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2603 Augusta, Suite 1400
Houston, TX 77057
Lawrence E. Maddox: 713-748-7000
lmaddox@Horizon-Advisors.com
www.Horizon-Advisors.com
March 2026
(Item 1)
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of
Horizon Wealth Advisors. If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure,
please contact us at 713-748-7000 and/or lmaddox@Horizon-Advisors.com. The
information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission or by any state securities authority.
Additional information about Horizon Wealth Advisors also is available on the SEC’s
website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Part 2A of Form ADV: Firm Brochure
Horizon Wealth Advisors
March 2026
Material Changes (Item 2)
The last filing of this Brochure was the Firm’s last Annual Updating Amendment in
February, 2025. Since that filing, there is one material change to report:
ITEM 5: Fees and Compensation:
Financial Planning Service: The standard fee for completion of a planning engagement
increased from $3,500 to $5,000. Please see Item 5 for more information.
Part 2A of Form ADV: Firm Brochure
Horizon Wealth Advisors
March 2026
Table of Contents (Item 3)
ITEM 4: Advisory Business.............................................................................................. 1
ITEM 5: Fees and Compensation .................................................................................... 2
ITEM 6: Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management ................................ 5
ITEM 7: Types of Clients ................................................................................................. 5
ITEM 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss ............................ 5
ITEM 9: Disciplinary Information ...................................................................................... 6
ITEM 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ............................................ 6
ITEM 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal
Trading ............................................................................................................................ 7
ITEM 12: Brokerage Practices ......................................................................................... 9
ITEM 13: Review of Accounts ....................................................................................... 11
ITEM 14: Client Referrals and Other Compensation ...................................................... 11
ITEM 15: Custody ......................................................................................................... 12
ITEM 16: Investment Discretion .................................................................................... 13
ITEM 17: Voting Client Securities .................................................................................. 13
ITEM 18: Financial Information ...................................................................................... 13
Part 2A of Form ADV: Firm Brochure
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March 2026
ITEM 4: ADVISORY BUSINESS
Advisory Firm Description
Horizon Advisors, LLC dba Horizon Wealth Advisors (“Horizon” or the “Firm”) has been in
business since March 1999. The principal owners are Lawrence E. Maddox, Owen M.
Murray and Colin M. Lee.
Types of Advisory Services
is an
fee-only
financial advisor offering
independent,
Horizon Wealth Advisors
comprehensive wealth management advice coupled with discretionary investment
advisory and management services.
Financial Planning Service
Horizon provides financial planning services to its clients depending on each particular
client’s needs. A planning engagement may address (for example) some or all of the
following matters:
Investment advice and recommendations
•
• Evaluating survivorship needs
Insurance requirements
•
• Planning for retirement
• Educational funding
• Estate planning
Investment Advisory Service
Clients may also engage Horizon to act as an independent investment advisor on their
behalf. After gaining a mutual understanding of the client’s personal financial goals and
objectives, the client and Horizon agree to a written Investment Policy Statement (“IPS”).
This IPS will articulate the asset allocation and investment approach that Horizon will
implement on the client’s behalf. Horizon will then have discretion to implement and
manage the client’s investments in accordance with the IPS. Investments generally
include a diversified selection of mutual funds, ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds), stocks,
bonds and other investment vehicles or use of outside managers. (See further
discussion in the section titled “Fees and Compensation” regarding mutual funds,
separately managed accounts and applicable fees associated with each.)
Once an investment portfolio is implemented, Horizon provides ongoing review and due
diligence on the performance of the recommended investments and money managers.
Horizon will monitor the performance of its clients’ portfolios and will hire and fire
managers and buy and sell investments as appropriate to ensure that the desired
investment policy is being followed. Horizon will also periodically rebalance clients’
portfolios to maintain the appropriate asset allocation.
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Tailored Advisory Services
Clients may instruct Horizon not to purchase or sell certain investments on their behalf or
to limit such trades to specified amounts.
Separately Managed Accounts
For a few accounts, Horizon has engaged separate account managers (“SAMs”) on a
direct basis, or through access to a custodian’s program (i.e., Charles Schwab Managed
Accounts).These accounts, which consist of individual securities (as opposed to mutual
funds) are managed by investment advisors who are not affiliated with Horizon. This
service is no longer being offered to new Horizon clients.
