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Nicholas Financial Inc401(k)

NICHOLAS FINANCIAL INC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · CLEARWATER, FL · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.59%

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

Nicholas Financial Inc reported $31,931 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.59% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,695 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 has held roughly steady near 0.56%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 30,021 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Florida (2,605th of 3,644), and 4,486th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2022, employees put in $5.28 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,415,977
Participants with balances153
Active participants41
Employer contributions$69,504
Employee contributions$366,843
Employer contribution per active participant$1,695
Average account balance$28,863
Benefits paid to participants$1,542,444
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorFORVIS LLP
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$3.6M · 67 accts · $41K emplr
2022$4.4M · 153 accts · $70K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Recordkeeping & contract admin$31,163
Investment management$768
Total administrative$31,931
The Nicholas Financial Inc 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$1,695
Median for plans this size$1,114
2023$5,098 per active participant
2022$1,695 per active participant

Nicholas Financial Inc's 2022 employer contribution ran above the $1,114 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 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history2
2023$22,597 · 0.56%
2022$31,931 · 0.59%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 593019317 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.