# STONE KEY SECURITIES LLC X-17A-5 (2022-02-24) — Broker-dealer annual report - Company: STONE KEY SECURITIES LLC - Form: X-17A-5 - Filed: 2022-02-24 - Period: 2021-12-31 - Accession: 0001476944-22-000002 - CIK: 1476944 - File #: 8-68440 - Type: Broker-dealer - Material weakness: No - Auditor: BDG-CPAs, PC - Auditor location: Ridgewood, NJ - Contact: Allen L. Weingarten - Phone: 203-930-3733 - Email: murfirer@stonekey.com - Website: stonekey.com - Signed by: Michael J. Urfirer (Chairman & Chief Executive Officer) Original filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1476944/000147694422000002/sks2021publicaudit2.pdf --- {0}------------------------------------------------ PUBLIC OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0123 Expires: Oct. 31, 2023 Estimated average burden hours per response: 12 | UNITED STATES | |------------------------------------| | SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION | | Washington, D.C. 20549 | # ANNUAL REPORTS FORM X-17A-5 PART III | SEC FILE NUMBER | | |-----------------|--| | | | | 8-68440 | | FACING PAGE Information Required Pursuant to Rules 17a-5, 17a-12, and 18a-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | FILING FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING | 01/01/21 | AND ENDING | 12/31/21 | | | | |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------|--------------------------------------------|--|--|--| | | MM/DD/YY | | MM/DD/YY | | | | | A. REGISTRANT IDENTIFICATION | | | | | | | | Stone Key Securities LLC
NAME OF FIRM: | | | | | | | | TYPE OF REGISTRANT (check all applicable boxes):
A Broker-dealer
L Security-based swap dealer
□ Check here if respondent is also an OTC derivatives dealer | | | | | | | | ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: (Do not use a P.O. box no.) | | | | | | | | 411 West Putnam Avenue, Suite 110 | | | | | | | | | (No. and Street) | | | | | | | Greenwich | CT | | 06830 | | | | | (City) | (State) | | (Zip Code) | | | | | PERSON TO CONTACT WITH REGARD TO THIS FILING | | | | | | | | Michael J. Urfirer | (203) 930-3737
murfirer@stonekey.com | | | | | | | (Name) | (Area Code - Telephone Number) | | (Email Address) | | | | | | B. ACCOUNTANT IDENTIFICATION | | | | | | | INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT whose reports are contained in this filing*
BDG-CPAs, PC | | | | | | | | | (Name - if individual, state last, first, and middle name) | | | | | | | 76 Walnut | Ridgewood | NI | 07450 | | | | | (Address) | (City) | (State) | (Zip Code) | | | | | 02/18/2004 | | 1167 | | | | | | (Date of Registration with PCAOB)(if applicable) | | | (PCAOB Registration Number, if applicable) | | | | #### FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY \* Claims for exemption from the requirement that the annual reports of an independent public accountant must be supported by a statement of facts and circumstances relied on as the basis of the exemption. See 17 CFR 240.17a-5(e)(1)(ii), if applicable. Persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number. {1}------------------------------------------------ #### OATH OR AFFIRMATION I, Michael J. Urfirer swear (or affirm) that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the financial report pertaining to the firm of Stone Key Securities LLC the multile portuning of the possible is true and correct. I further swear (or affirm) that neither the company nor any partner, officer, director, or equivalent person, as the case may be, has any proprietary interest in any account classified solely as that of a customer. ### This filing \*\* contains (check all applicable boxes): - & (a) Statement of financial condition. - [x] (b) Notes to consolidated statement of financial condition. ignature: Title: Chairman & Chief Executive Officer | MARK GROSE | |-----------------------------| | NOTARY PUBLIC-STATE OF UTAH | | COMMISSION EXP. 10/15/2022 | | COMMISSION NO. 702897 | | | - □ (c) Statement of income (loss) or, if there is other comprehensive income in the period(s) presented, a statement of comprehensive income (as defined in § 210.1-02 of Regulation S-X). - O (d) Statement of cash flows. - [ (e) Statement of changes in stockholders' or partners' or sole proprietor's equity. - [ (f) Statement of changes in liabilities subordinated to claims of creditors. - [ (g) Notes to consolidated financial statements. - (h) Computation of net capital under 17 CFR 240.15c3-1 or 17 CFR 240.18a-1, as applicable. - [ (i) Computation of tangible net worth under 17 CFR 240.18a-2. - □ (j) Computation for determination of customer reserve requirements pursuant to Exhibit A to 17 CFR 240.15c3-3. - □ (k) Computation for determination of security-based swap reserve requirements pursuant to Exhibit B to 17 CFR 240.15c3-3 or Exhibit A to 17 CFR 240.18a-4, as applicable. - (1) Computation for Determination of PAB Requirements under Exhibit A to § 240.15c3-3. - | (m) Information relating to possession or control requirements for customers under 17 CFR 240.15c3-3. - | (n) Information