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The Citizens Bank401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

THE CITIZENS BANK KSOP PLAN · FLORENCE, SC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

The Citizens Bank reported $11,010 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,392 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 0.01% to 0.04%. 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 200th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and 2,543rd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.79 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 167 to 223 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,740,230
Participants with balances236
Active participants223
Employer contributions$533,322
Employee contributions$953,749
Employer contribution per active participant$2,392
Average account balance$117,543
Benefits paid to participants$1,806,765
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSCOTT AND COMPANY, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$27.7M · 236 accts · $533K emplr
2023$24.9M · 227 accts · $500K emplr
2022$21.4M · 223 accts · $502K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$11,010
Total administrative$11,010
The The Citizens Bank 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,392
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,392 per active participant
2023$2,924 per active participant
2022$3,005 per active participant

The Citizens Bank's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20241
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator$11,010

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$11,010 · 0.04%
2023$3,250 · 0.01%
2022$1,760 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 570874845 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.