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Hutchens Law Firm, LLP401(k)

HUTCHENS LAW FIRM, LLP 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · FAYETTEVILLE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.45%

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

Hutchens Law Firm, LLP reported $43,806 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.45% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $228 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 0.79% to 0.45%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Carolina (1,106th of 2,005), and 7,988th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $14.20 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 229 to 192 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,057,463
Participants with balances220
Active participants192
Employer contributions$43,819
Employee contributions$622,179
Employer contribution per active participant$228
Average account balance$45,716
Benefits paid to participants$964,444
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBERNARD ROBINSON & COMPANY, L.L
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.1M · 220 accts · $44K emplr
2023$9.4M · 225 accts
2022$8.4M · 241 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$24,140
Investment management$19,666
Total administrative$43,806
The Hutchens Law Firm, LLP 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$228
Median for plans this size$1,313

Hutchens Law Firm, LLP's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 · 20242
RAYMOND JAMES · Investment advisory (plan)$19,666

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$43,806 · 0.45%
2023$42,063 · 0.47%
2022$77,120 · 0.79%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 474160398 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.