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Cottonwood Financial Administrative Services, LLC401(k)

COTTONWOOD FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, LLC EMPLOYEE 401(K) INVESTMENT PLAN · IRVING, TX · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.53%

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

Cottonwood Financial Administrative Services, LLC reported $28,922 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.53% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $202 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 0.61% to 1.42%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Texas (3,877th of 5,688), and 4,396th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2023, employees put in $6.82 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,729,895
Participants with balances202
Active participants361
Employer contributions$72,961
Employee contributions$497,635
Employer contribution per active participant$202
Average account balance$28,366
Benefits paid to participants$761,472
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11 · $25K emplr
2023$5.7M · 202 accts · $73K emplr
2022$5.2M · 221 accts · $77K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$19,550
Investment management$4,188
Trustee / custodial$3,549
Total administrative$28,922
The Cottonwood Financial Administrative Services, LLC 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$202
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$202 per active participant
2022$218 per active participant

Cottonwood Financial Administrative Services, LLC's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20231
BOKF, NA · Custodial (securities) · Trustee$30,621

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$40,729 · 1.42%
2023$28,922 · 0.53%
2022$36,856 · 0.61%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 261367228 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.