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Arkansas Colleges of Health Education dba Ache401(k)

ARKANSAS COLLEGES OF HEALTH EDUCATION 401(K) PLAN · FORT SMITH, AR · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.19%

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

Arkansas Colleges of Health Education dba Ache reported $15,335 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.19% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,745 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 0.42% to 0.19%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 184th-largest of 456 plans among Arkansas employers on file, and 1,839th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $1.64 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,389,980
Participants with balances205
Active participants162
Employer contributions$444,634
Employee contributions$728,919
Employer contribution per active participant$2,745
Average account balance$70,195
Benefits paid to participants$871,463
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHCJ CPAS & ADVISORS, PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$14.4M · 205 accts · $445K emplr
2023$2.1M · 263 accts · $690K emplr
2022$9.1M · 219 accts · $642K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$662
Investment management$14,673
Total administrative$15,335
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education dba Ache 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,745
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$2,745 per active participant
2023$3,729 per active participant
2022$3,670 per active participant

Arkansas Colleges of Health Education dba Ache's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20242
AVANTAX INVESTMENT SERVICES INC DBA · Investment advisory (plan)$16,010

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$15,335 · 0.19%
2023$46,429 · 0.83%
2022$38,500 · 0.42%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 465138928 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.