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Gearheart Communications Company, Inc.401(k)

GEARHEART COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, INC. 401(K) PLAN · HAROLD, KY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.47%

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

Gearheart Communications Company, Inc. reported $58,561 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.47% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,834 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 0.74% to 0.47%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 394th-largest of 871 plans among Kentucky employers on file, and 1,292nd of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, the employer put in $1.59 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 120 to 134 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,517,667
Participants with balances158
Active participants134
Employer contributions$647,799
Employee contributions$406,157
Employer contribution per active participant$4,834
Average account balance$85,555
Benefits paid to participants$421,825
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorJONES, NALE & MATTINGLY, PLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$13.5M · 158 accts · $648K emplr
2023$11.6M · 150 accts · $582K emplr
2022$10.0M · 141 accts · $463K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$58,561
Total administrative$58,561
The Gearheart Communications Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,834
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,834 per active participant
2023$4,853 per active participant
2022$3,857 per active participant

Gearheart Communications Company, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20244
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$58,560
JONES NALE AND MATTINGLY PLC · Accounting / audit$13,000
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp
WELLTH ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$58,561 · 0.47%
2023$50,927 · 0.47%
2022$81,058 · 0.74%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 610513429 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.