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Charms LLC401(k)

CHARMS EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Charms LLC reported $17,575 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,690 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 0.02% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,173rd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 3,978th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.09 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$35,621,774
Participants with balances503
Active participants404
Employer contributions$1,490,608
Employee contributions$1,372,934
Employer contribution per active participant$3,690
Average account balance$70,819
Benefits paid to participants$4,736,876
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSASSETTI LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$35.6M · 503 accts · $1.5M emplr
2023$34.0M · 512 accts · $1.4M emplr
2022$30.3M · 448 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$8,510
Investment management$7,715
Total administrative$17,575
The Charms LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,690
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,690 per active participant
2023$3,045 per active participant
2022$3,029 per active participant

Charms LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
VOYA RETIREMENT ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$7,716

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$17,575 · 0.05%
2023$6,639 · 0.02%
2022$5,943 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 364119865 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.