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K & S Tool and Manufacturing Co.401(k)

K & S TOOL AND MANUFACTURING 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · HIGH POINT, NC · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.02%

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

K & S Tool and Manufacturing Co. reported $1,600 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $656 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.03% to 0.02%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Carolina (1,207th of 2,005), and 9,444th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $4.62 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,509,838
Participants with balances97
Active participants100
Employer contributions$65,556
Employee contributions$302,896
Employer contribution per active participant$656
Average account balance$87,730
Benefits paid to participants$625,497
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$8.5M · 97 accts · $66K emplr
2022$7.5M · 102 accts · $62K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,600
Total administrative$1,600
The K & S Tool and Manufacturing Co. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$656
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$656 per active participant
2022$628 per active participant

K & S Tool and Manufacturing Co.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
NATIONWIDE$51,885
TRINITY PENSION GROUP · Contract administrator$5,457
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$1,600 · 0.02%
2022$2,500 · 0.03%
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House-Autry Mills, Inc. NC$8.6M · 0.43%
Dubose Strapping, Inc. NC$8.4M · 0.44%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561207060 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.