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South Carolina Legal Services401(k)

SOUTH CAROLINA LEGAL SERVICES 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · COLUMBIA, SC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

South Carolina Legal Services reported $12,125 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,835 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 0.01% to 0.07%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 299th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and 6,014th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.45 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 96 to 119 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$17,520,994
Participants with balances139
Active participants119
Employer contributions$456,387
Employee contributions$659,521
Employer contribution per active participant$3,835
Average account balance$126,050
Benefits paid to participants$1,144,178
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$17.5M · 139 accts · $456K emplr
2023$15.9M · 141 accts · $371K emplr
2022$14.0M · 134 accts · $394K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,625
Audit (IQPA)$10,500
Total administrative$12,125
The South Carolina Legal Services 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,835
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,835 per active participant
2023$3,408 per active participant
2022$4,100 per active participant

South Carolina Legal Services's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20243
FORVIS MAZARS, LLP · Accounting / audit$10,500
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$1,625
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEYindirect 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$12,125 · 0.07%
2023$1,150 · 0.01%
2022$1,250 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 570485205 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.