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Stouse, LLC401(k)

STOUSE, LLC PROFIT SHARING / 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · NEW CENTURY, KS · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.58%

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

Stouse, LLC reported $119,215 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.58% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,230 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 0.51% to 0.58%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 284th-largest of 828 plans among Kansas employers on file, and the 5,597th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $2.73 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$21,847,485
Participants with balances447
Active participants366
Employer contributions$450,193
Employee contributions$1,231,073
Employer contribution per active participant$1,230
Average account balance$48,876
Benefits paid to participants$3,041,473
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorUHY LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0 · $394K emplr
2023$21.8M · 447 accts · $450K emplr
2022$19.2M · 438 accts · $392K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$119,215
Total administrative$119,215
The Stouse, LLC 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,230
Median for plans this size$2,440
2023$1,230 per active participant
2022$1,067 per active participant

Stouse, LLC's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$119,215
CREATIVE PLANNING, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)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
2024Not separately reported
2023$119,215 · 0.58%
2022$99,706 · 0.51%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 475521700 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.