Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Alabama Farmers Cooperative Inc.401(k)

AFC PROFIT SHARING PLAN · DECATUR, AL · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.34%

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

Alabama Farmers Cooperative Inc. reported $381,872 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.34% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,338 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.37% to 0.34%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is the 64th-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and the 34th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2023, employees put in $1.57 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$118,787,260
Participants with balances2,529
Active participants2,646
Employer contributions$3,539,047
Employee contributions$5,555,338
Employer contribution per active participant$1,338
Average account balance$46,970
Benefits paid to participants$13,075,687
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$118.8M · 2,529 accts · $3.5M emplr
2022$106.0M · 2,372 accts · $3.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$169,230
Investment management$173,892
Audit (IQPA)$26,000
Total administrative$381,872
The Alabama Farmers Cooperative Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,338
Median for plans this size$3,659
2023$1,338 per active participant
2022$1,251 per active participant

Alabama Farmers Cooperative Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $3,659 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20234
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY O · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$169,230
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$173,892
WARREN AVERETT LLC · Accounting / audit$26,000
BURR & FORMAN LLP · Legal$7,371

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$381,872 · 0.34%
2022$433,345 · 0.37%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 630207695 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.