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Alfred Nickles Bakery, Inc.401(k)

NICKLES BAKERIES EMPLOYEES' 401K PLAN · NAVARRE, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.43%

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

Alfred Nickles Bakery, Inc. reported $66,442 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.43% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,903 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 0.433%. 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 1,563rd-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and 6,908th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$15,640,314
Participants with balances126
Active participants91
Employer contributions$446,189
Employee contributions$503,561
Employer contribution per active participant$4,903
Average account balance$124,129
Benefits paid to participants$2,319,157
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$15.6M · 126 accts · $446K emplr
2023$15.0M · 131 accts · $412K emplr
2022$12.8M · 130 accts · $397K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,585
Trustee / custodial$64,857
Total administrative$66,442
The Alfred Nickles Bakery, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,903
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,903 per active participant
2023$4,483 per active participant
2022$4,089 per active participant

Alfred Nickles Bakery, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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.

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CBIZ BENEFITS & INS SERVICES INC · Contract administratorindirect comp

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$66,442 · 0.43%
2023$56,473 · 0.41%
2022$61,163 · 0.43%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 340428345 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.