Description of Firm
Wellington Investment Advisors is an SEC registered investment adviser (since June 2021) primarily
based in Bloomington, Indiana. We are organized as a corporation under the laws of the State of
Indiana. Prior to registration with the SEC, we had been providing investment advisory services since
2016 as a state registered investment advisor. Paul Bullock is the principal owner of the firm.
The following paragraphs describe our services and fees. Refer to the description of each investment
advisory service listed below for information on how we tailor our advisory services to your individual
needs. As used in this brochure, the words "we," "our," and "us" refer to Wellington Investment
Advisors and the words "you," "your," and "client" refer to you as either a client or prospective client of
our firm.
Portfolio Management Services
We offer discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management services. Our investment advice is
tailored to meet our clients' needs and investment objectives. If you retain our firm for portfolio
management services, we meet with you to determine your investment objectives, risk tolerance, and
other relevant information at the beginning of our advisory relationship. We use the information we
gather to develop a strategy that enables our firm to give you continuous and focused investment
advice and/or to make investments on your behalf. As part of our portfolio management services, we
customize an investment portfolio for you in accordance with your risk tolerance and investing
objectives. Once we construct an investment portfolio for you, we monitor your portfolio's performance
on an ongoing basis, and will rebalance your portfolio as required by changes in market conditions and
in your financial circumstances.
As a client of our discretionary portfolio management services, we require you to grant our firm
discretionary authority to manage your account. Discretionary authorization will allow our firm to
determine the specific securities, and the amount of securities, to be purchased or sold for your account
without your approval prior to each transaction, but will be done according to the agreed upon
Investment Policy Statement. You may specify investment objectives, guidelines, and/or impose certain
conditions or investment parameters for your account(s). For example, you may specify that the
investment in any particular stock or industry should not exceed specified percentages of the value of
the portfolio and/or restrictions or prohibitions of transactions in the securities of a specific industry or
security.
We also offer non-discretionary portfolio management services. If you enter into non-discretionary
arrangements with our firm,
we must obtain your approval prior to executing any transactions on behalf
of your account. You have an unrestricted right to decline to implement any advice provided by our firm
on a non-discretionary basis.
Financial Planning Services
As part of our portfolio management service, we offer financial planning services at no additional
charge. Financial planning typically involves providing a variety of advisory services to clients
regarding the management of their financial resources based upon an analysis of their individual needs.
These services can range from broad, comprehensive, financial planning to consultative or single
subject planning such as retirement income planning. If you need financial planning services, we will
meet with you to gather information about your financial circumstances and objectives. We may also
use financial planning software to determine your current financial position and to define and quantify
your long-term goals and objectives. Once we specify those long-term objectives (both financial and
non-financial), we will develop shorter-term, targeted objectives. Once we review and analyze the
information you provide to our firm and the data derived from our financial planning software, we will
deliver a written plan to you, designed to help you achieve your stated financial goals and objectives.
Financial plans are based on your financial situation at the time we present the plan to you, and on the
financial information you provide to us. You must promptly notify our firm if your financial situation,
goals, objectives, or needs change.
You are under no obligation to act on our financial planning recommendations. Should you choose to
act on any of our recommendations, you are not obligated to implement the financial plan through any
of our other investment advisory services. Moreover, you may act on our recommendations by placing
securities transactions with any brokerage firm.
Wrap Fee Programs
While we are a portfolio manager and sponsor to a wrap fee program, that wrap fee program is no
longer available to new clients of our firm.
Types of Investments
We primarily offer advice on stocks, bonds, exchange traded funds (ETF's), and mutual funds. Refer to
the Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss below for additional disclosures on
this topic.
Additionally, we may advise you on various types of investments based on your stated goals and
objectives. We may also provide advice on any type of investment held in your portfolio at the inception
of our advisory relationship.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, we provide continuous management services for $186,984,000 in client
assets on a discretionary basis.