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Charter One, LLC401(k)

CHARTER ONE 401(K) PLAN · MESA, AZ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.10%

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

Charter One, LLC reported $311,454 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.10% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $619 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 fell from 1.57% to 1.10%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other educational services employers. By assets it is the 262nd-largest of 1,285 plans among Arizona employers on file, and the 1,210th of 3,091 in educational services. In 2024, employees put in $2.43 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 2,366 to 3,831 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$33,237,857
Participants with balances4,276
Active participants3,831
Employer contributions$2,371,932
Employee contributions$5,754,060
Employer contribution per active participant$619
Average account balance$7,773
Benefits paid to participants$2,610,000
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$33.2M · 4,276 accts · $2.4M emplr
2023$23.2M · 3,358 accts · $1.9M emplr
2022$14.9M · 2,465 accts · $1.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$278,804
Total administrative$311,454
The Charter One, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$619
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$619 per active participant
2023$601 per active participant
2022$554 per active participant

Charter One, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

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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 · 20241
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INS CO · Recordkeeping · Investment management$20,001

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$311,454 · 1.10%
2023$258,942 · 1.36%
2022$197,458 · 1.57%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 823735558 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.