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Lake Shore Bancorp Inc.ESOP

EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN OF LAKESHORE BANCORP, INC. · DUNKIRK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
8.85%

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

Lake Shore Bancorp Inc. reported $97,045 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 8.85% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,991 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 9.65% to 8.85%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in New York (5,295th of 5,648), and 4,709th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. active participation has grown from 74 to 84 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,192,899
Participants with balances102
Active participants84
Employer contributions$167,278
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$1,991
Average account balance$11,695
Benefits paid to participants$248,151
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.2M · 102 accts · $167K emplr
2023$1.0M · 92 accts · $167K emplr
2022$1.1M · 90 accts · $167K emplr
Employer contributions to the Lake Shore Bancorp Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,991
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,991 per active participant
2023$2,040 per active participant
2022$2,261 per active participant

Lake Shore Bancorp Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history3
2024$97,045 · 8.85%
2023$101,945 · 9.65%
2022Not separately reported
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 204729288 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.