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Alene Candles, LLC401(k)

ALENE CANDLES, LLC 401(K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · MILFORD, NH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Alene Candles, LLC reported $12,603 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,459 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 0.11% to 0.08%. 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 198th-largest of 411 plans among New Hampshire employers on file, and the 6,692nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.26 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,434,111
Participants with balances223
Active participants393
Employer contributions$573,437
Employee contributions$1,294,995
Employer contribution per active participant$1,459
Average account balance$73,696
Benefits paid to participants$1,659,623
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.4M · 223 accts · $573K emplr
2023$14.3M · 230 accts · $543K emplr
2022$10.7M · 224 accts · $455K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$12,124
Investment management$479
Total administrative$12,603
The Alene Candles, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,459
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,459 per active participant
2023$1,473 per active participant
2022$1,250 per active participant

Alene Candles, LLC'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

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$12,603 · 0.08%
2023$12,795 · 0.10%
2022$12,112 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 263807409 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.