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Venture Inc of Beaufort401(k)

VENTURE INC OF BEAUFORT 401(K) PLAN · BEAUFORT, SC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.48%

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

Venture Inc of Beaufort reported $65,763 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.48% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,957 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 0.54% to 0.48%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 330th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and the 1,893rd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.34 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 217 to 245 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$15,104,387
Participants with balances290
Active participants245
Employer contributions$724,513
Employee contributions$973,848
Employer contribution per active participant$2,957
Average account balance$52,084
Benefits paid to participants$424,782
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDRAFFIN -TUCKER
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$15.1M · 290 accts · $725K emplr
2023$12.2M · 264 accts · $733K emplr
2022$9.2M · 260 accts · $691K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$28,363
Investment management$37,400
Total administrative$65,763
The Venture Inc of Beaufort 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,957
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,957 per active participant
2023$3,258 per active participant
2022$3,184 per active participant

Venture Inc of Beaufort'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 · 20242
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$28,363
CAROLINA QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN · Investment advisory (plan)$37,400

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$65,763 · 0.48%
2023$58,350 · 0.54%
2022$50,351 · 0.54%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 593763767 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.