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Grandsouth Bank401(k)

GRANDSOUTH BANK 401(K) PLAN · GREENVILLE, SC · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.18%

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

Grandsouth Bank reported $29,218 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.18% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,026 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.18% to 0.19%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,806 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 336th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and 3,513th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2022, employees put in $2.03 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,827,082
Participants with balances216
Active participants193
Employer contributions$584,092
Employee contributions$1,185,693
Employer contribution per active participant$3,026
Average account balance$68,644
Benefits paid to participants$1,970,340
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorJENNINGS COOK & CO. CPAS, P.A.
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$978K · 41 accts
2022$14.8M · 216 accts · $584K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Investment management$29,218
Total administrative$29,218
The Grandsouth Bank 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$3,026
Median for plans this size$2,266

Grandsouth Bank's 2022 employer contribution ran above the $2,266 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 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history2
2023$15,292 · 0.19%
2022$29,218 · 0.18%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 571064274 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.