# CRITO CAPITAL LLC X-17A-5 (2024-06-13) — Broker-dealer annual report - Company: CRITO CAPITAL LLC - Form: X-17A-5 - Filed: 2024-06-13 - Period: 2024-03-31 - Accession: 0001542278-24-000009 - CIK: 1542278 - File #: 8-69050 - Type: Broker-dealer - Material weakness: Yes - Auditor: Tuttle & Bond, PLLC - Auditor location: Fredericksburg, TX - Contact: Theodore Gillman - Phone: 203-423-5601 - Email: ted.gillman@critocapital.com - Website: critocapital.com - Signed by: Theodore Gillman (CEO) Original filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1542278/000154227824000009/CritoCapitalPublic24.pdf --- {0}------------------------------------------------ **UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ANNUAL REPORTS FORM X-17 A-5 PART** Ill **FACING PAGE** 0MB APPROVAL 0MB Number: 3235-0123 Expires: Nov. 30, 2026 Estimated average burden hours per response: 12 SEC FILE NUMBER 8-69050 Information Required Pursuant to Rules 17a-S, 17a-12, and lSa-7 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 FILING FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING 411123 AND ENDING 3131124 --------- ---------- MM/DD/ Y Y MM/DD/YY **A. REGISTRANT IDENTIFICATION** NAME OF FIRM: Crito Capital LLC TYPE OF REGISTRANT (check all applicable boxes): l:!l Broker-dealer Security-based swap dealer D Check here if respondent is also an OTC derivatives dealer D Major security-based swap participant **ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: (Do not use a P.O. box no.)** 8 Wright Street, Suite 107 (No. and Street) Westport CT (City) (State) PERSON TO CONTACT WITH REGARD TO THIS FILING 06880 (Zip Code) Theodore Gillman 203-423-5600 Ted.Gillman@critocapital.com (Name) (Area Code -Telephone Number) (Email Address) **B. ACCOUNTANT IDENTIFICATION** INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT whose reports are contained in this filing\* Tuttle & Bond, PLLC 2954 Goehmann .Lane (Address) 3/19/19 (Name - if individual, state last, first, and middle name) Fredericksburg TX (City) (State) 6543 78624 (Zip Code) l" **of Reg;strat;oo w;th PCAOB)(;f appHrable) FOR OFFICIAL USE ON L V [PCAOB Reg;watioo N"mbec, ;f appHrable)** I \* Claims for exemption from the requirement that the annual reports be covered by the 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-S(e)(l)(ii), if applicable. **Per~on~ who 11re to re~pond to the 1.ollc1.tlon of information 1.ont11ined** In **this form ..re not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid 0MB control number.** {1}------------------------------------------------ #### **OATH OR AFFIRMATION** | I, Theodore Gillman | | swear (or affirm) that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the | |------------------------------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------| | financial ref art pertaining
to the firm of | Crito Capital LLC | as of | **March 3** 2~ 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. ![](_page_1_Picture_3.jpeg) s;goaMe~ Title: CEO Notary Public #### **This filing\*\* contains (check all applicable boxes):** - (a) Statement of financial condition. - (b) Notes to consolidated statement of financial condition. - D (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). - D (d) Statement of cash flows. - D (e) Statement of changes in stockholders' or partners' or sole proprietor's equity. - D (f) Statement of changes in liabilities subordinated to claims of creditors. - D (g) Notes to consolidated financial statements. - D (h) Computation of net capital under 17 CFR 240.15c3-1 or 17 CFR 240.18a-l, as applicable. - D (i) Computation of tangible net worth under 17 CFR 240.18a-2. - D (j) Computation for determination of customer reserve requirements pursuant to Exhibit A to 17 CFR 240.15c3-3. - D (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. - D (I) 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. - D (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. - D (o) Reconciliations, including appropriate explanations, of the FOCUS Report with computation of net capital or tangible net worth under 17 CFR 240.15c3-l, 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 240.17a-12, or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - D (r) Compliance report in accordance with 17 CFR 240.l 7a-5 or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - D (s) Exemption report in accordance with 17 CFR 240.17a-S or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - (t) Independent public accountant's report based on an examination of the statement of financial condition. - D (u) Independent public accountant's report based on an examination of the financial report or financial statements under 17 CFR 240.17a-5, 17 CFR 240.18a-7, or 17 CFR 240.17a-12, as applicable. - D (v) Independent public accountant's report based on an examination of certain statements in the compliance report under 17 CFR 240.17a-S or 17 CFR 240.18a-7, as applicable. - D (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. - D (x) Supplemental reports on applying agreed-upon procedures, in accordance with 17 CFR 240.15c3-1e or 17 CFR 240.17a-12, as applicable. - D (y) Report describing any material inadequacies found to exist or 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). - D (z) Other: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_ - *\*\*To request confidential treatment of certain portions of this filing, see 17 CFR 240.17a-5(e)(3) or 17 CFR 240.18a-7(d}(2}, as applicable.