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First Carolina Management. Inc.401(k)

FIRST CAROLINA MANAGEMENT, INC. 401(K) PLAN · ROCKY MOUNT, MT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.35%

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

First Carolina Management. Inc. reported $8,705 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.35% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $54 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 fell from 0.48% to 0.35%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other accommodation & food services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Montana (203rd of 229), and 1,279th of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. In 2024, employees put in $18.46 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 155 to 190 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,625,543
Participants with balances195
Active participants190
Employer contributions$10,173
Employee contributions$187,812
Employer contribution per active participant$54
Average account balance$13,464
Benefits paid to participants$278,919
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBUNCH & COMPANY
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.6M · 195 accts · $10K emplr
2023$2.4M · 164 accts · $14K emplr
2022$2.3M · 134 accts · $13K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$8,705
Total administrative$8,705
The First Carolina Management. Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$54
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$54 per active participant
2023$58 per active participant
2022$85 per active participant

First Carolina Management. 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
AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY · Loan processing · Participant communication$8,660
STIFEL INVESTMENT SERVICES · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$45

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY
2023AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY

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Administrative cost history3
2024$8,705 · 0.35%
2023$10,289 · 0.43%
2022$12,085 · 0.48%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561672011 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.