Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

The Cason Group, Inc401(k)

THE CASON GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN · COLUMBIA, SC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.50%

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

The Cason Group, Inc reported $56,232 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.50% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,517 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 0.50%. 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 377th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and 3,716th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.90 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 167 to 199 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,727,863
Participants with balances216
Active participants199
Employer contributions$500,785
Employee contributions$951,141
Employer contribution per active participant$2,517
Average account balance$58,925
Benefits paid to participants$521,010
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBAUKNIGHT, PIETRAS & STORMER, PA
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.7M · 216 accts · $501K emplr
2023$10.0M · 201 accts · $427K emplr
2022$8.7M · 176 accts · $303K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$56,232
Total administrative$56,232
The The Cason Group, Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,517
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,517 per active participant
2023$2,271 per active participant
2022$1,816 per active participant

The Cason Group, Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
COLONIAL ASSET MANAGEMENT · Investment advisory (plan)$28,583
STRINGER RESOURCE GROUP · Contract administrator$540

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$56,232 · 0.50%
2023$45,487 · 0.49%
2022$48,243 · 0.51%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 570932430 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.