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First Palmetto BankProfit-sharing plan

FIRST PALMETTO BANK RETIREMENT PLAN · CAMDEN, SC · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.50%

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

First Palmetto Bank reported $78,386 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.50% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $7,438 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.15% to 0.50%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 308th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and 3,308th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, the employer put in $2.32 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,881,597
Participants with balances236
Active participants156
Employer contributions$1,160,281
Employee contributions$499,154
Employer contribution per active participant$7,438
Average account balance$71,532
Benefits paid to participants$1,144,305
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSCOTT AND COMPANY, LLC
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$16.9M · 236 accts · $1.2M emplr
2024$14.6M · 298 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$14.5M · 280 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$13.9M · 265 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$55,953
Investment management$22,433
Total administrative$78,386
Employer contributions to the First Palmetto Bank plan · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$7,438
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$7,438 per active participant
2024$7,205 per active participant
2023$7,192 per active participant
2022$7,008 per active participant

First Palmetto Bank's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $2,666 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20251
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Investment management$6,038

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025John Hancock
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history4
2025$78,386 · 0.50%
2024$53,737 · 0.37%
2023$38,084 · 0.27%
2022$19,587 · 0.15%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 570921408 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.