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Franklin Bookkeeping Services, I401(k)

FRANKLIN BOOKKEEPING SERVICES, INC. 401K PLAN · SHREVEPORT, LA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Franklin Bookkeeping Services, I reported $5,166 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $305 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 0.32% to 0.12%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Louisiana (625th of 884), and 2,393rd of 3,341 in other services. In 2024, employees put in $3.83 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 331 to 453 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,474,847
Participants with balances184
Active participants453
Employer contributions$138,316
Employee contributions$529,875
Employer contribution per active participant$305
Average account balance$24,320
Benefits paid to participants$835,836
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCLARK & ANDERSON, P.A.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.5M · 184 accts · $138K emplr
2023$4.2M · 187 accts · $134K emplr
2022$3.8M · 244 accts · $137K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,166
Total administrative$5,166
The Franklin Bookkeeping Services, I 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$305
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$305 per active participant
2023$321 per active participant
2022$413 per active participant

Franklin Bookkeeping Services, I'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
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$5,165
ADP BROKER-DEALER · Other servicesindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP
2023ADP, P&N

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Franklin Bookkeeping Services, I 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 history3
2024$5,166 · 0.12%
2023$14,154 · 0.36%
2022$12,915 · 0.32%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 161644730 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.