# S2K FINANCIAL LLC X-17A-5 (2025-03-03) — Broker-dealer annual report - Company: S2K FINANCIAL LLC - Form: X-17A-5 - Filed: 2025-03-03 - Period: 2024-12-31 - Accession: 0001643658-25-000003 - CIK: 1643658 - File #: 8-69628 - Type: Broker-dealer - Material weakness: No - Auditor: WithumSmithBrown PC - Auditor location: New York, NY - Contact: Mary Lou Malanoski - Phone: 9177439669 - Email: mlmalanoski@s2kco.com - Website: s2kco.com - Signed by: Mary Lou Malanoski (CFO) Original filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1643658/000164365825000003/SECPublic2024.pdf --- {0}------------------------------------------------ ## **UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549** OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0123 Expires: EŽǀ. 30, 202ϲ Estimated average burden hours per response: 12 # **ANNUAL REPORTS FORM X-17A-5 PART III** SEC FILE NUMBER 8-69628 **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 _____________________ AND ENDING ______________________ | 01/01/2024 | | 12/31/2024 | | | | | MM/DD/YY | | | MM/DD/YY | | | | A. REGISTRANT IDENTIFICATION | | | | | | S2K Financial LLC
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Major security-based swap participant | | | | | ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS: (Do not use a P.O. box no.) | | | | | | | 5950 Hazeltine National Drive, Ste 305
_____________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | (No. and Street) | | | | | | Orlando
_____________________________________________________________________________________ | FL | | 32822 | | | | (City) | (State) | | | (Zip Code) | | | PERSON TO CONTACT WITH REGARD TO THIS FILING | | | | | | | Mary Lou Malanoski
_____________________________________________________________________________________ | (917)743-9669 | | | mlmalanoski@s2kco.com | | | (Name) | (Area Code – Telephone Number) | | (Email Address) | | | | | B. ACCOUNTANT IDENTIFICATION | | | | | | INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT whose reports are contained in this filing*
WithumSmith+Brown, PC
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_____________________________________________________________________________________ | New York | | NY | 10018 | | | (Address) | (City) | | (State) | (Zip Code) | | | 8/27/2003
_____________________________________________________________________________________ | | 100 | | | | | (Date of Registration with PCAOB)(if applicable) | | | | (PCAOB Registration Number, if applicable) | | | * Claims for exemption from the requirement that the annual reports be covered by the reports of an independent public | FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | | | | | 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}------------------------------------------------ | Mary Louise Malanoski | swear (or affirm) that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the | | |--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------| | tinancial report pertaining to the firm of S2K Financial LLC | | . as of | | March 3 | , 2 025 | | | | partner, officer, director, or equivalent person, as the case may proprietary interest in any account classified solely | | | as that of a customer. | | | | | Dayline Cintron | |---------------|----------------------------| | | NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF NI | | arkmil intron | Registration No. 01C16447 | | | Qualified in Suffolk Cour | | ry Public | Commission Expires 10/17/ | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - {2}------------------------------------------------ # **S2K Financial LLC** **Financial Statements and Supplementary Schedules With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Pursuant to Rule 17a-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 December 31, 2024** {3}------------------------------------------------ # **S2K Financial LLC Index December 31, 2024** | | Page | |----------------------------------------------------------|------| | Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm1 | | | Financial Statement | | | Statement of Financial Condition
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3 | | {4}------------------------------------------------ ![](_page_4_Picture_0.jpeg) ## **REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM** To Member and Board of Directors of S2K Financial LLC: #### **Opinion on the Financial Statement** We have audited the accompanying statement of financial condition of S2K Financial LLC (the "Company") as of December 31, 2024, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statement"). In our opinion, the financial statement presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2024, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. #### **Basis for Opinions** This financial statement is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on this 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 the Company's auditor since 2021. New York, New York March 1, 2025 {5}------------------------------------------------ # **S2K Financial LLC Statement of Financial Condition December 31, 2024** ## **Assets** | Cash | \$
561,108 | |---------------------------------------------|---------------| | Accounts receivable | 354,338 | | Accounts receivable - Affiliates | 255,468 | | Operating lease right-of-use asset | 64,102 | | Prepaid and deferred expenses | 85,921 | | Other assets | 35,000 | | Total assets | \$ 1,355,937 | | | | | Liabilities and Member's Equity | | | Accounts payable and other accrued expenses | \$
