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Balch & Bingham LLP401(k)

BALCH & BINGHAM LLP 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · BIRMINGHAM, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

Balch & Bingham LLP reported $207,225 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $18,826 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 0.08% to 0.07%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 30th-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and the 540th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.58 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$314,853,966
Participants with balances475
Active participants354
Employer contributions$6,664,577
Employee contributions$4,218,225
Employer contribution per active participant$18,826
Average account balance$662,850
Benefits paid to participants$37,311,451
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPEARCE BEVILL LEESBURG & MOORE, PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$314.9M · 475 accts · $6.7M emplr
2023$296.8M · 489 accts · $6.7M emplr
2022$254.0M · 497 accts · $6.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$112,732
Investment management$42,622
Audit (IQPA)$34,457
Total administrative$207,225
The Balch & Bingham LLP 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$18,826
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$18,826 per active participant
2023$19,006 per active participant
2022$17,912 per active participant

Balch & Bingham LLP's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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.

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 · 20247
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY O · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$70,209
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS LLC DBA CAPTR · Investment advisory (plan)$82,008
PEARCE, BEVILL, LEESBURG, MOORE P.C · Accounting / audit$70,341
BURR & FORMAN LLP · Legal$17,738
PIERSON FERDINAND LLP · Legal$14,775
FISHERBROYLES LLP · Legal$3,038

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$207,225 · 0.07%
2023$381,246 · 0.14%
2022$231,380 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 630328165 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.