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Guardian Credit Union401(k)

GUARDIAN CREDIT UNION 401(K) PLAN · MONTGOMERY, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.20%

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

Guardian Credit Union reported $25,434 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.20% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,796 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 0.20%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is the 374th-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and the 810th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, the employer put in $1.08 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,985,642
Participants with balances283
Active participants246
Employer contributions$1,425,737
Employee contributions$1,325,308
Employer contribution per active participant$5,796
Average account balance$49,419
Benefits paid to participants$1,179,132
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPEARCE, BEVILL, LEESBURG, MOORE, P.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$14.0M · 283 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$10.9M · 263 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$7.7M · 257 accts · $2.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$25,434
Total administrative$25,434
The Guardian Credit Union 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,796
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,796 per active participant
2023$5,473 per active participant
2022$9,949 per active participant

Guardian Credit Union'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.

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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 · 20241
STANCORP FINANCIAL GROUP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$132,330

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024The Standard
2023The Standard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$25,434 · 0.20%
2023$26,936 · 0.29%
2022$21,438 · 0.32%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 630421006 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.