36,062 | | Due to Affiliates | 148,886 | | Operating lease liability | 64,102 | | Total liabilities | 249,050 | | | | | Member's equity | 1,106,887 | | Total liabilities and member's equity | \$ 1,355,937 | The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. {6}------------------------------------------------ # **S2K Financial LLC Footnotes to Financial Condition December 31, 2024** ## **1. Organization** S2K Financial LLC (the "Company") is a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware on May 15, 2015. The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of S2K Partners Co. LLC (the "Parent"). The Company is a broker-dealer, is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA"). The Company's operations consist of providing capital raising and financial advisory services to companies through the development of securities products designed for retail investors, which are distributed on a best efforts basis through independent broker-dealers, and through private placement of securities, mergers and acquisitions, corporate financing, and investment advisory services to institutional investors. The Company may also enter into referral arrangements with investment advisors, pursuant to which the Company will refer prospective customers in return for a finder's fee. In accordance with Accounting Standard Update ("ASU") 2014-15, *Disclosures of Uncertainties about an Entity's Ability to Continue as a Going Concern*, the Company believes that its business operations will continue for the foreseeable future, as it has the support of the Parent which will provide additional investment into the Company as required. The Company has incurred losses since its inception in 2016, including a loss of \$1,753,656 for the year ended 2024. The Company's parent has committed to fund the working capital needs of the Company until the earlier of one year from the date of these financial statements or sufficient revenue is earned. #### **2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies** #### **Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates** These financial statements were prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America which require management to make estimates, judgments, and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Estimates, judgments, and assumptions include the determination of contractual revenue, accrued revenue, accounts receivable, accrued liabilities and leases. Actual results could differ from these estimates. #### **Revenue Recognition** In accordance with ASU 2014-9, *Revenue from Contracts with Customers,* the Company uses a fivestep process: (i) identify the contract with the customer, (ii) identify the performance obligations within the contract, (iii) determine the transaction price, (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations, and (v) recognize revenue when (or as) a performance obligation is satisfied. The recognition and measurement of revenue are based on the assessment of individual contract terms. Significant judgment is required to determine whether performance obligations are satisfied at a point in time or over time; how to allocate transaction prices where multiple performance obligations are identified; when to recognize revenue based on the appropriate measure of the Company's progress under the contract; and whether constraints on variable consideration should be applied due to uncertain future events. #### **Fee Income and Expense Reimbursement Income** The Company earns fees for services connected with capital raising activity pursuant to agreements with entities or individuals. The Company earns dealer manager fees upon the closing of the sale of a security if sold by a participating broker-dealer, and may earn fees over time if sold by a participating registered investment advisor. Revenue is recognized on the trade date for securities sold pursuant to a public offering and on the acceptance date by the issuer for private placements. Marketing fees {7}------------------------------------------------ and reimbursement of expenses in connection with marketing services provided under dealer manager agreements are recognized when the fees are received or the expenses are incurred. The revenue are recognized for these activities as the services have been provided, the fees are determinable, and collection is reasonably assured. For agreements with individuals or start-up entities to raise capital, reimbursement of expenses is only recognized upon receipt of reimbursement as collection is not assured. For the year ended December 31, 2024, revenue from dealer manager contracts related to the sale of securities was \$652,091, revenue from marketing fees was \$1,200,008, and reimbursement of expenses was \$243,527. #### **Credit Losses on Financial Instruments** The Company accounts for credit losses in accordance with Accounting Standard Codification "(ASC") Topic 326, *Financial Instruments – Credit Losses*, which requires the Company to estimate expected credit losses over the life of its financial assets and certain off-balance sheet exposures as of the reporting date based on relevant information about past events, current conditions, and reasonable and supportable forecasts. The Company records the estimate of expected credit losses as an allowance for credit losses. For financial assets measured at an amortized cost basis the allowance for credit losses is reported as a valuation account on the statement of financial condition that is deducted from the asset's amortized cost basis. Changes in the allowance for credit losses are reported in credit loss expense. The Company evaluates its accounts receivable on an individual basis given the high concentration and limited number of accounts. The Company reviews the past pattern of collectability and the evaluates the financial situation of the customer in light of economic expectations. