Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Universal Companies, Inc.401(k)

UNIVERSAL COMPANIES, INC. 401(K) PLAN · ABINGDON, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.85%

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

Universal Companies, Inc. reported $39,917 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.85% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $235 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 0.77% to 0.85%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Virginia (1,832nd of 2,266), and 3,633rd of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $13.47 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 188 to 132 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,024,344
Participants with balances168
Active participants132
Employer contributions$31,031
Employee contributions$417,965
Employer contribution per active participant$235
Average account balance$29,907
Benefits paid to participants$393,780
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHICOK, BROWN AND COMPANY
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.0M · 168 accts · $31K emplr
2023$4.4M · 180 accts · $31K emplr
2022$3.4M · 182 accts · $32K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$30,920
Investment management$8,997
Total administrative$39,917
The Universal Companies, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$235
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$235 per active participant
2023$218 per active participant
2022$171 per active participant

Universal Companies, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$30,919
WELLS FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$8,993

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$39,917 · 0.85%
2023$34,553 · 0.88%
2022$28,616 · 0.77%
Same employer
Similar plansWholesale Trade · Virginia
Nilit America Inc VA$4.8M · 0.40%
Cfe Equipment Corporation VA$4.8M · 0.65%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 541924075 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.