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Bank Independent401(k)

BANK INDEPENDENT 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · FLORENCE, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.46%

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

Bank Independent reported $199,527 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.46% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,319 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.46%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 152nd-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and the 1,777th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $3.23 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 519 to 573 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$45,945,912
Participants with balances780
Active participants573
Employer contributions$755,756
Employee contributions$2,443,062
Employer contribution per active participant$1,319
Average account balance$58,905
Benefits paid to participants$3,376,408
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCROWE LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$45.9M · 780 accts · $756K emplr
2023$40.0M · 719 accts · $704K emplr
2022$32.9M · 673 accts · $648K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,939
Investment management$193,588
Total administrative$199,527
The Bank Independent 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,319
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,319 per active participant
2023$1,251 per active participant
2022$1,248 per active participant

Bank Independent's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY · Recordkeeping · Trustee$107,729
ADP, INC. · Recordkeeping$91,797

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, Morgan Stanley
2023ADP, Ascensus, Morgan Stanley

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Bank Independent before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$199,527 · 0.46%
2023$163,798 · 0.45%
2022$161,027 · 0.45%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 630260951 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.