Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Ns Brands, LTD401(k)

NATURESWEET 401(K) PLAN · SAN ANTONIO, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.84%

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

Ns Brands, LTD reported $83,988 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.84% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,857 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 0.44% to 0.84%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Texas (2,971st of 5,688), and the 433rd of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2024, employees put in $2.07 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 98 to 111 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,663,855
Participants with balances152
Active participants111
Employer contributions$428,101
Employee contributions$886,339
Employer contribution per active participant$3,857
Average account balance$70,157
Benefits paid to participants$1,140,014
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorAKIN, DOHERTY, KLEIN & FEUGE, P
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.7M · 152 accts · $428K emplr
2023$9.4M · 145 accts · $392K emplr
2022$8.1M · 184 accts · $484K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$59,028
Investment management$24,960
Total administrative$83,988
The Ns Brands, LTD 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,857
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,857 per active participant
2023$4,449 per active participant
2022$4,937 per active participant

Ns Brands, LTD's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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.

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 · 20243
FIDUCIARY CONSULTING GROUP INC · Plan administrator · Named fiduciary$31,877
MORGAN STANLEY · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$24,960

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$83,988 · 0.84%
2023$50,036 · 0.57%
2022$39,128 · 0.44%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 232600114 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.