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Southminster, Inc.403(b)

SOUTHMINSTER RETIREMENT PLAN · CHARLOTTE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.69%

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

Southminster, Inc. reported $85,852 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.69% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,149 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 0.686%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 955th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 4,861st of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $1.54 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,252,626
Participants with balances514
Active participants431
Employer contributions$495,253
Employee contributions$762,985
Employer contribution per active participant$1,149
Average account balance$25,783
Benefits paid to participants$1,143,955
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$13.3M · 514 accts · $495K emplr
2023$11.8M · 564 accts · $467K emplr
2022$10.3M · 530 accts · $447K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$85,852
Total administrative$85,852
Employer contributions to the Southminster, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,149
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,149 per active participant
2023$1,088 per active participant
2022$1,113 per active participant

Southminster, 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.

Service providers · 20244
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$85,916
KESTRA INVESTMENT SERVICES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp
MAXUS PLAN SOLUTIONS, INC. · Contract administrator · Other servicesindirect comp
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)indirect 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$85,852 · 0.69%
2023$69,824 · 0.63%
2022$75,272 · 0.69%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561443222 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.