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Sims Bark Co., Inc.401(k)

SIMS BARK CO., INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · MUSCLE SHOALS, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.69%

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

Sims Bark Co., Inc. reported $52,701 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.69% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $794 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.69%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Alabama (518th of 902), and 9,640th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.47 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,066,674
Participants with balances106
Active participants265
Employer contributions$210,340
Employee contributions$519,667
Employer contribution per active participant$794
Average account balance$76,101
Benefits paid to participants$675,832
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorTHE HIGHLANDS ACCOUNTING GROUP, INC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.1M · 106 accts · $210K emplr
2023$7.1M · 111 accts · $189K emplr
2022$5.6M · 119 accts · $205K emplr
The Sims Bark Co., Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$794
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$794 per active participant
2023$696 per active participant
2022$796 per active participant

Sims Bark Co., Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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.

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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 · 20241
WAVERLY ADVISORS, LLC · Pension consulting · Investment advisory (participants)$52,701

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$52,701 · 0.69%
2023$44,816 · 0.70%
2022$43,128 · 0.71%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 630829378 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.