Caldwell Trust Company | Wealth Management Solutions in Sarasota & Venice

Our Commitment

Since receiving our charter from the State of Florida in 1993, our business has continued to grow through individuals who are attracted to a trust service provider that sincerely believes in giving clients what it promises, including quality investment management and estate planning. We can and do meet a need that is not being filled by conventional providers at larger financial organizations, where fees increase and traditional trust services are abandoned in favor of brokerage and mutual fund-type activities. Caldwell Trust Company has enjoyed continued success by remaining true to the same tenets that management outlined in our original charter application. Simply stated as follows:

Our Founder: Roland G. Caldwell | 1932 - 2023

Founded in 1993 by Roland G. Caldwell (1932–2023), Caldwell Trust Company was built on a vision of personal service and integrity in trust banking. Roland believed that trust officers should truly know and care for the individuals and families they serve—a principle that continues to guide us today.

Now led by his son, R.G. “Kelly” Caldwell Jr., we remain proudly independent with over $1.5 billion in assets under management. With the same ownership, management, and values since day one, we provide personalized fiduciary services—including trustee, investment advisor, and financial management roles—as well as 401(k) and 403(b) retirement plans for businesses.

Our What We Believe statement reflects Roland’s enduring legacy and serves as a constant reminder of the trust, care, and personal service at the heart of all we do.

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What We Believe

Each of us in this organization lives and breathes a belief that we are engaged in a truly noble calling, the demands of which are unlike those of any other profession. This is because standards for fiduciaries mandate a level of unwavering conduct, loyalty and personal integrity matched by few other disciplines in this changing and uncertain world. To serve as your trustee or fiduciary, one must find comfort and pleasure being immersed daily in an environment of uncompromised decency and honesty, earning and receiving total confidence from our clients by doing genuine good for them and their families. For this rare individual the personal rewards are high.

It is with this in mind that we assure you, the prospective customer, that the basic policies of the trust business are steeped in the tradition of the common law, withstanding the test of time. This also serves to gently but clearly remind those of us in the profession over and over of those certain cardinal principles, practices and precedents of long standing, that, if adhered to without fail, will benefit the client, our community - all of us - guaranteeing the personal success in this distinct, increasingly vital and growing profession.

In this tradition, we pledge our honor, reputation and names.

— Roland G. Caldwell, Founder

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Meet Our Team

Our dedicated trust officers at Caldwell Trust Company are devoted to providing superior fiduciary services to individuals, families, and businesses across the United States. With decades of combined experience in the financial services industry, our knowledge of safeguarding client assets while maximizing investment returns keeps the company growing.

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