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Advance America Cash Advance Centers Inc401(k)

ADVANCE AMERICA, CASH ADVANCE CENTERS, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS 401(K) PLAN · SPARTANBURG, SC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.42%

Peer grade: C · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Advance America Cash Advance Centers Inc reported $154,398 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.42% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $546 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.23% to 0.42%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 147th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and the 1,978th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $3.91 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$39,707,411
Participants with balances2,325
Active participants2,506
Employer contributions$1,368,223
Employee contributions$5,351,782
Employer contribution per active participant$546
Average account balance$17,078
Benefits paid to participants$6,530,625
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$39.7M · 2,325 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$34.3M · 1,951 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$27.7M · 1,513 accts · $926K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$103,185
Investment management$21,913
Audit (IQPA)$21,000
Total administrative$154,398
The Advance America Cash Advance Centers Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$546
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$546 per active participant
2023$477 per active participant
2022$371 per active participant

Advance America Cash Advance Centers Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20245
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$103,185
ELLIOTT DAVIS LLC · Accounting / audit$21,000
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$12,853
CBIZ FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS INC · Investment advisory (plan)$9,060
BDO · Consulting$8,300

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$154,398 · 0.42%
2023$66,746 · 0.22%
2022$68,482 · 0.23%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 582332639 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.