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Candle-Lite Company, LLC401(k)

LUMINEX HOME DECOR & FRAGRANCE CO 401(K) PLAN · CINCINNATI, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.24%

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

Candle-Lite Company, LLC reported $120,011 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.24% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $866 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.24%. 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 642nd-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 3,059th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.53 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 552 to 407 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$52,082,805
Participants with balances717
Active participants407
Employer contributions$352,460
Employee contributions$890,508
Employer contribution per active participant$866
Average account balance$72,640
Benefits paid to participants$4,866,638
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$52.1M · 717 accts · $352K emplr
2023$49.9M · 933 accts · $399K emplr
2022$46.1M · 977 accts · $438K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$92,990
Investment management$27,021
Total administrative$120,011
The Candle-Lite Company, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$866
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$866 per active participant
2023$861 per active participant
2022$793 per active participant

Candle-Lite Company, LLC'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
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$92,990
ONE DIGITAL INVESTMENT ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)$27,021

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$120,011 · 0.24%
2023$107,838 · 0.22%
2022$119,860 · 0.23%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 463867345 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.