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Bernhardt Furniture Company401(k)

BERNHARDT FURNITURE COMPANY RETIREMENT PLAN · LENOIR, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.29%

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

Bernhardt Furniture Company reported $157,506 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.29% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $633 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 rose from 0.16% to 0.29%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 337th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 2,837th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $5.53 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$57,712,469
Participants with balances1,194
Active participants1,105
Employer contributions$699,680
Employee contributions$3,867,563
Employer contribution per active participant$633
Average account balance$48,335
Benefits paid to participants$6,581,702
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDAVIDSON,HOLLAND,WHITESELL&CO
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$57.7M · 1,194 accts · $700K emplr
2023$52.6M · 1,267 accts · $677K emplr
2022$45.9M · 1,293 accts · $653K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$101,486
Investment management$56,020
Total administrative$157,506
The Bernhardt Furniture Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$633
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$633 per active participant
2023$599 per active participant
2022$549 per active participant

Bernhardt Furniture Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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.

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
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES,INC · Recordkeeping$101,486
TRUIST BANK · Investment management$56,020

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history3
2024$157,506 · 0.29%
2023$124,351 · 0.25%
2022$85,754 · 0.16%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560671544 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.