Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Hardin Enterprises, Inc.401(k)

HARDIN AUTO GROUP 401(K) PLAN · ANAHEIM, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.22%

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

Hardin Enterprises, Inc. reported $22,267 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.22% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,031 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.

The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (8,039th of 9,483), and 4,488th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $4.37 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,604,855
Participants with balances305
Active participants273
Employer contributions$281,441
Employee contributions$1,230,343
Employer contribution per active participant$1,031
Average account balance$8,541
Benefits paid to participants$170,209
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLSL, LLP
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$20,829
Investment management$588
Total administrative$22,267
The Hardin Enterprises, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,031
Median for plans this size$1,313

Hardin Enterprises, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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.

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Service providers · 20241
THE BALDWIN GROUP WEALTH ADVISORSindirect comp

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

Administrative cost history1
2024$22,267 · 1.22%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 300894143 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.