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Lightning Emotors, Inc401(k)

LIGHTNING EMOTORS, INC. 401(K) PLAN · LOVELAND, CO · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.88%

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

Lightning Emotors, Inc reported $55,554 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.88% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,181 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 rose from 0.69% to 0.88%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Colorado (906th of 1,461), and 9,906th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.81 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 248 to 167 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,498,619
Participants with balances353
Active participants167
Employer contributions$1,032,250
Employee contributions$1,869,323
Employer contribution per active participant$6,181
Average account balance$21,243
Benefits paid to participants$2,029,443
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0 · $54K emplr
2023$7.5M · 353 accts · $1.0M emplr
2022$5.1M · 301 accts · $825K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$33,522
Investment management$22,032
Total administrative$55,554
The Lightning Emotors, Inc 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$6,181
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$6,181 per active participant
2022$3,327 per active participant

Lightning Emotors, Inc's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
ASCENSUS LLC · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$33,522
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS · Investment advisory (plan)$22,032

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

Recordkeeper by year2
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Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023$55,554 · 0.88%
2022$29,014 · 0.69%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 844605714 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.