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Bright Start, LLC401(k)

BRIGHT START, LLC 401(K) PLAN · COLUMBIA, SC · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.05%

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

Bright Start, LLC reported $754 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $527 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.

The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 30,021 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in South Carolina (721st of 807), and 10,433rd of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2022, employees put in $2.19 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,539,297
Participants with balances99
Active participants136
Employer contributions$71,720
Employee contributions$156,814
Employer contribution per active participant$527
Average account balance$15,548
Benefits paid to participants$73,986
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHANCOCK ASKEW & CO., LLP
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Recordkeeping & contract admin$754
Total administrative$754
The Bright Start, LLC 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$527
Median for plans this size$1,114

Bright Start, LLC's 2022 employer contribution ran below the $1,114 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 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history1
2022$754 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 562111337 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.