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Critical Start, Inc.401(k)

CRITICAL START 401(K) PLAN · PLANO, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.15%

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

Critical Start, Inc. reported $21,597 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.15% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,572 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 0.08% to 0.15%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 2,306th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and 6,275th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $3.06 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,313,084
Participants with balances354
Active participants234
Employer contributions$835,832
Employee contributions$2,557,449
Employer contribution per active participant$3,572
Average account balance$46,082
Benefits paid to participants$2,274,745
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBODWELL VASEK WELLS DESIMONE LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.3M · 354 accts · $836K emplr
2023$13.0M · 303 accts · $482K emplr
2022$9.8M · 395 accts · $745K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$20,810
Investment management$787
Total administrative$21,597
The Critical Start, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,572
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,572 per active participant
2023$2,033 per active participant
2022$2,923 per active participant

Critical Start, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$20,811

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$21,597 · 0.15%
2023$8,706 · 0.08%
2022$7,070 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 263824084 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.