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Creative Management Services, LLC401(k)

CREATIVE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, LLC 401(K) PLAN · PARAMUS, NJ · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.03%

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

Creative Management Services, LLC reported $14,234 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,293 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 rose from 0.028% to 0.029%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 554th-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 2,650th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2025, employees put in $3.40 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 263 to 336 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$52,794,398
Participants with balances402
Active participants336
Employer contributions$770,571
Employee contributions$2,618,373
Employer contribution per active participant$2,293
Average account balance$131,329
Benefits paid to participants$2,773,950
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$52.8M · 402 accts · $771K emplr
2024$44.4M · 380 accts · $654K emplr
2023$37.6M · 370 accts · $583K emplr
2022$33.5M · 331 accts · $485K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$14,234
Total administrative$14,234
The Creative Management Services, LLC 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$2,293
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$2,293 per active participant
2024$2,032 per active participant
2023$1,925 per active participant
2022$1,844 per active participant

Creative Management Services, LLC's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $2,666 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20251
SENTINEL BENEFITS GROUP, LLC · Recordkeeping$14,234

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year3
2025Sentinel Group
2024Sentinel Group
2023Sentinel Group

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Administrative cost history4
2025$14,234 · 0.03%
2024$14,613 · 0.04%
2023$10,417 · 0.03%
2022$10,247 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 431854837 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.