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Palms Associates, LLC401(k)

PALMS ASSOCIATES, LLC 401(K)/PROFIT SHARING PLAN · VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Palms Associates, LLC reported $12,568 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $8,332 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 0.036% to 0.044%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other real estate & leasing employers. By assets it is the 719th-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 442nd of 2,096 in real estate & leasing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.55 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$30,878,803
Participants with balances213
Active participants145
Employer contributions$1,208,100
Employee contributions$777,722
Employer contribution per active participant$8,332
Average account balance$144,971
Benefits paid to participants$1,402,843
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWALL, EINHORN & CHERNITZER
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$30.9M · 213 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$26.8M · 209 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$23.0M · 206 accts · $1.1M emplr
The Palms Associates, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$8,332
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$8,332 per active participant
2023$8,138 per active participant
2022$7,674 per active participant

Palms Associates, LLC'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
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Consulting$13,014
VANGUARD ADVISERS INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$904

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$12,568 · 0.04%
2023$13,078 · 0.05%
2022$9,349 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 541311553 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.