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South Banking Company401(k)

SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF SOUTH BANKING COMPANY · ALMA, GA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.12%

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

South Banking Company reported $20,970 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.12% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $875 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 rose from 0.11% to 0.12%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 923rd-largest of 2,160 plans among Georgia employers on file, and 3,220th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2025, employees put in $5.37 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,232,020
Participants with balances159
Active participants138
Employer contributions$120,782
Employee contributions$649,082
Employer contribution per active participant$875
Average account balance$114,667
Benefits paid to participants$454,738
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$18.2M · 159 accts · $121K emplr
2024$15.8M · 162 accts · $112K emplr
2023$13.6M · 162 accts · $103K emplr
2022$13.2M · 162 accts · $103K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Investment management$20,970
Total administrative$20,970
The South Banking Company 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$875
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$875 per active participant
2024$801 per active participant
2023$719 per active participant
2022$761 per active participant

South Banking Company's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $2,666 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20254
WARREN AVERETT LLC$14,000
VOYA RETIREMENT ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$2,070
PRECISION PLAN ADMINISTRATION LLC · Other servicesindirect comp
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$20,970 · 0.12%
2024$18,872 · 0.13%
2023$17,800 · 0.13%
2022$15,447 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 581418696 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.