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Tropical Nut and Fruit Company401(k)

TROPICAL NUT AND FRUIT COMPANY 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · CHARLOTTE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.22%

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

Tropical Nut and Fruit Company reported $27,784 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.22% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,373 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 0.13% to 0.22%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 954th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and 7,619th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.52 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,289,513
Participants with balances132
Active participants149
Employer contributions$204,503
Employee contributions$514,339
Employer contribution per active participant$1,373
Average account balance$100,678
Benefits paid to participants$1,107,008
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMASIMORE, MAGNUSON & ASSOCIATES, PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$13.3M · 132 accts · $205K emplr
2023$12.4M · 140 accts · $165K emplr
2022$10.1M · 140 accts · $155K emplr
The Tropical Nut and Fruit Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,373
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,373 per active participant
2023$1,092 per active participant
2022$1,110 per active participant

Tropical Nut and Fruit Company'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 · 20242
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$41,430
CREATIVE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, INC. · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$3,725

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024CREATIVE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, INC., Transamerica
2023CREATIVE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, INC., Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$27,784 · 0.22%
2023$23,152 · 0.21%
2022$13,054 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561179814 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.