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Vision Care Associates LLP401(k)

VISION CARE ASSOCIATES 401(K) PLAN · ABERDEEN, SD · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.24%

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

Vision Care Associates LLP reported $48,119 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.24% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,695 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 0.24% to 0.23%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 85th-largest of 233 plans among South Dakota employers on file, and the 3,496th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2023, the employer put in $1.27 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$21,508,530
Participants with balances112
Active participants112
Employer contributions$525,833
Employee contributions$413,801
Employer contribution per active participant$4,695
Average account balance$192,040
Benefits paid to participants$1,192,584
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorELO PROF LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$19.8M · 122 accts · $543K emplr
2023$21.5M · 112 accts · $526K emplr
2022$18.5M · 120 accts · $423K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$14,972
Investment management$33,147
Total administrative$48,119
The Vision Care Associates LLP 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$4,695
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$4,721 per active participant
2023$4,695 per active participant
2022$3,848 per active participant

Vision Care Associates LLP's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
WELLS FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$33,147
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$14,972

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$46,869 · 0.23%
2023$48,119 · 0.24%
2022$48,781 · 0.24%
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Mobridge Regional Hospital SD$24.1M · 0.01%
Big Stone Therapies, Inc. SD$23.0M · 0.45%
Brown Clinic P.L.L.P. SD$19.6M · 0.36%
Horizon Health Care, Inc. SD$19.1M · 0.64%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 460363581 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.