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Carlton Group, Inc.401(k)

CARLTON GROUP, INC. 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · GREENSBORO, NC · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.64%

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

Carlton Group, Inc. reported $55,935 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.64% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 0.63% to 0.68%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Carolina (1,142nd of 2,005), and 2,984th of 4,246 in wholesale trade.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,503,935
Participants with balances153
Active participants129
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$459,472
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$62,117
Benefits paid to participants$299,567
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.9M · 148 accts · $120K emplr
2023$9.5M · 153 accts
2022$8.0M · 139 accts · $106K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$55,935
Total administrative$55,935
The Carlton Group, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$1,308
2024$1,047 per active participant
2022$786 per active participant

Carlton Group, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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 · 20233
STANLEY BENEFIT SERVICES · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$20,244
FUND DIRECT ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)$21,163
PRONVEST$14,528

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$62,755 · 0.68%
2023$55,935 · 0.64%
2022$53,699 · 0.63%
Same employer
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4C Holding, LLC NC$10.2M · 0.71%
Affinity Southeast NC$9.8M · 0.59%
Snyder Paper Corporation NC$9.6M · 0.25%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560491507 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.