Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Southern Petroleum Laboratories, Inc.401(k)

SPL, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · HOUSTON, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.44%

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

Southern Petroleum Laboratories, Inc. reported $68,185 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.44% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,152 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 0.35% to 0.44%. 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 2,298th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and 6,254th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.31 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 436 to 529 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,401,432
Participants with balances431
Active participants529
Employer contributions$609,377
Employee contributions$1,405,831
Employer contribution per active participant$1,152
Average account balance$38,054
Benefits paid to participants$2,765,908
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.4M · 431 accts · $609K emplr
2023$14.8M · 449 accts · $494K emplr
2022$13.9M · 447 accts · $358K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$68,185
Total administrative$68,185
The Southern Petroleum Laboratories, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,152
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,152 per active participant
2023$936 per active participant
2022$822 per active participant

Southern Petroleum Laboratories, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

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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$68,185 · 0.44%
2023$50,464 · 0.35%
2022Not separately reported
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 741297648 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.