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Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership401(k)

CARDINAL FINANCIAL COMPANY, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · CHARLOTTE, NC · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.49%

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

Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership reported $450,456 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.49% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,119 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 0.48% to 0.52%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 209th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 1,024th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2023, employees put in $5.88 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 2,590 to 1,753 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$97,117,946
Participants with balances2,491
Active participants1,753
Employer contributions$1,960,990
Employee contributions$11,539,090
Employer contribution per active participant$1,119
Average account balance$38,988
Benefits paid to participants$26,065,250
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRICHEY MAY & CO
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$84.6M · 1,710 accts · $878K emplr
2023$97.1M · 2,491 accts · $2.0M emplr
2022$87.9M · 3,206 accts · $3.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$399,742
Investment management$23,839
Total administrative$450,456
The Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,119
Median for plans this size$3,659
2024$853 per active participant
2023$1,119 per active participant
2022$1,515 per active participant

Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $3,659 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$399,742
LOCKTON INVESTMENT ADVIS · Investment advisory (plan)$50,714

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$474,968 · 0.52%
2023$450,456 · 0.49%
2022$451,079 · 0.48%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 232470039 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.