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Charter Foods Inc.401(k)

CHARTER FOODS INC. 401(K) PLAN · MORRISTOWN, TN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.86%

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

Charter Foods Inc. reported $75,062 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.86% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $920 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.86%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other accommodation & food services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Tennessee (846th of 1,496), and the 571st of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. In 2024, employees put in $1.93 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 872 to 651 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,761,117
Participants with balances401
Active participants651
Employer contributions$598,989
Employee contributions$1,157,501
Employer contribution per active participant$920
Average account balance$24,342
Benefits paid to participants$1,096,507
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.8M · 401 accts · $599K emplr
2023$7.8M · 362 accts · $543K emplr
2022$5.6M · 334 accts · $454K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$75,062
Total administrative$75,062
The Charter Foods Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$920
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$920 per active participant
2023$554 per active participant
2022$521 per active participant

Charter Foods Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20245
ERISA SERVICES, INC. · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$28,468
NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$917
NATIONWIDE · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$344
SILVER OAK SECURITIES, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$32,102
IRON FIDUCIARY · Investment advisory (plan)$4,587

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ERISA SERVICES, INC., Nationwide
2023ERISA SERVICES, INC., Nationwide

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Administrative cost history3
2024$75,062 · 0.86%
2023$61,350 · 0.92%
2022$49,631 · 0.85%
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Blackberry Farm TN$13.3M · 0.85%
Shoney's of Knoxville, Inc. TN$11.2M · 0.02%
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Jrn, Inc. TN$8.1M · 0.03%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 621742741 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.