---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-064120"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BVFL"
cik: "0001302387"
company_name: "BV Financial, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:05:24.168432+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BV Financial dismisses Forvis Mazars as auditor, appoints Crowe LLP

## Summary
- Audit Committee approved dismissal of Forvis Mazars effective after 2025 10-K filing.
- No disagreements or reportable events with Forvis Mazars during 2023-2024 audits.
- Crowe LLP engaged as new independent auditor for fiscal 2026, subject to standard procedures.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-064120
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BVFL
- cik: 0001302387
- company_name: BV Financial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1302387/000119312526064120/0001193125-26-064120-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1302387/000119312526064120/bvfl-20260220.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-064120
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-064120.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 8e45c1d82418eaa7ee4bac1bab89a7bc696e94f0
  claim: BV Financial, Inc. dismissed Forvis Mazars, LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: On February 20, 2026, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) of BV Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the dismissal of Forvis Mazars, LLP (“Forvis Mazars”) as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm effective upon completion by Forvis Mazars of its audit of the Company's consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 and the filing of the Company's 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "Effective Date").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1302387/000119312526064120/0001193125-26-064120-index.htm
- claim_id: eef62e99751004f6b8f2d4dab1472f15dd0498f7
  claim: BV Financial, Inc. engaged Crowe LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: Concurrently, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of Crowe LLP (“Crowe”) as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, effective as of the Effect Date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1302387/000119312526064120/0001193125-26-064120-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.