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Financial Designs, Inc.401(k)

FINANCIAL DESIGNS, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · NOVI, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.15%

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

Financial Designs, Inc. reported $10,428 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.15% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $277 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 0.11% to 0.15%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (1,766th of 2,619), and 4,246th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $14.33 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 149 to 192 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,278,000
Participants with balances176
Active participants192
Employer contributions$53,122
Employee contributions$761,154
Employer contribution per active participant$277
Average account balance$41,352
Benefits paid to participants$880,904
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDAVISON AND ASSOCIATES CPAS
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.3M · 176 accts · $53K emplr
2023$6.4M · 149 accts · $48K emplr
2022$4.6M · 133 accts · $36K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,660
Investment management$2,490
Total administrative$10,428
The Financial Designs, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$277
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$277 per active participant
2023$283 per active participant
2022$244 per active participant

Financial Designs, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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
VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE AND ANNUI · Investment advisory (participants)$6,918
MICHIGAN BENEFIT CONSULTING, INC. · Other services$3,510

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$10,428 · 0.15%
2023$7,693 · 0.14%
2022$5,126 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 381944162 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.