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, there was no allowance for credit losses. #### **Accounts Receivable** Accounts receivable are stated at the amount management expects to collect from outstanding balances. Accounts receivable from contracts with customers, including affiliates, were \$609,806 at December 31, 2024, and \$547,662 at December 31, 2023. Amounts due from affiliates were \$255,468 and \$165,962 at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company had no contract assets or contract liabilities at either December 31, 2024 or 2023. ## **Cash** All cash deposits are held by one financial institution and therefore are subject to the credit risk at that financial institution. #### **Leases** The Company accounts for its lease under ASC 842, *Leases*. Under this guidance, arrangements meeting the definition of a lease are classified as operating or financing leases and are recorded in the statement of financial condition as both a right-of-use asset and a lease liability, calculated by discounting fixed lease payments over the lease term at the rate implicit in the lease or the Company's incremental borrowing rate. The lease liability is initially and subsequently recognized based on the present value of its future lease payments. The operating lease right-of-use asset is amortized over the lease term. For operating leases, interest on the lease liability and the amortization of the operating lease right-of-use asset results in straight-line expense over the lease term. In December, 2024, the Company amended its lease to be extended for an additional year. As the implicit interest rate was not readily determinable, the Company estimated its incremental borrowing {8}------------------------------------------------ rate. #### **Income Taxes** The Company is a single member limited liability company and is treated as a disregarded entity for federal income tax reporting purposes. The Internal Revenue Code provides that any income or loss is passed through to the ultimate beneficial individual member for federal, state and certain local income taxes. Accordingly, the Company has not provided for income taxes. At December 31, 2024, management has determined that the Company had no uncertain tax positions that would require financial statement recognition. This determination will always be subject to ongoing reevaluation as facts and circumstances may require. ## **New Accounting Pronouncement** In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standard Board ("FASB") issued ASU 2023-07, *Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures.* ASU 2023-07 is intended to improve reportable segment disclosure by requiring disclosure of incremental segment information on an annual and interim basis, such as annual and interim disclosure of significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker or interim disclosure of a reportable segment's profit or loss and assets. ASU 2023-07 requires that a public entity that has a single reportable segment provide all the disclosures required by ASU 2023-07 and all existing segment disclosures in Topic 280. The amendments in ASU 2023-07 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023. The disclosures are applied retrospectively to all periods presented. The Company has one reportable segment, and it adopted ASU 2023-07 for the year ended December 31, 2024. The adoption of ASU 2023-07 did not have a material impact on the Company's financial statements and related disclosures. #### **3. Transactions with Related Parties** The Company has an Expense Sharing Agreement ("ESA") with two affiliated entities, S2K Asset Management LLC ("S2K AM") and S2K Servicing LLC ("Servicing"), whereby certain office and administrative services are shared between the Company, S2K AM, and Servicing based upon usage and estimated allocation of shared personnel. The ESA has a term of one year and is automatically renewed annually, unless terminated or modified by written notice. There are three shared employees. One employee is shared between the Company and Servicing, and the Company paid approximately 12% of his costs. One employee is shared between the Company and S2K AM for which the Company paid 50% of the employee's costs. One employee is shared between the Company, S2K AM and Servicing and the Company paid 70% of the employee's costs. For the year ended December 31, 2024, the total amount of the Company's costs covered by this agreement was \$474,101. Pursuant to a dealer manager agreement with S2K Charlotte Multifamily OZ Fund LP ("S2K Charlotte Fund"), the Company receives dealer manager fees, marketing fees and reimbursements from S2K Charlotte Fund. S2K AM through its subsidiaries controls S2K Charlotte Fund as the general partner and the manager of S2K Charlotte Fund. Pursuant to a dealer manager agreement with S2K/Miller Fund LP ("S2K/Miller"), the Company receives dealer manager fees, marketing fees and reimbursements from S2K/Miller. S2K AM through its subsidiaries controls the S2K/Miller as a member of the general partner and the manager of S2K/Miller. Revenue from related parties was \$1,153,015 for 2024. As of December 31, 2024, accounts receivable from related parties were \$255,468. {9}------------------------------------------------ Pursuant to an agreement with one customer, the Company and S2K AM may be jointly engaged. An agreement between the Company and S2K AM provides for a fee allocation in these situations. In 2024, there were no fees earned from this agreement. The terms of these arrangements may not be the same as those that would otherwise exist or result from agreements and transactions among unrelated parties. The activities of the Company include significant transactions with related parties and may not necessarily be indicative of the conditions that would have existed or the results of operations if the Company had operated as an unaffiliated business. #### **4. Concentrations** The Company earned commissions and is entitled to be reimbursed for expenses in connection with its offerings. Two affiliated clients accounted for 55% of revenues in 2024. At December 31, 2024, there was an amount of \$255,468 in accounts receivable - affiliates from one of these clients. Cash held by financial institutions which exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") limits of \$250,000 expose the Company to concentrations of credit risk. Balances throughout the year usually exceed the maximum coverage provided by the FDIC on insured depositor accounts. Any loss incurred or a lack of access to such funds could have a significant adverse impact on the Company's financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows. ## **5. Net Capital Requirements** The Company is subject to the Securities and Exchange Commission Uniform Net Capital Rule (Rule 15c3-1), which requires the maintenance of a minimum amount of net capital and requires that the ratio of aggregate indebtedness to net capital shall not exceed 15 to 1. At December 31, 2024, the Company had regulatory net capital of \$374,712 which was \$362,286 above the required net capital of \$12,426. The Company's ratio of aggregate indebtedness to regulatory net capital was 0.5 to 1 at December 31, 2024. The Company relies on Footnote 74 of SEC Release No. 34-70073, adopting amendments to 17 C.F.R. § 240.17a-5 as the Company (1) did not directly or indirectly receive, hold, or otherwise owe funds or securities for or to customers, other than money or other consideration received and promptly transmitted in compliance with paragraph (a) or (b)(2) of Rule 15c2-4; (2) did not carry accounts of or for customers; and (3) did not carry PAB accounts (as defined in Rule 15c3-3). The Company acts as a dealer manager for public and private best efforts securities offerings which are distributed through independent broker-dealers or registered investment advisors. #### **6. Leases, Commitments and Contingencies** The Company entered into an operating lease for its new headquarters in Orlando, Florida, in August 2021. On December 6, 2024, the original termination date of the lease, the lease was extended for an additional year. Payments due under the lease contract include fixed payments and variable payments which include the Company's share of the building's property taxes and common area maintenance. These variable payments were not included in lease payments used to determine lease liability and are recognized as variable costs when incurred. The Company used a discount rate of approximately 6.9%. The lease expires in December 2025. As of December 31, 2024, the Company has a refundable security deposit of \$35,000 included in other assets in connection with its lease. {10}------------------------------------------------ # **S2K Financial LLC Footnotes to Financial Condition December 31, 2024** As of December 31, 2024, the Company reported an operating lease right-of-use asset of \$64,102 and operating lease liability of \$64,102. As of December 31, 2024, the maturities of the operating lease liability are as follows: | Year ending December 31,
2025 | \$ 66,339 | |----------------------------------|-----------| | Less imputed interest | 2,237 | | Total lease liability | \$ 64,102 | Rent expense, which is included in occupancy costs, was \$91,058 for the year ended December 31, 2024. Cash paid for amounts in connection with the operating lease was \$68,949 for the year ended December 31, 2024, which includes an implied interest component of \$1,304, and is included in occupancy costs in the statement of operations. ## **7. Guarantees** FASB ASC 460, *Guarantees*, requires the Company to disclose information about its obligations under certain guarantee arrangements. FASB ASC 460 defines guarantees as contracts and indemnification agreements that contingently require a guarantor to make payments to the guaranteed party based on changes in an underlying factor (such as an interest or foreign exchange rate, security or commodity price, an index or the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a specified event) related to an asset, liability or equity security of a guaranteed party. This guidance also defines guarantees as contracts that contingently require the guarantor to make payments to the guaranteed party based on another entity's failure to perform under an agreement as well as indirect guarantees of the indebtedness of others. The Company has no guarantees outstanding at December 31, 2024, and issued no guarantees during the year then ended. #### **8. Business Segment** The Company is a broker-dealer is registered with the SEC and a member of FINRA. The Company's operations consist of providing capital raising and financial advisory services to companies through the development of securities products designed for retail investors, which are distributed on a best efforts basis through independent broker-dealers, and through private placement of securities. The Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM") is the Company's Chief Executive Officer, and the CODM does not distinguish or group operations based on geography, size, type or other basis when assessing the financial performance of the Company. Accordingly, the Company manages and evaluates its activities as a single reportable business segment. The CODM receives consolidated financial and operational data to assess performance and determine the overall direction of the Company. The key performance indicators used by the CODM are directly reflected on the Company's financial statements, including: Fee income: this metric represents the total income received related to the sales of financial products and advice. Total expense: this metric includes all costs related to acting as a dealer manager or financial advisor. Net loss: this metric reflects the Company's overall financial performance {11}------------------------------------------------ Excess net capital: this metric is not a measure of profit or loss and is used to make operational decisions while maintaining capital adequacy, such as whether to reinvest profits, pay dividends or contribute additional capital (see Note 5). The accounting policies to measure the profit or loss of the segment are the same as described in the summary of significant accounting policies. See Note 4 for concentrations of revenue. #### **9. Subsequent Events** Management of the Company evaluated subsequent events or transactions that occurred through the date these financial statements were issued. No events have been identified that require recognition or disclosure Source: SEC EDGAR via Adviser Search (https://search.stillhousedata.com). Agents: see https://search.stillhousedata.com/llms.txt.