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Foundation Energy Services, LLC401(k)

FOUNDATION ENERGY SERVICES, LLC 401(K) PLAN · SNYDER, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.03%

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

Foundation Energy Services, LLC reported $55,639 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.03% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,060 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 0.34% to 1.03%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other mining, oil & gas extraction employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Texas (3,790th of 5,688), and 488th of 612 in mining, oil & gas extraction. In 2024, employees put in $1.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 214 to 261 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,118,585
Participants with balances327
Active participants261
Employer contributions$798,776
Employee contributions$901,062
Employer contribution per active participant$3,060
Average account balance$18,711
Benefits paid to participants$927,488
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorTURNER, STONE, & COMPANY, L.L.P.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.1M · 327 accts · $799K emplr
2023$4.7M · 288 accts · $752K emplr
2022$2.6M · 224 accts · $359K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$35,245
Investment management$20,394
Total administrative$55,639
The Foundation Energy Services, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,060
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$3,060 per active participant
2023$2,947 per active participant
2022$1,679 per active participant

Foundation Energy Services, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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.

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$29,547
RAYMOND JAMES FSA INC · Investment advisory (participants)$20,394

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$55,639 · 1.03%
2023$34,112 · 0.94%
2022$8,876 · 0.34%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 874023712 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.