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Islands Restaurants, LLC401(k)

ISLANDS RESTAURANTS 401(K) PLAN · CARLSBAD, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.60%

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

Islands Restaurants, LLC reported $85,843 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.60% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $215 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 0.69% to 0.60%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other accommodation & food services employers. By assets it is the 4,351st-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 403rd of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. In 2024, employees put in $2.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$15,250,621
Participants with balances320
Active participants1,537
Employer contributions$330,692
Employee contributions$706,005
Employer contribution per active participant$215
Average account balance$47,658
Benefits paid to participants$901,180
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDUFFY KRUSPODIN LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$15.3M · 320 accts · $331K emplr
2023$13.4M · 311 accts · $310K emplr
2022$11.7M · 341 accts · $317K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$22,590
Investment management$63,253
Total administrative$85,843
The Islands Restaurants, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$215
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$215 per active participant
2023$200 per active participant
2022$210 per active participant

Islands Restaurants, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20243
JULY BUSINESS SERVICES LLC · Recordkeeping$22,590
CERITY PARTNERS · Pension consulting · Investment advisory (participants)$63,253
CHARLES SCHWAB BANK · Custodial · Trusteeindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024July Business Services
2023DIGITAL RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS, INC., July Business Services

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Islands Restaurants, LLC before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$85,843 · 0.60%
2023$79,452 · 0.63%
2022$92,344 · 0.69%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 330475521 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.