* {2}------------------------------------------------ # **FINANCIAL STATEMENT WITH REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM** #### **MARCH 31, 2024** {3}------------------------------------------------ # **TABLE OF CONTENTS** | | Page No. | |---------------------------------------------------------|----------| | Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 1 | | Financial Statement | | | Statement of Financial Condition | 2 | | Notes to Financial Statement | 3-8 | {4}------------------------------------------------ ![](_page_4_Picture_0.jpeg) #### **REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM** To the 0ePEer of Crito Capital, //C. #### **Opinion on The Financial Statements** We have reaudited the accompanying statement of financial condition of Crito Capital, //C. (the "Company") as of 0arch 31, 202, and the related notes (collectively referred to as "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of 0arch , , in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The oriJinal aXdit ZaV perforPed E\ other aXditorV. #### **Basis for Opinion** These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements 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 of these financial statements 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 statements are free from material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. 2Xr aXdit inclXded perforPinJ procedXreV to aVVeVV the riVNV of Paterial PiVVtatePent of the financial VtatePentV, Zhether dXe to error or fraXd, and perforPinJ procedXreV that reVpond to thoVe riVNV. SXch procedXreV inclXded e[aPininJ, on a teVt EaViV, eYidence reJardinJ the aPoXntV and diVcloVXreV in the financial VtatePentV. 2Xr aXdit alVo inclXded eYalXatinJ the accoXntinJ principleV XVed and ViJnificant eVtiPateV Pade E\ PanaJePent, aV Zell aV eYalXatinJ the oYerall preVentation of the financial VtatePentV. :e EelieYe that the aXdit proYideV a reaVonaEle EaViV for oXr opinion. Fredericksburg, Texas June 13, We have served as the auditor for Crito Capital, //C. since 20. ![](_page_4_Picture_11.jpeg) {5}------------------------------------------------ # **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION March 31, 2024** ### **ASSETS** | Cash | \$
469,885 | |-----------------------------------------------------|---------------| | Cash segregated under federal and other regulations | 18,016 | | Accounts receivable | 208,497 | | Prepaid expenses | 26,276 | | Due from parent | 109,624 | | | \$
832,298 | | LIABILITIES AND MEMBER'S EQUITY | | | Accounts payable and accrued expenses | \$
241,554 | | Due to customers | 16,309 | | | 257,863 | | Member's equity | 574,435 | | | \$
832,298 | These financial statements and supplemental information are deemed confidential pursuant to subparagraph (e) (3) of Rule 17a-5 of the Securities Exchange Commission. **The accompanying notes are an integral part of this financial statement.** {6}------------------------------------------------ ## **NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT March 31, 2024** ## **(See Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm)** #### Note 1 **Business Summary** Crito Capital LLC (the "Company") was formed as a limited liability company in Connecticut on May 23, 2011. The Company is a registered broker/dealer and a member of both the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investors Protection Corporation ("SIPC") since November 20, 2012. In November 2021 the Company registered with the State of Connecticut as an investment adviser. The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crito Holdings LLC (the "Parent") and serves principally as a placement agent acting on behalf of fund managers in their funding efforts in the United States. The Company is approved by FINRA to conduct investment advisory services, private placements and the sales of interests in private investment funds. The Company is also engaged in providing "Chaperoning" services under SEC rule 15a-6. Under SEC Rule 15a-6, the U.S. broker-dealer chaperones the activities of a foreign broker-dealer's business which is limited to giving advice on private placement services and M&A advisory to U.S. institutional investors or major U.S. institutional investors. In February 2023, the Company began carrying customer cash and securities in its account at Wilmington Trust. This activity violated its membership agreement with FINRA and caused the Company's minimum net capital requirement to increase to \$250,000. The Company's current membership agreement with FINRA states the firm will operate under the provisions of Paragraph (k)(2)(ii) of Rule 15c3-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission and, accordingly, is exempt from the remaining provisions of that rule. None of the business activities conducted by the Company during the year ended March 31, 2024 fall under Paragraph (k)(2)(ii). The business activities of private placement agent, corporate advisory fees and investment advisory fee conducted by the Company during the year ended March 31, 2024 relied upon Footnote 74 of the SEC Release No. 34-70073. #### Note 2 **Violation of FINRA Membership Agreement** In September 2023, the Company became aware of material weakness in its books & records and non-compliance with SEA Rule 15c3-1 and with SEA Rule 15c3-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission. During the course of a routine FINRA examination, the Company was informed that it was acting as a carrying broker dealer due to customer funds and securities being held in a firm account at Wilmington Trust, for the benefit of customers. {7}------------------------------------------------ ## **NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT March 31, 2024** # **(See Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm)** ## Note 2 **Violation of FINRA Membership Agreement (Continued)** The Company incorrectly assessed it was acting as a state registered investment advisor. On February 2, 2024, the Company received correspondence from FINRA indicating the Company must divest the Wilmington Trust account