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Bondy's Ford, Inc.401(k)

BONDY'S AUTOMOTIVE 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · DOTHAN, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.85%

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

Bondy's Ford, Inc. reported $60,915 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.85% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $417 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 0.71% to 0.85%. 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 Alabama (536th of 902), and 3,171st of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $8.34 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 231 to 193 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,474,592
Participants with balances129
Active participants193
Employer contributions$80,397
Employee contributions$670,347
Employer contribution per active participant$417
Average account balance$57,943
Benefits paid to participants$1,007,241
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBARBACANE, THORNTON & COMPANY LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.5M · 129 accts · $80K emplr
2023$6.9M · 134 accts · $78K emplr
2022$5.4M · 156 accts · $80K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$60,915
Total administrative$60,915
The Bondy's Ford, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$417
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$417 per active participant
2023$438 per active participant
2022$348 per active participant

Bondy's Ford, 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.

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 · 20243
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator$54,558
ASCENSUS · Contract administrator · Other services$7,401
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVIS · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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$60,915 · 0.85%
2023Not separately reported
2022$40,678 · 0.71%
Similar plansRetail Trade · Alabama
Mitchell Nissan, Inc. AL$9.1M · 0.20%
Woody Anderson Ford AL$8.9M · 0.07%
Factory Connection, LLC AL$7.0M · 0.03%
Commentsold, LLC AL$6.4M · 0.76%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 630587124 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.