Retirement Account Services
We are deemed to be a fiduciary to advisory clients that are employee benefit plans or
individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”) pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income
and Securities Act (“ERISA”), and regulations under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(“the Code”), respectively. As such, we are subject to specific duties and obligations
under ERISA and the Code that include among other things, restrictions concerning
certain forms of compensation.
We may assist you with retirement plan accounts and this assistance may present a
conflict of interest. When you leave an employer there are typically four options
regarding an existing retirement plan account and you may use a combination of these
options; 1) if permitted, leave the funds in your former employer’s plan, 2) if roll overs are
permitted and you have new employer with a plan available, roll over the funds to your
new employer’s plan, 3) roll over to an Individual Retirement Account (“IRA”), or 4)
withdraw or cash out your funds from the plan which may have adverse tax
consequences depending on your age. When we recommend that you roll over your
retirement plan assets into an account to be managed by us, such a recommendation
creates a conflict (benefit to us) when we earn an advisory fee on your rolled over funds.
You are under no obligation to roll over retirement plan assets to an account managed
by us.
Client Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2025, Horizon had $382,243,174 of discretionary assets under
management and $69,186,958 of non-discretionary assets under management for a total
of $451,430,132 in assets under management.
ITEM 5: FEES AND COMPENSATION
Financial Planning Service
The standard fee for completion of a planning engagement, $5,000, is charged when the
plan is complete or may be waived if the client opts to engage Horizon for its ongoing
wealth management services.
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Investment Advisory Service
Fees for Horizon’s investment advisory service are calculated either as a percentage of
the assets under management (using the custodian’s valuation of the assets at prior
quarter-end), or as an agreed-upon fixed fee amount. Unless agreed otherwise, Horizon
deducts its fee directly from the client’s custodial account each quarter, in advance. If
the inception of an investment agreement occurs during a quarter, all of the applicable
fees will be prorated for the remaining days in the current quarter and will be charged at
the inception of Horizon’s portfolio management. This initial fee is based upon the value
of the account according to our portfolio management software on the day the account is
implemented.
Annual asset-based fees for Horizon’s investment advisory service are based upon the
total assets under management according to the following schedule:
1.25% of the first $500,000 of assets under management
1.00% of the next $500,000
0.75% of the next $2,000,000
0.50% of assets over $3,000,000
0.35% of assets over $5,000,000
This fee is cumulative and in very limited circumstances is negotiable. Horizon calculates
the management fee on the market value of the account, including cash balances, as
determined by our portfolio management software at the end of the last trading day of
the previous calendar quarter. Horizon charges the investment management fee each
quarter at one-fourth of the above annual rate. Clients can direct Horizon as to whether,
and which, accounts should be aggregated as a “household” to attain the lowest overall
fee rate; and whether, and which, account should be charged the management fee for
another account. Each Client Agreement specifies a client’s individual payment terms.
The preferred minimum annual fee is $11,250 and is negotiable. At no time is a client
required to pay $1,200 or more six months or more in advance.
Horizon does not purchase securities on margin as a practice. There are times when a
client will choose to use margin as a form of inexpensive alternative borrowing for
various non-investment purposes. Also, an account may enter margin if the account
“overdrafts” as a result of a cash distribution. Horizon charges on the investment values
in client accounts the Firm actively manages and does not adjust the investment values
for margin balances.
Because Horizon has a long history of serving its clients and prides itself on meeting
clients’ needs individually, earlier clients have different fee schedules or different fee
structures. Some earlier clients are not on a “tiered” schedule, and pay the same
percentage on all assets, regardless of the size of their account. Some earlier fee
schedules had different breakpoints for tiers. Some clients hold assets not included in
the fee calculation. Some clients pay a flat fee. This means some clients pay more than
other clients with the same amount or same type of assets under our management.
Horizon does not differentiate the service provided to clients based on their fee structure
or amount.
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The account balances Horizon uses to calculate each account’s fees may vary from the
account balance shown on the custodian’s quarter-end statement because pending (or
unsettled) transactions are not included in the custodian’s end of month account
balance. Horizon reports transactions as of their trade date, including pending (or
unsettled) transactions.
