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Synergy Companies401(k)

SYNERGY COMPANIES 401K PLAN · HAYWARD, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.50%

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

Synergy Companies reported $49,978 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.50% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $699 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 0.47% to 0.50%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other construction employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (5,185th of 9,483), and 2,948th of 5,337 in construction. In 2024, employees put in $2.60 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 335 to 453 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,047,423
Participants with balances227
Active participants453
Employer contributions$316,546
Employee contributions$824,499
Employer contribution per active participant$699
Average account balance$48,667
Benefits paid to participants$355,130
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPLANCHECK CPAS, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.0M · 227 accts · $317K emplr
2023$9.1M · 335 accts · $250K emplr
2022$7.4M · 335 accts · $289K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$49,978
Total administrative$49,978
The Synergy Companies 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$699
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$699 per active participant
2023$745 per active participant
2022$862 per active participant

Synergy Companies'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
SAGEVIEW ADVISORY GROUP · Investment advisory (plan) · Investment management$28,916
COTA STREET INVESTMENT MGT · Investment management$11,465
PENTEGRA SERVICES INC · Contract administrator$6,099

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$49,978 · 0.50%
2023$40,276 · 0.49%
2022$36,574 · 0.47%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 943057724 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.