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Apple Tree Enterprises, Inc.401(k)

APPLE TREE ENTERPRISES, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN · FLETCHER, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Apple Tree Enterprises, Inc. reported $1,192 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $561 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 0.12% to 0.02%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Carolina (1,422nd of 2,005), and 3,651st of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $7.56 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 112 to 131 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,398,661
Participants with balances120
Active participants131
Employer contributions$73,516
Employee contributions$555,421
Employer contribution per active participant$561
Average account balance$44,989
Benefits paid to participants$173,319
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.4M · 120 accts · $74K emplr
2023$4.4M · 101 accts · $70K emplr
2022$4.4M · 102 accts · $68K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$975
Investment management$217
Total administrative$1,192
The Apple Tree Enterprises, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$561
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$561 per active participant
2023$562 per active participant
2022$608 per active participant

Apple Tree Enterprises, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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.

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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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$975

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$1,192 · 0.02%
2023$1,152 · 0.03%
2022$5,657 · 0.12%
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Everett Chevrolet, Inc. NC$5.3M · 0.13%
Marine Chevrolet Company NC$5.3M · 0.24%
Dedon, Inc. NC$5.2M · 0.47%
Kellogg Supply Company NC$4.8M · 0.13%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561030082 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.