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Lifestore Financial Group, Inc.401(k)

LIFESTORE 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · WEST JEFFERSON, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.37%

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

Lifestore Financial Group, Inc. reported $66,247 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.37% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,059 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 0.03% to 0.37%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other management of companies employers. By assets it is the 761st-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and 447th of 786 in management of companies. In 2024, employees put in $1.21 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,162,740
Participants with balances126
Active participants104
Employer contributions$526,131
Employee contributions$634,741
Employer contribution per active participant$5,059
Average account balance$152,085
Benefits paid to participants$942,188
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$19.2M · 126 accts · $526K emplr
2023$16.8M · 130 accts · $509K emplr
2022$14.5M · 127 accts · $527K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$21,993
Investment management$44,254
Total administrative$66,247
The Lifestore Financial Group, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,059
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,059 per active participant
2023$4,547 per active participant
2022$4,971 per active participant

Lifestore Financial Group, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20242
KESTRA INVESTMENT SERVICES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$42,501
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$21,993

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$66,247 · 0.37%
2023$40,586 · 0.26%
2022$4,763 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 562098545 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.