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Lakes Venture, LLC401(k)

FRESH THYME MARKET 401(K) PLAN · DOWNERS GROVE, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.65%

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

Lakes Venture, LLC reported $202,046 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.65% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $376 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 fell from 1.20% to 0.65%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 1,220th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 936th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $3.07 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 2,286 to 3,994 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$33,836,747
Participants with balances3,280
Active participants3,994
Employer contributions$1,502,436
Employee contributions$4,612,351
Employer contribution per active participant$376
Average account balance$10,316
Benefits paid to participants$4,465,855
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$33.8M · 3,280 accts · $1.5M emplr
2023$28.3M · 3,122 accts · $1.5M emplr
2022$21.7M · 3,150 accts · $1.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$202,046
Total administrative$202,046
The Lakes Venture, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$376
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$376 per active participant
2023$484 per active participant
2022$594 per active participant

Lakes Venture, 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.

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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$202,046

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$202,046 · 0.65%
2023$284,105 · 1.14%
2022$274,082 · 1.20%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 461124457 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.