and cease holding customer funds and securities, as this was a violation of the Company's FINRA membership agreement. On March 8th 2024, the Company filed a Continuing Membership Agreement with FINRA to be approved to hold customer funds and securities. The CMA was assessed to be substantially complete on March 28th, 2024 and is pending approval. On March 18th, 2024, the Company received a notice of suspension from FINRA's Department of Enforcement that was subsequently withdrawn on May 9, 2024. ### Note 3 **Summary of Significant Accounting Policies** #### **Statement of Cash Flows** For purposes of reporting cash flows, cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, demand deposits and bank money market accounts with banks or financial institutions with original maturities of three months or less. ## **Accrual Basis of Accounting** The Company's financial statements are prepared using the accrual method of accounting. #### **Use of Estimates** The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates. #### **Revenue recognition** The Company recognizes revenue when services are transferred to clients. Revenue is recognized based on the amount of consideration that management expects to receive in exchange for these services in accordance with the terms of the contract with the client. To determine the amount and timing of revenue recognition, the Company must (1) identify the contract with the client, (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (3) determine the transaction price, (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (5) recognize revenue when the Company satisfies a performance obligation. {8}------------------------------------------------ ## **NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT March 31, 2024** # **(See Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm)** ## Note 3 **Summary of significant accounting policies (continued)** ### **Revenue recognition** The Company accounts for revenue under Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") ("ASC") 606 and the description of the Company's revenue streams are as follows: ### **Success fees** Includes fees earned as a marketing and solicitation agent for private placements, private investment funds and hedge funds. These fees are recognized when earned in accordance with the terms of their respective agreements. Fees derived from the placement of securities are earned when the placement is completed (the closing date of the transactions) and the income is reasonably determinable. Private placement fees derived from the sale of interests in private investment funds and hedge funds are earned when the sale is completed and the income is reasonably determinable. ### **Corporate advisory fees** The Company provides financial consulting services in accordance with placement or other contractual agreements. Generally, these fees are billed on a periodic basis representing the engagement services performed and nonrefundable. Revenue is recognized in the period billed, upon the completion of the Company's related performance obligations. #### **Income Taxes** The Company as a limited liability Company is treated as a disregarded entity and included in the Parents tax return for federal, state, and city income tax purposes. A partnership is not a tax paying entity for federal and state income tax purposes. Income, loss, deductions and credits pass through proportionately to its partners and are taxed at the individual partner's income tax rates. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes is provided in the financial statements. The Company follows the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (the "FASB ASC") 740-10-25, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes." Assets and liabilities are established for uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in income tax returns when such positions are judged to not meet the "more-likely-than-not" threshold based on the technical merits of the positions. Estimated interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions are included as a component of income tax expense. The Company does not have any uncertain tax positions. Currently, the 2019, 2020 and 2021 tax years are open and subject to examination by the taxing authorities. {9}------------------------------------------------ # **NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT March 31, 2024** ## **(See Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm)** ### Note 3 **Summary of significant accounting policies (continued)** #### **Allowance for Credit Losses** In June 2016, the FASB issued guidance (FASB ASC 326) which significantly changed how entities will measure credit losses for most financial assets and certain other instruments that aren't measured at fair value through net income. The most significant change in this standard is a shift from the incurred loss model to the expected loss model. Under the standard, disclosures are required to provide users of the financial statements with useful information in analyzing an entity's exposure to credit risk and the measurement of credit losses. Financial assets held by the Company that are subject to the guidance in FASB ASC 326 were trade accounts. We adopted the standard effective April 1, 2023. The impact of the adoption was not considered material to the financial statements and primarily resulted in new/enhanced disclosures only. ### **Fair Value** FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, defines fair value as the price that would be received upon sale of an asset or paid upon transfer of a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date and in the principal or most advantageous market for that asset or liability. The fair value should be calculated