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Transition Finance Strategies, LLC dba Blue Ridge ESOP Associates401(k)

BLUE RIDGE 401(K) PLAN · CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.22%

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

Transition Finance Strategies, LLC dba Blue Ridge ESOP Associates reported $35,584 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.22% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,781 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 fell from 0.35% to 0.22%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 1,055th-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and 5,855th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.83 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 166 to 210 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,356,006
Participants with balances223
Active participants210
Employer contributions$583,911
Employee contributions$1,651,017
Employer contribution per active participant$2,781
Average account balance$82,314
Benefits paid to participants$1,111,630
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorUHY LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$18.4M · 223 accts · $584K emplr
2023$14.5M · 202 accts · $510K emplr
2022$10.5M · 165 accts · $353K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,873
Investment management$32,711
Total administrative$35,584
The Transition Finance Strategies, LLC dba Blue Ridge ESOP Associates 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,781
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,781 per active participant
2023$2,880 per active participant
2022$2,129 per active participant

Transition Finance Strategies, LLC dba Blue Ridge ESOP Associates'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
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$16,736
ONEDIGITAL INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$15,975

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$35,584 · 0.22%
2023$27,222 · 0.22%
2022$30,072 · 0.35%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 134238973 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.