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Santa Monica Seafood Company401(k)

SANTA MONICA SEAFOOD COMPANY 401(K) PLAN · RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.54%

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

Santa Monica Seafood Company reported $116,404 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.54% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $748 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 fell from 0.58% to 0.54%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other accommodation & food services employers. By assets it is the 3,260th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 258th of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. In 2024, employees put in $2.27 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 622 to 1,025 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$23,350,155
Participants with balances375
Active participants1,025
Employer contributions$766,895
Employee contributions$1,743,106
Employer contribution per active participant$748
Average account balance$62,267
Benefits paid to participants$1,618,525
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHUTCHINSON & BLOODGOOD LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$23.4M · 375 accts · $767K emplr
2023$19.8M · 375 accts · $808K emplr
2022$17.0M · 362 accts · $854K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$58,280
Investment management$58,124
Total administrative$116,404
The Santa Monica Seafood Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$748
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$748 per active participant
2023$853 per active participant
2022$1,372 per active participant

Santa Monica Seafood Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.

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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$116,404 · 0.54%
2023$106,882 · 0.58%
2022$103,482 · 0.58%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 953616163 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.