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Cardi's Department Store, Inc. D/B/A Cardi's Furniture401(k)

CARDI'S DEPARTMENT STORE, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · SWANSEA, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.67%

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

Cardi's Department Store, Inc. D/B/A Cardi's Furniture reported $131,352 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.67% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $762 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 0.67%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 1,262nd-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 1,403rd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $4.77 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 278 to 231 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$20,971,306
Participants with balances426
Active participants231
Employer contributions$176,106
Employee contributions$840,062
Employer contribution per active participant$762
Average account balance$49,228
Benefits paid to participants$1,500,885
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDISANTO PRIEST & CO
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$21.0M · 426 accts · $176K emplr
2023$18.3M · 398 accts · $197K emplr
2022$16.3M · 421 accts · $215K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$78,972
Investment management$48,475
Total administrative$131,352
The Cardi's Department Store, Inc. D/B/A Cardi's Furniture 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$762
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$762 per active participant
2023$826 per active participant
2022$775 per active participant

Cardi's Department Store, Inc. D/B/A Cardi's Furniture'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 · 20242
EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES, LLC · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$78,972
WASHINGTON TRUST COMPANY · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$48,475

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES, LLC
2023NEW ENGLAND PENSION PLAN SYSTEMS

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Cardi's Department Store, Inc. D/B/A Cardi's Furniture before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$131,352 · 0.67%
2023$97,772 · 0.56%
2022$108,304 · 0.70%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 050250316 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.