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Creative Options, Inc.401(k)

CREATIVE OPTIONS, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · ROSEDALE, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.25%

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

Creative Options, Inc. reported $28,594 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.25% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,948 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 0.54% to 1.25%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (1,483rd of 1,671), and 9,627th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, the employer put in $1.08 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,520,492
Participants with balances129
Active participants191
Employer contributions$372,006
Employee contributions$343,017
Employer contribution per active participant$1,948
Average account balance$19,539
Benefits paid to participants$436,727
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorFITZPATRICK
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.5M · 129 accts · $372K emplr
2023$2.0M · 118 accts · $298K emplr
2022$2.3M · 86 accts · $202K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$18,715
Investment management$9,879
Total administrative$28,594
The Creative Options, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,948
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,948 per active participant
2023$1,622 per active participant
2022$1,018 per active participant

Creative Options, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 · 20242
ADP, INC. · Recordkeeping$18,714
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH, INC. · Recordkeeping · Trustee$9,879

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH, INC.
2023ADP, CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH, INC.

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Administrative cost history3
2024$28,594 · 1.25%
2023$26,395 · 1.21%
2022$13,513 · 0.54%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521770675 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.