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Signal Financial Federal Credit Union401(k)

SIGNAL FINANCIAL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 401(K) PLAN · KENSINGTON, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.39%

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

Signal Financial Federal Credit Union reported $62,256 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.39% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,478 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 0.30% to 0.39%. 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 742nd-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and 3,342nd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.05 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 91 to 73 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,588,098
Participants with balances139
Active participants73
Employer contributions$472,905
Employee contributions$496,985
Employer contribution per active participant$6,478
Average account balance$119,339
Benefits paid to participants$2,067,485
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDELEON & STANG
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.6M · 139 accts · $473K emplr
2023$15.5M · 142 accts · $506K emplr
2022$14.4M · 147 accts · $416K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$30,300
Investment management$31,956
Total administrative$62,256
The Signal Financial Federal Credit Union 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,478
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$6,478 per active participant
2023$6,745 per active participant
2022$4,576 per active participant

Signal Financial Federal Credit Union'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 · 20243
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$31,956
COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES LLC DBindirect comp

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$62,256 · 0.39%
2023$41,925 · 0.28%
2022$45,642 · 0.30%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 530186303 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.