Lincoln Sparrow Advisors, LLC offers financial planning
services, which involve preparing a written financial plan covering
specific or multiple topics. We provide
full written financial plans, which typically address the following topics: Investment Planning, Retirement
Planning, Insurance Planning, Tax Planning, Education Planning, Portfolios Review, and Asset Allocation.
When providing financial planning and consulting services, th
e role of your investment adviser
representative is to find ways to help you understand your
overall financial situation and help you set
financial
objectives. We also provide modular written financial plans which only cover those specific
areas of concern mutually agreed upon by you and us. A modular written financial plan is limited or
segmented and does not involve the creation of a full written financial plan. You should be aware that
there are important issues that may not be taken into consideration when your investment adviser
representative develops his or her analysis and recommendations under a modular written financial plan.
Written financial plans prepared by us do not include specific recommendations of individual securities.
We also offer consultations in order to discuss financial planning issues when you do not need a written
financial plan or in connection with your written plan. We also offer “as-needed” consultations, which are
limited to consultations in response to a particular investment or financial planning issue raised or request
made by you. Under an “as-needed” consultation, it will be incumbent upon you to identify those
particular issues for which you are seeking our advice or consultation on.
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Our financial planning and consulting services do not involve implementing any transaction on your behalf
or the active and ongoing monitoring or management of your investments or accounts. You have the sole
responsibility for determining whether to implement our financial planning and consulting recommend-
ations. To the extent that you would like to implement any of our investment recommendations through
Lincoln Sparrow Advisors, LLC or retain Lincoln Sparrow Advisors, LLC to actively monitor and manage
your investments, you must execute a separate written agreement with Lincoln Sparrow Advisors, LLC for
our asset management services.
Limits Advice to Certain Types of Investments
Lincoln Sparrow Advisors, LLC provides investment advice on the following types of investments:
• Mutual Funds
• Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
• Exchange-Listed Equities
• Securities Traded Over-the-Counter
• Corporate Debt Securities
• Municipal Securities
• US Government Securities
Although we generally provide advice only on the products previously listed, we reserve the right to offer
advice on any investment product that may be suitable for each client’s specific circumstances, needs,
goals and objectives.
It is not our typical investment strategy to attempt to time the market, but we may increase cash holdings
modestly as deemed appropriate based on your risk tolerance and our expectations of market
behavior. We may modify our investment strategy to accommodate special situations such as low basis
stock, stock options, legacy holdings, inheritances, closely held businesses, collectibles, or special tax
situations.
(Please refer to Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss for more
information.)
Tailor Advisory Services to Individual Needs of Clients
Lincoln Sparrow Advisors, LLC’s advisory services are always provided based on your individual needs.
This means, for example, that when we provide asset management services, you are given the ability to
impose restrictions on the accounts we manage for you, including specific investment selections and
sectors. We work with you on a one-on-one basis through interviews and questionnaires to determine
your investment objectives and suitability information. Our financial planning and consulting services are
always provided based on your individual needs. When providing financial planning and consulting
services, we work with you on a one-on-one basis through interviews and questionnaires to determine
your investment objectives and suitability information.
We will not enter into an investment adviser relationship with a prospective client whose investment
objectives may be considered incompatible with our investment philosophy or strategies or where the
prospective client seeks to impose unduly restrictive investment guidelines.
When managing client accounts through our firm’s Asset Management Services program, we may
manage a client’s account in accordance with one or more investment models. When client accounts are
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managed using models, investment selections are based on the underlying model and we do not develop
customized (or individualized) portfolio holdings for each client. However, the determination to use a
particular model or models is always based on each client’s individual investment goals, objectives and
mandates. Our models and, therefore, managed accounts are generally comprised of mutual funds. We
may occasionally select ETFs and individual stock positions as well.
Client Assets Managed by Lincoln Sparrow Advisors, LLC
As of December 31st, 2022, Lincoln Sparrow Advisors, LLC has $39,374,739 assets under management
to report. The entire amount is managed on a discretionary basis.