Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc.ESOP

ARMSTRONG GARDEN CENTERS, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN · GLENDORA, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.00%

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

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. reported $185 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.00% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $10,212 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 0.000% to 0.000%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 719th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 277th of 5,215 in retail trade.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$145,528,633
Participants with balances0
Active participants989
Employer contributions$10,100,000
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$10,212
Average account balance—
Benefits paid to participants$9,044,651
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLUCAS, HORSFALL, MURPHY & PINDROH
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$145.5M · $10.1M emplr
2023$142.9M · 1,841 accts · $6.3M emplr
2022$136.2M · 1,754 accts · $5.0M emplr
Employer contributions to the Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$10,212
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$10,212 per active participant
2023$6,405 per active participant
2022$5,181 per active participant

Armstrong Garden Centers, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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.

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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.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024EDBERG PERRY, LLC, FIDUCIARY OUTSOURCING, LLC DBA PMA, Transamerica
2023EDBERG PERRY, LLC, FIDUCIARY OUTSOURCING, LLC DBA PMA, Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$185 · 0.00%
2023$121 · 0.00%
2022$83 · 0.00%
All plans at this employer2
ARMSTRONG GARDEN CENTERS, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANESOP
ARMSTRONG GARDEN CENTERS, INC. 401(K) PLAN401(k)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 953207663 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.