based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, not on assumptions specific to the entity. FASB ASC 820 specifies a hierarchy of valuation techniques based upon whether the inputs to those valuation techniques reflect assumptions other market participants would use based upon market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs). In accordance with FASB ASC 820, the following summarizes the fair value hierarchy: Level 1 Inputs - Unadjusted quoted market prices for identical assets and liabilities in an active market that the Company has the ability to access. Level 2 Inputs - Inputs other than the quoted prices in level 1 that are observable either directly or indirectly. These include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active. Level 3 Inputs - Inputs based on prices or valuation techniques that are both unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement {10}------------------------------------------------ # **NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT March 31, 2024** # **(See Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm)** ## Note 3 **Summary of significant accounting policies (continued)** #### **Fair Value** As of March 31, 2024, there were no assets or liabilities that were required to be reported at fair value. The carrying values of non-derivative financial instruments, including cash, due from employees and brokers, receivables from clients and related parties, other assets, accounts payable and accrued expenses, and due to clearing broker approximate their fair values due to the short term nature of these financial instruments. There were no changes in methods or assumptions used during the year ended March 31, 2024. ### Note 4 **Net Capital Requirements** The Company is subject to the Securities and Exchange Commission's Uniform Net Capital Rule (Rule 15c3-1), which requires the maintenance of a minimum net capital balance and requires that the Company's aggregate indebtedness to net capital, as defined, shall not exceed 15 to 1. At March 31, 2024 the Company's net capital was \$412,393 which was \$162,393 less than its required net capital of \$250,000. The Company's aggregate indebtedness to net capital was 0.59 to 1. ## Note 5 **Concentration of Credit Risk** The Company maintains cash in one financial institution, which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) for up to \$250,000 per institution. From time to time, the Company's balances may exceed these limits. The Company has not experienced any loss in this account and believes it is not subject to any significant credit risk. At March 31, 2024, the amount in excess in insured limits was \$203,576. The Company maintains cash at one trust company which is not insured by the FDIC. The Company has not experienced any loss in this account and believes it is not subject to any significant credit risk. At March 31, 2024, the amount in excess in insured limits was \$16,310. As of March 31, 2024, approximately 58% of the Company's receivables were owed from one client. During the year ended March 31, 2024 approximately 36% of revenue was earned from two clients. #### Note 6 **Related Party Transactions** As of July 30, 2014, the Company has agreed to share fee revenues, with an affiliate under common ownership, from client engagements in which both entities play a role in establishing, developing, facilitating or maintaining a client relationship with investment managers or corporate issuers seeking to raise investment capital for one or more investment funds or vehicles. {11}------------------------------------------------ ## **NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENT March 31, 2024** ## **(See Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm)** #### Note 6 **Related Party Transactions (Continued)** The allocation of fee revenues shall be addressed on an engagement-byengagement basis, to be determined primarily based on the relative contributions and efforts expected to be made by each entity and its employees and agents. Any transaction between the entities is intended to follow the arm's length principle and will be consistent with the amount of profit earned by each entity had the transaction been executed between unrelated parties. The Company earned \$556,023 in investment advisory fees from Gel Direct Trust, a related party. The affiliate is registered and authorized by the Financial Conduct Authority of the United Kingdom. The affiliate is a controlled subsidiary of Crito Holdings LLC and also serves principally as a placement agent acting on behalf of fund managers in their funding efforts in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe. The affiliate is considered to be a foreign broker-dealer under United States law. No revenues have been earned under this arrangement for the year ended March 31, 2024. ### Note 7 **Cash Segregated under Federal and Other Regulations** The Company established a bank account for the benefit of customers under rule 15c3-3 on March 26, 2024. Cash of \$18,016 has been segregated in the special reserve bank account for the benefit of customers under rule 15c3-3 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. #### Note 8 **Subsequent Events** These financial statements were approved by management and available for issuance on June 12, 2024. Subsequent events have been evaluated through that date. On April 12th, the Company received its examination report from FINRA with multiple exceptions noted related to acting as a carrying firm without prior approval, in addition to other exceptions. The Company filed its required response by May 31, 2024. Final disposition is pending. Source: SEC EDGAR via Adviser Search (https://search.stillhousedata.com). Agents: see https://search.stillhousedata.com/llms.txt.