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E.J. Pope & Son, Inc.401(k)

E.J. POPE & SON, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · MOUNT OLIVE, NC · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.04%

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

E.J. Pope & Son, Inc. reported $3,171 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $703 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.02% to 0.04%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Carolina (1,198th of 2,005), and the 1,244th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2023, employees put in $4.93 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,689,770
Participants with balances94
Active participants119
Employer contributions$83,650
Employee contributions$412,448
Employer contribution per active participant$703
Average account balance$92,444
Benefits paid to participants$1,225,068
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCARR, RIGGS AND INGRAM, PLLC
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$8.7M · 94 accts · $84K emplr
2022$7.8M · 99 accts · $73K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,266
Investment management$905
Total administrative$3,171
The E.J. Pope & Son, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$703
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$703 per active participant
2022$590 per active participant

E.J. Pope & Son, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$905

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$3,171 · 0.04%
2022$1,514 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560660936 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.