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James Gramm, LLC dba Safford Chry/Jp/Ddge of Fredericksburg401(k)

SAFFORD AUTOMOTIVE GROUP 401(K) PLAN · FREDERICKSBURG, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.49%

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

James Gramm, LLC dba Safford Chry/Jp/Ddge of Fredericksburg reported $198,053 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.49% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $617 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 0.57% to 0.49%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 543rd-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 734th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $5.79 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 468 to 1,519 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$43,624,470
Participants with balances1,061
Active participants1,519
Employer contributions$937,860
Employee contributions$5,433,786
Employer contribution per active participant$617
Average account balance$41,116
Benefits paid to participants$4,845,817
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$43.6M · 1,061 accts · $938K emplr
2023$37.2M · 911 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$17.0M · 422 accts · $520K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$124,280
Investment management$73,773
Total administrative$198,053
The James Gramm, LLC dba Safford Chry/Jp/Ddge of Fredericksburg 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$617
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$617 per active participant
2023$1,068 per active participant
2022$1,110 per active participant

James Gramm, LLC dba Safford Chry/Jp/Ddge of Fredericksburg'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 · 20242
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$124,280
CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$73,773

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$198,053 · 0.49%
2023$136,089 · 0.50%
2022$102,345 · 0.57%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 260016920 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.