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First Reliance Bank401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

FIRST RELIANCE BANK EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN · FLORENCE, SC · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.52%

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

First Reliance Bank reported $93,885 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.52% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,011 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 0.28% to 0.52%. 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 278th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and 3,111th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, employees put in $2.32 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,522,826
Participants with balances281
Active participants165
Employer contributions$496,876
Employee contributions$1,153,796
Employer contribution per active participant$3,011
Average account balance$69,476
Benefits paid to participants$1,625,724
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$19.5M · 281 accts · $497K emplr
2024$16.8M · 282 accts · $371K emplr
2023$14.2M · 293 accts · $433K emplr
2022$12.3M · 281 accts · $374K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$68,885
Investment management$25,000
Total administrative$93,885
The First Reliance Bank 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$3,011
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$3,011 per active participant
2024$2,072 per active participant
2023$2,433 per active participant
2022$2,045 per active participant

First Reliance Bank's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $2,666 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.

What these fees cost you

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 · 20252
MILLIMAN INC. · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$68,885
INC IRA GROUP · Investment advisory (plan)$25,000

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025Milliman
2024Milliman, Pentegra
2023Pentegra

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left First Reliance Bank before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history4
2025$93,885 · 0.52%
2024$91,276 · 0.59%
2023$35,477 · 0.27%
2022$37,339 · 0.28%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 582463842 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.