Consultations regarding investments not resulting in investment management or
investment advising will be charged at hourly rates ranging from $150 to $350 per hour,
depending upon the experience and expertise of the individual providing the service.
Such charges will be agreed to before the consultation occurs and are charged in
arrears.
Other Fees: Client accounts pay directly for fees assessed by the custodian, such as
transaction, wire, exchange, or custodial fees.
Implementation with Mutual Funds: When Horizon recommends an open-end mutual
fund for a client’s account, three separate fees are typically charged to the client, either
directly or indirectly. The first fee is Horizon’s investment management fee, as the
mutual fund is included in the asset base for the quarterly fee calculation. This fee is
always charged to clients who pay Horizon an investment management fee. The second
is the set of internal fees charged by the investment company for the mutual fund’s
investment management, marketing, administration and marketing assistance. These
internal expenses are disclosed in each fund’s prospectus that is provided to each client
by the custodian and are always charged. (This set of fees also applies to any money
market fund or ETF purchased in the client’s account.) The third fee is a transaction fee
that is assessed by the custodian for its service of providing access to a universe of
mutual fund families through one account. To avoid such fees a client would be required
to open a separate account with each individual mutual fund company instead of using
the custodian recommended by Horizon, which would also negatively affect Horizon’s
ability to deliver its services efficiently. Not all mutual fund trades enacted by Horizon
incur this transaction fee. When recommending mutual funds for client portfolios,
Horizon ordinarily recommends a combination of no-load and institutional funds. The
combination of funds depends on the structure of the client account and is designed to
keep the combination of transaction fees and internal mutual fund fees at the best and
lowest possible amounts. Horizon receives no sales charges on any securities or
shareholding fees from mutual fund companies or custodians.
(“SAMs”):
Implementation with Separate Account Managers
When Horizon
recommends a Separate Account Manager (which happens rarely); four sets of fees
may be charged to the client, either directly or indirectly. First, Horizon charges its
investment management fee, as shown above. Second, each Platform deducts all
appropriate fees from each client account. The Platform retains its fee (second) and
distributes the appropriate amount to the SAM (third) and to the custodian (e.g., Fidelity,
fourth), if applicable. The fourth fee is charged only when the custodian assesses a
separate fee, which usually occurs.
All meetings, communications, delivery charges and reports for each service that
Horizon provides are included in the hourly or quarterly fees.
Termination
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Either party may terminate the relationship with Horizon at any time. Termination will be
effective immediately, with any unearned prepaid fees returned on a prorated basis.
Prepaid fees will be repaid for the number of days left in the quarter after termination.
ITEM 6: PERFORMANCE-BASED FEES AND SIDE-BY-SIDE MANAGEMENT
Horizon does not receive performance-based fees, so this section does not apply to
Horizon.
ITEM 7: TYPES OF CLIENTS
Horizon’s clients include successful professionals who are accumulating their wealth and
retirees who are interested in maintaining their current lifestyles and preserving their
wealth.
Horizon provides investment advice to the following types of clients:
Individuals
•
• High net worth individuals
• Pension and profit sharing plans
• Trusts, estates, charitable organizations
• Other business entities
Horizon prefers a client to have at least $1 million in investment assets in order to act as
investment manager. The preferred minimum annual fee is $11,250.
ITEM 8: METHODS OF ANALYSIS, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISK OF LOSS
Horizon uses the following sources of information in its analysis:
• Financial newspapers and magazines
• Research materials prepared by others
• Corporate rating services
• Annual reports, prospectuses, filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission
• Company press releases
The investment strategies used by Horizon to implement investment advice include the
following:
• Long-term purchases (securities held at least a year)
• Short-term purchases (securities sold within a year)
• Margin transactions are not part of Horizon’s investment strategy but may be
used for client liquidity needs as agreed.
When mutual funds are used to implement a portfolio, Horizon chooses from mutual
funds available through Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services (“Fidelity”) and Charles
Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab”), so is limited to the funds these firms offer. Horizon
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performs its own due diligence in the selection of these mutual funds that includes an
analysis of transaction fees, redemption fees and internal expenses. Horizon makes
every effort to select funds and fund classes with the lowest cost to a client given
assumptions of holding periods.
