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Cook & Boardman Group, LLC401(k)

THE COOK & BOARDMAN GROUP, LLC 401(K) PLAN · WINSTON SALEM, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.25%

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

Cook & Boardman Group, LLC reported $259,593 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.25% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,697 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 0.27% to 0.25%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 171st-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 357th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.43 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,940 to 2,933 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$120,103,129
Participants with balances2,071
Active participants2,933
Employer contributions$4,977,055
Employee contributions$12,080,937
Employer contribution per active participant$1,697
Average account balance$57,993
Benefits paid to participants$16,752,069
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBUTLER AND BURKE LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$120.1M · 2,071 accts · $5.0M emplr
2023$90.9M · 1,671 accts · $4.0M emplr
2022$71.9M · 1,525 accts · $3.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$166,656
Investment management$92,937
Total administrative$259,593
The Cook & Boardman Group, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,697
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,697 per active participant
2023$1,895 per active participant
2022$1,764 per active participant

Cook & Boardman Group, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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.

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 WORKPLACE SERVICES, LLC · Plan administrator · Trustee (discretionary)$166,656
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$47,487
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$45,450

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$259,593 · 0.25%
2023$216,546 · 0.27%
2022$205,676 · 0.27%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 272424824 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.