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Southern Finishing Co., Inc.401(k)

SOUTHERN FINISHING CO., INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · STONEVILLE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.64%

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

Southern Finishing Co., Inc. reported $29,537 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.64% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $288 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 0.58% to 0.64%. 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 North Carolina (1,478th of 2,005), and 11,290th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.48 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,829,996
Participants with balances473
Active participants370
Employer contributions$106,456
Employee contributions$264,175
Employer contribution per active participant$288
Average account balance$10,211
Benefits paid to participants$393,189
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBRESLOW, STARLING PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.8M · 473 accts · $106K emplr
2023$4.4M · 222 accts · $108K emplr
2022$3.8M · 234 accts · $113K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$29,537
Total administrative$29,537
The Southern Finishing Co., Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$288
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$288 per active participant
2023$273 per active participant
2022$319 per active participant

Southern Finishing Co., Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history3
2024$29,537 · 0.64%
2023$26,161 · 0.64%
2022$24,455 · 0.58%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561208143 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.