Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

E.W. James & Sons, Inc. Employee Profit Sharing & Stock Ownership Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$52K
Total assets
156
Participants
4th
Percentile by assets
$333
Avg per participant

Sponsored by E.W. James & Sons, Inc. · Tennessee · Wholesale Trade

What the 2024 filing shows

E.W. James & Sons, Inc. Employee Profit Sharing & Stock Ownership Plan holds $52K for 156 participants - about $333 per participant, among the smaller plans by assets on file, down 82.3% over the 2024 plan year.

$52K
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
156
covered participants
4th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$333
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $242K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Wholesale Trade

Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About E.W. James & Sons, Inc. Employee Profit Sharing & Stock Ownership Plan

E.W. James & Sons, Inc. Employee Profit Sharing & Stock Ownership Plan is an Other retirement plan sponsored by E.W. James & Sons, Inc., headquartered in Tennessee. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $52K in total end-of-year assets and covers 156 participants across the Wholesale Trade industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 611028712, and the plan has been effective since 1975-01-10. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets contracted severely from $294K at the beginning of 2024 to $52K at year-end - down 82.3%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $52K, with reported net income of -$242K driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years E.W. James & Sons, Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $2M to $52K, a decline of 97.9%, while reported participants moved from 377 to 156 (-58.6%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2022 at $2M; the softest was 2024 at $52K. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $2M in assets across 2 plans covering 377 participants; 2023 - $294K in assets across 1 plan covering 179 participants; 2024 - $52K in assets across 1 plan covering 156 participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank E.W. James & Sons, Inc. Employee Profit Sharing & Stock Ownership Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$294K
Total Assets (End of Year)$52K
Net Assets (End of Year)$52K
Net Income-$242K
Plan TypeOther
Employer EIN611028712
Plan Effective Date1975-01-10
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (E.W. James & Sons, Inc.)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 377 $2M
2023 1 179 $294K
2024 1 156 $52K

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the E.W. James & Sons, Inc. Employee Profit Sharing & Stock Ownership Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, E.W. James & Sons, Inc. Employee Profit Sharing & Stock Ownership Plan holds $52K in total assets with 156 participants. It is sponsored by E.W. James & Sons, Inc..
What type of plan is E.W. James & Sons, Inc. Employee Profit Sharing & Stock Ownership Plan?
E.W. James & Sons, Inc. Employee Profit Sharing & Stock Ownership Plan is an Other plan. It has been effective since 1975-01-10. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 611028712.
Who sponsors the E.W. James & Sons, Inc. Employee Profit Sharing & Stock Ownership Plan?
E.W. James & Sons, Inc. Employee Profit Sharing & Stock Ownership Plan is sponsored by E.W. James & Sons, Inc., located in Tennessee. The sponsor's EIN is 611028712 and the plan operates in the Wholesale Trade industry.
How did E.W. James & Sons, Inc. Employee Profit Sharing & Stock Ownership Plan perform in 2024?
E.W. James & Sons, Inc. Employee Profit Sharing & Stock Ownership Plan contracted severely - down 82.3% during 2024, moving from $294K to $52K in total assets. Net income was -$242K.

What this filing means

Ways to act on E.W. James & Sons, Inc. Employee Profit Sharing & Stock Ownership Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, E.W. James & Sons, Inc. Employee Profit Sharing & Stock Ownership Plan ranks among the smaller plans by assets on file. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Other plans in Tennessee. Compare plans
  • E.W. James & Sons, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have declined 97.9% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Wholesale Trade plans
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 611028712.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.