relating to possession or control requirements for security-based swap customers under 17 CFR 240.15c3-3(p)(2) or 17 CFR 240.18a-4, as applicable. - [] (o) Reconciliations, including appropriate explanations, of the FOCUS Report with computation of net capible net worth under 17 CFR 240.15c3-1, 17 CFR 240.18a-1, or 17 CFR 240.18a-2, as applicable, and the reserve requirements under 17 CFR 240.15c3-3 or 17 CFR 240.18a-4, as applicable, if material differences exist, or a statement that no material differences exist. - □ (p) Summary of financial data for subsidiaries not consolidated in the statement of financial condition. - (q) Oath or affirmation in accordance with 17 CFR 240.17a-5, 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - [ (r) Compliance report in accordance with 17 CFR 240.17a-5 or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - □ (s) Exemption report in accordance with 17 CFR 240.17a-5 or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - & (t) Independent public accountant's report based on an examination of the statement of financial condition. - □ (u) Independent public accountant's report based on an examination of the financial statements under 17 CFR 240.17a-5, 17 CFR 240.18a-7, or 17 CFR 240.17a-12, as applicable. - □ (v) Independent public accountant's report based on an examination of certain statements in the compliance report under 17 CFR 240.17a-5 or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - | (w) Independent public accountant's report based on a review of the exemption report under 17 CFR 240.17a-5 or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - | (x) Supplemental reports on applying agreed-upon procedures, in accordance with 17 CFR 240.17a-22, as applicable. - □ (y) Report describing any material inadequacies found to have existed since the date of the previous audit, or a statement that no material inadequacies exist, under 17 CFR 240.17a-12(k), - O (z) Other: - \*\* To request confidential treatment of chis filing, see 17 CFR 240.17a-5(e)(3) or 17 CFR 240.18c-7(d)(2), as applicable. {2}------------------------------------------------ ## Stone Key Securities LLC Report on Audit of Statement of Financial Condition Pursuant to Rule 17a-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 December 31, 2021 {3}------------------------------------------------ | Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 1 | |---------------------------------------------------------|-----| | Financial Statements | | | Statement of Financial Condition | 2 | | Notes to Financial Statement | 3-5 | {4}------------------------------------------------ ![](_page_4_Picture_0.jpeg) 76 North Walnut Street Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450 201-652-4040 fax: 201-652-0401 www.bdgcpa.com ### Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm To the Member of Stone Key Securities LLC: #### Opinion on the Financial Statement We have audited the accompanying statement of financial condition of Stone Key Securities LLC (the "Company") as of December 31, 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statement"). In our opinion, the statement of financial condition presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. ### Basis for Opinion This financial statement is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statement based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statement is free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audit included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statement, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statement. Our audit also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statement. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. We have served as Stone Key Securities LLC's auditor since 2014. BDG-CPAs, PC Ridgewood, New Jersey February 16, 2022 {5}------------------------------------------------ #### **Assets** | Cash and cash equivalents
Prepaid expenses | \$
130,310
216 | |-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------| | Total assets | \$
130,526 | | | | | | | | Liabilities and Member's Equity | | | Liabilities - accounts payable and accrued expenses | \$
5,499 | | Member's equity | 125,027 | | Total liabilities and member's equity | \$