The Firm does not guarantee the future performance of the account or any specific level
of performance, the performance of any investment decision or strategy that the Firm
may use, or the performance of the Firm’s overall management of the account. The
client is reminded that investment decisions made for the account by the Firm are
subject to various market, currency, economic, political and business risks, and that
those investment decisions will not always be profitable.
Cybersecurity Risk: Horizon and its service providers may be subject to operational and
information security risks resulting from cyberattacks. Cybersecurity attacks affecting
Horizon and its service providers may adversely impact Clients. Although Horizon has
established its systems to reduce the risk of these incidents occurring, there is no
guarantee that these efforts will always be successful, especially considering that
Horizon does not directly control the cybersecurity measures and policies employed by
third-party service providers or those of its clients.
ITEM 9: DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION
Neither Horizon nor any of its personnel has any material disciplinary or legal events or
sanctions to disclose.
ITEM 10: OTHER FINANCIAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS
Referral Fees
We compensate third parties for client referrals to individuals associated with Maddox,
Thomson & Associates, a CPA firm with whom Horizon shares office space. Those
receiving referral fees are registered as endorsers (“solicitors”) for Horizon. When a
prospect is referred to us by a compensated third party, it will be disclosed at the time of
the referral. We also provide additional information describing the nature of our
arrangement with the third party.
Horizon will pay the endorser/solicitor a referral fee in accordance with the requirements
of Rule 206(4)-1 of the Advisers Act and the rules set forth by the respective state
jurisdictions. A third party, if they are paid more than $1,000 over a 12-month period,
must be engaged by written agreement to be compensated for referring prospects to us.
Per our written agreements, the parties we compensate only receive compensation after
a prospect executes our client agreement becoming a client. The third parties are paid
up to 20% of the first full year’s gross fees generated from accounts of clients initiated by
endorser. A referred client pays no additional fee for the referral; to the contrary, the fee
we earn is reduced by the amount paid to the third party. Clients may request details
regarding a particular third party’s referral agreement by contacting us at the contact
information provided on the first page of this document.
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Horizon shall provide the client with a copy of this Form ADV Part 2A and a copy of the
disclosure statement containing the information set forth in Rule 206(4)-1 of the Advisers
Act at the time the prospect becomes a client.
Endorsers/solicitors have a financial incentive to gather assets for the firm.
Relationships with Separate Account Managers
Horizon occasionally arranges with Platforms (described previously in the Advisory
Business section) to access SAMs. Each Platform provides Horizon with information
useful in conducting its due diligence of the underlying managers recommended by the
Platform.
Horizon has also entered into direct relationships with other SAMs to provide appropriate
investment advice and execution to Horizon’s clients. In the event that another advisor
is responsible for the implementation of some portion of a client’s Investment Policy, the
arrangement and any fees associated with the arrangement will be fully discussed with
the client and will be appropriately disclosed in the Agreement.
ITEM 11: CODE OF ETHICS, PARTICIPATION OR INTEREST IN CLIENT TRANSACTIONS
AND PERSONAL TRADING
Code of Ethics
Horizon has adopted a Code of Ethics that describes the general standards of conduct
that the Firm expects of all Firm personnel (collectively referred to as “employees”) and
focuses on three specific areas where employee conduct has the potential to adversely
affect the client: misuse of confidential information, personal securities trading and
outside business activities. Failure to uphold the Code of Ethics may result in
disciplinary sanctions, including termination with the Firm. Any client or prospective
client may request a copy of the Firm’s Code of Ethics that will be provided at no cost.
The following basic principles guide all aspects of the Firm’s business and represent the
minimum requirements to which the Firm expects employees to adhere:
• Horizon acts as a fiduciary, therefore, clients’ interests come before employees’
personal interests and before the Firm’s interests.
• The Firm must fully disclose all material facts about conflicts of which it is aware
between the Firm and its employees’ interests on the one hand and clients’
interests on the other.
• Employees must operate on the Firm’s behalf and on their own behalf
consistently with the Firm’s disclosures and manage the impact of conflicts.
• The Firm and its employees must not take inappropriate advantage of their
positions of trust with or responsibility to clients.
• The Firm and its employees must always comply with all applicable securities
laws.
