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World's Finest Chocolate, Inc.401(k)

WORLD'S FINEST CHOCOLATE, INC. EMPLOYEES' PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. reported $39,349 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,964 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.14%. 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 1,309th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 4,450th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.93 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 295 to 344 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$30,303,668
Participants with balances364
Active participants344
Employer contributions$675,660
Employee contributions$1,982,523
Employer contribution per active participant$1,964
Average account balance$83,252
Benefits paid to participants$1,977,484
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCROWE LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$30.3M · 364 accts · $676K emplr
2023$26.3M · 336 accts · $583K emplr
2022$22.6M · 332 accts · $508K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$38,524
Investment management$825
Total administrative$39,349
The World's Finest Chocolate, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,964
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,964 per active participant
2023$1,821 per active participant
2022$1,723 per active participant

World's Finest Chocolate, Inc.'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.

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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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$38,524

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$39,349 · 0.14%
2023$39,236 · 0.16%
2022$33,469 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 366117105 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.