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Empire International LTD dba Empire Cls Worldwide Chauffeured Services401(k)

EMPIRE CLS WORLDWIDE CHAUFFEURED SERVICES 401(K) PLAN · SECAUCUS, NJ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.60%

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

Empire International LTD dba Empire Cls Worldwide Chauffeured Services reported $65,592 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.60% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $985 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 0.12% to 0.60%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in New Jersey (1,386th of 2,419), and the 1,024th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, employees put in $2.47 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 489 to 610 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,272,836
Participants with balances305
Active participants610
Employer contributions$600,874
Employee contributions$1,486,872
Employer contribution per active participant$985
Average account balance$40,239
Benefits paid to participants$607,534
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHELD, KRANZLER, MCCOSKER & PULICE
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.3M · 305 accts · $601K emplr
2023$9.6M · 252 accts · $517K emplr
2022$7.3M · 245 accts · $411K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$38,815
Investment management$18,852
Total administrative$65,592
The Empire International LTD dba Empire Cls Worldwide Chauffeured Services 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$985
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$985 per active participant
2023$983 per active participant
2022$841 per active participant

Empire International LTD dba Empire Cls Worldwide Chauffeured Services's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 · 20242
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Investment management$1,654
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS · Investment advisory (participants)$18,852

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$65,592 · 0.60%
2023$35,051 · 0.42%
2022$9,700 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 222327272 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.