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Chesapeake Utilities Corporation401(k)

CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · DOVER, DE · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation reported $187,934 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,754 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 0.05% to 0.09%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other utilities employers. By assets it is the 23rd-largest of 242 plans among Delaware employers on file, and the 95th of 412 in utilities. In 2024, employees put in $1.51 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 933 to 1,261 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$220,418,876
Participants with balances1,505
Active participants1,261
Employer contributions$5,994,399
Employee contributions$9,052,535
Employer contribution per active participant$4,754
Average account balance$146,458
Benefits paid to participants$26,002,294
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$220.4M · 1,505 accts · $6.0M emplr
2023$200.7M · 1,377 accts · $6.1M emplr
2022$186.2M · 1,189 accts · $5.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$133,260
Total administrative$187,934
The Chesapeake Utilities Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,754
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,754 per active participant
2023$4,705 per active participant
2022$6,348 per active participant

Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 · 20243
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$133,242
FIDUCIENT ADVISORS · Consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$39,579
NFP RETIREMENT, INC · Investment advisory (participants)$15,095

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$187,934 · 0.09%
2023$100,577 · 0.05%
2022$102,787 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 510064146 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.