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Lake Cable, LLC401(k)

LAKE CABLE, LLC 401(K) PLAN · BENSENVILLE, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

Lake Cable, LLC reported $22,584 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,107 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 rose from 0.08% to 0.14%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,842nd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 6,486th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $4.25 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 481 to 531 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$17,354,282
Participants with balances552
Active participants531
Employer contributions$588,039
Employee contributions$2,500,576
Employer contribution per active participant$1,107
Average account balance$31,439
Benefits paid to participants$1,853,120
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPORTE BROWN ACCOUNTANTS AND ADVISOR
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$17.4M · 552 accts · $588K emplr
2023$14.2M · 462 accts · $452K emplr
2022$10.2M · 445 accts · $135K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$22,584
Total administrative$22,584
The Lake Cable, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,107
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,107 per active participant
2023$911 per active participant
2022$280 per active participant

Lake Cable, 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.

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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 · 20241
STANCORP FINANCIAL GROUP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$30,778

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024The Standard
2023Securian

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Lake Cable, 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$22,584 · 0.14%
2023$23,644 · 0.19%
2022$7,791 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 364036023 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.