Real Fiduciary ™ Advisor Affirmation Program
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Horizon has voluntarily subscribed to the “Real Fiduciary™ Practices” published by the
Institute for the Fiduciary Standard. Real Fiduciary™ Practices offer a simple code of
conduct and outline a commitment to clients of subscribing financial advisors. The
practices seek to clearly articulate what a client can expect to receive from a subscribing
financial advisor. These Real Fiduciary™ Practices do not replace our regulatory
compliance obligations or duties to clients under relevant laws, rules, or regulations. The
Institute for the Fiduciary Standard’s role is limited to publishing the practices as well as
maintaining a corresponding register of subscribing financial advisors. You can verify our
affirmation of Real Fiduciary™ Practices on our website or at the Institute for the
Fiduciary Standard website at www.thefiduciaryinstitute.org . The practices can be found
at https://thefiduciaryinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Real-Fiduciary-Practices-
2019-02-22.pdf .
Misuse of Nonpublic Information
The Code of Ethics contains a policy against the use of nonpublic information in
conducting business for the Firm. Employees may not convey nonpublic information nor
depend upon it in placing personal or client securities trades.
Personal Securities Trading
Horizon personnel may own securities that Horizon recommends to clients or has
purchased for clients’ accounts. Horizon’s policy allows Horizon’s personnel to trade in
their own accounts simultaneously with or after clients. At no time may any individual
affiliated with Horizon trade in a manner which may be in conflict with clients.
To mitigate conflicts of interest, Horizon has established the following policies:
• An officer, director or employee of Horizon shall not buy or sell securities for a
personal portfolio when the decision to purchase is substantially derived, in
whole or in part, by reason of employment with Horizon, unless the information is
also available to the investing public on reasonable inquiry. No person
associated with Horizon shall prefer his or her own interest to that of any client.
• Employees must receive pre-approval from the Chief Compliance Officer to
trade equities or to participate in an initial public offering or private placement.
• Employees may trade ETFs without pre-approval. Such trades normally occur
either after or concurrently with client transactions.
•
• Each employee must submit records of his or her personal securities trades
quarterly and submit holdings of reportable securities annually to the Chief
Compliance Officer for review to ensure that the employee complies with
Horizon’s policies.
Infractions of Horizon’s trading policies may be grounds for disciplinary action,
including termination.
• Employees will not accept gifts from vendors, broker-dealers or others in a
business capacity exceeding $200 in value.
Horizon employees, on occasion, attend business conferences and meetings conducted
by the investment managers, custodians and third-party partners used by Horizon.
Employees attend these conferences solely for the purpose of knowledge enhancement
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and constructive learning. Firm personnel will not allow themselves to be put in a
position where they “owe” vendors as a result of taking advantage of vendor hospitality.
The Chief Compliance Officer will make the final determination as to what forms of
entertainment and hospitality are considered excessive and are therefore unacceptable.
Outside Business Activities
Employees are required
to report any outside business activities generating
revenue. These activities must be approved by Horizon’s Chief Compliance Officer to
ensure no conflict exists between these activities and interests of Horizon clients.
ITEM 12: BROKERAGE PRACTICES
Selecting Custodians
The Firm participates in the Schwab Institutional (SI) services program offered to
independent investment advisors by Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. (“Schwab”), a
FINRA-registered broker-dealer. The Firm also has an arrangement with National
Financial Services LLC and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC (collectively, and together
with all affiliates, "Fidelity") through which Fidelity provides the Firm with "institutional
platform services." Horizon prefers that clients in need of brokerage and custodial
services use either Schwab or Fidelity as they provide a number of resources and
services that are helpful both to Horizon and to its clients. These include:
• Discounted commission structure
• Arrangements with multiple mutual fund families
• Financial stability
• Provision of account information online to all clients
• Client service to the Firm and its clients
• Ease of reporting to the Firm and its clients
As part of these programs, the Firm receives benefits that it would not receive if it did not
offer investment advice.
Research and Other Soft-Dollar Benefits
Horizon and its clients also receive other benefits from Schwab and Fidelity (the
“custodians”). The custodians provide access to institutional trading and custody
services, which are typically not available to retail investors. These services generally
are available to independent investment advisors at no charge so long as sufficient
amounts of the advisor’s clients’ assets are maintained in accounts at each custodian.
