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Searles Valley Minerals Inc.401(k)

SEARLES VALLEY MINERALS 401(K) PLAN · OVERLAND PARK, KS · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.17%

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

Searles Valley Minerals Inc. reported $185,472 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.17% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,814 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 0.14% to 0.18%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 65th-largest of 828 plans among Kansas employers on file, and the 1,690th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.55 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$117,483,145
Participants with balances724
Active participants553
Employer contributions$3,215,397
Employee contributions$4,983,715
Employer contribution per active participant$5,814
Average account balance$162,270
Benefits paid to participants$10,089,065
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$115.0M · 701 accts · $3.4M emplr
2023$117.5M · 724 accts · $3.2M emplr
2022$104.2M · 746 accts · $3.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$52,539
Investment management$117,335
Audit (IQPA)$5,250
Total administrative$185,472
The Searles Valley Minerals Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$5,814
Median for plans this size$3,659
2024$6,337 per active participant
2023$5,814 per active participant
2022$5,501 per active participant

Searles Valley Minerals Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $3,659 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20235
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$87,335
ONEDIGITAL INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$30,000
CBIZ CPAS P.C. · Accounting / audit$5,250

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$207,927 · 0.18%
2023$185,472 · 0.17%
2022$171,265 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 133579263 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.