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Smart Metals Recycling LLC401(k)

SMART METALS RECYCLING LLC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · STATESVILLE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.78%

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

Smart Metals Recycling LLC reported $23,999 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.78% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,637 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.36% to 0.78%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Carolina (1,596th of 2,005), and 3,850th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.76 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,635,471
Participants with balances248
Active participants214
Employer contributions$350,383
Employee contributions$617,361
Employer contribution per active participant$1,637
Average account balance$14,659
Benefits paid to participants$253,760
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.6M · 248 accts · $350K emplr
2023$2.5M · 151 accts · $244K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$8,772
Investment management$15,227
Total administrative$23,999
The Smart Metals Recycling LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,637
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,637 per active participant
2023$1,819 per active participant

Smart Metals Recycling LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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.

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 · 20242
PAYCHEX, INC. · Recordkeeping$8,772
EXCEL WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$15,227

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history2
2024$23,999 · 0.78%
2023$9,095 · 0.36%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 465682269 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.