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Southern Trust Mortgage, LLC401(k)

SOUTHERN TRUST MORTGAGE 401(K) PLAN · VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.17%

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

Southern Trust Mortgage, LLC reported $30,875 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.17% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 0.07% to 0.17%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 1,041st-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and 3,181st of 4,798 in finance & insurance. active participation has shrunk from 230 to 181 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,697,410
Participants with balances176
Active participants181
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$1,175,356
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$106,235
Benefits paid to participants$2,151,182
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRICHEY MAY CO LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$18.7M · 176 accts
2023$17.1M · 194 accts
2022$15.6M · 235 accts · $369K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$30,875
Total administrative$30,875
The Southern Trust Mortgage, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$2,416

Southern Trust Mortgage, LLC'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.

Service providers · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$30,875

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$30,875 · 0.17%
2023$12,687 · 0.08%
2022$11,825 · 0.07%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 541872422 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.