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Armaly Sponge Company401(k)

ARMALY BRANDS 401(K) PLAN · WALLED LAKE, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.27%

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

Armaly Sponge Company reported $12,384 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.27% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,320 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 0.22% to 0.27%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (2,034th of 2,619), and 11,317th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 111 to 136 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,778,849
Participants with balances130
Active participants136
Employer contributions$179,513
Employee contributions$381,715
Employer contribution per active participant$1,320
Average account balance$36,760
Benefits paid to participants$838,357
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorGRANT, MILLMAN & JOHNSON PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.8M · 130 accts · $180K emplr
2023$4.5M · 113 accts · $153K emplr
2022$4.0M · 112 accts · $158K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$12,384
Total administrative$12,384
The Armaly Sponge Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,320
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,320 per active participant
2023$1,300 per active participant
2022$1,425 per active participant

Armaly Sponge Company's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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
JPMORGAN INVEST HOLDINGS LLC$12,384

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$12,384 · 0.27%
2023$5,814 · 0.14%
2022$7,958 · 0.22%
Similar plansManufacturing · Michigan
Elm Plating Company MI$4.9M · 0.09%
Cadillac Coffee Company MI$4.8M · 0.44%
Reed City Group, LLC MI$4.8M · 0.80%
American Msc, Inc. MI$4.8M · 0.82%
Vista Manufacturing Inc. MI$4.7M · 0.03%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382264607 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.