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Western Home Services401(k)

WESTERN HOME EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT PLAN · CEDAR FALLS, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.56%

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

Western Home Services reported $90,005 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.56% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $640 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 0.39% to 0.56%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Iowa (459th of 878), and the 4,193rd of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $1.87 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 710 to 840 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,567,323
Participants with balances307
Active participants840
Employer contributions$537,681
Employee contributions$1,007,017
Employer contribution per active participant$640
Average account balance$53,965
Benefits paid to participants$3,234,329
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorUHY, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.6M · 307 accts · $538K emplr
2023$15.8M · 310 accts · $463K emplr
2022$14.4M · 319 accts · $454K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$6,658
Investment management$83,347
Total administrative$90,005
The Western Home Services 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$640
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$640 per active participant
2023$601 per active participant
2022$639 per active participant

Western Home Services's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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
LPL FINANCIAL LLC · Investment advisory (plan) · Investment management$34,123
PARADIGM BENEFITS LLC · Loan processing$3,322

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$90,005 · 0.56%
2023$75,898 · 0.50%
2022$62,277 · 0.39%
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Burgess Health Center IA$15.7M · 0.59%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 272825987 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.