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SOUTHERN EARTH SCIENCES, INC.

SOUTHERN EARTH SCIENCES, INC. 401(K) PLAN · For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024

Public filing 2024 · received Sep 30, 2025Verified current terms Not available

Plan at a glance

How good does the filing look?

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out of 100

The filing trails many comparable plans on reported employer support and/or plan-paid administrative costs. This is a filing comparison, not a complete benefits score.

$Employer support

$2,027

Reported employer contributions per active participant.

Higher than about 28% of comparable plans

#People in the filing

Active participants reported for 2024.

The filing does not say how many employees are currently contributing.

¢Visible plan-paid fees

$344 / participant

Reported administrative expense—not every fee an employee may pay.

Lower cost than about 24% of comparable plans

↗Investment performance

Not available

Plan assets changed 13.1%, but that includes contributions, withdrawals, and market movement.

Asset change is not investment performance.

What we still need to judge the benefit

Current match formula, vesting, eligibility, investment choices, fund expense ratios, and employee-level fees.

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Filing comparison · 202427out of 100 among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist

How this filing compares

Reported employer contributions28th percentileTypical peer $3,462 · based on 1,271 comparable plans

Lower reported administrative expense24th percentileTypical peer $184 · based on 1,343 comparable plans

This comparison uses historical filing figures. It does not compare current match formulas, vesting, investments, or employee fees.

The short version

What the latest filing tells us

For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024, SOUTHERN EARTH SCIENCES, INC. reported $198,634 in employer contributions across the plan and 98 active participants. That works out to $2,027 per active participant. It is useful context, but it is not the current match formula and it does not show what any one employee received.

Participation proxy84%

Active participants divided by all end-of-year plan participants. This is not the company participation rate because the filing does not report every eligible employee.

Employer money trendUp 93.5%

Change in reported employer contribution per active participant across the filing history shown.

Expense trendUp 6.0%

Change in reported administrative expense per participant. Investment expenses may not be included.

Peer context27/100

A filing comparison among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist.

Where the public filing stops

Current match, vesting, eligibility, employee fees, and investment choices require a dated plan document. Until we have one, those details stay blank.

Latest financial record

Contributions, assets, and expenses

These figures are reported totals for the plan—not individual account balances or promises to any employee.

Employer contributions: $198,634
Participant contributions: $342,289
Other contributions: $0
Employer share of reported contributions: 36.7%
Beginning assets: $8,860,388
Ending assets: $10,021,108
Ending net assets: $10,021,108
Ending liabilities: $0
Total income: $1,890,556
Total expenses: $729,836
Administrative expenses: $43,008
Participant loans: $54,239

Three-year filing history

How the reported figures changed

Each chart uses its own scale and starts at zero. When the filing has no value, the chart says so rather than turning it into a zero.

Employer contributions reported per active participant

2022

$1,048

2023

$1,193

2024

$2,027

Plan-paid administrative expenses per participant

2022

$325

2023

$272

2024

$344

Active participants

2022

101

2023

2024

Detailed filing history
Plan year	Per active participant	Active participants	Plan assets	Filing ID
2024	$2,027	98	10M	20250930145316NAL0013399808001
2023	$1,193	94	8.9M	20241011141925NAL0022918785001
2022	$1,048	101	7.2M	20231012162755NAL0021748723001

Changes in plan assets are not the same as investment performance. Each row uses the selected public filing for that year.

Plan operations

Details worth knowing

Participant loans as a share of plan assets: 0.5%
Independent accountant’s opinion: Unqualified opinion Code 1
Late participant contributions reported: Not stated in the filing
Public plan identifier: 630710398-001

Reported plan details

Identity and filing status

Plan type: Retirement plan
Employer arrangement: Single-employer plan
Plan effective date: Jan 1, 1991
Industry: Professional, scientific, and technical services
Amended filing: No
Final filing for this plan: No
Short plan year: No
401(k) feature reported: Yes
Show DOL characteristic codes
2E2F2G2J2K2S2T3D

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