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Clearwater Solutions, LLC401(k)

CLEARWATER SOLUTIONS, LLC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · AUBURN, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.00%

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

Clearwater Solutions, LLC reported $71,270 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.00% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,569 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 0.997%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Alabama (544th of 902), and 1,977th of 3,341 in other services. In 2024, employees put in $1.21 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 349 to 416 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,222,086
Participants with balances308
Active participants416
Employer contributions$1,068,631
Employee contributions$1,290,956
Employer contribution per active participant$2,569
Average account balance$23,448
Benefits paid to participants$2,662,820
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorALDRIDGE BORDEN AND COMPANY, PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.2M · 308 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$7.1M · 427 accts · $837K emplr
2022$6.6M · 320 accts · $505K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$66,393
Investment management$4,877
Total administrative$71,270
The Clearwater Solutions, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,569
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$2,569 per active participant
2023$1,357 per active participant
2022$1,447 per active participant

Clearwater Solutions, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

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
NEWPORT GROUP, INC. · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$48,740
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CREATIVE PLANNING, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Newport (Ascensus)
2023Newport (Ascensus)

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Administrative cost history3
2024$71,270 · 1.00%
2023$72,511 · 1.06%
2022$58,270 · 1.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 208152510 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.