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Colony Bankcorp, Inc.401(k)

COLONY BANKCORP, INC. 401(K) PLAN · ALBANY, GA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.50%

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

Colony Bankcorp, Inc. reported $157,483 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.50% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,804 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 0.50%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 618th-largest of 2,160 plans among Georgia employers on file, and the 2,209th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.60 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$34,307,656
Participants with balances567
Active participants483
Employer contributions$1,837,315
Employee contributions$2,942,423
Employer contribution per active participant$3,804
Average account balance$60,507
Benefits paid to participants$3,299,615
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$34.3M · 567 accts · $1.8M emplr
2023$28.2M · 576 accts · $1.8M emplr
2022$23.2M · 593 accts · $1.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$123,347
Investment management$28,677
Total administrative$157,483
The Colony Bankcorp, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,804
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,804 per active participant
2023$3,754 per active participant
2022$3,533 per active participant

Colony Bankcorp, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20246
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$123,346
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$35,959
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL · Investment advisory (plan) · Other services$23,218
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Pension consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$10,917
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp
WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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$157,483 · 0.50%
2023$127,409 · 0.50%
2022$122,172 · 0.51%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 581492391 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.