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Cascade Designs, Inc.401(k)

CASCADE DESIGNS, INC. 401(K) SAVINGS & INVESTMENT PLAN · SEATTLE, WA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.25%

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

Cascade Designs, Inc. reported $80,771 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.25% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,851 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 0.21% to 0.28%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 493rd-largest of 1,714 plans among Washington employers on file, and the 4,203rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $3.35 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 332 to 258 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$32,896,375
Participants with balances467
Active participants258
Employer contributions$477,515
Employee contributions$1,600,729
Employer contribution per active participant$1,851
Average account balance$70,442
Benefits paid to participants$6,709,921
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$29.6M · 442 accts · $371K emplr
2023$32.9M · 467 accts · $478K emplr
2022$32.4M · 515 accts · $460K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$50,779
Investment management$29,992
Total administrative$80,771
The Cascade Designs, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,851
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$1,642 per active participant
2023$1,851 per active participant
2022$1,386 per active participant

Cascade Designs, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 median for plans its size. 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$54,276
GALLAGHER FIDUCIARY ADVI · Investment advisory (plan)$22,495

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$86,856 · 0.28%
2023$80,771 · 0.25%
2022$78,246 · 0.21%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 910969695 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.