Bainbridge Island, WA Office

Gates Pass Advisors provides comprehensive financial planning and ongoing wealth management and portfolio management primarily for individual and high‑net‑worth clients. The firm manages roughly $207 million in discretionary assets for a relatively small client base and typically begins relationships with a written financial plan that can be implemented and monitored on an ongoing basis.

The firm’s investment approach emphasizes financial‑planning‑driven asset allocation, diversification, and tax‑aware management, employing a mix of individual securities, mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, and cash. Implementation is generally delegated to third‑party Independent Managers accessed via a turn‑key platform, and Gates Pass typically exercises discretionary authority to monitor, rebalance, and adjust portfolios in line with clients’ objectives.

Distinctive features include the firm’s primary reliance on a single turn‑key platform (and the managers and proprietary products available through that platform) and the receipt of non‑cash services from recommended custodians, which the brochure identifies as potential conflicts of interest and that constrain the universe of investments the firm will consider. The brochure also discloses the firm’s use of paid Promoters for client referrals and a relatively small advisory team serving its client base, factors that may influence service delivery and client access.