These services are not contingent upon the Firm committing to any specific amount of
business (for example, trading commissions). Brokerage services include the execution
of securities transactions, custody, research, and access to mutual funds and other
investments that are otherwise generally available only to institutional investors or would
require a significantly higher minimum initial investment.
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The custodians do not charge separately for custody services but are compensated by
account holders through commissions or other transaction-related or asset-based fees
for securities trades (i.e., transactions fees are charged for certain no-load mutual funds;
commissions are sometimes charged for individual equity transactions and debt
securities are marked up) that are executed through Schwab or Fidelity or that settle into
Schwab or Fidelity accounts. These custodians provide access to many no-load mutual
funds without transaction charges and other no-load funds at nominal transaction
charges.
The custodians also make available to the Firm other products and services that benefit
the Firm but may not directly benefit its clients’ accounts. Many of these products and
services may be used to service all or some substantial number of the Firm’s accounts.
Schwab’s and Fidelity’s products and services that assist the Firm in managing and
administering clients’ accounts include software and other technology that:
• Provide access to client account data (such as trade confirmations and account
statements)
• Facilitate trade execution and allocate aggregated trade orders for multiple client
accounts
• Provide research, pricing and other market data
• Facilitate payment of the Firm’s fees from its clients’ accounts
• Assist with back-office functions, recordkeeping and client reporting
Schwab and Fidelity also offer other services intended to help the Firm manage and
further develop its business enterprise. These services include:
• Compliance, legal and business consulting
• Publications and conferences on practice management and business succession
• Access to employee benefits providers, human capital consultants and insurance
providers
The custodians also offer other services intended to help the Firm manage and further
develop its advisory practice. Such services include, but are not limited to, performance
reporting, financial planning, contact management systems, third-party research,
publications, roundtables and webinars, practice management resources, access to
consultants and other third-party service providers who provide a wide array of business-
related services and technology with whom the Firm may contract directly.
In evaluating whether to require that clients custody their assets at Schwab or Fidelity,
the Firm takes into account the availability of some of the foregoing products and
services and other arrangements as part of the total mix of factors it considers and not
solely the nature, cost or quality of custody and brokerage services provided by Schwab
or Fidelity, which create a potential conflict of interest.
The Firm is independently operated and owned and is not affiliated with Schwab or
Fidelity.
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Brokerage for Client Referrals
The Firm does not receive referrals from any broker-dealer.
Directed Brokerage
If the client has engaged Horizon to provide asset management services, Horizon and
any subadvisors will select broker-dealers to execute transactions involving the account,
unless the client directs otherwise in writing. If this is the case, the client is reminded that
Horizon may be unable to attain best execution for that account and will be unable to
aggregate that account with others when aggregating trades.
Order Aggregation
Trades placed in the same mutual fund throughout a trading day receive the same NAV
at the end of the day. Block trades (or grouped trades) are allocated across accounts as
appropriate. In the rare event that a block order is partially filled, the shares would be
allocated on a pro rata basis, with employees receiving no shares until all client orders
are filled. Transaction fees at both Schwab and Fidelity are at the account level, so
there is no transaction fee advantage to block trades.
Horizon’s custodians manage trade errors differently. Schwab “forgives” errors of less
than $100. Fidelity does not. In all cases, in the event of a loss, the client is made
whole, either by Schwab or by Horizon.
ITEM 13: REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS
Either Mr. Maddox, President of the Firm, or Owen Murray, Director of Investments,
review all accounts at least monthly. Additional reviews are conducted as conditions
warrant. Factors triggering additional reviews may include but are not limited to:
• Change in market conditions
• Change in managers
• Change in client’s financial condition or objective
• Major news items or rapid price movement
• Style drift
Horizon provides each client of its investment advisory service the following reports on at
least a quarterly basis: a statement of portfolio holdings, a statement of performance for
the most recent quarter, trailing 12 months, trailing 36 months and since inception and a
fee invoice. Clients are reminded to compare the statements from Horizon with the
account statements from their custodian, and to contact both Horizon and the custodian
if there are material discrepancies. Additional periodic reports are provided as
requested.
ITEM 14: CLIENT REFERRALS AND OTHER COMPENSATION
We compensate third parties for client referrals to individuals associated with Maddox,
Thomson & Associates, a CPA firm with whom Horizon shares office space. Those
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receiving referral fees are registered as promoters (“solicitors”) for Horizon. When a
prospect is referred to us by a compensated third party, it will be disclosed at the time of
the referral. We also provide additional information describing the nature of our
arrangement with the third party.
