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Aligned Equity Partners, LLC401(k)

ALIGNED EQUITY PARTNERS, LLC RETIREMENT PLAN · FRANKLIN, TN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.60%

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

Aligned Equity Partners, LLC reported $58,185 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.60% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $911 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 fell from 0.93% to 0.60%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Tennessee (812th of 1,496), and 8,559th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $6.17 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 152 to 122 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,500,554
Participants with balances209
Active participants122
Employer contributions$111,110
Employee contributions$686,020
Employer contribution per active participant$911
Average account balance$50,242
Benefits paid to participants$679,881
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKRAFTCPAS
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.5M · 209 accts · $111K emplr
2023$8.9M · 254 accts · $15K emplr
2022$8.0M · 250 accts · $5K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$58,185
Total administrative$58,185
The Aligned Equity Partners, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$911
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$911 per active participant
2023$102 per active participant
2022$36 per active participant

Aligned Equity Partners, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 median for plans its size. 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 · 20242
BENEFIT PLANS ADMIN.SERVICES, INC. · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (participants)$33,072
HEARTLAND ASSET MGMT AND TRUST · Pension consulting · Investment management$25,149

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024BENEFIT PLANS ADMIN.SERVICES, INC.
2023BENEFIT PLANS ADMIN.SERVICES, INC.

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Administrative cost history3
2024$58,185 · 0.60%
2023$54,494 · 0.64%
2022$84,006 · 0.93%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 454737185 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.