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Lake Shore Savings Bank401(k)

LAKE SHORE SAVINGS BANK 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · DUNKIRK, NY · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.47%

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

Lake Shore Savings Bank reported $75,263 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.47% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,195 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 0.43%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 2,781st-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and 3,326th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2023, employees put in $1.10 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,771,909
Participants with balances151
Active participants109
Employer contributions$457,203
Employee contributions$503,803
Employer contribution per active participant$4,195
Average account balance$111,072
Benefits paid to participants$2,420,874
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.6M · 107 accts · $540K emplr
2023$16.8M · 151 accts · $457K emplr
2022$15.2M · 144 accts · $541K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,143
Trustee / custodial$70,120
Total administrative$75,263
The Lake Shore Savings Bank 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$4,195
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$4,998 per active participant
2023$4,195 per active participant
2022$5,104 per active participant

Lake Shore Savings Bank's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 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 · 20232
HBKS WEALTH ADVISORS · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$40,207
BENEFIT PLAN ADMIN SERVICES · Pension consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$35,056

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$71,939 · 0.43%
2023$75,263 · 0.47%
2022$78,905 · 0.44%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 160516470 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.