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Cloninger Ford, Inc.401(k)

CLONINGER FORD, INC 401(K) PLAN · SALISBURY, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.73%

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

Cloninger Ford, Inc. reported $63,759 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.73% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,081 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 0.62% to 0.73%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Carolina (1,167th of 2,005), and 2,814th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.78 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 414 to 367 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,113,187
Participants with balances352
Active participants367
Employer contributions$396,693
Employee contributions$1,104,194
Employer contribution per active participant$1,081
Average account balance$25,890
Benefits paid to participants$1,731,693
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorTURLINGTON AND COMPANY LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.1M · 352 accts · $397K emplr
2023$8.3M · 371 accts · $535K emplr
2022$6.4M · 315 accts · $284K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$35,576
Investment management$28,183
Total administrative$63,759
The Cloninger Ford, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,081
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,081 per active participant
2023$1,175 per active participant
2022$686 per active participant

Cloninger Ford, 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.

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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 · 20242
JOHN HANCOCK · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$36,952
TRUIST INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC · Investment advisory (plan)$25,133

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$63,759 · 0.73%
2023$49,122 · 0.67%
2022$42,573 · 0.62%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561465220 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.