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Branch Financial, Inc.401(k)

BRANCH FINANCIAL 401(K) PLAN · COLUMBUS, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.13%

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

Branch Financial, Inc. reported $117,213 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.13% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,123 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 0.90% to 1.13%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Ohio (1,892nd of 3,295), and 3,878th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.84 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 406 to 178 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,192,726
Participants with balances331
Active participants178
Employer contributions$733,932
Employee contributions$2,084,491
Employer contribution per active participant$4,123
Average account balance$33,815
Benefits paid to participants$2,923,280
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.2M · 331 accts · $734K emplr
2023$9.6M · 460 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$5.1M · 472 accts · $539K emplr
The Branch Financial, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,123
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,123 per active participant
2023$2,923 per active participant
2022$1,328 per active participant

Branch Financial, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20244
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$53,462
CREATIVE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, INC · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$26,805
LPL FINANCIAL CORPORATION · Investment advisory (plan)$29,038
LEAFHOUSE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$5,233

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024CREATIVE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, INC, Transamerica
2023CREATIVE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, INC, Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$117,213 · 1.13%
2023$106,679 · 1.45%
2022$32,756 · 0.90%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 820628587 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.