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South Shore Elder Services, Inc.401(k)

SOUTH SHORE ELDER SERVICES, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN · BRAINTREE, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.07%

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

South Shore Elder Services, Inc. reported $86,474 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.07% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,489 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 1.07%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Massachusetts (2,003rd of 2,726), and 6,200th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $2.26 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,628,530
Participants with balances225
Active participants162
Employer contributions$241,217
Employee contributions$546,356
Employer contribution per active participant$1,489
Average account balance$38,349
Benefits paid to participants$601,457
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDANIEL DENNIS & COMPANY LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.6M · 225 accts · $241K emplr
2023$7.6M · 221 accts
2022$6.4M · 213 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$86,474
Total administrative$86,474
The South Shore Elder Services, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,489
Median for plans this size$1,313

South Shore Elder Services, Inc.'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.

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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 · 20242
JOHN HANCOCK USA · Recordkeeping · Investment management$84,799
SENTINEL BENEFITS GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping$1,675

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock, Sentinel Group
2023John Hancock, Sentinel Group

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Administrative cost history3
2024$86,474 · 1.07%
2023$75,918 · 1.09%
2022$65,329 · 1.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042596213 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.