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C.A. Short Company, Inc.401(k)

C.A. SHORT COMPANY 401(K) PLAN · SHELBY, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.13%

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

C.A. Short Company, Inc. reported $14,065 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.13% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $933 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 fell from 0.29% to 0.13%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Carolina (1,022nd of 2,005), and 2,722nd of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $5.76 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,584,161
Participants with balances108
Active participants95
Employer contributions$88,651
Employee contributions$510,286
Employer contribution per active participant$933
Average account balance$107,261
Benefits paid to participants$252,184
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.6M · 108 accts · $89K emplr
2023$9.7M · 104 accts · $78K emplr
2022$7.8M · 100 accts · $76K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$13,443
Investment management$622
Total administrative$14,065
The C.A. Short Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$933
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$933 per active participant
2023$846 per active participant
2022$871 per active participant

C.A. Short Company, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20241
ASCENSUS LLC · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$13,443

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$14,065 · 0.13%
2023$578 · 0.01%
2022$25,170 · 0.29%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560526145 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.