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Palmetto Bluff Investments LLC401(k)

PALMETTO BLUFF INVESTMENT LLC 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · BLUFFTON, SC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.61%

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

Palmetto Bluff Investments LLC reported $31,330 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.61% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,338 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 fell from 0.85% to 0.61%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other arts, entertainment & recreation employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in South Carolina (540th of 807), and 866th of 1,311 in arts, entertainment & recreation. In 2024, employees put in $2.12 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,059,530
Participants with balances217
Active participants364
Employer contributions$487,038
Employee contributions$1,030,543
Employer contribution per active participant$1,338
Average account balance$27,924
Benefits paid to participants$543,018
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCHERRY BEKAERT ADVISORY LLC
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.1M · 217 accts · $487K emplr
2023$4.2M · 212 accts · $459K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$23,849
Investment management$7,481
Total administrative$31,330
The Palmetto Bluff Investments LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,338
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,338 per active participant
2023$1,326 per active participant

Palmetto Bluff Investments LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$23,848
ROYAL ALLIANCE ASSOCIATES, INC. · Recordkeeping · Trustee$7,481
ADP BROKER-DEALERindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, ROYAL ALLIANCE ASSOCIATES, INC.
2023ADP

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Palmetto Bluff Investments LLC before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history2
2024$31,330 · 0.61%
2023$29,107 · 0.85%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 862804411 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.