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Alku, LLC401(k)

ALKU 401(K) PLAN · ANDOVER, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.31%

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

Alku, LLC reported $180,090 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.31% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $477 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 rose from 0.27% to 0.31%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is the 574th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 245th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $13.32 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$65,314,063
Participants with balances1,376
Active participants1,788
Employer contributions$852,626
Employee contributions$11,359,549
Employer contribution per active participant$477
Average account balance$47,467
Benefits paid to participants$8,194,517
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$65.3M · 1,376 accts · $853K emplr
2023$51.8M · 1,325 accts · $912K emplr
2022$37.4M · 1,224 accts · $1.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$39,404
Investment management$109,695
Audit (IQPA)$30,991
Total administrative$180,090
The Alku, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$477
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$477 per active participant
2023$502 per active participant
2022$658 per active participant

Alku, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.

Service providers · 20243
OSAIC · Investment advisory (plan)$109,695
BDO USA P.C. · Accounting / audit$30,991

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$180,090 · 0.31%
2023$136,392 · 0.31%
2022$99,684 · 0.27%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 261250834 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.