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Peoples Bank401(k)

PEOPLES BANK PROFIT SHARING AND 401(K) PLAN · NEWTON, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

Peoples Bank reported $32,995 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,537 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 0.086% to 0.095%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 487th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 2,111th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.86 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$36,600,714
Participants with balances388
Active participants313
Employer contributions$794,082
Employee contributions$1,479,306
Employer contribution per active participant$2,537
Average account balance$94,332
Benefits paid to participants$2,917,822
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$36.6M · 388 accts · $794K emplr
2023$33.0M · 360 accts · $740K emplr
2022$29.0M · 384 accts · $724K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$32,995
Total administrative$32,995
The Peoples Bank 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,537
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,537 per active participant
2023$2,535 per active participant
2022$2,404 per active participant

Peoples Bank'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 · 20242
WIPFLI LLP · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$27,835
NATIONWIDE · Recordkeeping · Investment management$3,832

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Nationwide, WIPFLI LLP
2023Nationwide, WIPFLI LLP

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Administrative cost history3
2024$32,995 · 0.09%
2023$74,570 · 0.24%
2022$26,345 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560354890 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.