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Southwood Realty Company401(k)

SOUTHWOOD REALTY 401(K) PLAN · GASTONIA, NC · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.98%

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

Southwood Realty Company reported $77,254 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.98% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $894 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 fell from 1.78% to 0.98%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 809 comparable plans and shown alongside other real estate & leasing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in North Carolina (1,180th of 2,005), and 1,182nd of 2,096 in real estate & leasing. In 2025, employees put in $2.75 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 432 to 495 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,984,794
Participants with balances335
Active participants495
Employer contributions$442,768
Employee contributions$1,219,655
Employer contribution per active participant$894
Average account balance$26,820
Benefits paid to participants$773,499
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPRICE KUBECKA, PLLC
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$9.0M · 335 accts · $443K emplr
2024$6.8M · 321 accts · $416K emplr
2023$5.1M · 303 accts · $382K emplr
2022$3.5M · 340 accts · $396K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$77,254
Total administrative$77,254
The Southwood Realty Company 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$894
Median for plans this size$1,464
2025$894 per active participant
2024$851 per active participant
2023$892 per active participant
2022$917 per active participant

Southwood Realty Company's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $1,464 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.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20252
JOHN HANCOCK · Recordkeeping · Investment management$46,351
EDWARD D. JONES & CO., L.P. · Investment advisory (participants)$27,246

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025John Hancock
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history4
2025$77,254 · 0.98%
2024$79,167 · 1.34%
2023$74,721 · 1.75%
2022$54,271 · 1.78%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561186105 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.