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Central Bancshares, Inc.401(k)

CENTRAL BANCSHARES, INC. 401(K) PLAN · MUSCATINE, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.22%

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

Central Bancshares, Inc. reported $92,592 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.22% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,239 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 0.22%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 213th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 1,801st of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.31 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 210 to 283 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$45,106,243
Participants with balances346
Active participants283
Employer contributions$1,199,645
Employee contributions$1,570,188
Employer contribution per active participant$4,239
Average account balance$130,365
Benefits paid to participants$4,928,408
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$45.1M · 346 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$38.1M · 337 accts · $992K emplr
2022$31.9M · 286 accts · $906K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$6,375
Trustee / custodial$86,217
Total administrative$92,592
The Central Bancshares, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,239
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,239 per active participant
2023$3,608 per active participant
2022$4,316 per active participant

Central Bancshares, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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.

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Service providers · 20241
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Trustee$92,592

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
2023BANKERS TRUST COMPANY

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Administrative cost history3
2024$92,592 · 0.22%
2023$72,424 · 0.21%
2022$72,713 · 0.21%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 421153883 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.