Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

L. M. Sandler & Sons, Inc.401(k)

SANDLER RETIREMENT PLAN · VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.39%

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

L. M. Sandler & Sons, Inc. reported $112,415 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.39% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $784 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.386%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other management of companies employers. By assets it is the 726th-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 361st of 786 in management of companies. In 2024, employees put in $8.14 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 423 to 328 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$30,528,021
Participants with balances374
Active participants328
Employer contributions$256,999
Employee contributions$2,092,592
Employer contribution per active participant$784
Average account balance$81,626
Benefits paid to participants$3,271,401
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWALL, EINHORN & CHERNITZER, P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$30.5M · 374 accts · $257K emplr
2023$27.7M · 414 accts · $278K emplr
2022$24.1M · 466 accts · $303K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$112,415
Total administrative$112,415
The L. M. Sandler & Sons, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$784
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$784 per active participant
2023$806 per active participant
2022$717 per active participant

L. M. Sandler & Sons, Inc.'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 · 20244
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$112,415
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH INC · Other servicesindirect comp
TBS AGENCY INC · Other servicesindirect comp
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)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 history3
2024$112,415 · 0.39%
2023$103,850 · 0.40%
2022$100,490 · 0.39%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 541737065 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.