130,526 | *See accompanying notes to financial statement.* {6}------------------------------------------------ ## Stone Key Securities LLC Notes to Financial Statement December 31, 2021 ### **1. Organization and Business** Stone Key Securities LLC (the "Company"), a Delaware limited liability company, was formed on May 18, 2009. The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Stone Key Group LLC (the "Parent Company"). Since December 21, 2010, the Company has been registered as a broker dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and has been a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") and Securities Investor Protection Corporation ("SIPC"). The Company is registered as a broker dealer in the states of Connecticut and New York and maintains offices in Greenwich and Stamford, Connecticut. ### **2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies** The financial statement of the Company has been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America ("US GAAP"). The Financial Accounting Standards Board's ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") has become the exclusive reference of authoritative US GAAP recognized by the FASB to be applied by non-governmental entities. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies used in preparing the financial statement: #### *Use of Estimates* The preparation of the financial statement in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts and disclosures in the financial statement. Actual results could differ from those estimates. #### *Cash and Cash Equivalents* The Company considers amounts due from banks and all highly liquid investments, including those with an initial maturity of three months or less, to be cash equivalents. #### *Accounts Receivable and Other Receivables* Receivables are considered fully collectible by management and, accordingly, no allowance for doubtful accounts is considered necessary. {7}------------------------------------------------ ## Stone Key Securities LLC Notes to Financial Statement December 31, 2021 ## **2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)** #### *Income Taxes* The Company is a disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes and is, therefore, required to be treated as a division of its single member. The earnings and losses of the Company are included in the tax return of Stone Key Group LLC. The Company is not subject to income taxes in any jurisdiction. Each member of Stone Key Group LLC is responsible for the tax liability, if any, related to its proportionate share of the Company's taxable income. No provision for federal or state income taxes has been made in the accompanying financial statement since such liabilities, if any, are the responsibility of the Company's sole member. The authoritative guidance issued by FASB requires management to determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination by the applicable taxing authority, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefit to be recognized is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon settlement. De-recognition of a tax benefit previously recognized could result in the Company recording a tax liability that would reduce net assets. Tax penalties and interest, if any, would be accrued as incurred and would be recorded on the statement of operations. Management's conclusions regarding uncertain tax positions may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based upon ongoing analyses of tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof as well as other factors. Generally, federal, state, and local authorities may examine the Company's tax returns (as part of Stone Key Group LLC's returns) for three years from the date of filing. These returns generally remain open for examination for three years from the date filed with each taxing jurisdiction. {8}------------------------------------------------ Notes to Financial Statement December 31, 2021 ## **3. Concentration of Credit Risk** The Company's cash and cash equivalent balances, maintained at a financial institution, may at times be in excess of the amount insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Management regularly monitors the financial condition of the institution in order to keep the potential risk to a minimum. The Company is engaged in various advisory, valuation, and private placement activities in which the counterparties include banks and other financial institutions. In the event counterparties do not fulfill their obligations, the Company may be exposed to risk. The risk of default depends on the creditworthiness of the counterparty or issuer of the instrument. It is the Company's policy to review, as necessary, the credit standing of each counterparty. ## **4. Net Capital Requirements** The Company is subject to the Securities and Exchange Commission Uniform Net Capital Rule (SEC Rule 15c3-1), which requires the maintenance of minimum net capital and requires that the ratio of aggregate indebtedness to net capital, both as defined, shall not exceed 15 to 1. On December 31, 2021, the Company had net capital of \$124,811, which was \$24,811 in excess of its required net capital of \$100,000. The Company's aggregate indebtedness to net capital ratio was 0.04 to 1. ## **5. Subsequent Events** The Company's management has evaluated the period from January 1, 2022 to February 16, 2022, the date the financial statement was available to be issued, for subsequent events requiring recognition or disclosure in the financial statement. No material subsequent events were identified. Source: SEC EDGAR via Adviser Search (https://search.stillhousedata.com). Agents: see https://search.stillhousedata.com/llms.txt.