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Lakes Gas Co.401(k)

LAKES GAS CO. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · WYOMING, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.11%

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

Lakes Gas Co. reported $13,999 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.11% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,777 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 0.10% to 0.11%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other utilities employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Minnesota (1,135th of 1,918), and 294th of 412 in utilities. In 2024, employees put in $2.72 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,532,687
Participants with balances334
Active participants262
Employer contributions$465,551
Employee contributions$1,264,317
Employer contribution per active participant$1,777
Average account balance$40,517
Benefits paid to participants$2,500,089
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$13.5M · 334 accts · $466K emplr
2023$12.8M · 284 accts · $471K emplr
2022$10.4M · 295 accts · $365K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$13,999
Total administrative$13,999
The Lakes Gas Co. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,777
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,777 per active participant
2023$1,878 per active participant
2022$1,472 per active participant

Lakes Gas Co.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

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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
USI CONSULTING GROUP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$13,999

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024USI Consulting
2023USI Consulting

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Administrative cost history3
2024$13,999 · 0.11%
2023$11,714 · 0.10%
2022$11,246 · 0.10%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 410827612 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.