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Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo, LLP401(k)

HEDRICK GARDNER RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · CHARLOTTE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo, LLP reported $25,551 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,289 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 rose from 0.05% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 404th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 2,977th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.33 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$45,396,968
Participants with balances263
Active participants183
Employer contributions$601,815
Employee contributions$1,399,769
Employer contribution per active participant$3,289
Average account balance$172,612
Benefits paid to participants$3,824,438
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMELISSA G. CRITCHER, CPA, PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$45.4M · 263 accts · $602K emplr
2023$41.7M · 262 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$38.4M · 282 accts · $853K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$24,742
Investment management$809
Total administrative$25,551
The Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo, LLP 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,289
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,289 per active participant
2023$5,826 per active participant
2022$4,395 per active participant

Hedrick Gardner Kincheloe & Garofalo, LLP's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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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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
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES,INC · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (participants)$25,551

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history3
2024$25,551 · 0.06%
2023$19,996 · 0.05%
2022$19,740 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561257961 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.