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Sideshow Inc.401(k)

SIDESHOW INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · THOUSAND OAKS, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.55%

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

Sideshow Inc. reported $79,395 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.55% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,803 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 0.53% to 0.55%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 4,251st-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and 2,283rd of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, the employer put in $1.21 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$15,858,651
Participants with balances261
Active participants156
Employer contributions$905,231
Employee contributions$746,427
Employer contribution per active participant$5,803
Average account balance$60,761
Benefits paid to participants$124,765
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCITRIN COOPERMAN & CO., LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$15.9M · 261 accts · $905K emplr
2023$12.8M · 260 accts · $467K emplr
2022$10.4M · 245 accts · $468K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$76,105
Total administrative$79,395
The Sideshow Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,803
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,803 per active participant
2023$2,850 per active participant
2022$2,819 per active participant

Sideshow Inc.'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 · 20244
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Investment advisory (plan)$35,735
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$8,062
CROSSPLANS · Contract administrator$2,200

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$79,395 · 0.55%
2023$62,649 · 0.54%
2022$58,085 · 0.53%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 954528371 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.