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Creative Business Solutions,Inc.401(k)

CREATIVE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · BOWIE, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.83%

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

Creative Business Solutions,Inc. reported $39,456 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.83% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,945 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 1.53% to 0.83%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,270th of 1,671), and 9,696th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.01 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,267,903
Participants with balances119
Active participants64
Employer contributions$380,470
Employee contributions$386,148
Employer contribution per active participant$5,945
Average account balance$44,268
Benefits paid to participants$270,609
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPENAN & SCOTT P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.3M · 119 accts · $380K emplr
2023$4.3M · 113 accts · $276K emplr
2022$3.6M · 131 accts · $308K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$24,646
Investment management$7,405
Total administrative$39,456
The Creative Business Solutions,Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,945
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$5,945 per active participant
2023$4,378 per active participant
2022$4,338 per active participant

Creative Business Solutions,Inc.'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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$21,291
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Pension consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$14,810
PRIME BENEFITS, INC. · Contract administrator · Other services$3,355

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$39,456 · 0.83%
2023$52,073 · 1.32%
2022$58,615 · 1.53%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 800501539 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.