Horizon will pay the solicitor a referral fee in accordance with the requirements of Rule
206(4)-1 of the Advisers Act and the rules set forth by the respective state jurisdictions.
A third party, if they are paid more than $1,000 over a 12-month period, must be
engaged by written agreement to be compensated for referring prospects to us. Per our
written agreements, the parties we compensate only receive compensation after a
prospect executes our client agreement becoming a client. The third parties are paid up
to 20% of the first full year’s gross fees generated from accounts of clients initiated by
Solicitor. A referred client pays no additional fee for the referral; to the contrary, the fee
we earn is reduced by the amount paid to the third party. Clients may request details
regarding a particular third party’s referral agreement by contacting us at the contact
information provided on the first page of this document.
Horizon shall provide the client with a copy of this Form ADV Part 2A and a copy of the
disclosure statement containing the information set forth in Rule 206(4)-1 of the Advisers
Act at the time the prospect becomes a client.
Solicitors have a financial incentive to gather assets for the firm.
ITEM 15: CUSTODY
Since its clients authorize Horizon to deduct its advisory/management fee, the SEC
deems the Firm to have a form of custody. (Custody is defined as the Firm having any
access to clients’ cash or securities.)
Mr. Maddox serves as trustee for several client accounts managed by Horizon. Mr.
Maddox also serves as a trustee or director for private foundations whose accounts are
managed by Horizon. Horizon writes checks for a client who also has an account
managed by Horizon. Because of these activities, Horizon has custody of funds and/or
securities in each of these accounts. These accounts are examined on a surprise basis
at least annually by an outside public accounting firm.
Additionally, several clients have established standing instructions with their custodian
that allow clients to direct Horizon to send funds from their account to other accounts
with verbal instructions from the client. Horizon has been determined to have a form of
custody over these accounts since the amount and/or timing of these transfers are not
pre-defined. However, these accounts do not require surprise examination by a public
accounting firm.
With the exception of these accounts discussed above and the deduction of fees, the
Firm has no custody of client securities or funds and requires the use of an outside
“qualified” custodian that is a bona fide financial institution and sends statements directly
to clients at least quarterly. This is the case for both Fidelity and Schwab.
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Part 2A of Form ADV: Firm Brochure
Horizon Wealth Advisors
March 2026
We use a third-party platform to facilitate the solution for our client’s Financial Planning
needs. The platform allows Horizon to avoid being considered to have custody of client
funds and provides an interactive experience for transparency and collaboration. Horizon
is not affiliated with the platform in any way and receives no compensation from the third
party for using their platform. A link will be provided to the client allowing the client to
connect an account(s) to the platform. Once a client account is connected to the
platform, Horizon will review the current financial plans for each client on an ongoing
basis.
ITEM 16: INVESTMENT DISCRETION
The Firm has full trading authority over client accounts under a limited power of attorney
as described in the Client Agreement. As a result, Horizon will determine both the
investments, and how much of each, should be purchased or sold on each client’s
behalf. Clients may place restrictions on the Firm’s discretion in writing.
ITEM 17: VOTING CLIENT SECURITIES
Horizon votes proxies for its clients if participation is warranted. Any client may request
a copy of Horizon’s proxy policy and to see or receive records showing how Horizon has
voted on the client’s behalf. (Proxies held in accounts managed by outside managers
are voted by those managers. Horizon only votes proxies for securities it manages
directly).
Unless the client has instructed Horizon not to vote proxies on his/her behalf, Horizon
instructs the custodian to forward to Horizon copies of all proxies and shareholder
communications relating to securities held in the client’s account (other than materials
relating to legal proceedings).
When it is determined that voting a proxy is in the relevant clients’ best interests, Horizon
Exceptions will be evaluated and
votes with management recommendations.
documented on a case-by-case basis in consultation with the Chief Compliance Officer.
A full copy of Horizon’s proxy voting policy is available to clients at no charge.
ITEM 18: FINANCIAL INFORMATION
We have no financial commitment that impairs our ability to meet contractual and
fiduciary commitments to clients.
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